We keep our Halloween fun on the silly side around our house. My girls are not into scary! We had a great time drawing a stack of silly monsters together, then putting them together into a mix and match monster flip book. Wait till you see some of our creative and crazy monsters!

To make this project super-easy, I made a basic blob shape template for our monsters, along with cutting lines for the three tabs. These print two on a page, so print a stack and cut your pages in half.

{Download the monster flip book template}

Create your monsters with your favorite drawing materials. If your kids aren’t into monsters, make animals, aliens, or crazy critters instead.

We talked about all the things we could add to our monsters – horns, wings, tentacles, antenna, hair, spots, stripes, plus any number of eyes, noses, mouths, arms, etc. The more variety, the better!

This is a great project to leave out for a few days, or bring along in the car. The more monsters you create, the more crazy combinations you can make later.

Here are a few of my girls’ favorite monster creations:

Carefully cut your monsters into three parts – cut on the dotted lines, stopping at the solid black line.

Make a cover for your book with a piece of 9″x12″ construction paper folded in half. Decorate the cover, too! Stack up all the monster pages, place them inside the cover, and staple the book together.

Now you’re ready to mix and match the flaps to create some super-crazy monsters!

My girls are planning to use this book as a fun story starter. What would you name your monster? Where does he live? What does he eat? I can’t wait to see all the monster personalities they come up with!

Happy monster creating!