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Kids Love Halloween Crafts
The craft pictured here is called "Ghostie Parade" and it was so simple and fun to make. All you have to do is take an egg carton and cut it in half right down the middle. Turn the egg side upside down and paint it all white. Then use black paint to paint all kinds of different ghostie faces on it. And there you have a "Ghostie Parade"!
You can use the top half of the egg carton for a paint tray. We poured a little black paint in one side and a little white paint in the other side and it worked out perfectly as a painter's palette.
This is a just a really quick, easy-to-do craft, but, there are many, many more fun Halloween crafts that you can do with your kids. Hopefully this lens will give you some good ideas!
I would love it if you would give it a Stumble!
Thank you! :)
Fun Halloween Craft Ideas
Kids always have fun making crafts, especially holiday-themed crafts. Here are some fun Halloween craft ideas for your kids to make this year.
1. Trick-or-Treat bucket
Supplies: ice cream bucket, construction paper, markers, crayons, glue, glitter (any craft supplies)
Directions: Use construction paper to draw ghosts, pumpkins, scarecrows, etc. Cut out your decorations and glue them to the outside of an ice cream bucket.
2. Trick-or-Treat goody bags
Supplies: small brown paper bags, Halloween stickers, markers, treats (candy, pencils, erasers, bubblegum, etc.)
Directions: Decorate paper bags in Halloween themes using your art supplies. Put treats inside bags. Fold the top of the bag down and tape shut with a Halloween sticker.
3. Tiny pumpkins
Supplies: acorns, orange paint, and green paint
Directions: Lay acorns on a sheet of newspaper. Paint the bottom of the acorns with orange paint. After the orange paint dries, paint the top of the acorns green (for the stem of the pumpkin). Allow to dry thoroughly.
4. Spooky Spiders
Supplies: black construction paper, cotton balls or cotton stuffing, black pipe cleaners, small bowl or saucer, and a stapler
Directions: Using black construction paper, trace around a small bowl or saucer. (Cut out two circles per spider.) Place stuffing or cotton balls on first circle. Lay second circle on top of cotton stuffing and staple half-way around. Insert 3-4" pipe cleaners on each side, then staple the second half of the circles together. Bend pipe cleaners to make the "legs" of the spider.
Gettin' Crafty In The Kitchen, Too!!
35 Easy and Fun Halloween Recipes
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This recipe booklet is crammed full of 35 fun easy Halloween recipes for you and your family to make your Halloween party the spookiest most fun on the block without breaking your budget.
Even if you're not having a halloween party, you can still make great use of the fun halloween recipes in thise recipe booklet to make your night special. Add a ghost story or two and you're all set for the perfect October 31st with your family.
Grab yours today! ==> 35 Easy and Fun Halloween Recipes
Pumpkin Painting: A Halloween Activity For The Whole Family
By: JoAnne WestcottA carved jack-o-lantern may very well be the most recognized symbol for the Halloween holiday. But using a sharp knife to carve them is not exactly an activity that everyone, especially the children who are so in love with Halloween, can do.
During a field trip to a pumpkin farm, I discovered a Halloween activity that even the youngest members of the family can participate in.
Pumpkin painting is a fun and safe way to celebrate autumn and Halloween. With just a few supplies: paint, brushes, sealer and your imagination, anyone can transform a plain pumpkin into a whimsical, life-like character.
By tracing a pattern onto the pumpkin, young children can "paint by numbers" and create their own Halloween masterpiece.
The best feature of painted pumpkins is their lifespan. A pumpkin, once carved, will last three to five days at the most before it begins to collapse and rot.
A painted pumpkin, when finished properly, will last four weeks or longer!
And a great way to make your pumpkin work double duty is to paint one side for Halloween. When Halloween is over, turn the pumpkin around, paint some autumn leaves and leave it on your porch for a beautiful Thanksgiving decoration!
Author Resource -> JoAnne Westcott is the publisher of the full-color, step-by-step instructional e-guide: Pumpkin Painting, Anyone Can Do It. Really! http://www.ezpumpkinpainting.com
Ghost Wind Socks
I just love wind socks!
These spooky decorations are perfect for the front porch! I really like it when people have wind socks out in front of their houses and this is a great way to do that and get in the Halloween spirit!
Here's what you'll need to make them:
* Small white poster board
* Black permanent marker
* Stapler
* Glue
* White crepe paper streamers
* String, yarn or twine
1. Draw a ghost face on the white poster board using the black marker.
2. Roll the poster board into a tube shape and staple the overlapping ends together securely.
3. Cut long strips out of the crepe streamers. Glue or staple them all around the bottom of the wind sock.
4. Cut a piece of string about 2 1/2 feet long and staple the ends to opposite sides of the top of the wind sock to hang.
Faber-Castell Shrinky Dinks Halloween Fun Kit
Omigoodness!!! Who doesn't LOVE Shrinky Dinks!!!
Faber-Castell Shrinky Dinks Halloween Fun Kit
Amazon Price: $16.99 (as of 11/25/2009)
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* 5 sheets of shrink film with pre-printed spooky designs
* 8 Colored pencils
* Flocked velvet cardboard display tree
* Hanging loops
* Hole punch-Hole punch
Release Date: 12/31/1969
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Halloween Pop-Up Cards
* Construction paper (orange and black are good colors)
* Glue
* Scissors
* Markers
1. Fold a piece of construction paper in half to make a card shape.
2. Make a 2 1/2 inch cut perpendicular to the fold, about 2 1/2 inches from the edge. Make another 2 1/2 inch cut 1/2 inch from that one, and make two more cuts 2 1/2 and 3 inches from the other side. This will leave two narrow flaps in the card.
3. Open the card and push the flaps up into the inside of it. Close the card and press with the flaps to the inside so that they are creased.
4. Cut two ghosts, spiders, or other scary items out of construction paper. Open the card and glue each one onto the front of one of the folded flaps.
5. Glue another piece of construction paper to the outside of your card, taking care not to glue where the flaps are. Let dry.
6. Using markers, write a message on the card.
Wilton Halloween Pre- Baked Pre-Assembled Cookie House Kit
* Kit contains preassembled cookie house, black and orange icing mix, 2 decorating bags and 2 tips
* Also includes 1-handmade ghost icing decoration, assorted candies for decorating, complete instructions
* Easy to assemble
* Measures 3-1/2-inch by 6-3/4-inch by 7-inch
Wilton Halloween Pre- Baked Pre-Assembled Cookie House Kit
Amazon Price: $16.49 (as of 11/25/2009)
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Amazon Review ==> I bought 13 of these to do as a craft for my 11 year old daughters birthday party. I ordered a couple of extra ones because of the other reviews that said they may be broken in shipment. Not one of the houses was broken. The packaging and bubble wrap inside the box protected them very well. The corner of one of the boxes was quite dented so I was sure that one would be broke, but when I opened it, it was fine as well. The pre-assembled houses are so cute! There is no reason to waste time putting them together and holding the sides up with jars, like I have done with other houses.
By the way, the price here from party america is by far the best price. Jo'Annes web site has them at $16.99 which is even higher than the Wilton website at $16.50. Michael's has the unassembled type in the stores for the $10 but again, I didn't want to assemble 13 houses.
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Paper Plate Masks
Who hasn't had a blast making paper plate masks when they were a kid? They are so easy and so much fun!
* Paper plate
* Elastic
* Scissors
* Hole Punch
* Markers
* Glue
* Sequins, pom-poms or other embellishments (optional)
1. Use markers to decorate the back side of a paper plate. Be sure to make the eyes big enough to see out of.
2. Cut out the eyes.
3. Add embellishments if desired.
4. Use the hole punch to make a hole in each side of the mask, taking care to keep them even.
5. Cut enough elastic to secure the mask to the wearer's head, plus a couple of extra inches. Thread each end through one of the holes you just made and tie it securely.
Here's my favorite link:
Halloween Pumpkins That Outlast Carved Jack-O-Lanterns By Months!
Halloween Mosaics
This is a simple and fun craft that lets kids get in on the mosaic art craze!
Prior to gathering the children around the table, cut small squares of various colors of paper - orange, red, blue, yellow, white, black, green, etc.
On a piece of heavy stock, white paper, draw the outline of a pumpkin, Frankenstein or other Halloween character.
With a small dab of all-purpose glue on the back of each square, kids can mosaic their way to a uniquely creative masterpiece that can be framed and hung on the wall for many Halloween seasons to come.
Monster Puppet Craft Kit
These guys are so cute!!!!
Monster Puppet Craft Kit
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- Lisa-Marie-Mary Lisa-Marie-Mary Oct 14, 2009 @ 11:55 am
- Susan - I hereby give you official permission to CRAFT ON!!! Kids or not.... ;)
Thank you, naturegirl! :)
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- naturegirl7 naturegirl7 Oct 11, 2009 @ 8:57 pm
- Just the thing to keep little hands busy on a cold, rainy afternoon. Good job.
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- Susan52 Susan52 Oct 11, 2009 @ 4:22 pm
- These craft projects sound like so much fun! Now that the weather has cooled down (a lot!) I'm feeling in the mood to make some of these things. I guess I need to borrow somebody's kids!
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- Lisa-Marie-Mary Lisa-Marie-Mary Oct 6, 2009 @ 12:49 pm
- Very cool! Thank you for visiting my lens and commenting, Jenny Lee! :)
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- JennyLeeWatson JennyLeeWatson Oct 5, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
- This is fun! I love Shrinky-Dinks too, and will try out the Painted Pumpkins you recommend. Thanks!
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