Homemade Halloween
Crafts for Kids
Egg Carton Spider
Cardboard egg carton
Black pipe cleaners
Black tempera paint
Red construction paper
Glue
Paint the cup sections of
the egg carton.
Cut each egg cup apart.
Push pipe cleaner legs into
egg cup and bend to shape legs.
Cut eyes out of paper and
glue on for eyes.
Well Dressed
Ghost Finger Puppet
Tissue paper
Cotton ball
Rubber band
Ribbon
Place tissue paper over
a cotton ball.
Gently and loosely wrap
rubberband around tissue, below cotton ball
Draw eyes on with marker.
Tie a ribbon over rubberband
to make a tie.
Place finger through rubber
band
Halloween
Chain
Orange and Black construction
paper
Cut orange and black strips
of paper, three inches long and one-half inch wide. Form a circle with
one strip and glue, tape, or staple ends.
Take next strip and loop
it through first circle, and secure ends.
Continue on making as long
as you like, alternating colors.
Fancy Eye
Masks
Cheap eye masks, from the
local discount store.
And stuff to glue on like
glitter, sequins, feathers, buttons, dried beans, or even rice.
Mix supplies and kids, and
watch some of the greatest masks ever made, come to life.
Halloween
Table Cloth
White table cloth (paper
will work, but cloth will give you something to show them or the grand
kids when they grow-up.)
Paint and or Markers
Let kids decorate with sponges
using fabric paint, or acrylic paint, and markers. Depending on age you
may with to give the stencils to help or trace some basic outlines for
them. Let dry, iron to set colors.
Bone mobile
Buy some cheap dog bone
shaped biscuits, spray paint white. Hang from a clothes hanger with fishing
line.
Pom Pom
Spider
Make your own black pom poms,
or cheat and buy some at the local craft store.
Black pipe cleaners
Store bought eyes that move,
or make some from red felt
Glue
These guys can stand on their
own, or be hung by fishing line.
Cut pipe cleans to the length
to make a pair of legs. Bend in to shape, and glue to pom pom.
Glue on eyes
Floating
Ghosts
Have kids cut out ghosts
from white paper, hang with fishing line
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