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Halloween Crafts

Try these Halloween crafts and you will find that entertaininge the children around Halloween is easier than you think with a hands-on activity.

  1. Making Halloween masquerade masks? Cut a basic mask shape out of foam and poke two small holes on the sides, threading with elastic thread. Decorate with crafting feathers, glitter, flowers petals and more.
  2. Pumpkins last longer washed inside with mild bleach solution. You can also rub the cut edges with Vaseline to prevent drying out.
  3. Quick pumpkin craft: Take an orange pompom, top with green felt with leaves and finish with green pipe cleaner for a stem.
  4. If you’ve ever used liquid orange food coloring for your Halloween treats, you’ve no doubt been disappointed. To get a dark orange color, you need to use gel coloring instead.
  5. Witch Silhouette Craft: Cut a witch shape from black construction paper. Glue it on a piece of orange construction paper, creating a silhouette shape.
  6. Frankenstein Marshmallow Craft: Dip a marshmallow in green food coloring. Add black icing for hair, eyes, nose and mouth. Insert a small pretzel piece on each side of the marshmallow.
  7. Two handprints can become a spider. Make one black handprint, facing to the right…but don’t include the thumb. Then turn the hand to left, placing the palm in the same place as the first print and don’t include the thumb this time either. When you’re done you have a spider body with 4 finger legs on each side.
  8. An egg carton can become a bat. One eggcup becomes the body. Add one cup to either side, but cut out some of the bottom to make a wing shape before attaching it. Add googly eyes for best effect.
  9. A lunch paper bag can become a pumpkin. Paint the bag orange and fill it with recycling paper. Place a small tube of construction paper in the middle of the bag to make a stem. Tie a rubber band around the bag to close it and glue on some green construction paper leaves. 
  10. Remove the tops from acorns, paint them orange and use a black Sharpie to make a pumpkin face.
  11. You can make skeletons out of Q-tips. Arrange and glue Q-tips onto black construction paper for a spooky effect.
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