Friday, October 23, 2009

Make Your Own Halloween Decorations

A craft for kids: Some Halloween Decorating Ideas

Marina with one of her pumpkins 
Photos and crafts courtesy Vicky Burt (grandma)

Magazines: Save those costume magazines you get in the mail and your kids can use then to make cut-outs.  With the cut-outs you can paste them on construction paper and make a hanging decoration or paste several pictures on a piece of paper. See pictures below.

Hanging Spooky: Use construction paper to make black cats, witches, bats, pumpkins, spiders...  anything spooky!  Attach string and hang in rooms or windows.  If you have young children and they cannot cutout their own shapes, cut them out for them and let them draw on them with pens. See pictures below.

Spiderweb: Make your own spiderweb with cotton stuffing from a craft shop.  And here's another idea---
This Vintage Chica: Make a real spiderweb

Thrift Store: Go to your local thrift store and look around, you'll likely find lots of interesting ideas!

Do you have any ideas?  Please comment and let me know what you and your family do!
Here are some links:
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/Halloween/index.html
http://familyfun.go.com/halloween/halloween-crafts/  
http://www.makingfriends.com/halloween.htm
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/halloween/ 
http://www.craftjr.com/ 

Pictures from Marina and Stella's Art Day:


 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 Photos courtesy Vicky Burt

1 comment:

Nick said...

Easy Paper towel ghost is one we did this year.
Wad up a paper towl then cover it with another twist to make the ghost head and use a rubber band over the top ti tie the neck. Markers make the eyes and mouth and anything else you want to add. The rubber band gives you something to hang them form as well.