| Looking for some great Halloween crafts for your | | | | some exciting or scary wordings. By the way, your |
| Halloween party, haunted house, or just for | | | | local hardware store is loaded with Halloween craft |
| trick-or-treaters? | | | | ideas. |
| A fun craft is something that can keep you occupied | | | | Going trick or treating? Why not make a special jug |
| for hours on end especially if you enjoy it. Here are | | | | to collect candies? Cut off the top two inches of a |
| some ideas that will hopefully set you on your way in | | | | gallon milk jug. Soak to remove any labels. Paint |
| preparation for your next Halloween... | | | | orange. Once dry, paint or stick on eyes nose and |
| Halloween Crafts Part 1: | | | | mouth resembling a Jack O'Lantern. Use fluorescent |
| If you live in a house that has a wood-burning | | | | paint for a nice effect. The jug can be kept for |
| fireplace, then chances are that you have access to | | | | future reuse. |
| tree stumps or large blocks of wood. These are | | | | Using six pipe cleaners, you can make your own |
| great for making stands for your Jack O'Lanterns. | | | | skeleton. Bend one pipe cleaner into two for the |
| You could use a chisel to slightly hollow out the | | | | backbone. Twist another around the bottom of the |
| middle of the stump so that the lantern can sit stably | | | | backbone to make into the legs. Do the same for |
| or simply use some Blu-Tack or Velcro. | | | | the arms. Join two pipe cleaners and twist them |
| Get some small or mini pumpkins and hollow them | | | | around the backbone leaving some space forming a |
| out to use as candle holders. If open flames are out | | | | ribcage. Twist the last pipe cleaner for a head and |
| of the question, you can put glow sticks instead of | | | | glue on some eyes. Hang with a rubber band for a |
| candles for a different effect. You can carve, draw | | | | bouncing effect. Your kids will love making halloween |
| or paint faces on the pumpkins too. Instead of | | | | crafts with pipe cleaners. But be careful when cutting |
| pumpkins, you could use apples as well. Ensure that | | | | and keep them out of their mouth. |
| you choose apples that sit well and flat or cut off | | | | Using glue and food coloring, you can make a see |
| the bottom to make a flat surface. Remove the | | | | through painting. Paint a Halloween image onto a |
| stem and cut around it deep enough for the candle. | | | | piece of plastic wrap. Before the mixture dries, put |
| It is best to use taper candles for a better fit. | | | | another piece of plastic wrap on. Cut it out and hang |
| Get a large pumpkin and hollow it out to use as a | | | | it in front of a light source for a see through effect. |
| salad bowl or to serve fresh vegetables. Cut off the | | | | You could also frame the plastic pictures using wood |
| top, hollow and clean it out and let it dry in the sun. | | | | or cardboard if you want them to be longer lasting. |
| You could carve a jagged edge design on the top. Do | | | | Halloween Crafts Part 3. The Real Scary Stuff... |
| the same with some smaller or mini pumpkins to use | | | | Make some hand printed spiders. Apply black paint to |
| for dips or salad dressings. | | | | your palm and 4 fingers leaving out the thumb. Place |
| Make a scarecrow in your front yard. You need two | | | | palm onto a piece of paper. Turn the paper 180 |
| pieces of wood, one put into the ground and the | | | | degrees and print again making sure the palm |
| other nailed across for the arms. Use old jeans and a | | | | overlaps. Add some wiggly eyes using either paint or |
| shirt and stuff them with newspaper. Add some | | | | sticks. This is suitable for even 2 or 3 year olds. |
| straw for effect. You can use a plastic pumpkin for | | | | Make your own blood. It is less expensive than |
| the head and draw a face on it. This makes a great | | | | buying ready made blood from the Halloween shops. |
| Halloween craft for the whole family. | | | | It's not difficult; all you need is Karo syrup and food |
| Tie glow sticks to helium balloons and let them float | | | | coloring. While you're at it, why not make some slime |
| around the house. Ensure that some string extends | | | | using glue, water and borax powder. This is an |
| below so that people can easily reach them if they | | | | advanced Hallween craft, so take your time and be |
| get stuck somewhere or simply to play with them. | | | | careful. |
| Use publicly available Halloween fonts on your | | | | Using apples, you can make dried, shrunken heads. |
| computer to make banners or invitations for your | | | | Peel the apples and coat with a mixture of lemon |
| party. It's a fast, easy Halloween craft you can use | | | | juice and salt to prevent browning. Carve out a face |
| instantly to enhance your party theme. Print them | | | | of eyes, nose and mouth. Do not worry about the |
| onto inkjet iron-on transfer paper and put them onto | | | | finer details as they will probably be lost when the |
| your favourite t-shirt or Halloween outfit. | | | | apple dries. You can use whole cloves for the eyes |
| Halloween Crafts Part 2. OK, Now We Are Getting | | | | and rice grains for the teeth. Let the apples sit out in |
| Scary... | | | | a warm place for about 2 weeks. If you don't have 2 |
| A visit to your local hardware store for some basic | | | | weeks, you can speed up the drying by putting them |
| items and you could make your own tombstones | | | | into an oven on the lowest temperature for about |
| transforming your garden into an instant graveyard. | | | | 45 minutes and then to dry out naturally for the next |
| Paint them grey to resemble stone. Do not worry | | | | 2 days or so. Once dried, they shrink and deform into |
| about the details as it will be dark, but do put on | | | | weird and scary looking faces. |