| Halloween is one of our favorite holidays for creative | | | | sequins, beads, ribbonsfelt squaresscissorshot-glue gun |
| holiday crafts. | | | | (large-holed sewing needle for yarn) |
| From cute spookiness to downright scary, there are | | | | First, sketch your idea on the piece of paper. Your |
| Halloween creations perfect for all members of the | | | | teen can use the felt as a pattern. Perhaps she'd like a |
| family. As a parent or teacher, Halloween's the perfect | | | | pumpkin, a bat, or a black cat. Once it's cut out, stitch it |
| time to encourage a child's imagination and get his or | | | | by hand onto the canvas bag. Let her use her |
| her creative juices flowing! For the little bitty goblins in | | | | imagination to decorate the candy bag. Some paint, |
| your home or classroom, hand print spiders are very | | | | ribbons, buttons, and sequins should do the trick! |
| easy children craft ideas for Halloween. All you'll need | | | | Another of our favorite, family-fun, children craft ideas |
| is tempura or poster paint, paper, and wiggly eyes. | | | | for Halloween is also very easy to create - it is a |
| Paint your child's four fingers and palm black (NOT the | | | | "bush ghost". All you need is a white bed sheet, black |
| thumb). Press the little painted hand onto the paper | | | | craft or fabric paint, clothespins, and an additional |
| with fingers stretched outward. Paint the other hand | | | | surface that can absorb the paint (like papers from |
| and press it in the opposite direction, overlapping the | | | | your recycle bin). |
| palm prints. Add wiggly eyes for a cute little spider. | | | | Lay the sheet over the recycled papers. |
| A personal favorite for Halloween is little tissue ghosts. | | | | Paint the face of a ghost on the lower half of the |
| I still have one of my daughter's from 10 years ago! All | | | | sheet. |
| you need is tissues, string or thread, and a black | | | | Let it dry. |
| marker. Have your kiddo wad up a small ball of tissue. | | | | Take the sheet outside and place it over a bush. Use |
| Place a full piece of tissue around the wadded-up ball, | | | | clothespins to gather the sheet behind the bush and |
| with plenty to spare at the bottom. | | | | anchor it to the bush. |
| Tie a string or thread around the "head" part of the | | | | Try this idea as a pumpkin, too, using a dyed orange |
| ghost. | | | | sheet! |
| Hang the little ghost in your kitchen, or make multiples | | | | Old and young alike are eager to take part in children |
| to hang from a slow-moving ceiling fan! | | | | craft ideas for Halloween. After all, what other day of |
| For teens who trick-or-treat, how about a "designer" | | | | the year do you get to dress up in a funny costume |
| candy bag? Here's what you need:canvas bagdrawing | | | | and eat candy? |
| paperpencilfabric paintbric-a-brac or yarnbuttons, | | | | |