| Whenever the calendar nears a holiday, kids get a bit | | | | designs. You can also use markers to decorate eggs |
| antsy. Planning activities for them to do can be great | | | | if you don't want the mess that comes with dying |
| to get them to sit down for a bit, especially if you're | | | | eggs. |
| busy preparing for a Halloween party or making | | | | - Masks: During Halloween, you can make some great |
| costumes. There are many great Halloween crafts | | | | masks from Fun Foam. Start with some sheets in your |
| and activities you can ready for your kids to keep | | | | favorite colors and a regular, inexpensive mask. You |
| them busy all through the Halloween season. | | | | can use the foam to decorate the mask you bought |
| - Painting Pumpkins: Pumpkins are a common | | | | or you can trace the shape of the mask on the foam |
| decoration during the fall, but carving pumpkins can be | | | | and create totally new masks. Try using hole punches |
| messy and time consuming, not to mention a bit difficult | | | | and pinking shears or other crafting tools for neat |
| for younger children. Instead, why not paint pumpkins | | | | designs. With younger children, look for foam with |
| instead? You can use large pumpkins, or you can buy | | | | sticker backing. You don't even have to use glue! |
| the smaller gourds to paint. Pumpkins can be painted in | | | | - Bobbing for Apples: Bobbing for apples isn't a craft, |
| traditional styles, or you can paint names, scenery, or | | | | but it is a lot of fun and planning a few traditional |
| other things on the pumpkins as well. One of the most | | | | activities such as bobbing for apples doesn't take long |
| fun and interesting ways to paint pumpkins, which can | | | | and can keep your kids busy for a long time. You can |
| be done especially with older children, is to purchase | | | | even set it up in your bathroom! Fill the tub with cold |
| fall colored spray paints and collect some leaves that | | | | water, dress your children in their bathing suits, and |
| have fallen from the trees. Use the leaves as masks | | | | throw in a number of apples. For younger children, fill |
| to create a neat design with the paint. | | | | the tub less full and use sponges along with the apples, |
| - Halloween Eggs: Everyone makes painted eggs in | | | | since they can be a lot easier to grab. |
| the spring, but you can make some for Halloween as | | | | - Making Mummies: Want an innovative way to |
| well. Instead of using colors like pink and green, use | | | | decorate your house? You're your children a roll of |
| orange and black. One of the best ways to do this is | | | | toilet paper each and have them make some of their |
| to start by dying eggs completely orange. Then, use a | | | | dolls and stuffed animals into mummies. Use the toys |
| wax crayon to draw designs on the shell. Dip the | | | | that they carry around the least! This can really make |
| orange eggs into blue dye, leaving them there for a | | | | your kids giggle and provides some interesting |
| long time. The result should be a dark egg with orange | | | | decorations that will be the hit of any party! |