Kids Crafts for Halloween!

Creepy Cute Leaf Ghosts

Scare up a little fun by adding these haunted holiday decorations to your holiday table. You can even write peoples' names on them to turn them into place cards. Just coat the leaves with sparkly white frost and then draw on ghost faces!

Supplies:

Silk leaves (found in craft and department stores)
White fabric paint
White or silver glitter
Paintbrush or foam brush
Scissors
Waxed paper
Black permanent marker

Here's how:

1. Turn each leaf so the points face up. Use the scissors to round the top to resemble a ghost's head.

2. Working on a waxed paper-covered surface, paint the leaves white (front and back). If needed, give them a second coat.

3. While the paint is still tacky, sprinkle the surfaces with glitter.

4. Once the paint dries, use the marker to draw on ghostly facial features.

From SheKnows

Cereal Box Monsters

What You Need

• 2 cereal boxes

• construction paper: green, white and black
• 2 cardboard egg cups
• black marker
• brown crayon
• white and silver acrylic craft paint
• paintbrush or pencil with eraser
• scissors
• white craft glue
• hot glue gun
• 2 zipper sandwich bags filled with sand or pebbles (optional)

What You Do

Remove cereal bag from box. If you would like your monster to have some weight to it so it will stand with less chance of falling over, place a sealed zipper sandwich bag filled with sand or pebbles inside the cereal box.

Frankenstein

Paint two cardboard egg cups with silver paint and set aside to dry.

Cover one of the cereal boxes with green construction paper using white craft glue.

Use black construction paper to make the hair, cutting bangs with scissors. Cover the top of the cereal box and about 2-inch down the sides, front and back.

Cut a strip of black construction paper the width of the cereal box and about ¾-inch high. Place the “eyebrows” about 2-inch below the bangs, but do not glue them in place just yet.

Cut a circle about 2-inch in diameter from white construction paper. Fold the circle in half and make a crease, cut the circle in half along the crease. Place the half circles underneath the “eyebrow” strip, do not glue down. Use a pencil to draw on the black on the eyes and color in with a black marker. Glue the eyes and eyebrows in place.

Draw on nostrils and a zig-zag mouth with a black marker. Add stitches by drawing a long line and a series of short lines running through the long line.

Use the hot glue gun to attach the egg cup “bolts” to the sides of the box.

Mummy

Cover entire cereal box with white constructions paper. Take two more sheets of construction paper and tear into long strips. Glue the strips around the box, front and back.

Use a brown crayon to lightly color the edges of the torn paper to look like aged bandages.

Use a black marker to draw on eyes and a mouth. Use the handle end of the paintbrush to dot on the whites of the eyes.

Use black marker to draw on a spider web and a spider in the upper right corner of the box.

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Can Pumpkin Materials needed: - Clean and empty cans of all sizes (try to use a can opener that cuts both the lid and can without sharp edges - gesso (recommended but not necessary) - acrylic paints in the colors of orange, black, green and white - a wine bottle cork - orange mesh ribbon - green natural raffia - hot glue gun or thick designer craft glue - a pencil

Instructions: 1. Paint a coat of gesso on the can if desired and let it dry. 2. Paint the can with 2 coats of orange acrylic paint and let it thoroughly dry. 3. Paint the can lid and the cork with green acrylic paint. 4. Use the pencil and draw the eyes, nose and mouth on the can. Paint then the facial features with black paint. Once dry, add 2 white dots on the eyes. 5. Use the hot glue gun or the craft glue and glue the cork onto the center of the can lid. 6. Cut 2 or 3 pieces of green raffia about 12 cm long and lay aside. 7. Cut a piece of mesh ribbon about 10 cm long. Gather the piece in the middle and tie it off with the raffia to look like a bow. Split the raffia if possible to make the strands thinner. 8. Glue the raffia and ribbon now in front of the cork. Place the lid on the can with the bow in the front. Candy Jar

Materials:

• Patio Paint
• DCP14 - Cloud White
• DCP21 - Wrought Iron Black
• DCP25 - Citrus Green
• DCP29 - Petunia Purple
• DCP46 - Mistletoe Green
• 4" rose pot
• 4" saucer
• Unfinished wood pieces: 1 1/2" doll head/knob ; two finial dowel caps with 1/4" hole,
• Craft bond or E6000 industrial strength glue
• Foam plate
• 3/4" flat brush
• #2 round brush
• #8 filbert brush
• Liner brush
• 1 1/4" and 1/4" round foam pouncer brushes

Steps:

1. Clean and dry surface before painting.
2. Center and glue doll head/knob to bottom of saucer for lid. Refer to photo for placement and glue dowel cap to each side of pot. Let dry.
3. Use flat brush and Citrus Green to paint dowel caps and sides of pot below rim; let dry.
4. Use filbert brush and Cloud White to paint knob on lid and let dry.
5. Use flat brush and Wrought Iron Black to paint lid, inside of pot, and pot rim.
6. Use end of brush handle dipped in Wrought Iron Black to dot on lid knob; let dry.
7. Referring to photo for placement, use large pouncer dipped in Cloud White to paint circles for eyes. Let dry.
8. Use small pouncer brush dipped in Wrought Iron Black to dot on centers of eyes and let dry.
9. Use round brush and Petunia Purple to paint word "treats" on front side of lid; let dry.
10. Use filbert brush and Mistletoe Green to paint eyelid with slanted bottom over top half of each eye. Paint rounded triangle for nose.
11. Use liner brush and Wrought Iron Black to paint thick line across bottom of eyelid for eyelashes on each eye, extended sides of eye. Paint jagged line for mouth. Let all dry.
12. Use liner brush and Mistletoe Green to paint scar line on each side of face; let dry.
13. Use round brush and Cloud White to paint teeth; let dry.

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