Halloween Crafting




What a busy couple of days we have had getting ready for Halloween!

We made a few super easy crafts I wanted to share on here and the how to and we finally got to carve pumpkins. Yay! Then today for Halloween the kids got to dress up like book characters for school. They are Judy Moody, Pete the Cat and Dog man- in case you couldn't tell. We are super excited to go trick-or-treating this evening, even if it's suppose to rain.

So..... here is our bats made from a egg carton.
How cute did these turn out!!??


What you need:
 -Googly Eyes
 -Egg carton
 -Black paint
 -Glue
 -Scissors


We cut the egg cartons up first and kind of shaped the wings by cutting off excess egg carton. Then we painted the egg cartons and let them dry. Next glue on the eyes. Then Poke two holes on the top big enough for the ribbon to fit through. Then tie your ribbon and your bats are ready to fly!






Paper Lanterns 
Next we made our lanterns.
What you need:
-Card stock paper
-Tape
 -Pencil/crayons/markers
-Fake plastic tealight candles


All we did here was make our drawing toward the center of the paper, going the long way. Then we wrapped the page around and taped it together. We then put them outside and put the fake tealight candles in them, be sure not to use real candles- these lanterns are paper and can catch on fire. Safety first!!

 See told you they were super easy!! 





And carving our pumpkins.......






 The final products.....











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