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It's that time of the year again! It is halloween and time to get our hands busy again with some scary crafts!
This is a simple craft, that can be done several times and once you are done you can simply hang them up. The ghost actually moves and floats with the slightest wind which makes it simply so much more fun!
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Materials needed:
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paper plate
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crayons, marker pens or even water colours if you like
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white paper
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scissors and glue
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crepe paper
How to make it:
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Start with the paper plate. Decorate it as you like, it can have a scary face with just black eyes and mouth or if the kids like they can give it a happy happy, for who said that ghosts can only be scary?
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Cut out the hands, and here you don't have to be pedantic and stick them on.
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Next cut up crepe paper and stick it on the back of the plate, here I say the longer the strips the better.
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Last step hang them up and enjoy.
Skill development
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fine motor skills
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imagination and creativity
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emotions and facial expression comprehension
Inspired by 'Spookyrumpus' by Tony Mitton
spider craft
It's that time of the year again! It is halloween and time to get our hands busy again with some scary crafts!
Spiders and spider webs are an inseparable part of Halloween. They are black and hairy, their long legs swish fast bye as they crawl and run towards you...Let's have fun with them instead.
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Materials needed:
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paper plate
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water colours
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thread
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scissors and glue
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googly eyes
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hole puncher
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pompoms
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How to make it:
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Pain your plate, cut a whole in the middle and punch holes alongside the edge.
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Thread the thread through the holes to create a web.
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Cut spider legs and glue a pompom with eyes on the web.
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Skill development
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fine motor skills
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can extend to learn about spider webs and how spiders are actually beneficial rather than scary
Inspired by 'How Spider Saved Halloween' by Robert Kraus
It's that time of the year again! It is halloween and time to get our hands busy again with some scary crafts!
Do you have some leftover Kleenex box, shoe box or any paper box for that matter? Put it to good use and create a cute monster for your home.
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Materials needed:
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paper box
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coloured paper
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scissors and glue
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craft pipe
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How to make it:
1. Cover the box with paper and stick various shapes- circles, squares etc to
create a body.
2. Cut out mouth and stick teeth.
3. Fashion eyes and stick them on the head on craft pipe- think antennas!
4. Cut 4 long strips of paper and fold it every 2-3 cm, then stick it for legs and arms and you are done!
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monster craft
Skill development
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imagination and creativity
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fine motor skills
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follow on a discussion on healthy food why trying new things is a good thing especially during sweets-filled Halloween time
Inspired by 'Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli ' by Barbara Jean Hicks
It's that time of the year again! It is halloween and time to get our hands busy again with some scary crafts!
This small addition to the craft section is great if you plan on going trick-or-treating. How so? This little ghost looks cute and innocent if you simply let it rest on your pile of candies but once you come across a Scrooge who simply refuses to join in the tradition even if it involves small kids- well, it can become a powerful weapon to carry out the trick.
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Materials needed:
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white paper cup
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white balloon
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paper, marker pen
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scissors and tape
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Instructions:
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Cut out the bottom of the paper cup.
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Tie the end of the ballon and cut the other end open.
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Pull the ballon over the bottom of the cup and tape around.
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Cut out hands, stick them on. Paint the face- it can be smiley or scary and you are done.
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Skill development
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fine motor skills
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science: use of stored elastic energy in the balloon to shoot a projectile at high speed.
Ghost sling
Paper mache pumpkin
It's that time of the year again! It is halloween and time to get our hands busy again with some scary crafts!
Carving a pumpkin is a halloween-have-to for many, but lets be honest regardless of how fun it might be for adults, getting those very small children to handle sharp edges is sometimes nerve wrecking. This is a fun take on the same Jack-o-lantern.
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Materials needed:
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old newspapers, green paper
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flour, water, basin
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balloon
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brush, paint
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scissors, glue
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Instructions:
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Inflate the balloon, tie the end and spread some oil over it. Tear paper into long strips
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Mix 1 part flour with 1 part water and soak paper in the mixture, removing any excess.
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Place the strips over the balloon covering it throughout in a few layers. Let dry when finished.
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Once dried, you can remove the ballon by deflating it (optional). Paint the pumpkin and don't forget to give it a face. Add leaves cut out from green paper and let dry again. All done :)
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Skill development
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sensory
Inspired by 'Five little pumpkins'
x-ray hands
It's that time of the year again! It is halloween and time to get our hands busy again with some scary crafts!
Let's talk Halloween, let's talk skeletons. But being scary and explaining death and how there are bones inside our bodies might not be suitable for all but you know what is X-ray! Especially for those that have experienced it already.
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Materials needed:
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black paper and white crayons
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cotton buds and glue
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Instructions:
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Put your hand or the baby hand on the paper and draw around a silhouette
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Draw inside hand white with the crayon to create a greyish hand
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Take cotton puds, put glue on and stick them from the top of the fingers to the end of the paper in a line of five. ​
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Skill development:
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fine motor skills
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learn about X-ray and how it is fun rather than scary
Inspired by 'Can a Skeleton Have an X-ray? ' by Kyle Hughes-Odgers
snacks
It's that time of the year again! It is halloween and time to get our hands busy again with some scary crafts!
Nowadays you can buy so many Halloween-themes cookies, cupcakes, gummy bears that there certainly is little left to the imagination, but nothing beats doing it on your own completely! And best of all, no one has the same one as you!
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Materials needed:
1.pumpkins
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tangerines
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pockies or any stick-shaped candy
2. spiders
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oreo's or other biscuits (preferably chocolate) with a filling in the middle
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pockies or any stick-shaped candy, skittles
3. ghosts
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bananas, chocolate or sea-weed The Night Before Halloween
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Instructions:
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Pumpkins: Peal the tangerines but be careful not to break them or separate the parts. Stick a short pockie through the middle.
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Spiders: Stick skittles with chocolate or syrup on to the oreo to create eyes. Then stick pockies from the side to create spider legs.
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Ghosts: Peal the bananas and cut them in half. Then cut eyes and various mouth shapes from sea weed and decorate the banana head. Alternatively, use melted chocolate or chocolate syrup.
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Skill development:
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fine motor skills, creativity
Inspired by 'The Night Before Halloween ' by Natasha Wing
monster hands
Inspired by 'Creepy Monsters, Sleepy Monsters: A Lullaby' by Jane Yolen
It's that time of the year again! It is halloween and time to get our hands busy again with some scary crafts!
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Instructions:
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Mix your jellies and candies and put them inside the glove. Pour in juice (with colouring- optional) , tie and freeze. Alternatively, mix your gelatin with juice (as per packet instructions), pour in the glove, tie and leave to set.
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Carefully peel the glove off and serve.
Advantages of ice: becomes increasingly 'gross' as it melts.
Advantages of jelly: can be eaten and adds that extra sensory experience.
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Making your own monster hands can not only be fun, but 'cool' for any Halloween children party.
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Materials needed:
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fruit juice, various candies and jellies
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surgical gloves
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gelatin, food colouring (optional)
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Skill development:
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fine motor skills
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sensory
trick or treat bag
It's that time of the year again! It is halloween and time to get our hands busy again with some scary crafts!
Trick or treating might not be an activity practiced everywhere but it is widely known- thanks to movies, books, international schools, and globalisation. Even if you don't necessarily practice this custom, you might want to get hands-on crafts and children like to try new things, especially if it involves candies.
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Materials needed:
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paper plate
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crayons, stickers
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glue or stapler
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pipe cleaners and a hole puncher
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Instructions:
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Cut the paper plate in two, put the two halves toegtherand either glue or staple them together.
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Use a hole puncher to make two holes. Weave pipe cleaners through to make handles
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Decorate the bag as desired.
Skill development:
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fine motor skills
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learn about Halloween tradition
Inspired by '10 Trick-or-treaters' by
Janet Schulman
It's that time of the year again! It is halloween and time to get our hands busy again with some scary crafts!
The little ghost who didn't like to be scary' is a cute story that teaches kids not to judge too quickly. It taps into an idea, which they understand once they get a bit bigger, that they need to define who they are and what they ultimately like. But overall it is a cute little story to follow on Halloween.
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Materials needed:
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white paper (thicker)
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cotton balls
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glue and scissors
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black paper
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Instructions:
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Cut a ghost shape up and smother it with glue.
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Stick cotton balls up, make sure not to touch the glue or it gets messy very quickly!
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Finally cut out eyes and mouth and stick it on.
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Inspired by 'The little ghost who didn't like to be scary' by Isla Wynter
Skill development:
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fine motor skills
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introduction to self-definition as a person
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sensory play
scary ghost
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