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Easy and Fun Halloween Crafts For Children

  • May 3, 2010 7:21 pm
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Fall means more inside time for the little ones. Naturally, they’re going to need something fun and creative to keep them busy. Help your kids prepare for Halloween by constructing these adorable craft projects! They’re easy and fun to make and the kiddos will love displaying them for the holiday.

Something to poke small holes

Cut the egg cups out of a cardboard egg carton. Cut pipe cleaners into 3 inch sections. To make each spider, poke four pipe cleaners through each cup sideways. Bend the ends to look like eight spider legs. Paint the spiders black or in any wildly creative way you want! After the paint has dried, attach a length of elastic thread to the middle of each spider. Have fun holding your thread and bouncing your scary spider up and down as you take it for a walk!

White plastic trash bags

Blow up/inflate the balloons and cover each one with a trash bag. With the string, gather and tie each bag under the balloon to make a head. Using your markers, draw a spooky face on the trash bag. Be as creative as you can-make a scary face or a funny face. Whatever you want! Attach a piece of string to the top of your ghosts and display them all around your house and yard.

Easy and Fun Halloween Crafts For Children

Creating A Great Halloween Party For Your Teenagers

  • April 15, 2010 7:21 am

Most teenagers do not want to be going out trick-or-treating, but they still love Halloween and want to celebrate it with a party. Why not help your teenager plan a fun Halloween party to help them celebrate with their friends in a safe environment? Granted, teenagers can sometimes be a tough audience to please but if you involve them in the planning from the start, they will enjoy it all the more.

Here are a few suggestions for your teen Halloween party:

- Invite all teens to come in costume. Put both a start time and an ending time on invitations.

- Decorate with anything from streamers and balloons to a full-scale haunted house.

- Teens LOVE Music. Why not invite the teen guests to bring one CD along with so that they can alternate the music that is played during the party.

- Teens also LOVE to eat, keep the treats/food simple but fun for them to munch on as they socialize.

- Serve punch in a witch’s cauldron with dry ice. Have each teen bring a 12-oz. can of soda and pour it into a punchbowl for a strange tasting and looking drink.

- For dessert, why not serve pumpkin pie or pumpkin ice cream with candy corn sprinkled on top.

Safety is obviously very important at a teenager’s party. Here are a few tips to keep the party great fun while being safe also.

- Never should you allow alcohol to be served at a party involving teenagers

- Be sure that there is a parent picking up the teen from your home or that they have a valid drivers license and are driving straight home.

- Keep in contact with the parents of the teens that are attending the party to let them know that the party will be properly supervised.

Creating A Great Halloween Party For Your Teenagers