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Halloween Decorations – Spooky Window Ghosts Could Scare Anybody!

  • April 15, 2010 11:21 am
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If you want to find some fun and easy Halloween crafts for kids of all ages, you should seriously consider making the spooky window ghost. They are real fun to make as well as can be made from items that are available in your own house. These spooky ghosts can give your house a festive atmosphere for the Halloween season and the entire family can involve themselves in the creation.

In order to make these spooky window ghosts, a used dryer fragrance sheet will be required along with a pair or scissors, a black pen, and some tape or sticky tack that is placed above the eyes in order to stick them on your mirrors and windows. If you can place them such that light comes from the back, these ghosts can be made to look immensely ethereal. You can make these window ghosts in any size, small or large, and they can be hung just about anywhere as a great Halloween decoration.

You can even make these spooky ghosts using white contact paper in the same manner as mentioned above. Cut out different sizes and shapes of spooky ghosts from the paper. You can use your X-acto knife in order to carve the ghost faces out before sticking them on to your window. You can make different kinds of ghosts and stick them all onto your windows to give your house a really spooky effect during the Halloween season.

While making these spooky ghosts, it is not necessary to only use the kind of material that will stick to your window. There are many ways of making these cute ghosts such that they can just be taped onto your window. Have your child stand barefoot on a white piece of plain paper. Trace the outer line of the foot neglecting the toes. Then cut out these drawings. The heel forms the head of the ghost. Use crayons and markers to draw a ghost face on them and cut them out of the paper. Glue some arms to the sides of these figures and your spooky ghost is ready. You can tape these little ghosts all over your windows to make a cute Halloween decoration.

Also, you can make spooky window ghosts by just hanging your ghost from the window so that people can see it from outside. You can make these ghosts out of materials such as tissues, handkerchiefs or just about any household material. There are endless possibilities and there is nothing you cant do if you just apply your imagination. Decorating your home with spooky ghosts is a sure way of making your house the most popular one in the neighborhood during the Halloween season.

Halloween Decorations – Spooky Window Ghosts Could Scare Anybody!

Classroom Halloween Crafts – How To Get Started

  • April 8, 2010 1:21 am

If you teach students, like me, then you will forever be on the look out for easy classroom crafts that your students can make when Halloween nears. The best way to keep children occupied is by involving them in an activity in which they get to make something on their own and the most opportune season would be Halloween. This is a great time to get your class to make decorations that can make the classroom look festive and vibrant. There are innumerable classroom crafts that you could try. Here are some crafts that your your students can make and which I have personally found to be a hit with the children.

One great classroom craft that you can make is the fun ghost. All you need to use is white construction paper and the feet of your students. Make the students remove their shoes and stand on the white construction paper. Trace the outside of each foot but leave out the toes. If possible, get the kids to work together at tracing each other’s foot. Then make the cut the footprints out. The ghost’s head will be the foot heel. They can use black construction paper or permanent marker to draw the ghost face. The remaining bits of white construction paper left from the foot tracing can be used as the arms. The students can glue the arms of the ghost. Punch a hole on top of the ghost’s head and pull a string through it so that the ghost can be hung from the ceiling, doors and other surfaces to make the room spooky.

In addition to ghosts, you can even have some bats flying around your room. This is another Halloween craft that has worked well with the students. First, take an egg carton. Ask the kids to cut out three successive cups from the carton using scissors. Make sure that the three cups remain attached. Cut out the back and front of the outer two cups to form the wings. Then paint the bat black using black paint. Once the paint has dried, the children can either draw the eyes using white paint or paste googly eyes for the bats. Then pull a string through a hole punched at the top of the central cup and tie it. Make sure the string does not pull at the hole. Hang the bats along with the ghosts and your classroom will be full of great Halloween crafts.

These are just a few of the various classroom crafts that you can try out. There are many other crafts that will thrill your students and drive them to accomplish more. A lot of students have told that even their parents were thrilled when they took their creations home. You will, of course, have to ask the students to bring their own supplies, as this is to be expected while planning a classroom craft project. Let your kids exercise their imagination and express their creativity any way they want.

Classroom Halloween Crafts – How To Get Started