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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!

Easy Halloween Crafts For Kids – Simple Costumes And Accessories

  • April 13, 2010 5:21 am

Halloween is a fun time for everyone to play dress-up. Some costume projects may be difficult, but a lot are actually easy Halloween crafts for kids. Kids can make their own no-sew, homemade costumes and accessories. This article will show you a few ideas on making simple Halloween costumes and accessories.

A Milk Carton Cow Costume

A milk carton that resembles a cow at the same time would be a really cute no-sew costume to make! Young kids will especially love making this costume themselves. Simply cut out the flaps and a hole on two sides of a carton box for the arms to go through. Have your kid paint the box with a white base and black spots using non-toxic poster paint.

Accessories for this Halloween crafts for kids costume is a tail made of paper and yarn which you can attach to the lower part of the box. Simply cut out paper ears and horns and glue to a headband, which your kid can wear to complete the whole look.

Costumes as Halloween crafts for kids does not always involve creating your own costumes. If kids will rummage through their old clothes, they will find items which they can assemble together creatively for their Halloween costumes. For example, they can use a red hooded sweatshirt for a Little Red Riding Hood costume; their PJ’s for a Sleepwalker costume, and a black sweatshirt and pants for a Ninja Costume. Just add accessories like a basket, a teddy bear, or a mask made out of a plain T-shirt.

There are easy Halloween crafts for kids that can show you how to make Halloween hats. For a witch’s hat, draw out a semi-circle at the edge of a piece of black paper using a circular template. Cut out the drawing, fold the piece into a cone, and fasten with staples/glue. Cut out a circle (larger in diameter than the cone’s bottom) from the same black paper and then glue or tape the cone on its center. This is your witch’s hat. To make a sorcerer’s hat, simply use the cone and paste cutout paper stars on it. You can also use glue and glitter to create the stars.

Making Halloween Wands

A witch is not a witch, nor a fairy a fairy, and sorcerer a sorcerer if they are without a wand. For this easy Halloween crafts for kids project, use a paintbrush instead of a pencil or straight tube for the wand stick. A paintbrush usually has a more elegant shape.

To make a Halloween crafts for kids’ wand, spray-paint the whole paintbrush and let it sit to dry. Next, draw and cut out two identical paper starts. At the brush-end of the paintbrush, stick the two stars back-to-back, with the brush in between. Use other shapes for a witch’s wand such as a half-moon. For a sorcerer’s wand, place glue on the brush to harden it. Wind yarn or twine around the paintbrush for a Harry Potter-like wand. Spray-paint the whole paintbrush with gold or brown for that realistic effect.

To make any costume realistic and interesting-looking, always remember to add its matching accessories. Both are simple to make with easy Halloween crafts for kids.

Easy Halloween Crafts For Kids – Simple Costumes And Accessories