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Scary Halloween Crafts
Looking for some great Halloween crafts for your Halloween
party, haunted house, or just for trick-or-treaters?
A fun craft is something that can keep you occupied for hours
on end especially if you enjoy it. Here are some ideas that will
hopefully set you on your way in preparation for your next
Halloween...
Halloween Crafts Part 1:
If you live in a house that has a wood-burning fireplace, then
chances are that you have access to tree stumps or large blocks
of wood. These are great for making stands for your Jack
O'Lanterns. You could use a chisel to slightly hollow out the
middle of the stump so that the lantern can sit stably or simply
use some Blu-Tack or Velcro.
Get some small or mini pumpkins and hollow them out to use as
candle holders. If open flames are out of the question, you can
put glow sticks instead of candles for a different effect. You
can carve, draw or paint faces on the pumpkins too. Instead of
pumpkins, you could use apples as well. Ensure that you choose
apples that sit well and flat or cut off the bottom to make a
flat surface. Remove the stem and cut around it deep enough for
the candle. It is best to use taper candles for a better fit.
Get a large pumpkin and hollow it out to use as a salad bowl
or to serve fresh vegetables. Cut off the top, hollow and clean
it out and let it dry in the sun. You could carve a jagged edge
design on the top. Do the same with some smaller or mini pumpkins
to use for dips or salad dressings.
Make a scarecrow in your front yard. You need two pieces of
wood, one put into the ground and the other nailed across for the
arms. Use old jeans and a shirt and stuff them with newspaper.
Add some straw for effect. You can use a plastic pumpkin for the
head and draw a face on it. This makes a great Halloween craft
for the whole family.
Tie glow sticks to helium balloons and let them float around
the house. Ensure that some string extends below so that people
can easily reach them if they get stuck somewhere or simply to
play with them.
Use publicly available Halloween fonts on your computer to
make banners or invitations for your party. It's a fast, easy
Halloween craft you can use instantly to enhance your party
theme. Print them onto inkjet iron-on transfer paper and put them
onto your favorite t-shirt or Halloween outfit.
Halloween Crafts Part 2. OK, Now We Are Getting Scary...
A visit to your local hardware store for some basic items and
you could make your own tombstones transforming your garden into
an instant graveyard. Paint them grey to resemble stone. Do not
worry about the details as it will be dark, but do put on some
exciting or scary wordings. By the way, your local hardware store
is loaded with Halloween craft ideas.
Going trick or treating? Why not make a special jug to collect
candies? Cut off the top two inches of a gallon milk jug. Soak to
remove any labels. Paint orange. Once dry, paint or stick on eyes
nose and mouth resembling a Jack O'Lantern. Use fluorescent paint
for a nice effect. The jug can be kept for future reuse.
Using six pipe cleaners, you can make your own skeleton. Bend
one pipe cleaner into two for the backbone. Twist another around
the bottom of the backbone to make into the legs. Do the same for
the arms. Join two pipe cleaners and twist them around the
backbone leaving some space forming a ribcage. Twist the last
pipe cleaner for a head and glue on some eyes. Hang with a rubber
band for a bouncing effect. Your kids will love making halloween
crafts with pipe cleaners. But be careful when cutting and keep
them out of their mouth.
Using glue and food coloring, you can make a see through
painting. Paint a Halloween image onto a piece of plastic wrap.
Before the mixture dries, put another piece of plastic wrap on.
Cut it out and hang it in front of a light source for a see
through effect. You could also frame the plastic pictures using
wood or cardboard if you want them to be longer lasting.
Halloween Crafts Part 3. The Real Scary Stuff...
Make some hand printed spiders. Apply black paint to your palm
and 4 fingers leaving out the thumb. Place palm onto a piece of
paper. Turn the paper 180 degrees and print again making sure the
palm overlaps. Add some wiggly eyes using either paint or sticks.
This is suitable for even 2 or 3 year olds.
Make your own blood. It is less expensive than buying ready
made blood from the Halloween shops. It's not difficult; all you
need is Karo syrup and food coloring. While you're at it, why not
make some slime using glue, water and borax powder. This is an
advanced Hallween craft, so take your time and be careful.
Using apples, you can make dried, shrunken heads. Peel the
apples and coat with a mixture of lemon juice and salt to prevent
browning. Carve out a face of eyes, nose and mouth. Do not worry
about the finer details as they will probably be lost when the
apple dries. You can use whole cloves for the eyes and rice
grains for the teeth. Let the apples sit out in a warm place for
about 2 weeks. If you don't have 2 weeks, you can speed up the
drying by putting them into an oven on the lowest temperature for
about 45 minutes and then to dry out naturally for the next 2
days or so. Once dried, they shrink and deform into weird and
scary looking faces.
Says Angie Maroevich, "You don't have to spend a fortune on
commercial Halloween supplies to have a great party. There are
many inexpensive alternatives laying around the house or at your
local store you can use to create a Halloween theme that will
impress all your friends."
About The Author
Angie Maroevich is an arts and crafts enthusiast, business
owner, and athlete. Her arts and crafts articles and be found at
http://www.craft-ideas-guide.com.
© 2004-2005 All rights reserved.
[email protected]
 MORE RESOURCES updated Wed. February / 05 / 2025
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