Going Batty Over Halloween

Halloween Crafts - Create Bats

Bats are a huge symbol of Halloween and if you want to make your own decorations, Halloween bat crafts might be the easiest of all. Of course, like any other craft project, Halloween bat crafts are only as difficult as you make them, so we'll give you a few ideas to start with.

One of the easiest of Halloween bat crafts that you can make comes from a regular egg carton. Take the carton and cut out three of the egg cups (keeping them together!) Take and cut out the front of the two outside egg cups to simulate wings. Draw a face on the middle egg cup, punch a hole in the top and draw a string through it to hang from the ceiling or any other place. If you want to get really fancy, spray paint your spider black and paste on googly eyes for a little extra fun.

For the next suggestion in the category of Halloween bat crafts, we have a huge bat that you can hang from your trees outside. To begin with, you need an empty 2 liter soda bottle and a large black plastic trash bag. Wrap the bag around the bottle and secure with black electrical tape to make the bat's body. Near the cap end of the bottle, pinch two small bunches of plastic and wrap a rubber band around to make the bat's ears.

Next, take a white plastic lid and cut out fangs, tape in place and affix red dot stickers for eyes. Cut open a second trash bag and lay flat. Cut out two bat wings. Lay the wings flat on the ground and place a straight stick such as a shish kabob stick, just above the wing. Tape the three points of the wing to the stick with the electrical tape. Repeat for the other wing and then securely tape both wings to the bat's body.

To hang the bat, just nestle the sticks among the branches of a tree. If the weather is particularly windy or if you just want to make sure the bat doesn't fly away on its own, you may want to secure the bat to the tree with the electrical tape too. Having these bats hanging from your trees is sure to make your yard the scariest ever.

If you want to find more Halloween bat crafts, you can find all kinds on the Internet. A simple Google search will reveal all of the Halloween bat crafts that you can ever imagine. Then you can start having fun making your home and your yard all ready for All Hallows Eve and a holiday you'll never forget!

Scare Up Halloween Fun With a Couple of Easy Skeleton Crafts

Halloween Crafts - How to Make Scary Skeletons!

Halloween is a great time for decorating, so you will want to make some great craft items to decorate your home, and some of the skeleton crafts we have to offer you will add that extra special touch to your Halloween decor. Skeleton crafts are easy to make and can range from complicated to very easy. Since making Halloween crafts should ideally be a family activity, we'll give you a couple of ideas for skeleton crafts that the whole family can enjoy!

One of the easiest and most creative skeleton crafts you can make can be done by even the smallest of family members who have the dexterity to handle glue. What you will need to begin with for these skeleton craft pages is black construction paper and various types of dry noodles (elbow macaroni, shell macaroni, spaghetti, and spiral noodles). You may also want to include some lima beans in this project for the skeleton's head, hips, and thorax.

Then, just use some craft glue and form a skeleton from the various supplies. For example, the ribs are best made out of elbow macaroni. The lima beans make great heads. The spiral noodles work well as arms and legs. Creativity is the key, and it might be a good idea for you to make one of your own before setting the kids out on their own. All they need to do is glue the macaroni to the paper and make the shape of a skeleton.

For more complicated skeleton crafts, there's nothing more beautiful than skeleton luminaries lighting the path to your front door on trick or treat night. These are made from simple brown paper lunch bags along with a few other supplies. Those supplies include Styrofoam trays that you can get from your local meat department at the grocery store, a craft stick, some black paint, sand, and candles in glass containers.

You begin by making a skeleton design in the Styrofoam tray with the craft stick or even an X-Acto knife. Once you have your skeleton cut out, roll it with the black paint and press down on the inside of the lunch bag. Press hard and make sure you have complete coverage. Fill the bottom of the bag with sand and place the candle in the glass container inside the sand. Light the candle and see how pretty it looks but scary at the same time!

Making skeleton crafts is fun and very much in keeping with the Halloween season! Have fun and use your imagination see what you can come up with on your own and make skeleton crafts that you can hand down for generations!

Spooktacular Halloween Crafts

Halloween Crafts – Spooky Window Ghosts

If you are looking for an easy and fun Halloween craft for children of all ages, why not make spooky window ghosts? They are amazingly fun to make and use items you can find around the house! Spooky window ghosts make your house look fun and festive for the Halloween holiday and you can involve the whole family in this great craft.

To make your spooky window ghosts, you will need used dryer fragrance sheets, a black pen, scissors, and some sticky tack or tape. Cut ghostly shapes out of the dryer sheets and draw simple faces on them. Make them all shapes and sizes, smiley and spooky! Use two tiny pieces of sticky tack or tape, positioned over their eyes, to stick them onto windows or mirrors. They look particularly effective and ethereal if the light comes in behind them. You can make your spooky window ghosts large or small and hang them everywhere for a great Halloween effect!

You can also make some spooky window ghosts out of white contact paper much the same way you made the ones above. Cut out spooky shapes for ghosts of different shapes and sizes. Use an X-acto knife to carve out the ghost faces, and then stick them to your windows. Make many different ghosts and decorate all of your windows for a great spooky effect.

When making spooky window ghosts, you don’t have to necessarily use material that will stick to the window itself. Here’s a cute idea to make spooky window ghosts that you can just tape on. Take a white piece of paper and have your child stand on it with their bare foot. Trace around the outside of the foot and not the toes! Then, cut out the figure. The heel will be the ghosts head. Use a marker or crayons to draw on a ghostly face and cut out arms from white paper. Glue the arms to the sides and you have a fun ghost. Tape them to the window for a cute Halloween decoration.

You can also have spooky window ghosts just by making a ghost and then hanging them from your window so they can be seen outside. Make your ghost out of tissue, a handkerchief, or any other material you can think of. The possibilities are endless, and they are limited only by your own imagination. Spooky window ghosts are fun ways to make your house inviting to trick or treaters or party goers.

Scare Up Halloween Fun With a Couple of Easy Skeleton Crafts

Halloween Crafts - How to Make Scary Skeletons!

Halloween is a great time for decorating, so you will want to make some great craft items to decorate your home, and some of the skeleton crafts we have to offer you will add that extra special touch to your Halloween decor. Skeleton crafts are easy to make and can range from complicated to very easy. Since making Halloween crafts should ideally be a family activity, we'll give you a couple of ideas for skeleton crafts that the whole family can enjoy!

Halloween Craft Ideas for Kids

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Author: Terri Evans

There are so many different Halloween craft ideas that can be done at Halloween and many can be created out of simple materials like paper, egg cartons and paper plates. The kids enjoy making them and best of all you can also use them as decorations for the classroom or at home. Here are a few different Halloween crafts that won't cost you a fortune.

Halloween Birthday Invitations - Two Parties in One!

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By Trevor Mulholland

There's an old saying that a person who was born on Halloween can see and talk to spirits. There was also a belief that people who were born on Halloween are creepy and rather odd. But in this modern technological age, we know better. People born on this special date can be very normal, and rather sweet! Sweet enough to deserve cleverly-designed Halloween birthday invitations, certainly.
For someone who's celebrating his or her birthday on or near this favorite holiday, Halloween birthday parties are pretty much a given. You can celebrate more than one occasion with just one party! Besides the savings you could make by rolling two gatherings into one, you could make the celebrant feel more special if you acknowledge the holiday that coincides with his or her birthday, as well. Making Halloween birthday invitations would be a great way to express your appreciation for this special day.

How to Preserve Halloween Fun

Now that the trick or treating is over it's time to look at preserving the memories of the fun so that they can be relived for years to come...

Scrapbooking is great way to preserve family memories and memorabilia. Scrapbooking is a hobby that has rapidly growing in popularity over the past several years. Plus you can turn it into an evening for the family fun where everyone can participate in deciding what photos to include, choosing embellishments, and creating layouts.

DECIDING WHAT EVENTS TO INCLUDE

Here are some ideas of Halloween related events that you can include in your Halloween scrapbook:

• Picking out Halloween costumes
• A trip to the pumpkin patch to pick out the perfect jack-o-lantern pumpkin
• Raking leaves in the yard
• Hanging decorations
• Baking Halloween treats
• Greeting trick-or-treaters

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Of course, to create a scrapbook, you will need a container for your memories to start out with. 3 ring binders make great photo albums and scrapbooking notebooks. 3 ring binders are perfect for either digital scrapbooking or traditional to preserve memories. Binders provide greater flexibility in the materials you can add to your scrapbook than bound pages, and it’s easy to add or remove pages as needed.

7 Easy and Inexpensive Last Minute Halloween Costume Ideas

Halloween is just around the corner and you know what that means… But even if you have waited to the last minute, there is still time to figure out what you are going to wear. By this point, there probably aren't many choices left in stores. To avoid the expense and lack of originality of store bought costumes, you should think about making your costume yourself. Homemade costumes are more fun and cost-effective than pre-made costumes. Plus, including creating a homemade costume in your Halloween prep can be part of the holiday fun!

Here are some inexpensive, homemade Halloween costume ideas that will cost little money and show lots of imagination. Remember, any materials that you don't already own can be easily obtained from local thrift stores and resale shops.

1. Scarecrow
Scare up some Halloween fun with this simple but frightening classic.
Materials needed: An oversized flannel shirt, some straw, and faded jeans with patches will make a great scarecrow.
Directions: Stuff the jeans and shirt with plastic grocery bags and leave a little straw hanging out of the shirt and jeans. Complete your scarecrow costume, with a little makeup and an old hat.

2. Ghost
Ghosts are an old stand-by and never go out of style.
Materials needed: Use an old white sheet with holes cut for the eyes and sew a simple treat bag out of a scrap of material or a worn out pillow case. You may want to create a colorful ghost by using a sheet covered with polka dots or one that is brightly colored.
Directions: You can dress your ghost up a bit by making lips out of red lipstick and a few false eyelashes. Or you could color a beard and mustache with markers.

Halloween Link Carnival

Halloween is right around the corner, but there's still time to grab some last minute costume, party, or treat ideas. And if you are an overachiever, you can start planning for next year.

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