Saturday, August 28th, 2010 at 5:34 am
Halloween is all about having fun with your friends and family. Among the best parts of Halloween are decorating the house with hand made crafts. And when these crafts are all hand made, the more the merrier! At times space constraints bar us from this pleasure.
Now I’m sure, you all must be looking for some free Halloween crafts that are easy enough for you to follow and can fit in little space!
Well, internet is a hub for several ideas. Once you have the ideas and tips and tricks, you can use your innovative skills to make the ideas even more interesting. Creativity and imagination is the key to make your decorations as exclusive and attractive and spooky as you wish to. Here are a few ideas to get started:
1. Tissue Ghosts
This is perhaps the writer’s favorite. Take a piece of Kleenex. Gather it together such that it forms a bulb at the top and the bottom should be splaying out. Shaped almost like a ghost! Now, with a rubber band twist and tie to maintain the shape of the bulb. You can also uses a garbage bag for the same. This becomes the ghost’s head. So just tie it as tight as possible! Now grab on a black magic marker to dot in the eyes, nose and mouth. The Kleenex ghost is ready to spook around. You can make loads of these and hang around the house. This would impress your friends & family and friends. You would be able to boast as a Halloween crafts pro!
2. Egg Carton Bats
This idea is quite simple. Get some simple stuff like egg cartons, a pair of scissors (safety scissors in case the child is younger), and black paint. Cut out 3 egg cups from the egg carton and ensure that they remain attached. Check that the egg carton must be clean. Now the outside cups would turn in to two bat wings – simply cut their front and back. Now paint the whole thing in black. Attach goodly eyes for the real impact or simply paint the eyes using white paint. Here, the middle cup becomes the face. Now make a hole on the top of the middle cup and pass a string through it. Make a sturdy knot so that it doesn’t slip through this hole. Now, put the string in this hole. Finally hang the bats where ever you feel like.
Try using a combination of waterproof paint and Styrofoam egg carton. These bats are perfect to decorate the trees outside the house.
Now on experiment with what ever wastes you get your hand on at home and develop your own spooky fun decorations for Halloween!
Abhishek Agarwal
http://www.articlesbase.com/holidays-articles/create-halloween-crafts-from-scrap-2-exciting-ideas-740244.html
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Friday, August 13th, 2010 at 8:27 am
Halloween is all about having fun with your friends and family. Among the best parts of Halloween are decorating the house with hand made crafts. And when these crafts are made by your kids, its all the more worth.
Now I’m sure, you all must be looking for some free Halloween crafts that are easy enough for your kids to follow.
Well, internet is a hub for several ideas. Once you have the ideas and tips and tricks, you can use your innovative skills to make the ideas even more interesting. Creativity and imagination is the key to make your decorations as exclusive and attractive and spooky as you wish to. Here are a few ideas to get started:
1. Halloween Bats
This idea is quite simple. Get some simple stuff like egg cartons, a pair of scissors (safety scissors in case the child is younger), and black paint. Cut out 3 egg cups from the egg carton and ensure that they remain attached. Check that the egg carton must be clean. Now the outside cups would turn in to two bat wings – simply cut their front and back. Now paint the whole thing in black. Attach goodly eyes for the real impact or simply paint the eyes using white paint. Here, the middle cup becomes the face. Now make a hole on the top of the middle cup and pass a string through it. Make a sturdy knot so that it doesn’t slip through this hole. Now, put the string in this hole. Finally hang the bats where ever you feel like.
Try using a combination of waterproof paint and Styrofoam egg carton. These bats are perfect to decorate the trees outside the house.
2. Singing Ghosts
You can make scary balloon ghosts to hand outside the house and add some spookiness to your Halloween. Take 2 white plastic bags. These are easily available at the near by grocery stores or Wal-Mart. Now cut the handles and the written part of these plastic bags. Now start shredding the bottom of the plastic bags leaving away the seams. Try to make 1 inch shreds. Beware that the cuts are around 1 inch away from the seams. Now blow up your balloon & make a knot so that it remains inflated. Along with the top knot, now tape 1 bag to the backside of the balloon & 1 bag towards the front. Preferably use black-duct tape s it has quite good grip. Now, draw a ghost face. Tie a string surrounding the knot. The ghost is ready to hang! It can be even more entertaining if you tie some bells at the bottom shreds of the ghost. Now you would hear it haunting in the breeze!
In case you are still looking for more ideas for free Halloween crafts for kids, log on to www.enchantedlearning.com. Among the several other websites available, this is my personal favorite. The site has not only interesting ideas for Halloween, but for many other wonderful holidays as well!
Abhishek Agarwal
http://www.articlesbase.com/holidays-articles/create-your-own-halloween-decorations-2-fun-ideas-for-children-740241.html
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Sunday, August 8th, 2010 at 11:51 am
There are a number of places you can find some terrific arts and craft ideas for this Halloween, the internet being the best place to search. The net is full of loads of craft and art ideas for Halloween. If you search, you will find a number of craft ideas online. There are a few listed in this article with which you can get started.
Halloween decorations should be eerie, fun and scary. Here is a wonderful Halloween craft we have found for you. If your house has some bushes at the front, then this Halloween craft is sure to make you real popular in your area. First, take a white plain sheet and fold it into half. Place a few newspapers inside the fold. Using some black fabric paint of a black marker, draw a ghost face on the sheet and leave to dry. once its dry, hang it around your bushes and tightly secure it with clothespin at the back.
Another art and craft Halloween idea is to make your house look really scary and festive by hanging luminaries. First, take any brown lunch bag and use orange paint to paint it. Use an X-acto knife or a pair of scissors to cut out a pumpkin face. Make sure its scary. Fill sand at the bottom for about half an inch and take a tea light or a votive candle and submerge it at the bottom. Make a number of such luminaries and line your walkway with them for the trick or treat night.
Another arts and craft idea for Halloween is to drape your home with fun ghost or pumpkin garlands. These garlands are really easy to make. You require some white construction paper if you are making ghosts or orange construction paper if you are making pumpkins. Draw your ghost or pumpkin on the paper using a pencil or pen. Ensure that while drawing the figures, you leave a tab on the top to fold while stringing the garland. Draw funny or scary faces on the figure using a black marker and then cut out the figures. To make your garland really long, cut out many such figures. Place the string on the fold of the tab. Use staples, glue or tape to secure the figures. For the ghost garland use a black string and for the pumpkin garland use a green string. Drape these garlands wherever you feel like and decorate your home.
There are a number of arts and crafts you can make for Halloween and a majority of these are available on the internet. You can add your own personal touch to these decorations by using your imagination and improvising on them. Have fun this Halloween by decorating your house with your own creations!
Abhishek Agarwal
http://www.articlesbase.com/holidays-articles/halloween-decorations-exciting-spooky-ways-to-decorate-your-home-740260.html
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