(cardboard tube, tempera paint, poster board)
1. To make the ring, cut a 1-inch section from a cardboard tube. Paint it to look like tree bark.
2. Draw and cut out an apple from red poster board. Add a green leaf. Glue the apple to the ring and let dry.
3. Place a napkin through the ring.
(old newspaper, apple, table knife, fabric paint, paper plate, white fabric place mat and napkin)
1. Cover your work surface with old newspaper. Cut an apple in half using a table knife. Then cut one half into quarters.
2. Squeeze some fabric paint onto a paper plate. Brush paint on one side of a quarter piece of apple or on an apple half.
3. Press the painted side of the apple section on a white fabric place mat and napkin, creating a decorative print.
4. Wash your brush. Follow the directions on the fabric-paint label for drying.
(two apples, two candles, plastic lids, table knife)
1. Ask an adult to help you cut a hole from the center of two apples, large enough to hold a candle.
2. Cut feathers from different-colored plastic lids. Use a table knife to cut small slits in the apples, and insert the feathers to create a tail.
3. For each apple, draw and cut out a neck, head, and wattle from a plastic lid. Add features. Cut slits and insert the heads.
4. Place the turkeys in the center of your holiday table.
(large paper bag, rubber band, yarn, construction paper)
1. Cut through the center of the bottom of a large paper bag and along the sides, as shown. Open the flaps. Make fringe with scissors by cutting strips to the folds. Secure the bag below the strips with a rubber band and tie on pieces of black yarn.
2. From construction paper, cut and glue facial features and fringe. With the bag on your head, have a friend carefully mark where the eyeholes should be. Remove the bag and cut out the eyeholes.
(large paper bag, construction paper)
1. Measure about 6 inches from the opening of a large paper bag, and cut around the entire bag. Set aside the cut section.
2. Cover one large side of the paper bag with construction paper, gluing it in place.
3. To make the frog and lily pad, draw and cut pieces from construction paper and glue them in place.
4. Put the bag on your head. Using a crayon, have a friend carefully mark where the eyeholes should be on the outside of the bag. Remove the bag and cut out the eyeholes.
(large paper bag, construction paper, crayons, markers)
1. Measure down about 6 inches from the opening of a large paper bag, and cut around the entire bag. Set aside the cut section.
2. Using a piece of light-colored construction paper about the same size as one side of the paper bag, draw the opened mouth of a hippopotamus. Color it with crayons and markers.
3. Glue the hippopotamus face to the paper bag. Put the bag on your head. Using a crayon, have a friend carefully mark where the eyeholes should be on the outside of the bag. Remove the bag and cut out the eyeholes.
4. Add cut-paper flowers around the hippopotamus's head. Trim the bag around the bottom of the head and mouth with scissors.
(large paper bag, construction paper)
1. Measure about 6 inches from the opening of a large paper bag, and cut around the entire bag. Set aside the cut section.
2. Put the bag on your head. Using a crayon, have a friend carefully mark where the eyeholes should be on the outside of the bag. Remove the bag.
3. Cut out and glue facial features on the chick, but make large eyes. Cut out holes for the eyes. Add curled strips of paper to the top of the chick head.
(large paper bag, construction paper, heavy paper plate, poster paint, large plastic bottle top, old newspaper)
1. Cut off 6 inches from the opening of a large paper bag. Set aside the cut section.
2. Put the bag on your head. Using a crayon, have a friend carefully mark where the eyeholes should be on the outside of the bag. Remove the bag. Cut and glue pieces of construction paper to make eyebrows, large eyes with glasses, a nose, a mouth, ears, and a beard. Cut out the eyeholes.
3. Glue a large plastic bottle top in the middle of a painted heavy paper plate. Glue on top of the clown's head.
(large paper bag, construction paper, yarn)
1. Cut off 6 inches from the opening of a large paper bag. Glue construction paper to one large side of the bag.
2. From paper, cut out and glue a head, a nose, a mouth, and two eyes. Add yarn whiskers.
3. Put the bag on your head. Have a friend mark with a crayon where the eyeholes should be. Remove the bag and cut out the eyeholes.
(lightweight cardboard, felt, small bottle tops, safety pin)
1. Cut a shape from lightweight cardboard. Cover it with glue and a piece of felt. Let dry and trim around the edge.
2. Glue small bottle tops on top of the felt. Use felt to decorate the bottle tops as holiday characters.
3. Glue or tape a safety pin to the back.
(construction paper, yarn)
1. Cut a triangle from black paper for the witch's body. Cut a circle from light-colored paper for the head.
2. Use a marker to draw a face. Glue on some yarn hair, and glue the head to the body.
3. Cut a smaller black triangle for the hat and glue it on.
4. Cut a big circle from yellow paper for the moon, and glue it in back of the witch.
(construction paper, large brown paper bag)
1. Glue a half-sheet of construction paper on each wide side of a large brown paper bag, as shown. Let dry.
2. Draw a handle on each piece of paper, across the center of the bag. Cut around the outside and inside of the handles and around the sides of the bag.
3. Use crayons, markers, cut paper, or stickers to decorate the outside of the bag.
(lightweight cardboard, brown paper bag, construction paper, yarn, pinecones)
1. Cut an owl head from lightweight cardboard. Cover it with a piece of brown paper bag. Trim around the edges. Add two big round eyes and a triangular beak from construction paper.
2. Punch a hole at the top between the eyes, and add a loop of yarn for a hanger.
3. Glue eyes and a beak on each of four pinecones to make little owls. Glue a piece of yarn to the top of each one.
4. Punch two holes on each side of the big owl's beak. Tie a little owl to each hole.
(fallen leaves, construction paper)
1. Select various kinds of leaves, and glue them on a piece of construction paper.
2. Use markers to draw lines around the leaves to create witches, cats, or other Halloween things, and finish the scene.
(plastic food container, construction paper)
1. Cut a 2-inch section, starting at the top, on each side of a plastic food container, as shown.
2. Use pieces of construction paper to make the outside of the holder look like a pumpkin.
3. Place paper napkins in the cutout section.
(aluminum pie pan, wooden dowel, paper)
1. Punch a hole in the side of an aluminum pie pan. Push a wooden dowel through the hole and to the other side. Glue or tape the dowel in place.
2. Decorate the bottom of the pie pan with paper to create a black cat. Add paper-punch dots around the rim of the pie pan.
(two heavy paper plates, poster paint, tissue paper, felt, plastic-foam tray)
1. Draw eyes, a nose, and a mouth, making a pumpkin face on one heavy paper plate. Cut them out. Place the paper plate on top of the second plate, trace around the openings, and cut them out.
2. Paint the outside of each plate orange, and glue a piece of yellow tissue over the facial features on the inside of the plates. Glue the plates together, rim to rim with the painted sides facing out.
3. Make a slot in a green plastic-foam tray. Stand the pumpkin in the tray. Add glue and let dry.
4. Add a felt stem to the top of the pumpkin, and glue leaves around the base.
5. Place the pumpkin where light can shine through it.
(potato, table knife, black construction paper, white paint, white crayon)
1. Wash and dry a potato. Cut the potato in half. Trace around the potato half, with the cut-side down, on a piece of paper. Cut it out. Draw a ghost on the potato tracing and cut it out.
2. Place the ghost pattern on the cut-side of the potato. Have an adult help you use the table knife to cut away the area around the ghost, leaving it about 1/2 inch higher than the rest of the potato.
3. Paint the ghost design with white paint, and press it onto a piece of black construction paper. Repeat the painting and printing until you have the design you want. Let dry.
4. Write a message with a white crayon.
(poster board, chenille sticks)
1. For the lenses of the spectacles, cut two circles from a piece of orange poster board. Draw two off-center circles on the lenses for the eyes, and cut them out.
2. Draw black triangle-shaped eyes, a nose, and a big smiling mouth in the area next to each eyehole.
3. Cut a small piece of chenille stick, and glue it to the lenses to make the nosepiece.
4. For the earpieces, punch a hole on opposite sides of the spectacles. Insert a chenille stick into each hole. Twist the ends together. Be sure they are long enough to fit comfortably over your ears.
(black poster board)
1. Draw a large circle about 14 to 18 inches in diameter on a piece of large black poster board. Draw a circle in the center about 5 to 8 inches in diameter. (The size really depends on how large your head is.)
2. Cut out the small center circle. Cut tabs along the inside edge, as shown.
3. Draw another circle about 9 to 12 inches in diameter on black poster board. Cut a section from the circle, as shown in the diagram. Roll the section into a cone shape, fitting it over the tabs of the brim.
4. Use transparent tape to hold the cone shape together. Tape the tabs to the inside of the cone.
(ice-cream stick, construction paper, yarn)
1. Cut four identical circles from black construction paper. Glue two circles to one side of an ice-cream stick and two to the other side to form the body and head of the cat.
2. Cut ears, eyes, and a mouth from paper, and glue to the head.
3. Glue pieces of black yarn to the face to make whiskers, and add a piece to the back of the cat for a tail.
(small cardboard food container with lid, construction paper, chenille stick)
1. Glue orange construction paper to the outside of a small cardboard food container and its lid. Cut out paper features for a jack-o'-lantern face, and glue them to the container.
2. Add a green leaf to the middle of the lid. Punch two holes in the lid, making it look like a button, and insert a chenille stick. Twist it together to form a stem.
3. Store treats inside the holder.
(small cardboard jewelry box, pumpkin seeds, clear nail polish)
1. Glue pumpkin seeds around the outer edge of the box lid to form a design. Glue seeds to the top of the box lid, again forming a design.
2. After the seeds have dried, cover them with a coat of clear nail polish to give them a nice shine.
(two heavy paper plates, poster paint, cotton balls, construction paper, moveable plastic eyes)
1. Paint the outside of one heavy paper plate with poster paint and let dry.
2. Glue cotton balls on top to make ghosts. Add moveable plastic eyes.
3. Cut pieces of construction paper to make pumpkins with cutout faces and leaves.
4. Place cookies or other treats on the undecorated paper plate. Use the decorated plate to cover the treats.
(bathroom tissue tube, tissue paper, yarn, paper)
1. Place some wrapped candies inside a bathroom tissue tube.
2. Cut a piece of orange tissue paper so it will measure at least 3 inches beyond each tube end.
3. Wrap the tissue paper around the tube, and close the ends with pieces of yarn.
4. Cut a bone shape from paper, and glue on the tube.
(crepe paper, thread, poster board, sequins)
1. Wrap a 1 3/4-by-6-inch piece of crepe paper around a pencil, and glue in place. Let dry.
2. Push the ends of the paper toward the center of the pencil to crush. Remove the pencil. At one end, tie off a head section with thread. Stuff a small ball of crepe paper in this part for the head, and glue to close.
3. Cut a strip of poster board as long as the bug from neck to tail. Cut legs from both sides of the strip and bend down. Glue the body to the legs.
4. Add sequins to the body and to the head for eyes.
(three plastic drinking straws, tongue depressor, felt, straw)
1. Cut three plastic drinking straws in half. Glue three pieces to a tongue depressor vertically for the body and three horizontally for the arms. Leave space at the top of the tongue depressor for a head and space at the bottom for feet.
2. Fold a piece of felt in half, and cut out a coat shape. Cut a small slit in the fold for a neck opening, and slip the coat over the head of the body. Glue the coat in place, stuffing a few pieces of straw at the hands and feet. Add felt buttons.
3. Cut a felt hat and a round piece of felt for the head. Glue in place. Add a few pieces of straw, and draw on a face with a marker.
(poster board, black beans, kidney beans, pumpkin seeds, dried green peas, broom straw, yarn)
1. Draw and cut out a cat shape from black poster board. Glue black beans on it for the body.
2. Add pumpkin seeds and dried green peas for eyes. Use a pumpkin seed for a nose and two kidney beans for the mouth. Cut small pieces of broom straw for whiskers.
3. After all the seeds and beans have dried, glue the cat on a large piece of orange poster board. Add a yarn hanger to the back.
(corrugated cardboard, paper, paper towel tubes, facial tissue)
1. To make the base, cut out a piece of corrugated cardboard. Trace around the shape on a piece of black paper and cut it out. Glue the paper on top of the cardboard.
2. For each body, cut a paper towel tube in a different length. Glue or tape white paper around each tube.
3. For each head, roll facial tissue into a small ball. Place two facial tissues over the ball as smoothly as possible, and tape together at the bottom of the ball.
4. Glue the heads to the bodies. Add black paper eyes and mouths.
(cardboard, yellow and black felt, dried grass, sequin, safety pin)
1. Cut out two 2 1/2-inch circles, one from lightweight cardboard and one from black felt. Glue them together.
2. Cut a slightly smaller circle from yellow felt and glue it to the center of the black circle.
3. From black felt, draw and cut out a witch that will fit on the yellow felt circle.
4. Use pieces of dried grass to make a broom and glue it to the yellow circle. Glue the witch on top of the broom.
5. Add a sequin eye. Glue a small safety pin to the back.
(white poster board, clear self-adhesive paper)
1. Cut a large rectangle from a piece of white poster board. With markers, draw a Halloween scene.
2. Have an adult help you cover your scene with clear self-adhesive paper. Fold the extra paper to the back of the board or trim at the edges.
3. Reuse your place mat by cleaning it with a damp cloth.
(paper, permanent marker, pennies, drinking straw)
1. Draw and cut out a ghost shape from paper. Draw eyes and a mouth. Outline the edges of the ghost with a permanent marker. Punch a hole in the mouth of the ghost.
2. Glue a penny under each "hand."
3. Put the straw through the ghost's mouth, letting the body of the ghost rest on the rim of the glass.
(white poster board, black yarn, construction paper)
1. Fold a 6-by-8-inch piece of white poster board in half to make a card. With the fold at the top, find the center of the front of the card. Draw a circle, 1 1/2 inches in diameter, and cut it out.
2. With the card still folded, draw around the circle, making an outline on the inside of the card.
3. Open the card. Spread glue in the circle, and cover it with yarn by going around in a spiral until the circle is covered. This is the spider's body.
4. Add eight legs to the body using pieces of yarn. Add a paper head and eyes. Write "HAPPY HALLOWEEN." Close the card, and all you will see is the spider's body.
(small gourd, construction paper, yarn, pompon)
1. Wash and dry a small gourd. Cut and glue on pieces of construction paper to create a face on the lower half.
2. Spread a line of glue around the gourd above the face. Cut small pieces of black yarn. Press the yarn into the glue to create hair.
3. Glue a black pompon at the tip of the gourd. Add a loop of yarn for a hanger.
(round cardboard food container with plastic lid, aluminum foil, construction paper, small aluminum pie tin, brass fastener, chenille stick)
1. Remove the plastic lid from a round cardboard food container. Cover the container with aluminum foil. Decorate it with pieces of construction paper.
2. Using a brass fastener, attach the center of a small aluminum pie tin to the center of the plastic lid.
3. To make a flower, cut circles of different-colored paper. Hold them together and punch two holes in the center, like a button. Thread a chenille stick through the holes, and twist in the back to make a stem.
4. Punch two holes in the side of the aluminum pie tin, and fasten the stem of the flower.
5. Fill the cardboard container with candy. Put some candy in the aluminum pie tin, and place the lid on top of the container.
(10-inch heavy paper plate, poster paint, yarn)
1. Cut from the edge to the center of a 10-inch heavy paper plate. Pull one cut edge over the other to form a cone-shaped hat. Staple in place.
2. Paint Halloween decorations on the hat and let dry.
3. Cut twenty to thirty short pieces of yarn. Tie together in the center. Glue to the top of the hat for a pompon.
4. Punch one hole on opposite sides of the base of the hat, and attach a piece of yarn for a tie.
(7-inch paper plates, construction paper, frame from an old pair of plastic eyeglasses)
1. Glue and tape two 7-inch paper plates together, side by side. Cut large eyes and eyelids from construction paper, and glue them in place.
2. Hold the paper-plate eyes up to your face and have an adult help mark a place for your eyes. Remove from your face. Cut or punch eyeholes on the marks.
3. Tape a frame from an old pair of plastic eyeglasses to the back of the big eyes so they will be easy to wear.
(black poster board, black elastic, heavy black thread)
1. Fold a large piece of black poster board in half.
2. With the board folded, draw and cut out half a bat shape.
3. Staple the end of a piece of black elastic, like the kind used on masks, to each wing. Tie a piece of heavy black thread to the middle of the elastic.
4. Bounce the bat to make it "fly."
(large heavy paper plate, three small paper plates, papier-mache, poster paint, elastic)
1. Use the outside bottom of a large heavy paper plate for the face of the mouse. To make ears, staple two small paper plates, right-side up, to the large plate.
2. To make the nose, cut a small section from a small paper plate, as shown. Bend it to form the point of a nose, and tape it in place on the face. Cover the nose, ears, and face with papier-mache and let dry.
3. Decorate with poster paint, adding features, and let dry. Cut out eyeholes. Staple a piece of elastic to opposite sides of the mask to fit around your head.
(cardboard candy box, papier-mache, poster paint, elastic)
1. Use the outside of a cardboard candy box with a lid to create the witch. Cut and tape together, as shown.
2. Cover the box and lid with papier-mache. To make the nose, cover a wad of paper with papier-mache. Add strips of papier-mache to create eyebrows and a mouth. Fold a strip of papier-mache for cheeks.
3. Paint the features with poster paint and let dry. Cut out eyeholes. Staple a piece of elastic to opposite sides of the mask to fit around your head.
(large heavy paper plate, lightweight cardboard, small heavy paper bowl, papier-mache, poster paint, elastic)
1. To make the snout of the bear, turn over a small heavy paper bowl, and place on top of the outside bottom of a large heavy paper plate. Tape it on the plate. Cut small ears from pieces of lightweight cardboard, and staple them to the plate.
2. Cover with papier-mache, adding rolled pieces of papier-mache to form the eyebrows. Let dry.
3. Paint and let dry. Add features with poster paint. Let dry. Cut out eyeholes. Staple a piece of elastic to opposite sides of the mask to fit around your head.
(construction paper)
1. Cut a long stem from green construction paper.
2. Cut small orange pumpkins, and glue them on the stem.
3. On a pumpkin, write the name of a book you have read during the Halloween season. Add a book title to each pumpkin after you have read other books.
(construction paper)
1. Cut a piece of black construction paper about 5 inches by 8 inches. Measure 2 inches down on the long side and draw a line across the paper.
2. In the center above the 2-inch line, draw the head of a cat. Cut along the line and the outline of the cat. Roll the paper cat into a tube and tape the edges together.
3. Cut and glue on eyes, a nose, a mouth, and whiskers. Cut claws and two paws from paper and tape them to the bottom of the paper tube.
4. For the tail, glue the ends of two long, narrow strips of paper together at a right angle, as shown. Then fold one strip across the other alternately, as shown by the arrows.
Continue until almost at the end, then cut tiny strips for fringe. Glue the other end to the cat.
ooard egg carton, dried beans, poster paint, paper, elastic, button)
1. For the body, cut two egg cups from a cardboard egg carton. Glue the two cups together with a few dried beans inside.
2. Paint the body with poster paint and let dry. Add eyes, a
b, a mouth, and hair from pieces of paper.
3. Glue a long piece of elastic to the top. Thread the other end through the holes of a button and tie a knot. Slip the button between your fingers and make the critter jump.
(plastic food container, tree branch, clay, small stones, paper, hemlock pinecones, plastic food wrap)
1. Place a fallen tree branch into a plastic food container filled with small stones and clay. Decorate the outside with paper.
2. To make owls, decorate the hemlock pinecones with paper eyes and beaks.
3. Glue the owls to the fallen tree branch. To help hold them in place, wrap a small piece of plastic food wrap around them. Remove the wrap when almost dry.
(cotton balls, facial tissue, rubber band, metal bandage box, paper)
1. To make the ghost, center two or three cotton balls in two facial tissues. Place a small rubber band around the bottom of the tissue ball to form the ghost's neck. Draw a face with a marker.
2. Place the ghost's body into a metal bandage box. Tape the back of the ghost's head to the inside lid of the box. Close the lid gently, tucking the head into the box.
3. Decorate the outside of the metal bandage box with paper to give the ghost a home. Pull open the lid and the ghost will pop up.
(cardboard egg carton, construction paper, yarn)
1. For the witch's head, cut four adjoining sections from a cardboard egg carton.
2. Using the inside of the carton as the face, glue on eyes, a mouth, and a wart. Add a black construction-paper hat to the back of the cardboard egg carton.
3. Glue long pieces of black yarn over the top of the witch's head, letting it hang down around her face.
4. Add a yarn hanger to the back of the witch.
(brown paper bag, cotton balls, ribbon)
1. Find a brown paper bag that will fit on your head.
2. Cut the bag in the shape of a wig, as shown. Cut out a ponytail from the leftover paper, and glue it to the back of the wig.
3. Spread some glue over a section of the wig, and press cotton balls into it until the wig and ponytail are covered.
4. Tie a piece of ribbon around the ponytail and make a bow.
(wide plastic ribbon holder, felt, yarn, sequins, heavy black thread on a spool)
1. Glue a piece of white felt around a wide plastic ribbon holder.
2. Cut the body of a spider from felt. Glue on yarn legs. Add sequins for eyes. Glue the spider on the white felt.
3. Tape the end of heavy black thread to the inside of the holder. Holding the spool of thread in your hand, wrap thread around the inside and outside of the holder to look like a spider's web. Cut the thread and tape the end.
(black construction paper, white crayon, white plastic bread wrapper)
1. Fold a piece of black construction paper into quarters to make a card.
2. Use white crayon to draw the outline of a ghost on the front of the card. Open the card and cut the ghost outline out of the card.
3. Tape a piece of white plastic cut from a bread wrapper behind the cutout ghost so that when the card is refolded the white plastic shows through the front of the card. Cut black paper dot eyes and a mouth and glue to the ghost.
4. On the front of the card, use white crayon to write "Boo!" On the inside of the card, write a message and your name.
(one medium and one small brown paper bag, newspaper, straw hat, construction paper)
1. For the body, use a medium-size brown paper bag. For the arms, roll a few sheets of newspaper into a tube. Poke a hole in each side of the bag near the top, and push the arms through. Stuff the body with crumpled newspaper, fold the opening closed, and staple it shut.
2. For the head, use a small paper bag stuffed with newspaper. Twist and tape the bag shut. Make a small hole in the body and insert the twisted end of the head into the hole. Use tape to hold it in place.
3. Roll a few sheets of newspaper into two small tubes for the legs. Poke two holes in the bottom of the body and insert the legs. Add tape to hold them in place.
4. Glue on cut paper for features and patches. Cut and glue paper hay for the feet, hands, neck, and head. Add an old straw hat.
(brown paper bag, flashlight)
1. Place a brown paper bag on a table, with the open end at the bottom.
2. Draw and cut out a pumpkin face on the bag.
3. At night, place the bag over a small flashlight. See the pumpkin glow in the dark!
(pencil, rubber eraser cap, permanent marker, construction paper)
1. Place a rubber eraser cap on the top of a pencil. With scissors, cut out a small notch at the top of the eraser to form two pointed ears.
2. Color the eraser black with a permanent marker.
3. Cut out bat wings from construction paper. Glue the wings to the back of the eraser and let dry. Cut out small paper eyes, and glue them to the bat.
(frozen-juice pull-top lid, felt, safety pin)
1. Place a frozen-juice pull-top lid on a piece of felt, and trace around it with a pencil. Do this again and cut out the two circles.
2. Glue one felt circle to each side of the lid.
3. Cut out a mouth, a nose, eyes, and a stem from pieces of felt, and glue them in place.
4. On the other side, glue or tape a safety pin.
(plastic food container, yarn, cardboard egg carton, poster paint, construction paper)
1. For the top section, cut a ring from a plastic food container. Punch four evenly spaced holes near the top of the ring. Insert a piece of yarn through each hole, tying a knot at the end. Gather the four pieces at the top, and tie them together into one knot.
2. Cut out five egg-carton sections and make them into the shapes of cats' heads, as shown. Paint them black. Add whiskers and eyes with paper and glue. Poke a hole in the top of each cat's head.
3. On the bottom of the ring, punch five evenly spaced holes. Thread a piece of yarn through each cat's head and through a hole in the ring. Tie a knot at each end.
4. Glue a piece of black paper to cover the back of each head. Add paper ears.
(cream containers, construction paper, tree branch, plastic food container, modeling clay, fabric, yarn, string)
1. For each goblin, glue together two small cream containers. Cut features from paper to decorate each goblin.
2. Stick a fallen tree branch into a plastic food container filled with modeling clay. Cut a circle of fabric. Wrap it around the container and tie it together with yarn.
3. Glue a piece of string to the top of each goblin, and tie the goblins to the branches.
(construction paper)
1. Fold a piece of dark blue construction paper in half for the card. On the outside write this message: "Dear _____
On Halloween will you help me haunt a house? Look inside."
2. On black construction paper, draw a house that will fit inside the card. Add windows and a door with a marker or a crayon. Cut out the house.
3. From white paper, cut out a ghost shape longer than the height of the house. On the bottom of the ghost print "PUSH UP."
4. Inside the card, put the house in place with the ghost behind it. Put glue on the back of the house but only at the sides. Be sure the ghost moves freely.
5. Pull the ghost down so that it is invisible until your friend follows the instruction "PUSH UP."
(small cardboard gift box, construction paper, poster board)
1. Cover the lid of a small cardboard gift box with construction paper. Tape the ends inside the lid.
2. Cut the face of a witch from white paper, and glue it to the top of the lid. Draw on facial features with a marker.
3. Cut a poster board hat, and glue it to the witch. Fill the box with treats for a friend.
(bathroom tissue tube, poster paint, construction paper)
1. Draw two V shapes, one at each end of a bathroom tissue tube, and cut them out. Glue the V shapes to each side of the tube for ears.
2. Paint the tube and let dry. Cut out eyes and a beak from paper and glue in place.
3. Place a rolled napkin inside the tube and stand the owl up.
(permanent markers, watercolor or tempera paint, tongue depressors, felt, lightweight cardboard)
1. Paint a face on a tongue depressor with permanent marker, watercolor, or tempera paint. Features can be added with pieces of felt.
2. Glue a lightweight piece of cardboard in the shape of a ring to the back of each tongue depressor. When dry, place the puppets on your fingers.
(heavy cardboard, poster paint)
1. From heavy cardboard, cut out the body, front legs, back legs, and head. Make slits in these four parts, as shown.
2. Slide the legs and head into the body slits to be sure that the parts fit properly. Take apart.
3. Paint the parts with poster paint, adding features. Let dry, then put the parts back together.
(small white paper bags, construction paper)
1. Decorate one side of a small white paper bag with cutout pieces of construction paper. Glue them in place.
2. Make Halloween cats, witches, goblins, or other creatures. Let your imagination loose.
3. Place treats inside each bag for your friends.
(construction paper)
1. Cut out three identical paper pumpkin shapes with straight bottoms.
2. Fold each pumpkin in half and then open up. Draw a different face on each paper pumpkin, using the fold as a guide to center the face.
3. Add glue to one half of the back of two pumpkins, and glue these together. Then glue the third pumpkin to the remaining back sections.
(white paper, yarn, black crayon)
1. Cut two identical ghost shapes, larger than your hand, from white paper.
2. Hold one ghost on top of the other. With a paper punch, punch holes around the sides and tops.
3. Cut a long piece of yarn. Lace the front and back together by going in and out of the holes. Tie a knot in the ends of the yarn.
4. Draw a ghost face with black crayon. Place your hand in the puppet, and say "Boo!"
(four black chenille sticks, one large four-hole button, construction paper)
1. Cut four black chenille sticks about 6 inches in length.
2. Push a chenille stick through each hole of a large four-hole button. Bend and shape the sticks to look like legs.
3. To make the spider's head and body section, cut a piece of black construction paper. Glue it to the top of the button. Add paper eyes.
(shoe box and lid, poster paint, large thread spool, white paper, three Ping-Pong balls)
1. Remove the lid from an empty shoe box. Paint the inside of the lid with black poster paint and let dry. Paint three Ping-Pong balls black and let dry.
2. Draw a ghost shape on a piece of white paper to fit the inside of the lid. Cut out the ghost and glue it inside
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3. To make the eyes and mouth, place a large thread spool on the face and trace around the spool. Cut out along the outline. Turn the shoe box upside down, and hold the lid against the bottom. Trace around the holes for the eyes and mouth, then cut along the outlines.
4. Glue the lid to the bottom of the box, matching the holes. Cut out sections of the sides of the shoe box to make legs.
5. Drop the three balls onto the lid. Hold the box in your hands, and roll the balls around until you have filled the holes.
(five ice-cream sticks, gauze, paper, string)
1. Glue five ice-cream sticks together, as shown, to make the body.
2. Cut a head shape from paper and glue it to the body.
3. Cut strips of gauze. Spread some glue along the sticks and head and wrap the gauze around them.
4. With a paper punch, punch out two paper eyes and glue them to the head. Glue a string loop to the back of the mummy for a hanger.
(cardboard egg carton, poster paint, yarn, construction paper, two marbles)
1. Cut four identical cup sections from a cardboard egg carton.
2. To make the head, glue two of the cups together and let dry. Cover with paint and let dry again. Cut eyes, a nose, and a mouth from construction paper, and glue them to the cup for the face. Glue short pieces of thin yarn to the top of the head for hair.
3. To make the feet, poke a hole in each of the two remaining cups. Paint the cups and let them dry. Cut two pieces of thick yarn about 7 inches long, and thread one piece into each hole. Tie a knot at the ends so the yarn won't come out of the cups.
4. Attach the feet to the head by poking a hole on each side of the head and gluing the ends of the yarn into these holes.
5. Glue a marble inside each foot for weight. Hold the goblin with your fingers, and tilt his head back and forth quickly to make him dance.
(plastic food containers, bathroom tissue tube, paint, paper, self-adhesive stars)
1. Paint a happy face on an upright bathroom tissue tube and let it dry. Cut a strip of paper, decorate it, and glue each end to the inside of the tube for a handle.
2. Glue the tube in the center of a plastic margarine container. Add self-adhesive stars around the outside.
3. Fill the basket with treats.
(two 9-inch paper plates, construction paper, string, poster paint)
1. Glue two 9-inch paper plates right sides together. Place a green stem cut from construction paper and a piece of string in between the plates at the top before the glue dries.
2. Paint the plates orange and let dry.
3. To make the face, cut features from paper, and glue them onto the front of the pumpkin.
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(paper plates, yarn, chenille sticks, 2 1/2-inch plastic-foam ball, paper)
1. Cut the center from one paper plate without cutting through the rim. Cut another paper plate, from the edge to the center. Staple this plate into a cone shape.
2. Glue the cone to the rim. Use a paper punch to punch a hole on each side of the hat, and add yarn for ties.
3. Draw a spider web on the cone. Spread glue and pieces of yarn over the web. Color a 2 1/2-inch plastic-foam ball with a marker. Push chenille sticks into the ball for legs. Add paper eyes.
4. Glue the spider to the top of the hat, attaching his legs somewhere on the web.
(plastic-foam cup, construction paper)
1. Tape or glue construction paper to the outside of a plastic-foam cup.
2. Add features such as ears, eyes, a mouth, and a nose from paper to create your goblin.
(plastic container with snap-on lid, construction paper, small plastic-foam ball, tissue paper, thread)
1. Cover a plastic container with strips of gray construction paper. Cover the snap-on lid with a circle of paper. With a marker, draw stones on the paper.
2. Cut two strips of paper 1 inch wide. Fold the strips over each other, as shown in the diagram on page 27, to form a long spring. The spring, when flattened, should be the height of the can. Glue one end of it to the inside bottom of the container.
3. Cover a small plastic-foam ball with white tissue, and secure with thread at the neck. Add eyes and a mouth to the ghost. Spread out the ghost body and glue the bottom of the ball to the other end of the spring.
4. Push the ghost inside the container and close the lid. Surprise a friend by opening the lid. See the ghost pop up and down.
(paper)
1. To create the word "HAPPY," you will need a piece of paper that measures 5 by 15 inches. You may need to tape pieces of paper together.
2. Starting at the narrow end, fold over 3 inches of the paper and continue to fold into accordion pleats until the whole piece is pleated.
3. With a pencil, lightly sketch a ghost, as shown in the diagram, on the top of the folded paper. Cut around the ghost shape, but don't cut on the folds. You should have five ghosts. Write one letter of the word "HAPPY" on each ghost.
4. To create the word "HALLOWEEN," follow steps 1, 2, and 3, using a piece of paper measuring 5 by 27 inches.
(large cereal box, half-gallon milk carton, construction paper, yarn)
1. Cut off the two long top flaps of a large cereal box. Fold back and glue the two small top flaps to each narrow side of the outside of the cereal box. These will be reinforcements for the handle.
2. Cut a half-gallon milk carton in half. Cover the milk carton and the cereal box with glue and black construction paper. Glue them together.
3. Draw and cut out ghost shapes from paper and glue them to the tote-box. Add yarn around the top edges.
4. Poke a small hole on each narrow side of the cereal box. Thread the ends of a piece of yarn through the holes from the outside of the box, and tie the yarn into knots on the inside of the box.
(orange cellulose sponge, permanent marker, felt, chenille stick, flashlight)
1. Cut a pumpkin shape from a dry orange cellulose sponge (the kind that has irregular holes).
2. Draw lines on the pumpkin with a permanent marker. Cut out pieces of felt for the eyes, nose, and mouth, and glue them to the pumpkin.
3. Cut a small piece of chenille stick and loop it to form a stem. Glue it to the top of the pumpkin.
4. What's the surprise? Place a flashlight behind this jack-o'-lantern, and watch it glow in the dark!
(four sheets of white poster board, red felt, red ribbon)
1. To make the front and back of a playing card, glue two sheets of white poster board together for one side of your body and two sheets together for the other side of your body.
2. To make the front side of the playing card, cut five large red-felt hearts, and glue them in place. Draw the numeral 5 in opposite corners of the card. Cut two small hearts from felt, and glue one below each number. Draw designs on the back side of the playing card.
3. Have someone help you hold up the card sections to the top of your shoulders, front and back. Cut strips of ribbon to fit
over your shoulders, and staple them to the front and back of the card sections with the red hearts facing out for the front and the design facing out for the back.
4. Cut four strips of ribbon, and staple two of them to each side of the cards below your elbow. Tie the strips together in a bow to help hold the card in place on your body.
5. To make a hat, cut a long strip of poster board with a large heart in the middle. Cut out a red-felt heart, and glue it in the middle of the white one. Staple or tape the ends of the strips together to fit your head.
(old clothes and accessories)
1. Ask an adult to let you use some of his or her old clothes and accessories to play dress-up. Use your imagination to mix and match pieces of clothing, ties, hats, shoes, and old jewelry to make your own characters.
(poster board)
1. Cut hair and a beard from a piece of orange poster board. Draw a circle for your face in the middle and cut it out.
2. Draw and cut out a hat from green poster board. Glue the hat on top of the hair. Decorate the hat with a shamrock.
3. To make a pot of gold, cut out a large pot shape from a piece of black poster board. Cut small gold coins, and glue them around the top of the pot.
(large cardboard box, gift wrap, small paper plate, ribbon)
1. Remove the top flaps from a large cardboard box so the top of the box will be open. Cut a hole in the bottom of the box large enough for your head to fit through.
2. Cut two holes on opposite sides of the box, large enough for your arms to fit through and for the box to rest on top of your shoulders. Decorate the box with gift wrap and ribbon.
3. Tape pieces of ribbon to the center of a small paper plate. Punch a hole on each side of the plate, and thread a piece of ribbon through the holes. Wear the plate on your head as the bow on top of the package.
(four heavy cardboard paper plates, elastic, paint, paper, poster board)
1. To make the masks for your hands, cut one plate in half. Place one of the halves on a whole plate, face to face, and glue together at the rim. This forms a pocket for your hand. Repeat this for the second mask. To make the mask for your face, use one plate.
2. Punch holes at the top of each mask, and tie yarn for hair. Add other features with paint, paper, or poster board.
3. To wear the face mask, punch a hole on opposite sides of the plate, and tie a piece of elastic to each hole.
(poster board, glitter, fabric, lace)
1. Draw a hat shape on a piece of poster board, as shown, and cut it out. Draw designs with glue and sprinkle them with glitter. Glue on ribbon and fabric pieces.
2. Roll the cutout into the shape of a cone to fit your head, and staple it in place. Leave a small opening at the top. Staple streamers of ribbons and fabric to the top of the hat. At the bottom, staple ribbon to hold the hat in place.
3. Follow step 2 and step 3 of the Prince costume to make a cape.
(poster board, glitter, fabric, ribbon)
1. Draw a crown shape on a piece of poster board, as shown, and cut it out. Draw designs with glue and sprinkle them with glitter. Glue on ribbon and fabric pieces. Roll the cutout shape into the form of a crown. Leave the opening large enough to fit your head. Staple the ends together.
2. Cut a rectangular piece of fabric for a cape. Fold it in half, and cut
a small section in the middle large enough for your head to go through.
3. Draw designs on the cape with glue and sprinkle them with glitter. Add ribbon and fabric pieces to match the crown. Let dry. Wear the cape over your clothes.
(corrugated cardboard, poster board, black ribbon, paper towels, red tissue paper, mask)
1. Ask an adult to help cut a large oval, about the size of your back, from a piece of corrugated cardboard. Cover one side with red poster board, and cover the other side with black poster board. With an adult's help cut four slits, as shown. From the black side, insert a piece of black ribbon into each set of slits. Glue about 2 inches of the ribbon ends to the red side.
2. Cover the red side with crumpled paper towels glued in place to form a mound. Cover the mound with red tissue paper and glue at the edges. Cut and glue on yellow spots from poster board. Cut and staple six legs from black poster board.
(corrugated cardboard box, poster paint, five large paper plates, small paper plates, fabric)
1. Open all the flaps on a corrugated cardboard box. Use poster paint to decorate sides of the cardboard to resemble a car.
2. Glue small paper plates to the front and back of the car to make headlights and tail lights. Glue four large paper plates to the car to make wheels. Staple a fifth large paper plate to the car to make a steering wheel.
3. Cut two long strips of fabric. Staple them to the top in the front and in the back of the car. Step into the car, and place the straps over your shoulders to carry the car.
(seven chenille sticks, glitter)
1. Bend five 10-ineh-long chenille sticks in half, then twist a 1/2-inch loop at the top. Lay the five pieces together in a row. Join them together, as shown. Make a loop at ea