Halloween Arts & Crafts #1

There are so more different arts & crafts projects out there to make for Halloween. Here are some of my previous efforts with the kids!

Monster Bags

The must have for any trick or treater.  I ordered white paper bags but I am sure you can use any paper bag that you get from the store.  After painting the bags and letting them dry the kids cut out the eyes, nose, mouth and ears from coloured paper.

Each bag was different and each one more scarier than the next.

Ghost Bags

Spooky and easy to make.  These bags were much smaller and didn't have handles.  Much better for parties that aren't going to offer a huge amount of treats.

Just get the kids to make a white upside down hand print and let them add a face.  Make sure the paint dries before adding anything else to the design.

Some glitter added to the drying paint makes these bags really sparkle.

Pumpkin Pompoms

This is an art project for older kids. A great way to help fine motor skills and train concentrate and patience.  Oh and they make great decorations.

If you have never made pompoms before then you will want to try it out yourself first.  Here is a video that shows you how.  Make sure you have enough wool and cardboard and thats all you really need.  I used two different shades of orange to make the pompoms less boring and also made a piece green so it really could be a pumpkin ;)

The faces are just paper stuck on.  Get the kids to draw the face first and then cut and stick.  I had some wiggly eyes going spare which made the pumpkins look even better.

Nespresso Spiders

I have a Nespresso coffee machine and hate throwing those used capsules away.  After seeing people make jewelery with them I decided I could also use them in Kindergarten.

Just empty and clean out the capsules and get the kids to jump on them.  This is really fun for them.  If you have a workbench then you can even let them hammer them flat.

I used two capsules per spider.  Front and back.  The pipe cleaners are glued in between the two capsules and the string to hang them up is also glued between the capsules.  Wiggly eyes look best on the spider and a piece of paper for the mouth.

You don't have to use dark coloured capsules but I found the black, brown and grey ones looked the best.

 Nespresso Bats

Not much different to the spiders.  Two capsules with the wings made out of black paper glued between them.  Also add some string between the capsules if you want to hang the bat up.

The wiggly eyes are easy to apply and the kids also added vampire like teeth cut out of white paper.

Easy to make and let the kids stamp the capsules themselves.  Just don't let them cut open and clean the capsules.  The sharp edges are not to be messed with.

Franken Monster Game

We had a big delivery and it is really hard for me to throw away such a nice big box.  I drew a monster on the one side and the kids helped me paint him.  We cut out the mouth and made a hole on his t-shirt and used this as a throwing game.

Actually we used pumpkin pompoms (see above) as balls and awarded five points for a pumpkin in the mouth and one point for every pumpkin the kids managed to get through the bigger hole.

Do you have any Halloween ideas you would like to share?  

Feel free to send them to me at MyKindergartenPlace@gmx.net

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