> Nutter Butter Ghosts > > Dip the nutter butter cookies in melted almond bark and place 2 mini > chocolate > chips on for the eyes while still wet. These turn out into real cute ghosts. > > --- > > Oreo Black Cats > > Materials: > Oreo cookies > Candy corn > M&M's > Red licorice string > Black tinted frosting. > > Place the M&M's on the Oreo for the eyes use the frosting to glue them in > place. Place the candy corn on the top of the Oreo to resemble ears use > frosting to hold in place. Make a red licorice mouth and whiskers and attach > with frosting. You can use a chocolate chip or a brown or black M&M for the > nose and attach with frosting. > > --- > > > > These pumpkins are made out of plastic clothes dryer hose. They turn out > real cute. > > Supplies needed: > Dryer hose > Orange spray paint > Green felt > Fake fall leaves > Tacky Glue > Green spray paint > Cone shaped styrofoam > Small wiggly eyes > Small black pom pom > Green pipe cleaners > > * Cut off section of dryer vent and make into a circle gluing the two ends > together. (So you have a nice size pumpkin) > * Spray paint the dryer vent orange (let dry) > * Spray paint the Styrofoam green for the stem (let dry) > * Curl the green pipe cleaner around your finger. Put a little glue on the > pipe > cleaner and place on top in center hole of pumpkin. Place glue on Styrofoam > stem and press down into center on top of pumpkin. > * Cut two green leaves out of felt and place on top of pumpkin. > * Glue additional fake fall leaves to the bottom of the pumpkin (it then > looks > like it's sitting in a pile of leaves.) > * Glue wiggly eyes to the black pom pom and glue on green leaf on top of > pumpkin. > > That's it! You now have a real neat looking centerpiece. With the ruffled > dryer > vent it really looks like a pumpkin. > > > --- > > Ghost from juice can lid > > Spray paint the lids white. Provide the girls with hammers and nails, and > have them punch four or five holes along the inside of the rim, trying to > space them out evenly, if possible. Provide a rough piece of board > underneath for the nails to punch through. Turn lid over and with the > hammer, gently tap the sharp edges down. Safety first! > > Tear strips of white muslin or old bed sheets into strips and using a pen or > screwdriver, push the end of the strip through from the front to the back. > No need for glueing...the rough edges of the lid will catch into the > material > and it will stay quite nicely. Punch another hole at the opposite end (top) > and attach string or yarn for hanging. Glue on huge googly eyes and you > have a > ghost! You can also use markers or paint to create ghostie features on the > face. > > ---- > > ghost pin > > take a cotton ball, put a safety pin thru the back, glue 2 eyes on. > you have a simple pin. > > ---- > > spider pin > > > 1 black pom pom ball, 1 smaller purple pompom ball. > ( any color is fine, but this is the sizes and colors that we had.) > 2 pipe cleaners cut to make small spider legs. 1 safety pin. > glue the two pom pom balls together. > glue the eyes on the smaller pom pom > Hot glue gun ( leader does this ) the legs on the bottom of the larger pom > pom... Shove the saftey pin through the bottom and you have a cute little > spider pin. > > --- > > Halloween Little People Ghosts > > > Materials needed: > > > one empty 2 ltr. bottle > two pieces of PVC pipe in 12 to 13 inch lengths > masking tape. > one 6" styrofoam ball > Pair of toddler shoes > Pair of toddler pants > Square of white fabric roughly 24" x 24" > Black felt for eyes > Small plastic pumpkin basket with handle > > > Holding the two liter bottle upside down, securely tape the PVC pipe to > form legs. Wrap the tape around several times. Pull the pants of the > legs and body securing with rubber bands at the "waist". Hot glue the > inside of the shoes and insert the PVC pipe. Hot glue the styrofoam > head to the flat side of the upside down bottle. Hold in place until > glue dries. The doll should be able to stand. If not, adjust the tape. > Drape the square white cloth over the "head". Cut eyes from black felt > and glue on. Sew the plastic pumpkin basket to the front of the ghost. > > --- > > Fake Hand > > Take a plastic glove that would have been in the first aid kit. > Fill it about 2/3 full or slightly less with bird seed and tie the wrist > part with a couple of good knots. paint red finger nail on the glove and > you have a fake hand ready to set on the edge of goodie plates or in candy > boxes whatever to give a fright. > > > --- > > A dangling spider > > > With an adult's help, use a ballpoint pen to poke a hole in the bottom of a > film canister. Thread yarn through the hole, and make a large knot at the > end inside the canister. > For legs, cut four 7-inch-by-1/2 inch strips of felt. Spread glue around > the inside edge of the canister lid. Place the legs on the lid (over the > glue) so that their centers overlap in the middle. Squeeze glue around the > open edge of the canister, then push it hard into the lid. > Make eyes from paper (or use googly eyes), and glue them on. Hang your > spider by the yarn or make him dance along the floor. > If you've done this right, the film canister should be closed up, with the > lid at the bottom and the legs between the canister and the lid. > > --- > > Yarn Pumpkin > > You need a round balloon, orange thread and white glue to start. > Cover your work area with newspaper. Inflate a ROUND balloon and tie it > closed. > > Wind a large amount of orange yarn or heavyweight crochet thread around > your hand. Squeeze white glue all over thread. It should coat the thread. > In one hand, hold the thread end and the knot of the balloon. With your > other (thread-covered) hand, wrap the thread around the balloon, unwinding > it from your hand as you go. If you need more yarn, repeat the steps. The > effect should appear airy and open. > > When done, set the balloon in a cup. When the glue has dried, pop the > balloon. (Overnight or several hours) An orange thread pumpkin will be > left. > > To make a stem, glue green paper onto an empty thread spool. Glue the stem > on top of the pumpkin, pressing down a little. For vines, bend green > chenille sticks around threads on the pumpkin then wrap the ends around a > pencil. > > Cut facial features from felt. Glue them on the pumpkin. > Pom Pom Spider > > Black yarn > Small square of cardboard > Black pipe cleaners > Googly eyes > Red construction paper > Glue > > Wind yard around and around cardboard square until heavily covered. Using a > small piece of yarn tie securely at the centre, cut > edges and remove the cardboard. Insert three pipe cleaners into the knotted > centre and bend to form legs. Glue on eyes if > desired, or cut out eyes from red paper. Use thread or yarn to hang spider. > > Egg Carton Spider > > Cardboard egg carton > Black pipe cleaners > Black tempera paint, marker or crayon > Red construction paper > Glue > Thread or yarn > > Using paint, marker or crayons, colour the cup sections of the egg carton. > Cut each egg cup apart. Push pipe cleaner legs into > egg cup and bend to shape legs. Cut red paper and glue on for eyes. Use > thread or yarn to hang. > > Ghost Puppet > > Tissue paper > Cotton ball > Rubber band > String > > Place tissue paper over a cotton ball and secure under ball with rubber > band. Draw eyes on with marker. Tie a string around > neck and hang or use as a finger puppet by hooking over a finger with rubber > band. > > Halloween Chain > > Orange and Black construction paper > > Cut orange and black strips of paper, three to four inches long and one-half > inch wide. Form a circle with one strip and glue or > staple ends. Take next strip and loop it through first circle, again glueing > or stapling ends. Continue on making as long as you > like, alternating colours. > > Tombstones > > Styrofoam sheets > Thick Black Marker > > Cut Styrofoam shapes into shape of tombstone. Write epitaph on Styrofoam > with black marker. Prop up against doorways or > walls. > > Eye Masks > > Inexpensive eye masks > Sequins > Feathers > Buttons > Dried beans > > Have kids attach a variety of items on hand to the masks with glue to make > their own decorated eye masks. > > Monster Masks > > Plaster of Paris bandage (available at pharmacies) > Vaseline > Water > > Cut strips of Plaster of Paris bandages about 2-inch lengths. Grease your > face or friends face well with Vaseline (tie hair back). > Dip strips into bowl of water, one by one, and squeeze out all water before > applying to face. Repeat strip by strip, overlapping > by about ½ inch. Smooth out the strips as you go. Leave breathing holes and > eye openings. > The entire process should take 10 to 12 minutes from Vaseline application > until peeling off face. The mask will separate from > face as it dries. In about 15 to 20 minutes the mask will be ready for > painting and decorating as desired. > > Halloween table cloth > > White paper table cloth > Sponges > Tempera acrylic paint > Markers > Stickers > Halloween cutouts > > On white paper tablecloth decorate with assorted shapes cut from sponges. > Glue on Halloween cutouts or stickers. > > Creepy spiders > > Crab shells > Black spray paint > > Purchase crab shells at a local market. Spray paint black and use as > decorations on Halloween night. > > Trick or Treat Bags > > Brown paper lunch bags > Felt-tip markers > Halloween stickers > Cutout pumpkins, ghosts, bats, cats > Glue > > Decorate the brown paper bags with assorted Halloween designs. Larger brown > paper grocery bags can be decorated and > used for trick or treating. > > Bone mobile > > Bone shaped dog biscuits > White spray paint > String > Coat hanger > > Spray paint dog biscuits white on both sides. Once dry tie together with > string in a variety of patterns. Hang from coathangers or > crossed dowels. PUMPKIN ABUNDANCE LIGHTS: These are great for magickal party favors and will cost you very little. 6 miniature pumpkins 6 tea lights knife or pumpkin carving tools Cit off the tops of the little pumpkins and clean them out ( save those seeds! ) Cut happy faces into the pumpkins. Insert tealights. Hold your hands over the pumpkins and chant: " Gold and silver coins galore all are coming to your door." Keep your hands over the pumpkins until your palms tingle or grow warm. Give them to your friends with a smile, and repeat the spell to them. Tell them to light the candle in the pumpkin at midnight on halloween to activate the spell. Taken from: HALOWEEN, spells, customs ans recipes by: Silver Ravenwolf