Quick & Easy Halloween Crafts

Carolina Parent,
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PUMPKIN CANDLEHOLDERS
Illuminate your dinner table with these festive candleholders.

YOU NEED:

•?? ?Miniature pumpkins

•?? ?Small spoon

•?? ?Taper candles

HOW TO:

1. Cut the top off of a small pumpkin. The hole should be no bigger than a quarter. (Leave this task to the parents!)

2. Remove the seeds from the pumpkin with a small spoon.

3. Place your candle into the hole, making sure that it fits snugly. Use black and orange candles for a festive Halloween touch.

4. Light candles and dinner is served!

DINNER GHOSTS

Who’s coming to dinner?

YOU NEED:

•?? ?Butternut squashes

•?? ?White paint

•?? ?Black construction paper, felt or permanent marker

•?? ?Push pins or glue

HOW TO:

1. Cover butternut squashes with white paint.

2. Let dry completely.

3. Add mouth and eyes to your ghost with cut-out black construction paper, felt or a permanent marker.

4. Use pins or glue to attach paper or felt.

BOO PUMPKINS

Spell out BOO! on four festive pumpkins.

YOU NEED:

•?? ?4 small pumpkins

•?? ?Marker

•?? ?Carving tool

•?? ?Large spoon

•?? ?4 candles

HOW TO:

1. Draw the letters and exclamation point on the pumpkins with a marker.

2. Cut the tops off of your pumpkins with a sharp knife (Leave this task to the parents!)

3. Cut a small hole in each pumpkin top to allow heat to escape.

4. Remove pumpkin seeds and scrape the walls

5. Cut our your letters with a knife or caving tool

6. Insert tealights in each pumpkin, arrange and say BOO!

HALLOWEEN SLIME

Have an ooey-gooey Halloween with this green goo.

YOU NEED:

•?? ?Warm water

•?? ?1 cup Elmer’s glue

•?? ?Green food coloring

•?? ?4 teaspoons borax

HOW TO:

1. Mix ¾ cup warm water, glue and several drops of green food coloring in bowl

2. In a separate bowl, mix 4 teaspoons borax and 1 1/3 cup warm water (Caution! Borax is toxic in large doses – keep this mixture away from young kiddies!)

3. Pour the glue mixture into the borax mixture. Do not stir.

4. Let sit for 1 minute to let the slime set.

5. Lift the firm slime out of the liquid.

6. Voila! Have a slimy good time!

GHOST POPS

Festive treats in the form of friendly ghosts!

YOU NEED:

•?? ?Coffee filters

•?? ?Lollipops

•?? ?Black ribbon or pipe cleaner

•?? ?Black marker

HOW TO:

1. Wrap a coffee filter around a lollipop and tie it with a black ribbon or pipe cleaner.

2. Draw spooky faces on your ghost heads with black marker.

3. Gather a whole clan of ghosts and give them away as treats! ?

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