Pumpkin Carving ~ Halloween Special

Today, there are a variety of tool kits on the market created especially for carving pumpkins. With these tools to the rescue, carving pumpkins is easier than ever before..

Materials:

Pumpkin
Printer and paper
Spoon or pumpkin scoop
Small nail or pumpkin poker
Serrated knife or pumpkin saw (the more complicated the pattern, the more you’re going to want a pumpkin saw)

And before you begin carving, make sure you check out the video here which explains carefully how to begin carving and getting rid of pumpkin pulp before you start carving.

Happy Halloween!!!!

Pumpkin Painting ~ Halloween Crafts

Children love Pumpkin Painting . Painting pumpkins can be fun and creative.It can be great activity for kids in School at Halloween time.

Materials Needed:-

* Pumpkins, preferably mini or medium size
* Newspapers to lay across the table
* Paint and paint brushes (Crayola kids paint / Acrylic Paints
* Paper plate or Plastic Palate
* Colourful feathers
* Colourful Yarn pieces
* Scissors
* Craft Glue
* Glitters
* Small Cups
* Water

Directions:-

1. Cover the table with newspaper where kids are going to paint.
2. Place paint brushes, paint, small cups with water (for rinsing brushes) and a pumpkin at each spot.
3. Allow the childern to paint.
4. After painting allow the paint to dry.
5) you can decorate pumpkins with colourful feathers ,glitters ,ribbons or yarn etc.

Some fun pumpkin painting tips are:-

1) Children can paint a goofy or creepy faces or they could make hand prints all over the pumpkin. They could even mix colors and make a "tye-dye" pumpkin, and after the paint dries then add eyes and a mouth on it.Let the paint dry for few minutes.After that you can decorate pumpkins with gluing colourful feathers or yarn etc.

2) Stenciled Pumpkin Designs- Online hundreds of pumpkin template designs are available. Kids can use a stencil to trace a pattern on the pumpkin. They can use colored permanent markers to draw patterns.

3) Glitter Pumpkins- You can also cover your pumpkins with a coating of glitter. You can use craft glue that dries clear.Paint the entire pumpkin with glue. While the glue is wet, sprinkle your favorite colored glitter over the pumpkin. Let it dry for an hour and shake off the excess sprinkles.

4) You can also Try tracing and coloring in simple black silhouettes like bats, cats and spiders for more dramatic effect.


5) If displaying the pumpkins outside, be sure they sit beneath a covered area if washable paint was used.

Halloween Trick- or-Treat Bags

This Halloween craft is easy enough for kids to do by themselves . We will be making a unique trick or treat bag for the occasion. You can turn a shopping bag / birthday gift bag into an awesome trick or treat bag. Have fun.

Crafts Materials Needed:

Shopping or gift bag

scissors

glue

Pencil

Markers /Crayons

Glitter

Halloween Stickers

Tracing Paper

Construction Paper

Method:-

1) Purchase a shopping bag  / birthday gift bag that is one color from a shop. Orange makes a great color for a trick-or-treat bag. Choose the size you want.

2) Draw your own Halloween shapes. Try a haunted house, a skull, a pumpkin, a ghost or a witch.Colour it with markers or crayons.

3) Print out the Halloween template from online or draw your own Halloween shapes and trace the picture onto tracing paper with a pencil. Cut out the tracing paper.

4) Tape the tracing paper cutout onto a sheet of construction paper along the edge of the cutout. Carefully cut the picture out of the construction paper along the lines of the tracing paper.

5) Place the bag on a table. Put glue onto the back of your construction paper picture, and stick it on the bag. Stick the construction paper down on the bag.

6) Decorate your bag with glitter and Halloween stickers.

7) Let the glue dry on the bag before using.

Source :- www.ehow.com

Indoor Halloween Decorations

Make sure you get to scare people in your home with your Halloween decorations.After all that's what Halloween is all about.Go beyond the traditional Halloween decorations of carved Halloween jack o'lanterns and make your home spooky especially haunted with skeletons, ghosts and spider webs etc.These are some of the indoor Halloween decorating ideas from my Cafeteria.

Outdoor Halloween Decorations

There is no doubt that Halloween decorations provide a great atmosphere for any Halloween party.Outdoor Halloween decorations can help draw Trick-or-Treaters and even a few curious neighbors to your home. These decorations are surprisingly simple and might even give passers-by a little fright.Make your yard the scary or spooky one on the street this Halloween.Make your home
especially haunted with skeletons, bats,ghosts,tombstones and spider webs.These are some of the ideas.

Lollipop Ghosts ~ Halloween Crafts

 
Lollipop Ghosts are cute and friendly ghosts which can be a sweet addition to any Halloween party ,trick or treat handouts or for school parties. Make enough for your child's class or make just a few for fun at home. Kids love to make these. These are very easy to make and can be created in very short time.


Materials Needed:-

Lollipops or suckers
Scissors
Tissue paper or facial tissues
Ribbon or string or White thread
Black marker

Method:-

1: Cut a piece of tissue paper to the desired size for your lollipop.
2: Take one lollipop and hold it with the stick, lollipop side up.
3: Get a tissue, center it on the top of the lollipop, then wrap it around the lollipop
4: Gather the tissue around the stick just under the candy and tie with ribbon or string or white thread.Make sure you cut off the loose ends.
5: Draw on a face. Use your imagination and you will come up with many faces for your new spooky-sweet friends.
Now you have your lollipop ghost.

Halloween Costumes For Kids

Halloween is an annual holiday observed on October 31. Common Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, carving jack-o'-lanterns, ghost tours, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, committing pranks, telling ghost stories or other frightening tales, and watching horror films.
Trick-or-treating is a customary celebration for children on Halloween. Children go in costume from house to house, asking for treats such as candy or cookies, with the question, "Trick or treat?" The word "trick" refers to a "threat" to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given. The child performs some sort of trick, i.e. sings a song or tells a ghost story, to earn their treats.

Here are some of Costume ideas for kids

For Boys

* Avtar
* Toy Story Character
* Toy Story Buzz Lightyear
* Mario Bros
* Superhero
* Harry Potter Character
* Star Trek Character
* Pirate
*Gladiator
* Bert and Ernie
* Ninja Fighter
* Star Wars
* Skeleton Zombie
* Batman
* Spiderman
* Iron man


For Girls

* Tinkerbell
* Fairies
* Barbie
* Cinderella
* Alice in the wonderland
* Bumble Bee
* Lady bug
* Superhero girl
* Hannah Montana
* High School Musical Gabriella or Sharpay
* Princess
* Snow White
* Cheerleader
* Mermaid
* Witch
* Wedding Bride

Cinderella Dress

 Snow White Dress

 Mermaid Dress

Princess Dress

Lady Bug

Star Wars

Zombie

Skeleton Zombie