Do you enjoy getting crafty with the kids? If you want something to do which involves a change from the usual carving of the pumpkins, read on for some more ideas..
Paper Plate Pumpkins
This one is great for little ones who might not be able to grasp pumpkin carving safely. Paper plate pumpkins! Grab some white paper plates and get the kids to paint them orange, cut out some black paper in the shape of eyes and mouths and stick them on. Make a hole in the top of the plate and thread some string. Hang and you are done!
Fluffy Halloween Slime
Sorry Mums and Dads, this one’s not for the faint hearted but kids will forever love slime… Here’s how to make it with a Halloween twist.
- 1 x 118ml bottle of Elmer’s white glue
- 2 x tablespoons of liquid laundry detergent OR contact lens solution
- 1 ½ cups of shaving cream
- Orange or green food colouring
- Glitter and googly eyes (optional)
Add the bottle of glue to a bowl and stir in the food colouring and glitter. Next, add the saline solution/detergent and mix. Add the shaving cream and stir bit by bit until you reach a consistency you like. Knead the slime with your hands until no stickiness remains. Add plastic bugs , googly eyes or spiders to the slime to make them extra creepy!
Spooky Jelly Pots
This recipe is super easy to make and will delight the little ones. You can halve or double the recipe depending on how many you need. This recipe will make 12 treats.
- 4 x 135g packs of lime jelly
- Spooky jelly sweets – snakes, spiders, eyeballs etc.
- Oreo biscuits
Make up the jelly according to pack instructions, divide half the mixture between the 12 pots and drop in some sweets, put in the fridge to set. Add some more jelly sweets to the top of the set jelly pots and hang some snakes over the side of the pots. Add the remaining jelly mixture to the pots and place back in the fridge to set. Before serving, crush some of the Oreos in a bag with a rolling pin and sprinkle over the top of the jelly pots to make ‘dirt’. Enjoy!
Glitter Spider Webs
A perfect project for a to be used as decorations on All Hallows Eve! All you need is some large plastic Ziplock bags, some white school glue and some glitter! Note – These will take around 24 hours to dry.
Flatten out a Ziplock bag and pour glue from the bottle in the shape of a spiders web. Next, sprinkle some glitter over the web. Leave to dry for around 20 hours. Use a spatula to carefully flip the spider web over and leave to dry for a further 4 hours. Use the webs to decorate your home for Halloween.
We hope you enjoy making some of our ideas with the kids for Halloween. Did you try any? Let us know what you thought!