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Candy corn flower pot

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:28:00 +0000

Candy corn clay pot craft

This clay pot craft is a fun fall or Halloween project for a little kid or the whole family. Remember, don’t get hung up on perfection!

What You Need: 1 small clay pot; pencil; orange, yellow and off-white acrylic paint; paint brushes.

How to Make It: Using pencil, divide clay pot into three sections. Letting paint dry between each color, paint the pot in the order of candy corn. Then, use it for real or artificial flowers, or line and and fill it with candy. Makes a great centerpiece!

Tie Dyed Jack-o-lantern T-shirt

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:09:00 +0000

Jack-o-Lantern shirt craft

My son tie-dyed this cool Halloween shirt at drop-in day care, and I finished it off by adding the jack-o-lantern faces to the round “pumpkins.” It’s definitely a team project!

What You Need: White T-shirt in your child’s size; orange fabric dye; rubber bands; black permanent marker (such as Sharpie).

How to Make It: Prepare dye as instructed on package. Help child section off portions of the shirt and wrap rubber bands around these sections multiple times. Dye shirt according to package directions. Wash shirt by itself in cold water using laundry detergent. Dry it by itself. Once dry, use permanent marker to draw jack-o-lanterns. (The jack-o-lantern faces would be super-cute if drawn by the child, but my kid wasn’t into it on this day!)

Egg carton jack o’ lantern

admin — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:00:49 +0000

Preschoolers can make their own little pumpkin party favors to hold treats for a class party. Painting a jack o’ lantern face is optional!

What You Need: Egg carton cup (adult should pre-cut for little kids); 3/4″ wide strip of green construction paper; orange and black tempera paint; large and small paint brushes; hole punch and 2 office brads (or just staple handle on).
How You Make It: Paint egg carton cup orange, let dry and paint jack o’ lantern face if you’d like. Poke a hole on each side of the top of the cup and through the paper strip and use office brads to attach handle. Once dry, fill it with treats!

Spooky popcorn Halloween hand

admin — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:00:54 +0000

This craft doubles as a party treat! Make sure kids wash their hands before making this one. They’ll love shoving the candies and popcorn into the glove fingers. (But remember, popcorn can be a choking hazard for little kids.)

What You Need: Clean disposable clear plastic glove; popped popcorn; five red gumdrops or jelly beans; ribbon or yarn.
How You Make It: Shove one red candy into the tip of each glove finger and thumb. Fill glove almost full with popcorn. Tie shut (with adult help) to secure. Yum!

Egg carton spider

admin — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:57:28 +0000

Great for Halloween or a spider unit in school, these spiders are quick and fun to make. If you want, you can twist one of the pipe cleaner legs to make the spider “hold” a name to identify a child’s desk or as a placecard at a Halloween party.

What You Need: 1 “cup” section from egg carton; black tempera paint; 2 black pipe cleaners; 2 googly eyes; paintbrush; glue; 1/8″ hole punch or poking tool.
How You Make It: Adults should precut egg carton and pipe cleaners and poke the leg holes for littler kids. Paint egg carton section black and let dry. Poke or punch four holes on each of two sides of the egg carton cup. Cut each pipe cleaner in half, poke in one hole and out the opposite side and bend into leg shapes. Use glue to add googly eyes.

Pumpkin head craft

admin — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:37:58 +0000

This is a craft where preschoolers can really use their imaginations. Set out a bunch of ideas with which to dress up pumpkins: yarn, felt, markers, etc. The best part is, each child will come up with something different.

What You Need: mini pumpkin; feathers; acorn tops (or whatever you’d like); glue
How You Make It: Set pumpkin on its side so the stem becomes the nose. Add acorn eyes, feather hair or anything else. The only limit is supplies and a preschool imagination!

Spider bracelet made by tracing hand

admin — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:32:42 +0000

These spiders can be made as bracelets or rings. Preschoolers love wiggling them around. It’s even more fun because it’s made by tracing the child’s own hand!
What You Need: black construction paper; 2 googly eyes; office brad; white crayon; scrap of white paper; glue; scissors; stapler.

How You Make It: Fold construction paper in half. Have child place hand at fold, about halfway down the palm. Using white crayon, trace fingers (but not the thumb). Unfold and cut out. Use pencil or crayon to roll “legs” so they curl under a bit. Cut strip of black construction paper 1 inch wide and about 1″ longer than the child’s wrist. Staple ends together. Use brad to attach wrist loop to spider’s body. Glue on eyes and little triangles cut from white paper for fangs.

Footprint ghosts for Halloween

admin — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:12:48 +0000

This is a quick, fun craft for preschoolers, and as a bonus you preserve their little feet at that age. Be sure to use washable tempera paint for easy cleanup.
What You Need: black construction paper; white washable tempera paint; black tempera paint; small paintbrush.

How You Make It: Set construction paper on floor. Paint child’s feet white. Have child stand on paper, keeping feet still. Then lift up child. If paper sticks, pull it straight off so it doesn’t smear. Wash feet. Once paint dries, use paintbrush to add eyes and mouth to ghost. You could also use googly eyes.

Jack o’ lantern pumpkin treat cup

admin — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:47:20 +0000

These quick-to-make jack o’ lantern cups would be perfect for a Halloween party. Just add the kids’ names to the top part of each cup! They’re just the right size for classroom treats, too.
What You Need: orange plastic cup (Solo produces them around Halloween time, and the black cups included in the multipack are perfect for FreePreschoolCrafts.com’s plastic cup spiders.), black permanent marker, handheld hole punch, black pipe cleaner.

How You Make It: Just draw your favorite jack o’ lantern face on your cup! Use hole punch to punch two holes opposite one another near the top of the cup (adult may need to help with this.) Insert about 1 1/2″ of pipe cleaner into each hole and twist to secure.

Safety Alert: Permanent markers are not nontoxic, and will mark skin, so be sure to supervise kids closely on this craft. As an alternative, you could cut shapes from black construction paper and adhere them to the cup.

Plastic grocery bag ghost

admin — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:14:05 +0000

These are fun for a whole class to make. You can hang the ghosts from the ceiling, or just let the preschoolers run around with the ghosts “flying” behind them. At home, hang them around your porch.

What You Need: two plastic grocery bags; white or clear lid (such as from whipped topping or oatmeal container); two white pipe cleaners; scissors; black construction paper; glue; stapler; cellophane tape; hole punch; yarn.

How You Make It: Cut off the bag handles as well as any writing or logos on each bag. Cut 1- to 2-inch strips from the top of bag to about 1 inch from the bottom of the bag. (Do this with both bags). Fold white pipe cleaner into seam of one bag and secure with staples. Do the same with the other bag. Now, bend each pipe cleaner/bag into a semi-circle and insert into inside rim of lid and secure with tape. Do the same with the other pipe cleaner/bag. (They will overlap a bit.) Glue on construction paper ovals for ghost eyes. Punch hole in lid and hang from yarn. Spooky!

Safety Alert: Plastic bags are a suffocation hazard. Please observe children closely when making this craft.