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Halloween Projects & Activities Handprint Spider and Ghost Use a full sheet of orange paper. Paint one white upside down handprint for a ghost. When dry add two black eyes and mouth with a marker. Make two black handprints palm to palm (no thumbs)to make a spider. When the spider is dry paint on two white dots for eyes and when that is dry make two black dots with marker inside the white dots for eyeballs. Make a black line up to the top of the paper form a web coming down from the spider. Write “Trick or Treat!” This also is great to paint the spiders individually and laminate or use fun foam. Cut out and hang from a string. Bat HatGlue wings onto two strips of back construction paper and staple to the size of child's head. Children can some glue eyes to the front as well. Spiders Paint a paper plate all black. Cut 8 strips of black construction paper Fold the legs accordian style. Younger children fold randomly and that looks great too. Glue to the back of the plate and add wiggle eyes. Hang from a black string. A splotch of red makes it look like a black widow but we used a sponge painted letter "S" for Spider C is for Cat Bat Puppet From Mailbox Magazine. Email me for pattern. These are best laminated for durability. Baby Food Jar Pumpkin candle holder Collect one baby food jar, one votive, back & orange tissue paper, glue and paint brush for each child. Soak labels off of jars. Let the jars dry. Let each child cut tissue paper pieces and glue onto the jar with paint brush...Much like a decoupage. They can make mosaics or even a jack-o-lantern. With permanent marker add child's name and date to the bottom of the jar. Add a votive. When they get home they have a wonderful, keepsake to use year after year. Marble Painted Ghosts Marble paint with white on black ghost shapes. When dry add eyes and mouth. Candy Corn Man Trace orange triange shapes for children to cut. Add a yellow section on the bottom and a white tip on top to resemble a piece of candy corn. (looks like we were out of yellow when we made these last year and we improvised) Draw on a face and add arms and legs. Paper Plate Pumpkin Paint a paper plate orange. When dry add a Jack 0 Lantern face and a stem on top. Paper Plate Witch Paint a paper plate green. Trace and cut childs hands on orange construction paper. Glue to the plate for the witch hair. Add a black witch hat. Draw on a face. Shape Witch Group Time Activity Pumpkin Count Down Pumpkin Count Down Five little pumpkins sitting by the door (Child's name) picked one, and that left four. Four little pumpkins, orange as they can be. (Child's name) picked one and that left three. Three little pumpkins nodding in the sun, (Child's name) picked one, and that left one. Two little pumpkins,one said boo (Child’s name) picked that one, and that left two One little pumpkin, for Halloween fun. (Child's name) picked it, and that left none. Back to Themes, Crafts, and Activities Email Sheril! Return to Ceres Childcare & Preschool