Easy and Fun Halloween Crafts

Here are a few crafts to do with your children or grandchildren for a fun Halloween.

Halloween Mummy Pots

Supplies Needed:

Pot around 5 inches tall
Fabric (Muslin) 1 1/4 yards (tear 2 strips 1 1/2 inches by 45 inches)
Muslin - at least 2 torn strips - 1" x 44" (you can add more as desired)
2 - 1 inch (rounded) black buttons
You can use green, brown, orange fluorescent acrylic paint. (Or you can take your muslin strips and dip it in coffee or tea) and then let dry.
Paper towel
Stencil brush
Hot Glue Gun
Hot Glue

Take and tear your strips of muslin and glue the end of each strip to the rim of the pot with the hot glue, hold in place until it is set.

Keep wrapping the muslin around the pot - you can twist the fabric (here and there) to give it some depth (make sure you start your next piece over lapping the end of your last piece that you glued) placing dots of glue where needed.

Keep wrapping until the complete pot is covered with the muslin. Let dry.

Now take your stencil brush and dab it in the paint, use a newspaper and dab off the excess paint. It is called dry brushing. Brush lightly over the muslin covering all of the fabric lightly and let dry.

Glue on the buttons for eyes.

These Pots can be used for treats, dips, decoration or desserts like dirt in a bucket.

Halloween Can or Trick-or-Treat Can

Are you sick of buying your trick or treat containers? Do you end up buying new every year because they are either to small or have gotten cracked?

Well here is a way to have a different look to your can every year

First get yourself a paint can from your local store such as Wal Mart, Menard's, Home Depot, True Value or any paint store.

Supplies

Wrapping paper, napkins, fabric, ribbon, yarn, paint, buttons, stones, tiles, glitter, etc. (what ever you want to use)

What ever you want to decorate your pail with.

sponge brush
decoupage

Take and paint on the decoupage and then start adding your wrapping paper, napkins, fabric and start at the back and cover with the covering you want to use.

Let dry.

Now decorate your pail with your child or grand child's name, and their favorite things that they like. Make the pail their own.

You can make a face, or decorate with a variety of different things your child likes.

Then next year you can add more things, or totally recover the same pail for a new look.

A good thing to do is put your child's name, address and phone number and parents name some where on their pail.

Then put one more coat of decoupage on over your decorated can to seal it, just in case you have rainy weather.

Cheese Cloth Ghosts

Fabric Stiffener

1 yard or more of Cheesecloth (depending on the size you want to make or how many ghosts you want to make)

Styrofoam cone (pick the size you want for your ghost)
Styrofoam ball (for the head)
wooden dowel (1 1/2 inches thick)
Wire (cover with decoupage to coat it)
poster board or cardboard
brown paper bag
bowl
hot glue gun
glue for hot glue gun
black buttons for eyes
clear plastic garbage bag
saran wrap

Cover the cardboard or poster board with glue and then with the garbage bag and put off to the side.

Put the Styrofoam cone and ball together using the dowel.

Cut your cheese cloth into 3 - 12 inch long pieces.

Take your wire and cut into 10-12 inch piece and poke it through the cone for arms, bend them into the shape you want for the arms. Take the saran wrap and cover the form you have made with the Styrofoam and wire. Then Glue your form to your poster board (this is your base)

Take the cheese cloth and put in a bowl and pour the Fabric stiffener over the fabric, working the fabric stiffener in with your hands. Lightly squeeze some of the fabric stiffener out and then take the cheese cloth and put it over your form. Use one piece of cheese cloth at a time. You will want to fold your fabric around the base, and form it to the head and arms, use a draping effect to give it a life like look.

Let dry for a good 3 days.

Glue buttons on for eyes

*** You can also decorate with fall leaves, spiders, pumpkins, or what ever you like for Halloween.