Halloween Crafting for Children
We’ve been busy creating
& decorating getting ready for Halloween, so we’ve had lots of fun crafting
time together. Here’s what we made
together, all of it was really easy to do and didn’t need much supervision if
any – although I joined in and made some as well ;p
Halloween Treat Tub - From a blank to Halloween style!
Our eldest got sent home
with a blank tub from school to fill with things so they could sell to raise
funds, so in keeping with the Halloween theme, he used Orange Card as the
background to the tub and lid. He then
added some of Halloween Glittered Foam Stickers, which were really easy to
stick on as they have their own double sided tape on the back. He did some drawings on it also. He then used PVA glue to attach his
background to the tub and used some of the insects on the top for decoration,
again using PVA glue to fix them on. He’s
really pleased with his creation :)
Halloween Foam Mask
These came in a pack of four,
which our youngest wanted to have a go at.
Each of them were sealed in their own bag as a standalone kit, which is
brilliant. It meant he could choose the one
he wanted and eveything was already there for him to use. All I
needed to do was prompt him to attach the black foam cut-outs to his pumpkin,
giving tips on which way might be best to do it. He then happily made his creation
independently. This didn’t take to long
to do and he enjoys wearing his creation.
As a crafty mum I found this one of my favourite packs, as the foam
cut-outs were all self sticking – meaning hardly any mess – just peel back the
protective layer and attach, so easy & something our 6 year year old did
himself. It took the chore away and
meant there was no sticky, yucky glue to mess his fingers up with or his
project :) The elastic was already on
the mask which made this a lot less fiddly to do.
Halloween themed scratch boards
Do you remember having
scratch boards as a child? I remember
spending many an hour scratching away at a picture to reveal a detailed copper
etching of an animal.
These are a variation on
that, in that they are made of a glossy card with a film of black over the top
which when scratched with the wooden tool provided, they reveal a rainbow of
colour to the board. There are 6 in a
pack. These are extremely fun to
do!
We took these round the
boys grandparents, where as you would normally find them playing on the pcs
round there, this time both the children went straight to these up the table
and myself and their Grandmother came and made one also. Doing these was fun, and the talking point of
that visit whilst we all sat up the table to guess what colour we’d scratch
away next. Very enjoyable and very easy to
do for all ages. It is a shame the
boards were a bit scratched on arrival….I think it’s a compromise between the
film having to be fairly pliable and thin so it is easy to do, as they were
only surface scratches and didn’t show the colour which is there when you do
use them. These are really different,
and the boys did more than one each of these.
All links to the products used are at the bottom of this post.
Halloween Treat Bags
These are fairly small,
and far more realistic than many treat bags in size! I imagine you’d get a few fun size bars in
these as well as an assortment of sweets if you go Trick or Treating.
The boys used their Metallic
Pens to colour the majority of the bags they choose (they both choose Frankenstein
ones!) and then they used the Luminous Paint to highlight areas. Once it got dark, we turned the lights out to
see how good the luminous paint worked….it’s not overly bright, but the boys
thought it was fun that you could see it in the dark.
The boys feedback on these – both the boys really
enjoyed using the scratch art boards most, “because you had to scratch it and
you could make a pattern with it, and it was Halloween style”. Our eldest enjoyed doing his school project
also.
Source – Many thanks to YellowMoon.co.uk
these products were sent in return for an honest review. Disclaimer - This review and comments herein
may be used by YellowMoon.
Items used:
Halloween Tub
Halloween Foam Mask
Halloween Scratch Board
Halloween Treat Bags
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