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If you are looking for some
inexpensive, easy crafts for your kids this Halloween, head out to your
backyard to start the fun. Have the kids hunt around for different
shaped rocks. Long, slender rocks for ghosts, oval shapes for spiders,
and just about any stout rock will make a great pumpkin!
Pumpkin
stout,
roundish rock
orange tempura paint
black marker
small amount of raffia
3-4 silk leaves
tacky or hot glue
3/4" piece of green chenille stick
bits of Kleenex tissue
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You've
found one! To enter the Awesome Autumn Scavenger Hunt, click
here! The texture of the rock for the pumpkin can be smooth,
bumpy, or even jagged, as was in our case. Before you begin,
stand the rock up in the position you would like it to be when
your craft is complete. Ours was a little tricky, we just
leveled him off using the raffia and tissue.
Paint the rock orange and let it dry. Using a black marker, draw
on pumpkin's face. Glue silk leaves to the bottom of your
pumpkin. Using bits of Kleenex for leveling and bunches of
raffia, glue rock onto "straw bed". Top off your pumpkin rock
with green chenille for the stem by folding in half and gluing
on top of pumpkin's head. |
Ghost
long, slender rock
white tempura paint
black marker
handful of cotton batting
tacky or hot glue
white glitter glue
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| Paint rock white
and let dry. Draw face onto ghost with black marker. Glue cotton
batting to the bottom of the rock to give the appearance of a
ghostly trail following him. Smear white glitter glue down the
sides of the ghost. |
Spider
oval rock
black tempura paint
pair of wiggle eyes
6-8 12"-long black chenille sticks
red glitter glue
small piece of paper plate or white paper
scissors
tacky or hot glue
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| Paint rock black
and let dry. Wrap chenille sticks around body to secure legs in
place. Bend sticks to form legs. Glue chenille sticks in place
on the bottom of the rock. Glue on two wiggle eyes. Cut little
fangs from paper plate or paper and, using red glitter glue,
glue onto rock-face, underneath wiggle eyes. use red glitter
glue to create a few drops of blood on fangs and paint around
mouth to finish up. |
Editor's Note: Be sure to keep these cute crafts out of
the reach of small children under the age of 3 years. Wiggle eyes can be
easily removed and swallowed, or worse yet, choked upon.
Amanda Formaro is the entrepreneurial mother of four children. She is
also the owner of FamilyCorner.com
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