Easy, Cheap Crafts for Halloween
We don't go the scary route at our house. Instead we get silly
and incorporate it with a harvest theme on our porch and in the
house.
"SCARY" CHAINS Cut black and grey strips of paper, about three inches long and an inch wide. Form a circle with one strip and tape or staple the ends. Take another strip and loop it through first circle, then secure the ends. Continue making it as long as you wish. Use the chains to decorate a covered porch, doorways etc. BONES Buy the cheapest dog bone shaped biscuits you can fine, and paint them with a non-toxic white paint. Dry, and hang, place in a basket, scatter them on the porch etc. SPOOKY LANTERN
You'll need: Open the top of an empty paper milk carton so all the sides are straight up. Cover each side with glue then press the black paper on the carton, starting from the top. Fold the excess over so it covers the bottom of the carton. Repeat this for each side. Draw windows in different shapes on the sides. Have an adult cut out the windows with the knife or cutters. Punch a hole in two side of the carton---make sure they are even. Tie each side of your ribbon or jute to a hole for your hanger. Hang these from tree branches or fences--porches etc. and on Halloween night place a light stick in each "lantern".
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