Ghost feet

(This idea came home from school.)

Materials:

• large sheet of black construction paper
• white, water soluble paint
• glue
  

Instructions:

• coat child's feet with white paint
• have them make two white foot prints on the black paper
• orient the paper so that the heel part of the print is the "top"
• cut out 6 small black circles
• glue the circles as two eyes and a mouth on the heel of each footprint
• beware the scary ghosts!

NOTE: if the child is reluctant to make foot prints, hand prints can be substituted

Paper flower

These were created at our local Ontario Early Years Centre.

Materials:

• coloured construction paper cut in the shape of a flower
• green construction paper cut like a leaf
• craft (popsicle) stick (may wish to colour green)
  
• glue
• things to decorate flower: stickers, small tissue paper squares, feathers, markers, paint, bingo daubbers
  

Instructions:

• glue popsicle stick to back of flower
• glue leaf to popsicle stick
• glue decorations to flower

Pumpkin book

(This idea came home from school.)

Materials:

• orange construction paper
• black construction paper
• scissors
• white glue
• stapler
• pumpkin seeds
  

Instructions:

• adult to cut out two identical pumkins from the orange paper
• adult to places both pieces of pumpkin one on top of each other and staple together along the left hand side (like a book)
• adult to cut out pumpkin eyes, nose and mouth from black construction paper
• child to glue pumpkin face on top pumpkin
• open pumpkin book and have child glue seeds on the inside "page" of the pumpkin book

Hallowe'en wreath

(This idea came home from school.)

Materials:

• paper plate with centre cut out
• construction paper: red, green, brown, yellow, black, orange, white, purple
• scissors
• glue
  

Instructions:

• adult to cut large leaves out of red, green, brown and yellow construction paper
• adult to cut smaller pumpkins, cats, bats, ghosts, witches' hats, out of orange, black, white and purple construction paper
• glue leaves to wreath as background design
• glue Hallowe'en themed cut-outs on top of leaves

Sponge tree

(This idea came home from school.)

Materials:

• large sheet of paper
• brown marker
• optional: cut out of squirrel or chipmunk
• glue
• small sponges
• brown, orange, red and yellow paint

Instructions:

• have adult make tree and branches on paper with marker
• glue squirrel to "ground" at base of tree
• have child dip sponge in brown paint and colour squirrel
  
  
  
• have child dip sponges in red, orange and yellow paint and sponge leaves on the tree branches
  
  
  

Corn painted corn

(This idea came home from school.)

Materials:

• large sheet of paper
• marker, pencil crayon or crayon
• green crepe paper
• glue
• corn on cob (with husks removed)
• yellow paint
  

Instructions:

• have adult draw corn shape on paper with marker, crayon or pencil crayon
• glue crepe paper to end of drawn corn cob as a husk
• dip corn into paint and apply to paper

Pumpkin wreath

This was created at our local Ontario Early Years Centre.

Materials:

• paper plate with centre cut out (by adult)
• construction paper (orange, brown, green, red, yellow)
• glue
  

Instructions:

• cut pumpkin shape out of orange construction paper
• cut pumpkin stem out of brown construction paper
• cut leaf out of green construction paper
• cut strips of construction paper out of the "fall" colours -- yellow, red and orange -- (the ones in the photo above are approx 2" by 11" -- I'd recommend making them a little thinner and shorter)
• have children glue pumpkin to stem and leaf and then to paper plate
• have children make rings out of the coloured strips of paper by gluing them
• glue the rings to the paper plate

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Hand turkey

(This idea came home from school.)

Materials:

• paper
• markers, pencil crayons or crayons
• feathers
• white glue
  

Instructions:

• have adult trace child's hand on paper using marker, pencil crayon or crayons
• make a "head" out of the thumb with an eye and a beak
• add feet under the palm
• have child glue feathers around the fingers for the body of the turkey