Halloween Mummy Jar Lantern Craft

Here's a really cute Halloween mummy jar lantern craft idea. It's simple and effective. Check out the website for a full tutorial as well as other Halloween ghost lantern ideas.

Nellie Dean

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Peanut People Drum Puppet Craft

Here's a cute Japanese craft idea. Make these peanut drum puppets from a paper bag on a chopstick or skewer.

Materials:

• chopsticks or bamboo skewers
• small paper lunch bag
• old newspaper or cotton
• tape
• brown marker
• string
• plastic bottle caps

Directions:

1. Stuff old newspaper or cotton into a small paper lunch bag. Pinch and tape the top of the head so it stands up. Pinch the bag in the middle into a peanut shape.
2. Stick onto a chopstick or skewer and tape the bottom.Decorate with a marker to look like a peanut with eyes and a mouth. You could also cut and paste on the face.
3. Tie 2 short lengths of string to the peanut. Tape bottle caps to the other ends for hands.
4. When you twist the peanut puppet, the bottle cap hands hit the body like the drum from the Karate Kid 2.

Banchan

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Halloween Characters Toilet Roll Crafts

Here are some more great Halloween Characters Toilet roll craft ideas from a Portuguese site. Follow the link for more great inspiring pictures and ideas.

Cacareco

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Summer Pine Cone Creatures Craft

This is a great little summer creatures craft. Use pine cones, acorns and other natural materials to make these cute little guys. All you need is glue, some google eyes and imagination. I love Red Ted Art's Blog. Head on over to check out this and many other good craft ideas.

Red Ted Art's Blog

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Thanksgiving Day Pine Cone Turkeys Craft

These are adorable Thanksgiving Day turkeys made from pine cones. Simple and fun to make.

Materials:

• pine cones
• colorful construction paper
• scissors
• glue
• google eyes

Directions:

1. Cut out leaf shapes tail feathers from various colored construction paper.
2. Cut out a little bowling pin shaped head and neck from brown paper. Glue on pieces for the beak and waddle.
3. Glue google eyes on your head.
4. Glue the tail feathers to the back of your turkey and the head near the front. Allow to dry.

Source: My House and Home

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Summer Octopus Spool Craft

Make this really cute summer octopus craft from wooden spools and pipe cleaners. It's posible, too.

Materials:

• 1 wooden egg
• 8 large wooden spools(5/8" x 3/4")
• 16 medium wooden spools(1/2" x 1/2")
• 16 small wooden spools(1/2" x 3/8")
• 40 large beads
• 4 long, pink, pipe cleaners(12")
• pink, white, and black acrylic paint
• ribbon
• strong glue or glue gun
• pencil

Drections:

1. Paint wooden egg and all the spools and beads pink. Allow to dry.
2. Twist 4 pink pipe cleaners in the middle. Spread  the ends to look like an octopus.
3. For each arm of your octopus, thread on the big spool, then 2 medium spools, and 2 mall spools. Thread a bead between each spool as you go. Put a bead on after the last spool and twist the end of the pipe cleaner to secure each leg.
4. Trace and paint eyes and a mouth on your egg.
5. Glue the egg securely to the middle of your octopus.
6. Tie a ribbon around your octopus' neck.

Variation: You could adapt the same concept to make a spider craft for Halloween.

Complete tutorial with photos from: Plaid Kids Crafts

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Halloween Recycled Bottle Monster Crafts

These cute Halloween recycled bottle monsters are perfect for holding candy at your next Halloween party.

Materials:

• 2 liter plastic drink bottles(washed and dried)
• magic marker
• acrylic paints
• construction paper
• exacto knife
• imagination

Directions:

1. Beforehand, decide what kind of monster you want to make and what colors you need. Sketch a face on paper first.
2. Draw the face on the bottle with a marker.
3. Cut out the mouth with an exacto knife.  Cut off the top of the bottle, too to fill with candy. I don't recommend making pointy teeth as they are sharp and can prick a finger.
4. Paint your bottle and make the eyes.
5. Add hair or hands with construction paper.
6. Fill with candy for your Halloween party or put a light inside and watch them glow.

Source: Craftberry Bush

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Halloween Furry Fuzzy Ghosts Craft

This Halloween furry fuzzy ghosts craft is just about the cutest thing I've ever seen. I love this idea. It reminds me of Cousin It on the Adams Family.

Materials:

• Styrofoam cones
• Fun Fur(from a local craft store)
• white craft glue
• scissors
• marker
• colored google eyes
• straight pins

Directions:

1. Place the fun fur face down on the table. Start at one edge and roll the cone up in the fur, marking the bottom curve with a marker.
2. Unravel the cone and mark the top curve. Include about an extra 1 inch on the edge of the fur piece. This will be the flap you glue over on top when you glue on your cone.
3. Cut out the fur.
4. Apply glue all over the back of the fur and roll up the cone inside wrapping the flap over the top. This part will be the back of your ghost. Stick in some straight pins to hold in place. Allow to dry.
5. Blow a little bit on the face and glue on the eyes.
6. Shake upside down or use a hair dryer for an extra fluffy look.

Source: Crafts 'n Coffee

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