You will need:
- Card – scrap
- PVA glue
- Funky Foam, various colours
- Google eyes
Instructions:
1. Draw and cut your preferred shape of tree from the card. At the base of the tree cut a 1inch slot in the middle so that you can insert another piece of card in to make the stand for the tree.
2. Draw and cut ghosts and bats etc from the funky foam, glue google eyes onto each of them and attach your spooky characters to the tree with PVA glue.
3. You can draw or paint eyes onto the tree to give it a creepy look!
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You will need:
- Empty tin can – scrap
- Polyball
- Google eyes
- Black felt
- Green paint
- Elastic band
- Screws
- Black felt tip pen
Instructions:
1. Paint a clean empty tin green.
2. Cut a small polyball in half and glue onto the tin as a nose.
3. Attach the google eyes and a screw on each side with glue.
4. Cut a circle from the black felt and cut a jagged edge around the circle to resemble hair.Attach this using the elastic band (the tin can be used to store trick or treat goodies! Finally draw a mouth and some scars onto the face.
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You will need:
- Paper Plates Large
- Black Paint
- Pipecleaners
- Stapler
- PVA Glue
- Black Markers
- Ribbon 1m
- White Paper
Instructions:
1. Cut a paper plate in half and staple together around curved edge only.
2. Paint entirely black, leave to dry. This will be the body.
3. Dip pipecleaner ends in PVA glue, then push into gaps between staples at sides for legs and bend into shape.
4. For mouth use a short piece of pipecleaner bent in a zig zag, glue this on with PVA glue. From white paper draw 2 circles and cut out. Use black marker to create eyes and also glue on.
5. Staple on a length of ribbon for handle and go Trick or Treating!
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You will need:
- Polyballs 30mm
- Animal Masks
- Red Food Colouring
- PVA Glue
- Acyrlic Paint
- Masking Tape
- A3 Card
Instructions:
1. On the A3 sheet of card draw a crest shape to fill page, and cut out. Attach mask to cardboard with masking tape.
2. Create an access panel on the back by cutting into the card behind mask to create a flap. This can be taped over when finished.
3. Paint the entire thing with acrylic paint + leave to dry.
4. Meanwhile mix a few drops of red food colouring with a little PVA glue.
5. Use a paint brush to thickly apply this around the eye sockets. Using the access panel, insert the polyballs into eye sockets from behind. More PVA glue / red food dye can be added for extra ‘fake blood’.
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You will need:
- 3 Skewers
- Ruler
- Silver / Iridescent Pipecleaners
- Glow In the Dark Beads
- Scissors
Instructions:
1. Cut the points of the skewers (Done by an adult). Hold all 3 together and tightly wrap the pipecleaners around the middle of the bundle.
2. Separate skewers evenly into an asterisk shape and wrap the rest of wire around the asterisks centre.
3. Wrap end of pipecleaner twice around any skewer starting about 2cm from centre. String on a bead then pull the wire to the next skewer and wrap it round twice. Continue in this way until you reach the 1st skewer.
4. Use the same method to add the remaining rings on web.
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You will need:
- Mod Roc
- Mask
- Basin of water
Instructions:
1. Cut short lengths of Moc Roc no longer than width of mask.
2. Dip length of Mod Roc into a basin of water and lay strips of Mod Roc across mask, leaving spaces for eyes, nose and mouth.
3. Leave overnight to fully dry.
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