Perfect Paint Glob Trees

Today's Craft:

Perfect Paint Glob Trees 

Create some fabulous trees and have a lot of fun!

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft project you will need squeeze bottles, tempera paint, brown construction paper, colored construction paper, wax paper, glue, and newspaper.

To begin lay out newspapers on your work space. Fill your small squeeze bottles with paint. Select a colored piece of construction paper for a background.

Cut out a tree trunk out of your brown construction paper and glue it to your background.

Now squeeze small amounts of paint (different colors) above the tree trunk.

Next lay wax paper over the entire picture and press down so the paint colors mix together.

Leave as is over night. The next day remove the wax paper from the picture.

Enjoy Crafting!

Craft Template

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Curious Pumpkin Carving Template

 Today's Craft:

Curious Pumpkin Carving Template 

Carve a Cool Pumpkin this Halloween!

Craft Project Directions:
How to Carve a Pumpkin!
To make a cool carved pumpkin this Halloween you will need a pumpkin (evenly shaped and medium size), a design to carve, tape, a nail, a potato peeler, a paring knife, a larger knife, newspaper, and a solid large spoon. You will also need an adult to help you with the carving.

To begin, wash your pumpkin with a little soap and water and then pat it dry. Next spread out a lot of newspapers covering your whole pumpkin carving area.

The first thing you want to do is to take the top of the pumpkin off. Take your larger knife, insert it in the top of the pumpkin with a slight angle towards the center, and cut around the stem. Cutting the top this way you will have a top piece which is wider at the top then the bottom and won't fall in. Next scrape out the insides of the pumpkin with your solid large spoon. Be sure to get all the strings and seeds out, and scrape the walls of the pumpkin so they are thinner, rather than thicker.

Now take your design and transfer it to your pumpkin. If you have the design on paper, tape it to the pumpkin. Then take a nail and poke holes through the paper into the pumpkin to create the design on the surface of the pumpkin. Once you have finished doing this, take your paring knife and connect the dots!

Now you are ready to carve your pumpkin. Be sure to have an adult do this part! and always have them carve the pumpkin with the knife cutting away from themselves! Start carving your pumpkin by carving in the middle of each feature and then pushing the carved pieces into the pumpkin and then removing them.

Once you are finished carving, you can also add some fun props to your pumpkin! Consider adding hats, scarves, painted features, etc. Have Fun!

Enjoy Crafting! Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Template

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Sweet Apple Bookmarks

Today's Craft:

Sweet Apple Bookmarks  

Do you like apples and reading? This could be just the bookmark for you!

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft project you will need colored construction paper, scissors, crayons,a colorful pipe cleaner, a colorful pom-pom, glue and other materials to decorate your beautiful Apple Bookmark.

To begin select a colorful pipe cleaner. This will become your cute Book Worm. Bend one end of itinto a tear drop shape and set it aside.

Next take a piece of red construction paper and cut out three or four small red apple shapes.You could also cut out yellow or green apples. You decide!

Now cut out small green oval or diamond shaped leaves for the tops of your apples. glue or tapethem on to the tops of the apples. Decorate the apples more with crayon if you want.

Now thread the pipe cleaner Book Worm through the apples so the curved tear drop part ends up on top.Next cover the curved tear drop part with glue.

Select a colored pom-pom for the head of your Book Worm and press it into the glued pipe cleaner. Let your bookmark dry and then put it to work!

Enjoy Crafting! 

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Apple Trees

Today's Craft:

Apple Trees

An apple a day… these trees are ripe with apples for the picking…

Craft Project Directions:
Prepare for a fantastic fall with this apple tree craft.

Cut out a solid apple tree trunk, green leaf shapes, and bright red and green apples.

Place them on a colored background and create your own apple tree collage.

Enjoy Crafting!

Apple Template

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Candy Corn Guessing Game

Today's Craft:

Candy Corn Guessing Game

Can you guess how many candy corns are in the jar?

Craft Project Directions:
To make this craft project, you will need a clear jar or container, a lot of candy corns, and slips of paper for people to write their guesses on.

Happy Halloween! 

Enjoy Crafting!

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Pin the Tail on the Black Cat

Today's Craft:

Pin the Tail on the Black Cat

Lot of Fun for Your Halloween Party!

Craft Project Directions:
Lot of Fun for Your Halloween Party!

To play this game you will need a poster or large picture of a black cat, something to blindfold your players with, and a piece of colored construction paper.

To begin cut the tail off the black cat. Next cut out a circle from your colored construction paper and place it where the tail used to be. Now you are ready to play.

Hand the player the tail, blindfold them, spin them around and let them try to place the tail on the black cat.
A player will get 3 points if they pin the tail inside the colored circle, 2 points if it's placed anywhere on the black cat, and 1 point if the tail lands anywhere else. 

Enjoy Crafting! Happy Halloween!

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