Easy Halloween Crafts

With Halloween just around the corner, I am sure you would like to decorate your house with scary easy Halloween crafts. Here are directions on how to make some of them.

Swinging Bat

Things you will require are:

• A blue pen
• A pair of scissors
• Wriggle eyes
• Glue
• A hole punch
• Some narrow ribbon
• A sheet of black craft foam
• Mini sunglasses that have pin attachments (optional)
• A suction cup with either a hole or a hook attachment

How to make the swinging bat:

• Take the sheet of craft foam and sketch a bat on it.
• Then cut the bat out from the sheet of craft foam.
• Once this is done either pin on the mini glasses or glue on the wiggle eyes and let it dry.
• Use the hole punch to make a hole at the top of the bat’s head.
• Take a small ribbon and run it through the hole you have made.
• Then take your suction cup and run the ribbon through the hole and knot it properly. If the suction cup contains a hook, then just knot the ribbon and hang the bat on the hook.

Now that you are completed the swinging bat, you can hang it anywhere in your house and watch it swing when the wind blows.

Napkin Ghost

Things you will require are:

• A paper napkin
• A rubber band
• String or yarn
• A small Styrofoam ball
• Markers

How to make the napkin ghost

• Put the napkin flat on the table.
• Place the ball in the middle of the napkin.
• Take each end of the napkin and fold it up. Hold on to each end and with one hand scrunch the napkin around the napkin around the ball and hold it tight. Now use your other hand to slip a rubber band over the ball to make the ghost’s head.
• Using the marker to make a scary face.
• Take a long piece of string and tie one end of it to the ghost’s neck. Use the other end of the rope to hang it to your favorite hanging place.

Pompom Spider

Things you will require are:

• Plenty of yarn
• A pair of scissors
• Pipe cleaners (4 pieces)
• Glue
• Cardboard
• Googly eyes

How to make the pompom spider:

• First cut a piece of yarn.
• After that cut a piece of cardboard about 3 inches long and 2 inches wide.
• Next, wrap a yard or two of the yarn around the rectangular piece of cardboard (Take care not to wrap it too tightly).
• Now carefully remove the yarn loops from the cardboard taking care that the loops retain their shape.
• Put the 4 pipe cleaners on top of the loops.
• Tie the two foot long pieces of yarn tightly round the middle of the loops and the pipe cleaners.
• Now cut the yarn loops at the edges.
• Trim the pompom into a nice circle.
• Now bend the spider’s legs and glue on the eyes.

Your great, spooky spider is finally ready.

Milk Container Pumpkins

Things you will require are:

• A pen or a pencil
• A pair of scissors
• A bottle of orange acrylic enamel gloss paint
• Glue
• Mini flashlight
• Plastic gallon milk container
• A sponge brush
• A permanent marker (Black)

How to make the milk container pumpkins:

• First take a milk container and sketch a jack-o-lantern face on its front side.
• Now cut out the jack-o-lantern face using a craft knife or a pair of scissors.
• Then paint the container with three coats of paint, letting it dry between coats.
• Use a marker to add other details.
• Fix the flashlight inside the lid using glue.
• Turn the flashlight on and put the lid back on the container.

You can use these to light up the way to your house.