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Two
Quick and Easy Halloween Crafts
By James Watts
Making Halloween crafts can really get you into a festive mood for this
spooky holiday. Here are 2 fun and easy craft ideas:
Tin Can Lanterns
Did you know that you can easily create Halloween lanterns out of those
old tin cans? Use cans that have a smooth surface to accurately display
your designs. All you need to complete this Halloween crafts project are
cans, a hammer, and a nail.
Use a nail to press very shallow points into the cans, designing Halloween
images like, a jack-o-lanterns, skulls, cats, half-moons, and stars. If
you don't want to do this free-hand, tape a drawing onto the can.
So, how to make the holes without denting the metal? The trick to this is
to fill the can with water, and freeze it. Next, hammer simple designs
into the can with a nail. One or two good taps should do it, depending on
the size of the hole that you want.
When your cans are complete, place tea lights or votive candles inside to
illuminate.
Spooky Bags
If you are hosting a Halloween party, or handing out candies to
trick-or-treaters, decorate small bags to hold assorted treats, and
surprises.
Here's what you'll need:
- scissors
- a glue stick
- brown paper bags with handles (5x8-inch, or smaller)
- several sheets of construction paper, in colors like, purple, green,
yellow, orange, black, and white.
Draw simple shapes like, jack-o-lanterns, moons, stars, and witch's hats,
on card board, and cut them out. Now, you have templates to work with.
Trace these shapes onto your construction paper, cut them out, and attach
them to the bags with a glue stick.
James writes for Ghoulish Halloween, (http://ghoulish-halloween.com/)
a site that tries to entertain and inform.
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