• Easy Halloween painted cork craft
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    Simple Halloween painted cork craft

    October 10, 2020 - By 

    I stocked up on Halloween treats early this year. I don’t visit the shops very frequently so bought loads of treats which if course we’ve already opened and enjoyed. Most of our Halloween decorations are up and this weekend we’re hoping to make a Halloween gingerbread house. Our crafting time is limited now we are all back at school but we managed to squeeze in a really fun craft using recycled corks this week. Our simple Halloween painted cork craft for kids makes a great after school activity, and a fun way to use up any corks you have squirrelled…

  • Easy salt painted pumpkin craft
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    Easy salt painted pumpkin craft

    October 9, 2020 - By 

    I know that Halloween is still a few weeks away but my Halloween crafts for kids have been super popular. I love to add a few new ideas to my site and have been wanting to try salt painting for a while. This week I finally had time and wanted to share our salt painted pumpkin with you. It’s a really fun but effective STEM craft for kids and brings some much needed colour to these days. The equipment needed is quite minimal but you will need a simple colouring page printed on white thick card. Salt painted pumpkin equipment:…

  • Easy Halloween Bookmarks
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    {Free printable} Easy Halloween Bookmarks

    September 29, 2020 - By 

    I went shopping to a shopping mall for the first time in months today. I usually enjoy shopping and picked up some great Halloween items so we can celebrate it at home. My children enjoy Halloween too which I why I came up with this easy Halloween bookmark craft for kids. I have two little bookworms and they love to make a themed bookmark. These will keep them happy all through pumpkin season! List of supplies: Pencil Coloured card Craft sticks Craft glue Sharpie Scissors Halloween bookmark template How to make easy Halloween bookmarks: Gather your supplies for the Halloween…

  • Pool Noodle Halloween Craft for Kids
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    Pool Noodle Halloween Craft for Kids

    October 22, 2019 - By 

    With 10 days until Halloween we couldn’t resist another cute Halloween craft for kids. It’s often the simplest product that influences our crafts and todays couldn’t be simpler – colourful pool noodles, the kind the kids use to learn to swim! They are so easy to get hold of and are fun to transform into spooky and cute decorations for Halloween! Pool Noodle Halloween character supplies: Pool Noodles – Orange, Black, Purple and Green Googly Eyes Pipe cleaners – Silver, Purple and Green Craft Foam – Black, Green, White, Purple, Orange and Brown Sharp Kitchen Knife Low Temp Glue Gun…

  • Halloween Haunted House colouring activity for kids
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    {Free printable} Halloween Haunted House colouring activity for kids

    October 19, 2019 - By 

    Now the children and I have broken up for the half term holiday I feel that we can really start getting excited about Halloween. We’ve already been to a pumpkin patch to pick our pumpkins, we’ve decorated them, and have made a fabulous display. Halloween Haunted House colouring activity for kids I have a few more Halloween crafts and activities to share which will help the kids to celebrate the spookiest of seasons. It’s one of our favourites times of year (after Christmas, of course!), and my kids have been super creative turning everything from oranges to cardboard tubes into…

  • Black Widow Spider line activity for kids
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    Black Widow Spider line activity for kids

    October 4, 2019 - By 

    I was so happy to find pumpkins when we went food shopping this week. I admit I bought a few to bring a touch of Autumn indoors. The children are getting excited about Halloween and have been busy planning their outfits when they go Trick or Treating. I’ve shared a few fun Halloween crafts for kids this year and am delighted to add this Black Widow Spider line activity for kids. It’s a fun craft activity which will help develop kids fine motor skills. Black Widow Spider line activity for kids supplies: Construction paper (or card) Black Marker Scissors Glue…

  • Spooky accordion fold bat craft for kids
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    Spooky accordion fold bat craft for kids

    September 29, 2019 - By 

    We love Halloween and with October in sight we are excited to make a start on some new Halloween crafts to share with you. We have a huge bank of Halloween crafts for kids but there’s always room for more. We recently saw a local bat walk advertised and this inspired our spooky accordion fold bat craft for kids to make. You will need: Black, pink, white and red card Blu Stik (and Blu Tack to hang up) free bat craft template googly eyes scissors How to make our spooky accordion fold bat craft Print and cut out the templates…

  • Paper plate ghosts for Halloween from the gingerbread house blog
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    Paper plate ghosts for Halloween

    October 25, 2018 - By 

    Today we went to see the huge Harry Potter wands which have been placed between St Paul’s Cathedral and the Millennium Bridge. There were 7 huge wands (one from each of the main characters from Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts). It was super busy but the atmosphere was great. The wands are switched on every evening at 6.45 so do pop down if you are in the area. This felt like a very Halloween-y thing to do in London today. Our house is decorated, sweets have been bought for the Trick or Treaters, and we are in the mood for…

  • How to Make a Halloween Friendship Bracelet craft for kids to make
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    How to Make a Halloween Friendship Bracelet

    October 22, 2018 - By 

    This is a guest post from our friends at Mrs Mactivity, who make creative learning resources to download and print, for parents and teachers. Download the Halloween Friendship Bracelet template here. Halloween is such a fun seasonal event! There’s pumpkin soup to make, costumes to prepare, trick or treating, parties, fun and excited children! It’s a sort of second place Christmas – after your own birthday of course. It’s also a really good opportunity to involve children in crafting and creative activities, to help them develop fine motor skills and above all, to have fun and spend quality time together…