I use Halloween cookie cutters & let the children dip in paint & then on paper. I usually buy them after the holiday is over so you can get them for 75% to 90% off.I have a good collection. This works great for other holidays, Christmas etc...

Styrofoam sheets, Thick Black Marker Cut Styrofoam shapes into shape of tombstone. Write epitaph on Styrofoam with black marker. Prop up against doorways or walls.

Have kids attach a variety of items on hand to the masks with glue to make their own decorated eye masks.

White paper table cloth, Sponges, Tempera acrylic paint, Markers,, Stickers, Halloween Cutouts

On white paper tablecloth decorate with assorted shapes cut from sponges. Glue on Halloween cutouts or stickers.

Brown Paper Lunch Bags, Felt-tip markers, Halloween stickers, Cutout pumpkins, ghosts, bats, cats, Glue

Decorate the brown paper bags with assorted Halloween designs. Larger brown paper grocery bags can be decorated and used for trick or treating.

paint dog biscuits white on both sides. Once dry tie together with string in a variety of patterns. Hang from coathangers or crossed dowels.

Using the magic marker, draw cutting lines on each paper plate at 10, 2, 5 and 7 O'clock, & along the inner edge of the ridges (these will be the wings). Have the children cut their plates on the lines, then have them paint the pieces of the paper plate with brown tempera paint and let dry. Staple the owl's wings to the bodies for the children (or use brads for more moveable wings). Have the children glue the eyes, beaks & claws onto their owls.

This is a great craft that the children can use to go trick or treating with, or you can use it as a decoration. Take a large can (coffee can, spaghetti sauce can..) & wash thoroughly, making sure to remove all outside paper & stickiness.Paint the can with one coat of white paint & let dry. Then paint the can with a coat of orange paint - let dry. Then either with black paint, or a black marker draw the face of a jack-o'-lantern on the can. Punch two holes into the top edges of the can on opposite sides. (Use a hammer and nail) Tie string or twine to make a handle. Optional: Use smaller cans, fill them with candy & stuff & use them as party favors at a Halloween party.

Cut an owl from brown and tan construction paper. Make eyes from orange & yellow pieces of construction paper. Tear up small pieces of newspaper & glue to the chest area for a mottled feather look.

This is a mask that a child can hold up to his face and remove when desired. Eyes look through the O's in BOO. Cut out of black paper. Add popsicle stick handle and colorful streamers on the side.

black construction paper, white chalk Children use the chalk to draw designs on the black paper. Lightly spray the finished designs with hair spray, so the chalk is less easily rubbed off.

Have large pumpkins cut out. Provide different shapes for eyes, nose and mouth. Let the child pick the features.

Paint paper plates orange using finger paints. Let the paint dry and using yellow paint, add eyes, nose and a mouth. Cut a stem from orange construction paper and fasten to the top of the pumpkin.

Place orange crepe paper or orange tissue paper underneath clean milk cartons or juice containers. Bring paper together at the top, and tie with a bow. Have children add black construction paper features, and display your creatures.

Long ago, people believed that carved pumpkins could keep away evil spirits. You can decorate miniature pumpkins to bring happy faces to your friends. Use markers, stickers, glue, construction paper, beads, feathers and other decorations to make funny faces on the pumpkins. Then give the pumpkin heads to your friends.

To make the prettiest pumpkin patch in town, dip one side of a jumbo-sized cotton ball in orange paint. Dab the cotton ball on brown construction paper to make several pumpkins. Dip one end of a cotton swab in green paint and add a vine. Dip the other end of the swab in black paint to create a jack-o'-lantern face on each pumpkin. Fantastic fall fun!

Construction Paper, Glue

Hold an orange and black sheet of construction paper together and cut out a pumpkin shape (You can tape the edges of tha paper together to make the cutting easier if you like). From the orange pumpkin shape, cut out eyes, a nose, and a mouth. Sometimes it is easier to cut out the pumpkins and the facial features by folding the paper in half like when you cut out a heart shape. Glue the black pumpkin to the back-side of the orange pumpkin so that is what you see through the facial features. If you like, cut a stem and leaves out of paper and glue them on.

Paint a Toilet Tissue roll brown to be the pumpkin stem. Once the paint is dry add a few green felt or construction paper leaves. To make this stem onto a hat, punch two holes across from each other on one edge of the toilet tissue roll. Cut a piece of elastic that will be long enough to tie in one of the holes you punched, wrap around under your chin snuggly, and then can be tied into the other hole you punched. String the elastic through the holes and tie securely.

Provide the children with pipe cleaners to make spiders. Have the children twist the pipe cleaners together to form a body and legs. Discuss how many legs a spider has.

Blow up an orange balloon and let the child use a black marker, stickers, or finger paint to create facial features. Ask the child how does the jack o lantern feel?

Have your child paint a paper plate orange. When dry, have the child glue on pieces of black construction paper for the facial features. These pieces may be cut with scissors or torn, depending on your child's ability level. For older children, try using glue to form the facial features and sprinkle glitter, or various items (i.e. buttons, beans, noodles, pebbles) on the glue.

Each child should cut out a pumpkin shape from orange construction paper. Then either cut out facial features, or color them on with a black crayon. Paste to the bottom of a paper lunch bag. Then add a green construction paper stem.

Cut out or buy ghost shaped sponges. You will need black construction paper and white tempera paint when showing the child how to dip the sponges in the paint and press on the paper to make ghost prints.

Supply each child with two pieces of tissue paper and a piece of string or yarn. Have each child ball up one of the tissues, then place it in the center of the second tissue. Next, have the child, or assist the child, in tying the yarn around the second tissue to hold the balled tissue within the second tissue. The child may use a marker to make eyes.

Dried pumpkin seeds from inside your pumpkin, two paper plates (for each child) and a stapler.

Have the children put some seeds on one of the paper plates (bottom side down). Next, have them place the other plate on top of the first plate (bottom side up). Help the children staple their plates together with the seeds inside. Let the children paint, use markers or crayons to decorate their shakers.

Have the children make orange fingerprints on a piece of paper. Use a non-toxic orange ink pad. Show the children how to use one finger at a time. Use a green pen to draw stems on the paper and draw vines to connect some of the pumpkins. (You can do this for younger children or have older children draw the vines and stems themselves.)

Have the children use a black non-toxic ink pad to make fingerprints on a piece of paper. Have the children draw on eight legs on their fingerprints to represent spiders.

Supply the children with large black gum drops and eight toothpicks per child. Have the children push the toothpicks in the gum drops to represent the spiders legs.

Cut out triangular shapes from black material to represent a witch hat. Let the children decorate the hats with glitter and foil.

Supply the children with a broom, a large piece of butcher paper and some paint. Tape the paper on the floor and add the paint. Have the children use the broom to paint the paper. You may want to have the children take off shoes and socks, and roll up long pants... this is REALLY MESSY!!!

1. Go on a ghost hunt. Show everyone the two ghosts. Have children close their eyes. Teacher hides the ghosts. 2. Children open eyes and count 1-2-3 GHOST! On the count of "ghost" the hunt begins. 3. The children who find the two ghosts sit by the teacher. Give them a ghost caller and let them make ghost noises for the next ghost hunt. The noise helps call the ghosts from their hiding places. 4. Continue until all children are making ghost noises.

Have children glue down pressed leaves on construction paper for witches body. Then allow them to fill in their own features on the witch. Perhaps theyed like to have the witch riding on her broom or standing next to her brew.

Provide large paper bags. Fold down twice, staple handle on, and let children decorate front and back. I always provide stickers also for the children

Make a ghost cut out of black construction paper and place in an old oatmeal canister with one teaspoon white paint and marbles and shake. Makes a really cute spooky ghost. Mount them on fun foam and add glitter and a magnet for a spooky fridge magnet.

Put a paper plate in a pie pan and give the student a small dab of black paint. You can also paint a paper plate black and do the activity with the white paint to look more realistic. After the small dab of paint is placed on the student's plate, drop a marble in and let the child move the pie pan in all different directions to make a spooky spider web. After it has dried, punch a hole in the plate and attach a plastic spider ring or sponge paint a spider in the web.

Use white paper to form 5 paper chains, and then connect to make a skeleton. Trace children's hands and feet on white paper, cut and glue to the ends of the arms and legs. Cut an oval shape and draw on the face. These work best when made with small groups of children.

Using runny black paint, allow the children to use a straw to blow the paint across the page to make a spider's web.

Have the child draw a ghost outline on a piece of waxed paper, and then have them fill in the outline with white school glue. Dry overnight, and then have the child add facial features. Place on a string and you have a spooky ghost necklace.

Check out your local grocery store, Michael's, Trader Joe's, or Ben Franklin craft store to find pasta in Halloween shapes. Let your kids create a cool collage with the pasta and whatever else you decide to add.

Buy an assortment of Halloween cookie cutters. Let the children dip the cookie cutters into paint and then press onto paper.

Find Halloween shaped pasta. Let your children string the pasta shapes on a piece of yarn to create a necklace or bracelet.

Paint each child's foot with white paint and print it on a black sheet of construction paper. When it dries add eyes to the heel part of the foot.That will be the ghost's head.

Buy several small, fresh pumpkins. Cut them in half. Let the children dip the pumpkin halves into paint to make prints.

Mix equal parts of flour, salt, and water in a large bowl. Pour the mixture into squeeze bottles. Give each child a black paper plate or a piece of black construction paper. Let the children squeeze the white puffy paint onto the black paper. When the puffy paint dries, it will look like glittery cobwebs.

Using white paper, have children step on paper and trace around their shoes. To make a face, use crayons, pens, or black construction paper with white chalk.

Using a large grocery bag, crumple newspaper and stuff. Twist top of paperback and tie. Have children paint the bag orange. Paint the face black. Paint stem green.

Blow up an orange balloon for each child. Out of construction paper make face and feet pieces to create a jack-o-lantern. You may apply these pieces to the balloon with rubber cement.

I buy plastic half masks(found in dollar stores or party stores. Usually you can get 12 in a pack). I then give each child a mask. They then decorate the masks with feathers, stickers or gems found in craft stores. They really enjoy this and like to take the masks home to show mom or dad.

Take a tp tube, stand it up and stuff a paper towel in the top, making a rounded mound on top. The child then dips a heavy, white paper towel in liquid starch, squeezes out the excess starch and drapes it over the tube. Have him/her arrange the bottom to looked draped. Add two black dots for eyes near the top. Allow to dry thoroughly. Then,you can remove the tp tube and the ghost is stiff enough to stand alone. Really cute and fairly easy.

Collect one baby food jar, one votive, back & orange tissue paper, glue and paint brush for each child.Soak labels off of jars. Let the jars dry. Let each child cut tissue paper pieces and glue onto the jar with paint brush...Much like a decoupage. They can make mosaics or even a jack-o-lantern. With permanent marker add child's name and date to the bottom of the jar. Add a votive. When they get home they have a wonderful, keepsake to use year after year.

Children take off socks & shoes, step onto cookie sheet with white paint (caution: it is very slippery--supervise closely), step onto black construction paper, step into dishpan of soapy water and then dry their feet. After paintings have dried, children stick black stickers onto paintings as the ghosts' eyes (heelprint will be ghosts' head). Optional: Cut out ghost footprint.

Have children make paper ghosts from unfolded white paper napkins. Help them place cotton balls in the center of the napkin. Show them how pull down the corners of the napkin over the cotton ball. Tie a piece of white yarn around the "neck". Use markers to draw a face. Tape a thin piece of string from the top of the head and hang from the ceiling.

Using a small paper plate, paint black with black finger paint, let dry. Cut triangle shapes from black construction paper, 3 for each wing and lay them out so you can glue the two top corners to another triangle. Fasten the wings to the back of the paper plate and draw a face with white correction fluid or chalk. Punch a hole in the top to hang.

Give each child a cardboard egg carton cup and four 4" pipe cleaner pieces. Help the children poke their pipe cleaners through their egg cups to make spider legs. Have them bend the legs slightly downward. Let the children paint their spiders black and glue on plastic moving eyes.

Put white adhesive tape on each child's index finger(over top) and add eyes with black permanent marker. Have children recite and act out with ghost fingers. Little ghost(2), flying through the air. Little ghost(2)tickling my hair. Little ghost (2) flying way down low. Little ghost (2) tickling my toe. Little ghost (2) circling all around. Little ghost (2) please sit down. And--The ghosts fly in. The ghosts fly out. The ghosts are certainly all about.The ghosts fly high and then dive low. They're always spooky whereever they go.

User large paper bag that fits over head. Cut a large rectangle from front section of bag for face. Fringe bottom of bag.Curl fringe by rolling tight around a pencil.

Paint or color one paper plate orange. On other glue pumpkin seeds. Attach paper plates (orange one on top) with brad on top of plates.

Get a real pumpkin and supply washable markers, and props such as glasses, paper mustache, hats, scarves, and wigs. Let each child have turn to decorate and dress up pumpkin. When next child's turn - just wash the markers off!

After Halloween, use your carved jack-o-lantern for print making. Cut the pumpkin into chunks and let children design pulp by using nails. Press on ink pads then on construction paper.

Teacher draws ghost on white paper with white crayon. Children then paint paper with dark water colors or diluted tempera paint wash. Encourage child to paint entire page. Ghosts appear through paint.

Draw a circle on black construction paper. Paint circle with glue. Tear scraps of orange paper into small pieces. Arrange scraps on glue. Add torn scraps of yellow paper for eyes, nose and mouth.

Use a large glass jar, the big fat pickle jars are best for this. paint the jar orange with poster paint, then add eyes and other features using black electrical tape. Put a candle in it and you have a pretty jack-o-lantern to set in the window.

Black and yellow construction paper, sturdy paper long enough to fit around a child's head

Cut a large triangle from black paper to form the hat. Add a yellow strip about one inch wide, about one inch or so from the base of the triangle for a hat band. Use the scraps of black (or use any color from your scrap box) to cut long strips for hair and glue to the base of the hat. Fit a one inch band of sturdy paper or light cardboard around the child's head and staple. Staple or glue the hat to the band.

The children fingerpaint directly on our plastic topped table with orange paint. When the children are finished painting, press pre-cut paper (a large pumpkin shape) on each child's work to capture the print.. The next day when the pumpkins are dry, have the children glue on a stem precut from green construction paper - any place on the pumpkin is fine. The pumpkins look good displayed along the classroom walls. For vines, I use lengths of green curling ribbon to connect the pumpkins to each other by their stems and add leaves here & there.

Make orange play dough and roll it into balls (little pumpkins).

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Pillowcase Ghosts- Submitted by Barb

1 pillow case for each child, Twisty paper (for bows around the ghosts’ necks... we use orange, Newspaper, Hanger, Black and red felt (we used the kind that you peel the back off of and it is sticky, Permanent black marker (to write their names on their ghosts)

Take the clothes hanger and poke it through the top of the pillow case. Take newspaper and stuff the pillowcase until the top part is pretty full. Use the twisty paper to tie a bow around Mr. Ghost’s neck (to hold the paper up and in). Cut ovals out of the felt for the eyes and mouth (black for eyes, red for mouth). Stick the felt on the ghost to make face. Label with each child’s name. Hang around the room!

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Rub A Chalk Ghost- Submitted by Barb

Cut out a ghost from paper.On one side of the shape rub some colored chalk. Place the shape with the chalk side face-up on the sheet of paper. With a smal paper towel, or tissue, rub from the center of the chalky shape onto the paper. When you have finished rubbing all around the shape, lift it and see what happened!

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Triangle Witch- Submitted by Barb

Contruction paper, scissors, crayons or makers, glue and any misc. that you choose to use.

Cut a six inch isosceles triangle from black paper. Cut a smaller (about 2") triangle from lighter colored paper (I like light green or orange) for the face. Cut a skinny 1/4" by about 3" strip of black paper for the hat brim. Mount the large black triangle point up on light colored paper or drawing paper. Glue the small triangle point down about 2" from the tip of the large one. Glue the strip of black paper across the top of the face to form the hat. The children go on to add arms, legs, faces, hair, brooms, pumpkins,etc. The children have a good time deciding how to finish them.

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Dryer Hose Pumpkins- Submitted by Sherry

First, go out and buy several packages of WHITE dryer hoses, the kind that goes from your dryer to the vent outside. Count out 13 rings on the dryer hose and cut it with a strong pair of scissors. Fold the cut dryer hose around so it looks like a pumpkin and staple the two ends together. Let the children paint their pumpkins with orange paint. Finally, make a stem from rolled up brown paper bags.

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Pumpkin Pies- Submitted by Sherry

Old aluminum foil pie tins, White construction paper to fit inside the pie tins, Pumpkin Pie Spice, Orange Paint, Glue

Have the children glue the construction paper into their pie tin. Next, have them paint the construction paper and inside the pie tin. Finally, have them sprinkle the pumpkin pie spice all over the paint! This smells very yummy for a long time!

Here is a variation of this activity!

Have the children dip their hand in paint and make a handprint directly in the pie tin. Let them shake pumpkin pie spice inside the pie tin for a wonderful fall keepsake.

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Pocket Pumpkins- Submitted by Sherry

Have students paint the front of a paper plate orange then cut another plate in half and paint the back of the one half orange, discard the other half. When dry put plates together so that you form a pouch or pocket. You can staple the plates together or punch holes around the edge for students to lace the plates together with orange yarn (this is a great eye/hand coordination activity!!) Then cut out 3 black triangles for the eyes and nose and a black mouth. Place the eyes and nose on the whole paper plate and the mouth on the front of the pocket part of the pumpkin. You can add a stem at the top if you'd like.

I then explain to the children that if their behavior is good all day they will find a special treat from the "Great Pumpkin" in their pouch before they leave. I use these pumpkins for all of the month of October. It works like a charm!!

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Shaving Cream Bag Jack-o-Lanterns- Submitted by Sherry

Give each child a sandwich bag, place shaving cream, and red and yellow food coloring in each bag. Close them up tight using garbage bag ties. Watch the colors turn to orange. Let the children make Jack-o-lanterns out of the bags, by drawing faces on the bags with a permanent black marker.

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Halloween Goop- Submitted by Sherry

Make Goop (cornstarch and water). Mix to desired consistency. Add some black paint and plastic spiders, skeletons, and it has become Halloween activity. We have the children wear paint shirts but you can expect their nails to be slightly stained for a day of two.

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Milk Jug Jack-o-Lanterns- Submitted by Sherry

Take a gallon milk jug and pour orange paint inside, put the cap on and shake till the inside is orange. Paint the cap green and add a face with paint or construction to the outside of the carton and you have a pumpkin.

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Coffee Filter Bats- Submitted by Sherry

You will need a coffee filter, clothes pin, watered down paint, and a pie plate for this project. Place filter in pie plate for bats. Paint the filter black, then fold in half and pin clothes pin up the middle. Then paint pin black once they are dry you can hang them any where.

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Skeleton Art- Submitted by Sherry

Using black construction paper as a background, use white q-tips as bones and let the children create their own skeletons glued on the black paper. You may break some q-tips into smaller pieces to make fingers and toes.

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Halloween Hand Art- Submitted by Sherry

You can make several different Halloween objects
by simply painting your child's hands.

Bat:
You paint both of the child's hands black with a washable paint. Then you have the child put their thumbs together the the other fingers spread out. And carefully place them on the paper. (for younger child you may want to do one hand at a time.

Ghost:
Paint one of the child's hands with white washable paint. Have the child straighten their fingers together and print on black paper. (make sure you push down on the child's hand to assure good printing quality.)

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Pumpkin Stamps- Submitted by Sherry

Pumpkin pieces are great for paint prints. Cut out a few pieces of a pumpkin in face shapes (nose, mouth, eyes, etc.) and have the children create jack-o-lanterns out of pre-cut pumpkin shaped construction paper.

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"Ghosts"- Submitted by Sherry

Cut out ghost shapes of all different kinds and allow the children to decorate them with scraps of white material, cotton balls, tissue paper, etc. Paste a picture of each child's face on the ghost and hang on bulletin board with the heading: What A "BOOtiful" class!

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Ghosts- Submitted by Sherry

Use Elmer's glue and put a big dab of it on waxed paper. Roll around until you have a shape like a GHOST. Then let dry. Punch a hole on top and put in colored paper clips to make a chain (for kids to wear). Add two black dots for eyes.

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Ghost Pins- Submitted by Sherry

Use regular white school glue and do a glob of it and let it run down a little. Add a couple of beads for eyes. Let dry. Now punch a hole in the top to string for necklace, or put pin on the back for a pin to wear.

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Spider Print- Submitted by Sherry

Have the children make a fist. On the palm side of the fist paint it black and let the child stamp their painted fist onto a piece of white paper. Open the fist up. Paint all the fingers but the thumb! Let child put the finger prints on either side of the fist print. (this is the legs) Using their thumbs let them place two thumb prints on the spider. They have created a great holiday art project that not only they will love but the parents can keep to remember their little hands.

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Paper Plate Spiders- Submitted by Sherry

Use black paper plates or have children paint them black. Give children googly eyes and wrinkled construction paper legs. Let them glue their eyes and legs onto the plate. Punch a hole and hang from the ceiling.

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Toilet Paper Roll Spiders- Submitted by Sherry

Get an empty toilet paper roll or paper towel roll. Cut eight parts to it going up just high enough that you can bend them a little. Dip in black paint and you will have a spider. Use googlie eyes to finish.

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Spooky Halloween Tree- Submitted by Sherry

On Butcher paper or large white paper, draw a black, gnarled tree. Have each child in your class paint his/her hand in white paint, place on tree fingers pointing down, after all the ghosts have dried allow each child to draw a spooky face on their handprint. Nice classroom decoration.

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Grocery Bag Ghosts- Submitted by Sherry

Get a white plastic grocery bag and cut in circle. Put cottonballs in center and wrap bag around. Tie a long thread around neck and attatch to a stick. Draw face with marker. The kids love to run around flying their ghosts, making scary noises. They rattle nicely too

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Coffee Filter Pumpkins- Submitted by Sherry

Using white coffee filters and a eye dropper...take red and yellow dye made from food colouring. Let the children alternately drop on the two colours to make orange. For jack-o-lantern features, older children can cut and paste construction paper eyes, nose, mouth. For little tots, add features using permanent marker before they begin.

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Handy Spiders- Submitted by Sherry

paper plates, black tempera paint, liquid dishwashing detergent, navy-colored construction paper, 12-inch by 18-inch size, white crayon, wiggly eyes of an appropriate size

Have the child use the white crayon to draw a spider web in the center of the navy construction paper. Pour some black tempera paint and a little of the liquid dishwashing detergent together onto a paper plate. Mix together. (The dishwashing liquid will make the paint easier to get off.) Place the child left hand in the paint and press it horizontally (so that the fingers face left) in the center of the web. Repeat the process with the right hand (the fingers should face right), overlapping the palm prints so that the handprints look like a spider with eight legs. When the paint is dry, you can clue the wiggly eyes near the intersection of the thumbs.

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Marble Paint Spiders- Submitted by Ruth in NY

Marble paint spider webs onto paper plate (we used lunch size). Lay four pieces of colored string on the plate for legs and place a colored dot sticker on top for spiders body. Use a marker to draw the face.

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Hand Paint Ghost Activity- Submitted by Patrisha

Trace the child's hand loosely on a piece of paper (kind of an oval shape) have them cut this out, (you'll have to help the little ones). Lay this on a piece of white paper in a cardboard box. Now put some thin black paint in a small spray bottle (hair spray bottle)I use a black watercolor that I have. Now spritz the paper with the paint and then lift up the cut out hand print and throw it away. You have a whiteghost among the black paint. Glue on pre cut black construction paper eyesand mouth. This turns out really cute and the parents love the fact that it is their child's hand outline. I tie this in with the Smiley the Ghost activity.

We also sing this song:

Sometimes I like to walk in the dark
I like to shout and scream
I sneak behind somebody I know
Boo! It's Halloween!

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Smiley the Ghost Color Activity- Submitted by Patrisha

To make smiley just make a simple ghost pattern the size of a piece of construction paper. Now cut 1 each of every color so they stack behind each other. Put a smiley face on each one. I tell a story about smiley the ghost who lives in the attic of an old house and every night he comes down to get something to eat from the fridge. When he eats something he changes color. (put white ghost behind stack and show orange ghost) What do you think he ate that made him turn _________ (let the kids answer orange) and then let them give suggestions about what he ate. Orange juice, carrots. Keep changing colors and let them tell you what he ate. You will laugh at what they come up with. Now he needs to sneak back up stairs what can he eat/drink that will make him turn white again. A big glass of milk! Up the stairs he goes until the next night! Boo! Very simple to put together and the kids love it! Have fun!

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Glowing Pumpkin- Submitted by Patrisha

Turn a paper lunch sack upside down and cut a jack-o-lantern face out of the front of it. Open up the sack and put it over a small flashlight. Gather the bottom of the sack around the flashlight and fasten it in place with a rubber band. Turn on the flashlight to make the jack-o-lantern glow. Now isn't that neat!

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Lollipop Ghosts- Submitted by Patrisha

you will need 10 inch squares if white material and 10 inch squares if cheesecloth, round lollipops, white twine, clear fishing line and googly eyes.

wrap the white material around the sucker, layer cheese cloth over the material. Pinch neck together and tie with twine. Glue on eyes. Take some fishing twine and weave through the cheesecloth on the top of the head and hang from tree or porch or wherever! BOO!

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Treat Holders- Submitted by Patrisha

you will need clear plastic food containers(any kind) and an X-acto knife.

You can poke holes for handles. You can cut slits around the top edge of the containers so kids can weave ribbon through them. Let the kids decorate them with squeeze paint and stickers. Use twine or ribbon for handles.

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Handy Spiders- Submitted by Georgie

This is a fun and easy craft to go along with a thematic unit on spiders. It can get messy, because of the use of tempera paints, so cover your work area with newspaper, butcher paper, or an old table cloth and protect clothing.

paper plates, black tempera paint, liquid dishwashing detergent, navy-colored construction paper, 12-inch by 18-inch size, white crayon, wiggly eyes of an appropriate size

Have the child use the white crayon to draw a spider web in the center of the navy construction paper. Pour some black tempera paint and a little of the liquid dishwashing detergent together onto a paper plate. Mix together. (The dishwashing liquid will make the paint easier to get off.) Place the child left hand in the paint and press it horizontally (so that the fingers face left) in the center of the web. Repeat the process with the right hand (the fingers should face right), overlapping the palm prints so that the handprints look like a spider with eight legs. When the paint is dry, you can clue the wiggly eyes near the intersection of the thumbs.

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Bat and Spider Cups- Submitted by Patrisha

Great for drinks or to hold those ghoulish goodies!!! Adult supervision is recommended with the use of a hot glue gun. This project is rated VERY EASY to do.

Black chenille stems (4 for each spider cup), Scissors, Craft glue or hot glue gun, Purple paper cups, Black poster board (for bat wings), Small wiggle eyes, Ruler, optional (only if you need to measure)

Cut four pipe cleaners in half to make eight spider legs. Fold one end of each pipe cleaner up 1/4 inch. Glue the folded part to the side of the cup, putting four legs on each side. Bend legs into a spider pose. Cut two bat wings from black poster board. Bend the ends and glue one on each side of a cup. Glue eyes on each cup. Let dry. Serve drinks or treats in the cups. Have fun!

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