Ghost Shrinky Dinks

Burgin is currently 26 months old

When I come across #6 plastic I save it to make Shrinky Dinks. Burgin colors them with a permanent marker and then I cook it in our little toaster oven on parchment paper for 30 seconds to 1 min. It curled up a bit, so I used my oven mitts to squish it flat. It dries fast so the flattening must be done quickly. Wah-lah, the end result is very cute! We added some googly eyes and a string to hang Mr. Ghost up.

Pumpkin Seed Craft

Burgin is currently 26 months old

Draw a pumpkin on orange paper. Have the child glue the toasted pumpkin seeds to the pumpkin. Cut back into the shape of a pumpkin, if necessary, and hang up!

Happy Hallloween Card

I took what we made from the Ghost Footprint activity. Folded it in half and on the front posted the photo I took from the Hide and Seek activity. I printed the photo out, glued it to a card and added the words, "Peek-a-", so the card reads "Boo" when opened up. I also added the words "Happy Halloween to the inside of the card!

Trunk-or-Treat

Trunk-or-Treat was a big hit with the little and big kids in our family!! This year our theme was It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. We had a photo cut-out section, a bean bag toss, pumpkin clothes pin drop, a movie viewing area and of course, lots of treats!

Ghost Footprints

Burgin is currently 26 months old

So quick and easy to do and they come out so cute!
1. Brush white paint on your child's foot. Put enough so that the footprint will come out very white with little to no black showing through.
2. Stamp it on black paper.
3. Add the word "Boo" or something else with a cute-tip

Trunk or Treat Preparation

I love Halloween - the whole crafty, creative part of it, not the scary stuff! After years of traveling and always living in places where we didn't get any trick-or-treaters, I was so happy with the invention of Trunk-or-Treat.

Last year we did the theme of Willy Wonka at our church, but a lot of kids had no clue what it was.

So this year, I am preparing for "The Great Pumpkin - Charlie Brown" theme. This year, I had great plans, but with all our recent travels, I only had time to make a couple costumes, a large pumkin and a cutout to do photographs with. Burgin loved helping color the pumpkin and paint the Linus Cutout scene!