Samhain Crafts?

[Niamh]

Does anyone have any craft ideas for Samhain?

One thing that I do is make little orange pumpkins filled with treats or gifts.

I take either orange paper napkins (the big kind) or sheets of orange crepe paper (almost impossible to find) and cut circles out of the paper, ten inches in diameter.

I put a handful of candy or a wrapped polished stone or some other thing in the middle of the paper and gather it up to form a "stem." I secure the stem with green floral tape. Wrap it around a few times and it really looks like a pumpkin!

[reanna]

That sounds so cool. Thanks for sharing that.
I am sure I have a bunch too. I will go through the files and post what I come up with in the next day or so.

[Semele]

I think this year i am gonna teach Trey how to make ghosts out of Kleenex...you know just bunch one up and wrap another around it and tape his neck then paint eyes on. I think he would like that.

[Semele]

Here is a link I found with some cute, inexpensive crafts for the season. I think we will try out a few. I like the sucker ghosts...great to make for trick-or-treaters.

http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/_Hallo.html

[Niamh]

Thanks! Semele.
I like the Halloween window hangings. Although I would probably do the deal where you cut the shapes out of the black paper and back the openings of the shapes with orange tissue so it has a stained glass effect. That will look great with candle light flickering in the back ground!

[MammaStar]

I have a craft I'd like to contribute to this thread! I got it from this big craft book I bought last year

Cookie Cutter Jack O'Laterns:

small to medium sized pumpkins
Various Samhain styled cookie cutters
Small knife or pumpkin carving tool set
votive candles
Newspaper to cover your work area

Cut off top of pumpkin & scoop out the insides. Place the cookie cutter on the outside of the pumpkin and push hard enough to leave a visible impression. Trace around the impression with a marker. Using a small knife or pumpkin carving tool to cut out the image.

You can cut out one image on a small pumpkin or several on larger ones.

I tried this last year & it was hoot! I did it with my son & niece and they had a blast.

***taken from "Great Gifts in Under 30 Minutes" Collection***

[Yvonne Belisle]

Tempra paintings on the insides of the windows it washes right off.

[Niamh]

Thanks, Yvonne! I hadn't thought of that! I may propose something to my boss next week!

I feel a brain storm coming on...

[Sora]

Originally posted by Semele
I think this year i am gonna teach Trey how to make ghosts out of Kleenex...you know just bunch one up and wrap another around it and tape his neck then paint eyes on. I think he would like that.

That's a wonderful idea. Made those to hang in our trees outside last year... though some kids wripped them off while trick-or-treating. It's also great fun to use a lollypop and wrap a kleenex over it, like you would in the regular ghosts. Then its candy, and a cool craft! Make sure there is a wrapper on the lollys, I was voluntering at our community hall with sparks (a really young branch of Girl Guides) and some of the girls took off the wrappers, sucked on them a bit, and then wrapped them in kleenex, and then drew the faces on. It was not too good, not in the least. I'm voluntering again, I think, and I'll be sure to bring up your craft idea, Niamh, it looks excelent!