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Bat Sock Puppet

Footprint Ghost

Paper Plate Pumpkin

Egg Carton Spider

Sock puppets always go over very well. This cute bat is a great Halloween craft for pre-schoolers and makes a great interactive toy when it is finished. Your child will love "flying" their bat around the house waiting for Halloween night. What you'll need:

Child-sized black sock
Printable bat sock puppet template
<black , white and red felt
2 googly eyes
Glue
Scissors
Tape

How to make your Sock Puppet Bat Craft:

Print our template and cut the pieces out. Trace the pieces onto black felt and cut them out.
Glue the wings onto the sock and then tape them to secure them until they dry.
Glue on googly eyes and ears.
Cut out two white triangles from felt and glue them to the front of the sock as fangs.
Cut a small piece of red felt out and glue it to the underside of the sock to be a mouth.

This footprint ghost craft is a fantastic Halloween craft for pre-schoolers! This Halloween craft is a simple paper craft, so there is very little mess and the materials are always on hand. It's also a fun way to capture just how small your little one's foot is this Halloween season! You can make a whole family of footprint ghost's and it is a great way to work in a quick Halloween-themed lesson in comparing sizes. What you'll need:

Craft paper
<crayons
Glue stick
Scissors
Googly eyes

How to make your Footprint Ghost Craft:

Trace around your child's foot and cut their footprint out.
Glue the footprint onto a piece of craft paper.
Cut two arms out of craft paper (the same color as the ghost) and glue them onto your ghost.
Draw a face onto your ghost.

This paper plate pumpkin craft is a great way to give your kids the opportunity to make a bunch of different Jack-o-lantern faces without going through the hassle of carving all of those pumpkins! This is a quick, easy Halloween craft that can be adapted to suit the abilities and imaginations of all age groups. This paper plate pumpkin makes a great homemade Halloween decoration, gift for grandparents, or even a unique invitation to a Halloween party! What you'll need:

Small paper plate
Green craft paper
Green pipe cleaner
Orange and black paint
Paintbrush
Glue
Scissors
Tape

How to make your Paper Plate Pumpkin Craft:

Paint the back of a small paper plate orange. Set aside to dry.
Cut a stem out of green craft paper and glue to the back of the paper plate.
Twist the pipe cleaner around a pencil to make it a spiral shape and tape to the back of the paper plate.
Use the black paint to paint a face on your pumpkin.

This egg carton spider craft is a classic Halloween craft for kids. It is a simple craft, but younger children will need a little bit of help getting the legs in right (and especially getting the holes for the legs cut). In the end, you are left with a cute Halloween craft for kids, and if you make the whole dozen you have some great Halloween decorations too! What you'll need:

Cardboard egg carton (styrofoam won't hold the paint needed)
Black paint
Red paint or marker
2 googly eyes
4 black pipe cleaners
Glue
Paintbrush
Hole punch or scissors

How to make your Egg Carton Spider Craft:

Cut one cup out of an egg carton. Trim it so that it sits flat (no flaps, etc.).
Paint the egg cup black.
When the cup is dry, use a hole punch to punch 4 holes on each side of the cup (8 total). If you don't have a hole punch, use scissors to poke the holes -- this should be done by an adult only!
Thread a pipe cleaner through one side of the cup to the other side of the cup. Cut off any that you feel is too long and then bend the legs as shown in the photo.
Use glue to add the googly eyes and the red paint to paint on a smile.
**Optional - poke an additional hole in the top of the egg cup and add a string to hang your spider with!

3-D Artwork

Bubbles and Bubble Wand

Coloured Salt

Fizzy Bath Bombs

Flubber

Kool-Aid Play Dough

Magic Touch Bag

Play Dough

Always remember to ask permission from your parents and have them help you make your recipe! DO NOT EAT. KEEP AWAY FROM ALL PETS. Ingredients

Ripped up toilet paper
Craft Glue

Method

Makes a thick paste with your ripped up toilet paper and glue.
Pour the paste onto paper forming your own design.
Let it dry.
Paint over it for great 3-D artwork.

This also makes a great zombie/ripped flesh effect for Halloween and made some crazy scary stuff

Always remember to ask permission from your parents and have them help you make your recipe! DO NOT EAT. KEEP AWAY FROM ALL PETS.

Bubbles

1/2 cup dishwashing detergent
4 1/2 cups water
4 tablespoons glycerin (available in pharmacies)

Carefully mix ingredients. Allow it to set for a while. Use outside to avoid staining any indoor fixtures, carpet or upholstery. Bubble Wand

That fuzz on the pipe cleaner comes in handy, as it helps these little bubble-blowing wonders soak up a lot of soapy solution. Pipe cleaners (also known as chenille stems) are also a lot easier to handle and manipulate than hangers and can be used to satisfy a large number of bubble-blowers at one time. With a little help, toddlers and younger kids can even have a go at making their own bubble wands and can learn from what works and what doesn't. Since pipe cleaners aren't expensive and they're plentiful, kids get many chances to experiment. To make different shapes, use cookie cutters as guides.

Always remember to ask permission from your parents and have them help you make your recipe! DO NOT EAT. KEEP AWAY FROM ALL PETS.

Ingredients

Ordinary table salt (own quantity).
Poster Paint or Food Colouring
Ziploc Bag.

Method

Add the desired amount of salt to a Ziploc bag.
- Add poster paint or food coloring to the bag.
The more food coloring, the more saturated your colors.
The most important step! Press out all the air from the bag and securely close it.
- The last thing you want is a bag of exploded food coloring and salt all over your house!
Knead the salt and coloring until it is all mixed together.
- Wait a minute or so to mix everything together, as it makes for less colouring clumps and an easier mixing process.

So now that you’ve made colored salt what do you do with it? Coloured Salt Finger Play Pour the Coloured Salt onto a try and lett the little one have fun designing.

Always remember to ask permission from your parents and have them help you make your recipe!
DO NOT EAT.
KEEP AWAY FROM ALL PETS.

What you will need

1 3/4 cup Baking soda
2 cups Cornstarch
1 cup Citric acid
Spritzer bottles
Food colouring
Glass bowl
Essential oil
Baking Moulds

Method

Sift baking soda, citric acid and cornstarch through a sieve to remove chunks.
To make different tints, fill small spritzer bottles with water and add about 6 drops of food colouring to each.
Pour 1 cup of powdered mixture into a glass bowl.
Lightly spritz, stirring after each spritz, until powder is desired colour.
Add water slowly, so mixture does not fizz.
- If mixing two tints, alternate colours as you spritz.
- Check the consistency of powder with your fingers; when it can be tightly packed or shaped, stop spritzing (this may take a little while).
Select an essential oil.
- Add 5 drops if it's one of the stronger scents (peppermint, lavender)
- Add 6 if it's a weaker one (lemon, grapefruit).
Mix well.
Firmly pack mixture into small baking moulds. Use a 1/4 cup for each fizzy, which is good for one bath.
Allow mixture to set for at least 2 hours, then pop out carefully.
Repeat with different tints for remaining powder.

Always remember to ask permission from your parents and have them help you make your recipe!
DO NOT EAT.
KEEP AWAY FROM ALL PETS.

Ingredients

118ml All-purpose Craft Clue
1 tsp. Borax (found in the laundry detergent section of the store)
Warm Water
Plastic Cup
Bowl
Food Colouring

Method

Begin by emptying the bottles of glue into a bowl.
Then fill empty glue bottles with warm water and shake. Empty into your bowl.
Add some food colouring. Set aside.
Add 1/2 cup warm water to your cup.
Add 1 tsp. borax to the water and mix until borax dissolves.
Then pour this into your glue bowl.
Start stirring and you will notice how it starts becoming stringy.
- Keep mixing by using your hands and squishing around.
- You will notice after a few minutes that it has become pretty gelatinous.

Let the kids play with it for a bit and it will become the perfect GOOEY consistency.

Always remember to ask permission from your parents and have them help you make your recipe!
DO NOT EAT.
KEEP AWAY FROM ALL PETS. Playdough smells like people food but contains lots of salt, and a hungry dog can eat enough to cause a dangerous salt imbalance.
WARNING: This recipe requires the use of boiling water, so a parent MUST assist with this.

This makes a big batch for a group of kids.

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
2 pkg. unsweetened Kool-aid (just the dry Kool-aid, don't mix it into juice)
2 cup boiling water (Can heat it in the microwave)
3 Tbs vegetable oil

Directions:

In a bowl, mix flour, salt and Kool-aid.
Stir in water and oil
Knead with hands for about 5 minutes.
Store in a ziploc bag for up to 2 months.
Use like playdough.
Smells great and will be brightly coloured.

*Don’t feel like you need to use all the water.

Always remember to ask permission from your parents and have them help you make your recipe!
DO NOT EAT.
KEEP AWAY FROM ALL PETS.

Ingredients

5 Tbs. cornstarch
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Green & blue food colorings (2 drops each) (or any other 2 colours)
Ziploc bag

Method

Combine cornstarch, water and food colourings in a bag.
Mix.
Add oil.
Seal in a bag.
Lay bag on the table.
Press ingredients with a finger.
Watch as colours mix and separate.

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup salt
1 cup water
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
A few drops of food colouring
3/4 tablespoon of baby oil (optional for super soft play dough)

Method

Mix together: flour, salt, water, cream of tartar, vegetable oil, and food colouring in a pan.
Heat over medium heat for 3-5 minutes, stirring constantly, until it all congeals.
- Cook the dough until it does not stick to your fingers when you touch it.
- If it is too sticky, try adding a Tablespoon or two of flour.
Once it looks ready, remove it from the heat.
Knead the dough (add flour if necessary to get a good consistency) on a piece of waxed paper and separate it into as many balls as colours you want.
Store in an airtight container or in locking plastic bags.

An Apple a Day

Here we go round the mulberry bush

Big Ship

Five little ladybirds

One, two, three, four, five

Ricky Rabbit

The Sandman

The clock

An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Apple in the morning - Doctor's warning
Roast apple at night - starves the doctor outright
Eat an apple going to bed - knock the doctor on the head
Three each day, seven days a week - ruddy apple, ruddy cheek

Here we go round the mulberry bush The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush Here we go round the mulberry bush So early in the morning. This is the way we wash our face Wash our face, wash our face This is the way we wash our face So early in the morning . This is the way we take our bath Take our bath, take our bath This is the way we take our bath So early in the morning. This is the way we wear our clothes Wear our clothes, wear our clothes This is the way we wear our clothes So early in the morning. This is the way we drink our milk Drink our milk, drink our milk This is the way we drink our milk So early in the morning. This is the way we march to school, March to school, march to school This is the way we march to school, So early in the morning. Here we go round the mulberry bush The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, Here we go round the mulberry bush So early in the morning.

The big ship sails on the ally-ally-oh

The ally-ally-oh, the ally-ally-oh

Oh, the big ship sails on the ally-ally-oh

On the last day of September.

The captain said it will never, never do

Never, never do, never, never do

The captain said it will never, never do

On the last day of September.

The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea

The bottom of the sea, the bottom of the sea

The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea

On the last day of September.

We all dip our heads in the deep blue sea

The deep blue sea, the deep blue sea

We all dip our heads in the deep blue sea

On the last day of September.

Five little ladybirds, climbing on the door
One flew away and then there were four.
Four little ladybirds, sitting on a tree.
One flew away and then there were three.
Three little ladybirds, sitting on a shoe
One flew away and then there were two.
Two little ladybirds, looking for some fun
One flew away and then there was one.
One little ladybirds, hiding behind the sun
One flew away and then there was none.

3 ingredient Oreo dessert

Always remember to ask permission from your parents and have them help you make your recipe!

Ingredients

4 cups (1L) thickened cream, whipped
1 cup (250ml) milk
3 pkts (205g each) Oreo cookies

Method
Using a large dish (30cm x 22cm), spread one-third of the cream on the base of the dish.

Dip cookies one at a time into the milk and place on the cream layer.

Top with one-third of the cream again and add another layer of milk-dipped cookies.

Top with the remaining cream and place undipped cookies on top to decorate. Refrigerate for 4 hours.

Notes

You have to dip the cookies in the milk for a few seconds to let them soak in the milk. Place one into the milk, as you take one out to give it a few seconds. Using a slotted spoon is helpful.

The refrigeration time allows the cookies to soften and create a creamy, chocolatey dessert.

You can choose your favourite Oreo variety.

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