Kids Halloween Crafts: Cute Recycled Soda Bottle Ghosts

Craft Envy — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:00:26 +0000

Instead of throwing away all those soda bottles left over from the last family get together, why not make a memory out of them? These soda bottle ghosts make the perfect kids Halloween craft activity while teaching your children how to creatively recycle.

Items You’ll Need to Create Your Halloween Ghost Family

Here is what you’ll need:

Empty soda bottles
Cheesecloth
Modge Podge
Scraps of felt in different colors
kitchen scisoors
sponge applicator
hot glue gun
LED tealights

Very carefully, trim the top off your soda bottle. Trace around the bottle with a permanent marker to give you a guide.

Get your favorite little helper to cover those bottles with Modge Podge, while you cut up some cheesecloth to cover your soda bottles. You want enough to drape over your bottle twice.

Now comes the fun part. Using a crayon, draw your faces for your ghosts, and whatever else you want to put on your ghost family. Cut them out.

Using your glue gun, place the eyes, mouth and whatever else on your ghost. Have fun with it!

Add your LED lights under each ghost to get a really fun, dramatic look for your creation.

Here we are! Mommy, Daddy, Big sister and Little Sister! Aren’t we the scariest ghosts ever?

What fun kids Halloween crafts are you making this holiday season?

Mom It Forward This Halloween by BOOing!

Jyl Johnson Pattee — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:34:40 +0000

Check out these great Halloween boo-ing ideas from fellow blogger and friend, Cindy Hopper from Skip to My Lou. She shares how it’s not to late to Mom It Forward Halloween style to your neighbors, family, and friends! What’s more is this is a perfect family activity! In her own words: “It is all about the ding & dash.”

Gather some treats, download and print this special Ghost Door Hanger and you are ready to go. One side lets everyone know you have been booed, the other a fun poem and instructions about how to BOO!

You might also like this unique way to BOO with a decorated plastic pumpkin. “Am I a Cat or Jack Boo Pumpkin” makes a great way to BOO your friends.

Another idea is to make a special BOO! Cone .

If you are into paper crafts a BOO! Sign is a wonderful way to share some Halloween fun!

Let the “BOOING” begin!

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Kids Halloween Crafts: Cute Recycled Soda Bottle Ghosts

Items You’ll Need to Create Your Halloween Ghost Family

Mom It Forward This Halloween by BOOing!