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Halloween Activity Book

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Materials: How To:

To Create a Cat:

1. To create ears cut 2 small triangles from black felt. Attach them to your finger puppet with glue.

2. Cut 2 short lengths of yarn and tie them together in the centre to create whiskers. Attach to your cat’s face with glue.

3. Finish your cat’s face by adding wiggle eyes. Attach with glue.

To Create a Witch:

1. Cut 3 lengths of yarn and tie them together in the centre to create hair. Attach to your witch’s head with glue.

2. Cut a dress and hat shape from felt. Attach the dress to your witch’s body and place the hat over your witch’s hair. Attach with glue.

3. Finish your witch’s face by adding wiggle eyes and a piece of yarn for a smile. Attach with glue.

To Create a Mummy:

1. Cut thin strips of white felt and layer them all over your finger puppet. Attach with glue. Trim any overhanging pieces from around the shape of your finger puppet.

2. Finish your Mummy’s face by adding wiggle eyes. Attach with glue.

To Create a Monster:

1. Decorate your monster’s face by adding heaps of wiggle eyes. Attach with glue.

2. Make your monster friendly by adding some yarn for a smile. Attach with glue.

To Create a Pumpkin:

1. Cut some triangle eyes and a crooked smile from black felt. Attach to your finger puppet’s face with glue.

2. Cut a leaf and a stem from green felt. Attach to the top of your pumpkin’s head with glue.

• Felt Finger Puppets - 12449

• Felt Bundles - 10783

• Assorted Soft Yarn - 12257

• PVA Glue

• Scissors

Spooky Felt Finger Puppets

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How To:

1. Carefully cut your egg carton apart to create individual egg cups. Neaten the edges of each cup.

2. Give your egg cups a coat of white paint. This is not essential but provides a good base for painting. Allow to dry.

3. Paint your egg cups with bright colours. Allow to dry.

4. Place the top of 2 of your egg cups together and join them on one side with tape creating a mouth that opens.

5. Use a marker or white paint to draw a spooky Halloween face on your cups.

6. Fill your little lolly boxes with treats!

Egg Carton Lolly Boxes

Materials:

Egg Carton - 12333 Assorted CleverPatch™ Junior Artist Paint - 13787

PVA Glue, Tape, Scissors


How To:Materials:

Trick or Treat Goodie Bags

1. Using the templates provided trace a stencil onto the middle of a piece of litho paper.

2. Using a scalpel, cut out the stencil shape. Set the inside shape aside and keep the litho sheet stencil. You will now have the silhouette shape for your design, but it will have no details like eyes, nose and mouth. This is the section that will be coloured.

3. Cut out the details from the litho sheet you put aside like the eyes, nose and mouth. You will need to place these on the screen to block out the ink. This will leave the detail areas white.

4. Secure the litho paper stencil to the bottom of the screen with masking tape (the shiny side of the stencil should be facing the screen). Tape all of the edges around the outside so there is no screen showing. Don’t tape the inside edges of the stencil.

5. Place any inside detail pieces of the stencil on the screen and attach with blu-tack.

6. Prepare your fabric. Remember to insert some newspaper or card inside so that the paint doesn’t seep through.

7. Place the screen on top of your fabric, positioning the stencil in the centre of your bag.

8. Spoon a small amount of paint at the top of the screen.

9. Grab the squeegee and firmly push the ink down the screen. Scrape any excess ink off the squeegee back onto the screen and repeat in a different direction. This technique of screen printing is usually a two or three person job. One person to hold the screen down firmly while the other applies the paint to the fabric.

10. Once finished, scrape any excess paint back into the container and, starting at one corner, gently peel off the screen.

11. Pull off the entire stencil and clean the screen and squeegee. Allow to dry completely before making another stencil and new prints.

12. Cover the design with a piece of greased baking paper and heat set the paint by ironing over the design.

• Cotton Drawstring Bags - 12639

• Black Derivan® Screen Ink - 12920

• Bright Orange Derivan® Screen Ink - 12913

• Light Green Derivan® Screen Ink - 12915

• Purple Derivan® Screen Ink - 12918

• Economy Silk Screen - 13031

• Economy Silk Screen Squeegee - 13032

• Litho Paper - 10034

• Scissors

• Masking Tape

• Scalpel

• Blu-tack


Trick or Treat Goodie Bag Templates


How To:Materials:

1. Begin by cutting a circle of orange felt. The larger your circle the bigger your pumpkin will be.

2. Use a running stitch to loosely sew around the edge of your orange circle. (For more information on how to sew, see our activity sheet ‘How to Hand Sew’).

3. Pull your stitching tight so the orange circle begins to join together. Before you completely close the circle insert some wadding then continue to pull your stitching tight. You should now have the base of your pumpkin.

4. To create a stalk for your pumpkin, cut a rectangle of brown felt. Roll your rectangle up and insert one end into the top of your pumpkin. To attach the stalk and secure the top of your pumpkin, stitch the top of your pumpkin closed.

5. For a finishing touch create a leaf for your pumpkin. Cut a leaf shape from green felt. Using a back stitch decorate the centre of your leaf with green metallic yarn. Attach your leaf to your pumpkin by stitching it to the stalk.

• Green Felt - 11822

• Orange Felt - 11825

• Brown Felt - 11819

• Wadding - 11111

• Assorted Metallic Yarn - 11408

• Needle

• Scissors

Decorative Felt Pumpkins


How To:

1. Give your papier mache hotel a coat of black chalkboard paint. Allow to dry. You may wish to apply a second coat of paint to ensure a vibrant colour.

2. Cut up pieces of yellow tissue paper to fit inside the windows and door. Attach with glue.

3. Write a spooky message on the outside of your house with chalk. Draw a speech bubble around it to make the word look like it is coming from the inside of the house.

4. Place some LED candles in the house and turn them on to give your haunted house a spooky glow!

Haunted House

Materials:

Papier Mache Hotel - 14895X Black Derivan® Chalkboard Paint - 12012

White Dustless Chalk - 10348LED Tealight Candles - 13245

Yellow Tissue Paper - 11907

PVA Glue, Scissors, Paint Brush


How To:Materials:

Papier Mache Lolly Baskets

1. Give your basket a coat of white paint. This is not essential but provides a good base for painting. Allow to dry.

2. Paint your basket black or orange depending on the character you would like to create. Allow to dry.

3. Using the templates on the following page, cut out the appropriate shapes using cover paper. Attach with glue. (When attaching the vampire cape pieces, put a line of glue along the 2 short edges allowing the tip to be folded back).

4. Carefully paint a face on your Halloween basket. Allow to dry.

5. If decorating the bat or vampire, don’t forget to add some wiggle eyes. Attach with glue.

• Papier Mache Basket Square - 13295

• Assorted CleverPatch™ Junior Artist Paint - 13787

• Assorted A4 CleverPatch™ Cover Paper - 13652

• Wiggle Eyes - 10814

• Scissors

• Marker

• PVA Glue

• Paint Brush


Papier Mache Lolly Basket Templates

Bat WingCut x 2

Vampire CapeCut x 2

Pumpkin Leaves

Vampire Face

Bat Template:

Vampire Templates:

Pumpkin Templates:


How To:

1. Protect your work area with a splash mat. Prepare your materials and make sure you have markers, glue brushes and glue on hand.

2. Use coloured markers to colour your treat bags. Alternatively, you could paint your bags with bright colours. Allow to dry.

3. Look to our treat bags above for inspiration or come up with your own.

4. To create a glittery border cover the area to be glittered with a light coat of glue. While the glue is still wet, sprinkle glitter all over the area, covering it entirely. Allow to dry.

Halloween Lolly Bags

Materials:

Halloween Colour-in Mini Treat Bags - 14872X

PVA GlueFibracolor Wide ‘N’ Fine Classpack - 14225

Silver Glitter Shaker - 11124

For less glitter wastage, use a scrap piece of paper to catch the glitter falling off the bag

while decorating, This will make it easy to tip the glitter back into the container ready to reuse!


Materials:

Ceramic Tealight Holders - 14866X

Assorted CleverPatch™ Junior Artist Paint - 13787

LED Tealight Candles - 13245

Paint Brush

How To:

1. Sketch out your design onto a piece of paper before you start to decorate your tealight holder. Once you have a design, transfer it lightly onto your tealight holders using a pencil. This is not essential, but helps with planning your design.

2. Once you are happy with your design paint your tealight holder in bright colours. Allow to dry.

3. Allow your tealight to dry before placing an LED candle or a tealight candle inside. Adult assistance is required when tealight candles are in use.

Ceramic Tealight Holders


How To:Materials:

1. Carefully cut your egg carton apart to create individual egg cups. Neaten the edges of each cup. Tape 2 of your egg cups together leaving a small opening at the bottom.

2. Give your egg cups a coat of white paint. This is not essential but provides a good base for painting. Allow to dry.

3. Paint your egg cups orange. Allow to dry.

4. Push a popstick through the opening at the bottom of your egg cups.

5. Cut a leaf shape from green paper. Push a pin through your leaf shape to create a small hole.

6. Push a pin through the top of your pumpkin stick puppet to create a small hole.

7. Cut a short length of chenille stem. Push one end into the hole in your paper leaf and then into the top of your pumpkin stick puppet. Curl the remaining end of the chenille stem.

8. Use a marker to draw eyes and a smile on your pumpkin’s face.

• Egg Carton - 12333

• Assorted CleverPatch™ Junior Artist Paint - 13787

• Assorted A4 CleverPatch™ Cover Paper - 13652

• Chenille Stems - 10825

• Natural Popsticks - 10864

• Marker

• Tape

• Paint Brush

• Pin

• Scissors

• Scalpel

Pumpkin Stick Puppets


How To:

1. Cut strips of tissue paper long enough to cover the height of your jar.

2. Cover your jar with the strips of tissue paper. Overlap the strips to ensure the entire jar is covered. Attach with glue.

3. Trim any excess tissue paper that may overhang from the edge. Attach with glue.

4. Use a marker to draw a spooky character face on the front of your jar.

5. Place an LED tealight in your jar to finish!

Spooky Tealight Jars

Materials:

Glass Jar - 14731 PVA Glue, ScissorsTissue Paper Squares 10069

LED Tealight Candles - 13245


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