Halloween decorations.
By Amanda81587
@Amanda81587 (3042)
United States
October 5, 2011 6:25pm CST
Today I went to the local dollar store and bought Halloween decorations. Today sitting at home I desided I also want to do some Halloween decoration projects with my children as well. We have crayons, construction paper, glue, scissors now we need some ideas on what to do. I want my children to make some decorations so I can tape them around the house on the inside, today we did pumpkins. I used orange paper and cut. Out a pumpkin shape then we colored eyes on white paper and glued it to the pumpkin as well as nose and mouth and stem. Then I taped them on the living room wall. Tomorrow we are going to do bats. I want to do a project a day do you have anymore ideas in what we can do? Or make?
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12 responses
@Angel3yes (455)
• United States
6 Oct 11
I like to cook as a project and sugar cookie cutouts are something that kids absolutely love and they arent extremely hard. Kids love to decorate so do halloween cutouts, they sell the cutout things at Michaels usually. I bought some last year. They also often have fall sprinkles that would go well on them.
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@Amanda81587 (3042)
• United States
6 Oct 11
Oh yes I love to bake as well and I am definitely doing some of that as well. I bought a funfetti cake that has different Halloween colors in it as well with the orange frosting and sprinkles. Plus I am going to make mudd pie for the children as well with bugs and worms in it that are edible.
@Amanda81587 (3042)
• United States
11 Oct 11
Last night we made halloween cup cakes! It was very fun and very yummy! My son keeps asking when I am making the mud pie? It is like a thing I started last year and now they want it every year!
@Amanda81587 (3042)
• United States
11 Oct 11
Thats a really cool idea for the inside! I can also keep the leaves til thanksgiving! I have bought pumpkin bags and when more leaves fall I am going to have the children pick them up and fill the bags! This year I will have to put them on my porch because last year when I had them in the yard the dog kept peeing on the bags!
@Amanda81587 (3042)
• United States
11 Oct 11
This would be a good one as well. It would be a little challenging for my 6 and 4 year olds to cut out the legs of the spiders but hey it will give them practice. They are going to be thrilled!
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
6 Oct 11
Amanda: Thanks for the posting. In fact my other family members also know amanda and her children. blessings. i am now in chennai. It is nice you make decorations instead of buying ready made. I suggest leave it to the creativity of kids. you will find excellent designs.
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@Amanda81587 (3042)
• United States
6 Oct 11
I am trying to get more ideas because I need about 25 different ideas. My children are the ones doing the activities . My son made a spider web on his pumpkin yesterday which I thought was a great idea!
@rmendoza123 (637)
• Philippines
6 Oct 11
This is an early preparation for Halloween, I hope this will go well. My suggestion is, why not make a life-size monster like Godzilla or something.
I haven't experienced decorating our house during Halloween, maybe this year. Hmmmm can I put then? I don't know! LOL
@Amanda81587 (3042)
• United States
6 Oct 11
Yes this is early because I want to so an activity a day for the children to engage in. We already have out Halloween costumes ready to go so I just want to make it fun for the children. I am going to do the same for Christmas. I am even going to take a day gas up the car and drive around the neighborhood to see the decorations from other people as well. I want to make some memories for my children to remember and some great pictures!
@easlydun (70)
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6 Oct 11
last year we got loads of black paper and made millions of bats an covered the whole house for a laugh but everyone thought it was brilliant we also have a small front porch that we coverd the walls in black plastic bags and had the covering the ceilin and had our made bats hanging hitting peoples heads in the day time it didnt look the best but at night time was great with a few candles lit kids loved the hall at ni time really spooky
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@Amanda81587 (3042)
• United States
6 Oct 11
That's cool. I am going to make bats either tonight or tomorrow. I want to get the count down orange and black chain done also to so they can start counting down the days, last year I made a mudd pie and the kids want me to make it again this year so that will be another activity. Mudd pie is so easy and good but I think this year I will put it in individual cups for the kids. 
@carolscash (9492)
• United States
6 Oct 11
If you can find some white felt, cut ghost shapes out of it and hang them. You can add eyes if you want to make it a little more crafty. I have also taken an old sheet and let the kids make ghosts out of them that we could hang up. I wish my kids were still young enough to enjoy things like this.
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@Amanda81587 (3042)
• United States
6 Oct 11
Wow I really did not even think of that. That is a great idea! For some reason ghosts we're not in my mind when I thought of Halloween. Lol but yes I can definitely do this one. I also have old sheets and I can hang them in door ways. Wow I really feel my lightbulb shining bright
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
6 Oct 11
Oh, you have done an excellent job. The children would be so excited with the projects I can sense. I have not started yet, busy with my office work. I will have to start soon. I can see from my window my neighbors are working on the projects already !
@Amanda81587 (3042)
• United States
6 Oct 11
I want to make it fun for the children. Plus when I take pictures of the children I can use the decorations as backgrounds for the scrap books I have. I am going to do the same for Christmas. So when you do start feel free to use some of these excellent ideas that people are sharing here. I am going to do one a day. So an activity a day and the same with Christmas! After thanksgiving that it.
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
9 Oct 11
For me I don't even have it now I know that it is not good in the eyes of Jehovah God.
@bounce58 (17385)
• Canada
12 Oct 11
As I am too lazy to make my own decorations, I just buy mine. I buy my holloween and Christmas decorations after the holiday so I can get them cheap.
Today at lunch I went home to put up one of the inflatable decorations (which I bought for $10 last year) in front of the house. It would be a surprise for the kids when they get home from school. There would be a witch hugging the tree in front!
, I just buy mine. I buy my holloween and Christmas decorations after the holiday so I can get them cheap.
Today at lunch I went home to put up one of the inflatable decorations (which I bought for $10 last year) in front of the house. It would be a surprise for the kids when they get home from school. There would be a witch hugging the tree in front!1 person likes this
@starrose_ara (784)
• Philippines
8 Oct 11
That's a better way to make Halloween decorations. You hit two things at the same time. Spending quality time with your kids while producing decors that are made from the heart. There are a lot of online sites that suggests some simple crafts connected to Halloween. I bumped into them while doing researched for articles that I am writing about Halloween.
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@mantis36 (4219)
• Philippines
10 Oct 11
its nice to wear devil's costumes but why is it recommended to wear devil's costume instead of wearing Jesus White Robe during Halloween???
Does God permits us to wear Demon's costume where the most horrific and more bloody is the first place winner,
where second placer is the first looser?
