“ Halloween Craft: Make Halloween Masks With Paper Mache” |
You'll need just a few things to make just about any mask youcan imagine. Those items include balloons, newspaper, wallpaperglue and some acrylic paint. A pair of sharp scissors comes inhandy to cut out eyes and mouth. Wear old clothing, or put anapron on both you and your child. Making the mask can get a bitmessy.
Cover your work area in plenty of newspaper to protect it fromglue and paint. Next, cut several newspapers into strips. Blowup a balloon so it is slightly larger than your child's head.Now dip a newspaper strip completely in the glue and stick iton the balloon. Continue doing this back and forth until youhave the entire balloon covered in several layers of newspaper.Work out any wrinkles as you go along. The more layers ofnewspaper you have, the sturdier the mask will be.
Finally add any features specific to the mask you are making.For example, if you are making a frog mask, sculpt two ballshapes at the top of the mask that you can later paint as eyes.If you are making a cat, dog, or monkey mask, form the snout andof course don't forget about ears. The only limit is yourimagination.
Allow the mask to dry completely, preferably over night. Onceit is completely hardened, start cutting into the mask to popthe balloon. Cut a large enough opening so your child can gethis or her head inside the mask, then cut eye and mouthopenings. For younger children, you may prefer to cut the back of the mask out completely, and, instead, wrap a pieceof ribbon or yarn around the back of the head to secure the maskto allow better air-passage. Paint the mask in a solid color and allow it to dry completely.Then add details like eyes, nose and lips in different colors.Once that coat of paint is completely dry, it is ready to wear.For a longer lasting and shiny mask, cover the mask in severallayers of hodge podge before using it.
About The Author: Would you like to quickly make creativeHalloween costumes that you and your children will be proud of-- for a fraction of the price of store-bought? Susanne Myershas co-authored a book to show you how -- no sewing involved.Visit http://www.ILoveHalloweenCostumes.com to learn more.
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“ Quick And Easy Halloween Decorations”
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Need some quick Halloween decorations, that even the kids canhelp with? Here are three great Halloween decorating ideasusing easy to find, inexpensive materials.
Craft Foam Creepies
Craft foam is sold in sheets at the craft store in a wholearray of colors. It is similar to construction paper, but madeof thin, durable foam you can easily cut with scissors. Tracesimple Halloween shapes onto the backside of the foam sheetsand cut out. Use contrasting colors and a glue stick to adddetails such as a jack o lantern face, red eyes on a bat, orthe face of a silly ghost. You can make these cutouts as largeor as small as you want. Hang them in windows or hang them withclear thread form curtain rods, doorways, or in your frontentry. (This works really well with bats, hang them from thetips of each wing, and one place on the body to make themappear to be flying) These can even be used on protectedporches as the foam is water resistant.
Graveyard
A graveyard near your front walk is a creepy and creative touchto the Halloween spirit. We used scrap pieces of plywood andsiding and cut them into rectangles with the tops rounded, likea gravestone. We first painted them gray, then washed over themwith a watery white paint for age and spook factor. We usedblack paint to add amusing names and epitaphs, such as "I.M.Gone" or "Ben Dismembered". Screw a wooded stake to the backand pound into the ground. I like to group them together on anarea of grass, then rope them off with chains, add a fewpumpkins (and in my neck of the woods, tumbleweeds are a nicetouch) and line the edge of your "graveyard" with lightedjackolanterns for Hallows Eve. My kids have the lost fun with this!
Giant spiders and webs
First of all, set the stage for your spiders by picking up somewebbing.it is really cheap, and stretches a LONG way! Corners ofrooms or porches, or stretched over a door are great effects. Tomake the spiders, pick up large black pom poms and large blackchenille stems from the craft store. Take 4 chenille stems andtwist them together in the middle. This creates the eight legs.Bend the stems downward about halfway down each leg. Now usetacky glue or a glue gun (glue gun is my choice as it setsalmost instantly, but the adult must handle this!) to secure alarge pom pom in the center of the legs at the twist to formthe body. You can add google eyes as some do, but I prefer tocut scary red eyes from felt or craft foam and glue on. Setyour spiders in their webs, and you can bend the leg tips toattach them to a picture frame or a lamp chain. Remember, withthis project, the bigger, the better, so buy the bargest legsand pom poms you can find!
Three great projects for Halloween, make enough of any of theseand you can turn your home into a haunted house without the hugeprice tag. (Don't forget to pack them away for next year!)
About The Author: Kathy Wilson is an author, columnist, andeditor of The Budget Decorator and Decorating Your Small Space.You can find thousands of budget home decorating ideas at herwebsite at http://www.TheBudgetDecorator.com. Don't forget tosign up for her free home and garden newsletter while you'rethere!
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