Homemade Halloween craft items are wonderful to enjoy the festival. They are economical and expressive. Some simple ideas for making homemade items are a big hit with children.
You can make egg cartons spiders by using cardboard egg carton, black pipe cleaners, black tempera paint, glue and red construction paper. This can make very good items for the festival of ghosts and witches. Paint the egg cartons and cut each egg cup apart. Then push pipe cleaner into the cup and bend to make legs. You can also make eyes using black paper and securely place it over the egg cup with glue.
Another simple homemade craft is ghost finger puppet. To make this craft, you require tissue paper, cotton ball, rubber band and a piece of ribbon. Cover the tissue paper with tissue paper and gently wrap the whole covered ball with a rubber band. Use a marker to make eyes, nose and mouth. Wrap a small section of the ball with a ribbon to make a tie. This completes your puppet and you can use it by placing your fingers through the wrapped rubber band.
Halloween table cloth is made with white table cloth, paint and markers. Sponges are used with acrylic or fabric paints to decorate the table cloth. Design with stencil and set the colors using an iron. Other homemade Halloween items are fancy eye mask, bone mobile, pom pom spiders, floating ghosts and Halloween chains. These fun crafts make beautiful home decorations with less investment.
