Cardboard Tube Monsters Halloween Craft

Warming up for Halloween with these cute little monsters :)

This Halloween is special. Why? Because my daughter is now two years old and this is the first Halloween where she can actually understand and participate in all the Halloween hoopla!

Now, she is too young for the seriously spooky things so I decided to introduce Halloween to her with these cute little cardboard tube craft monsters!

She knows that humans have two eyes, no horns, and regular teeth. So, seeing these outliers (one or three eyes, horns, saw-shaped teeth), she immediately gathered she was looking at some weird creatures that we happen to call monsters.

But, since they look funny and harmless she had a great time making this craft and then playing with these little new friends of her.

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Halloween Black Cats Craft

Cute & Harmless Black Cat Halloween Craft

Almost every culture has some evil myths associated with black cats. But, in this modern age, can one really believe these cute & harmless cats are evil? No! They are just cute cats like all cats of any color or any animal of any color.

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In fact, since they are so stunning, magnificent and awe-inspiring, especially with their glowing eyes at night, they just make a great prop to evoke feelings of mythical and supernatural. So, here's to loving black cats and enjoying their specialness this Halloween.

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HOW TO MAKE BLACK CATS CRAFT?

SUPPLIES:

• Black Cats Template
• Paper Plate (1)
• Cardstock Paper (black, gray, orange)
• Craft Stick (1)
• Paint (blue)
• Scissor
• Black Marker
• Paper cutter
• Glue
• Tape (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Paint the paper plate blue and let it dry.

2. Cut out a circle from gray paper to make the moon.

3. Cut out cat silhouettes from black paper.  You can also download and print the black cat template and then color them black.

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Pigeon Pumpkin Decoration

For a great pumpkin challenge at our daughter's school, we converted the pumpkin to our daugter's favorite book character - Pigeon from Mo. Willems book. She absolutely loved making her favorite pigeon.

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Pumpkin Emotions Halloween Craft for Kids

Nothing is more synonymous with Halloween than the super expressive pumpkins. With their cut-out eyes, nose and mouth, they convey the fun yet scary emotions understandable by even the youngest children.

We thought it would be educational to focus on how small shape variations in eyes and mouth can convey emotions as wide as smiling and scary. So, we made this Pumpkin Emotions Craft for Halloween with a twisted personality!

Be careful folks - one second it’s smiling & cute and in the other menacing & scary!

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Halloween Bat Craft

Halloween is around the corner and its time for some spooky fun. Bats are right there as one of the most popular Halloween paraphernalia and it was a blast creating these super cool bat craft with my toddler.

This easy halloween craft made using spoon will also make a fun DIY Halloween decoration.

Spooky is fine, but who said Bats can't also be cute?

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HOW TO MAKE BAT CRAFT?

MATERIALS:
Bat Template (Optional)
Black Spoon
Wiggle Eyes
Cardstock Paper (Black, Gray)
Tissue Paper (Pink)
Glue
Scissor

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Easy Paper Garland Diwali Craft

The festival of light, Diwali is almost here! I'm sure everyone celebrating must be busy with the preparations and decorating their homes.

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We love decorating our home on festivals with handmade crafts. Last year, we made paper leaf garland and this year we made this adorable Diwali kalash garland. Kalash is a metal pot with a large base and small mouth used commonly in Hindu rituals.

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Fruit Basket Craft

It is so important to educate little kids about healthy food choices. Why fruits and vegetables should be an important part of their daily diet? How healthy food plays an important role in keeping us fit and healthy?

Fresh fruits contain vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that are vital to health and help fight illness. This fruit basket activity is a fun way to talk about the importance of healthy eating for preschoolers.

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Halloween Spider Craft

"Itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the waterspout...", is one of the first poems that a baby hears and learns. Little do they know that the spiders they so love are such great spooky icons for Halloween!

Did you know that Spiders are not insects? They are their own category called arachnids. And, while they have obtained a scary reputation, they are actually really fascinating little creatures. Their magical powers include weaving spider silk, which is considered to be stronger than steel with the same dimensions.

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Magnetic Squirrel and Acorn Fall Craft

Our house has a few large trees close to the balcony deck. The trees are home to a few squirrels and our toddler has come to adore their cute antics. Her favourite is when the squirrel grabs an acorn and nibbles away at it with her teeth and hands. So cute!

In fall, Acorns fall to the ground and squirrels pick them up burying them for use in the winter hibernation season. Often, not all the acorns get consumed leading to the birth of new oak trees in a few months. And, these natural cycles continue.

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How To Make Paper Lantern Craft

Fall kicks off the festival season. We got thinking about how to welcome the festivals and create crafts to celebrate them. We thought “what’s common across the two big festivals - Christmas and Diwali”? And, the answer came back “lights”! Interesting isn’t it?

Lights are such a huge part of celebrating major festivals. So, we made the paper lantern craft or paper luminaries using paper, popsicle sticks and some mandala art.

Learning about festivals and celebrating them with your kids is so much fun. These are days that kids look forward and form long-term happy memories around.

Making a craft that can symbolize festivals helps them develop an understanding of customs, culture, and tradition. While, also exercising their creative neurons for visualizing, conceiving and implementing ideas.

Happy Festival Season! May the light be with you.

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Magnetic Fall Leaf Craft

Fall brings some of the most contrasting and beautiful images in nature. The different colors that leaves take, the eventual falling and the beautiful mosaics on the ground make fall an artist’s playground.

Equally importantly, fall plays such a huge role in keeping nature healthy by completing the circle of life for plants where the fallen leaves become nurturing food for the tree’s future growth.

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Fingerprint Flower Rakhi

Raksha Bandhan is a hindu festival that highlights the bond between siblings. On this day, we tie an ornamental thread onto our sibling's wrist as a symbol of love, care, and gratitude. 

This ornamental thread is called a rakhi. Rakhis can be bought from stores but making them is a fun activity that makes the rakhi more meaningful. In this post, we will show you how to make a simple fingerprint flower rakhi. 

This can be a simple school activity to learn about Raksha Bandhan or a fun activity to do at home with little kids and toddlers to celebrate Raksha Bandhan!

How to make Fingerprint Flower Rakhi?

Materials:

Cardstock Paper (any color)

Paint (any color)

Thread/Yarn (any color)

Gem Sticker or Button (any color or design)

Tape or Glue

Beads (optional)

Instructions:

1) Take your Cardstock paper and draw a medium sized circle and put the gem sticker or button in the middle using tape or glue

2) Have your kid gently dip their finger into the paint and dab the paint around the gem to create the effect of fingerprint petals and let it dry.

3) After the flower part of the rakhi has dried, cut around the "petals", leaving a flower-like shape overall

4) Take the thread, cut out a strand (about 20-25cm) and glue/tape the flower we made earlier in the middle the thread

5) Now, if you want, you can slide a few decorative beads to finish off the rakhi

Tada! By completing these 5 simple steps, you have officially made a fingerprint flower rakhi!

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