10.31.2011

Last Minute Halloween Decorations

I've been a little lazy when it comes to Halloween decorations. They're all the way up on a shelf in the garage. And getting to them would require getting a ladder out and actually climbing up the ladder. So it just hasn't happened.

But since it's Halloween today and I needed a little something to keep the kiddos occupied, I decided to pull out the construction paper and dress up the house a bit.

And this is what we ended up with...

We started with a spooky spider family with inspiration from simple as that. And it really is simple as that. This project doesn't really require step-by-step instructions, but I'll give them to you anyway.

Supplies: Construction paper, glue, scissors and googly eyes.

(Quickly check wikipedia to verify that spiders have 8 legs.) Cut 8 strips of paper and fold them accordion style. Cut out a large spider body as well.

Give the boy some paper and crayon to keep him occupied.

When that doesn't work, send him to bed. (It was nap time anyway.)

Take a picture of your little cutie. And move on to the gluing...

Glue on the legs, eyes, noses and any other parts your kid wants to add. Finley drew a mouth and a tongue on this baby spider and a mustache on the daddy spider.

Now for the next part. I found this printable Boo Banner from Pick Your Plum. So cute and so easy -- print it out, cut it out, and staple it to some ribbon. (Can you tell I don't do fancy around here?)

I stapled some ribbon to the spiders and the pumpkin we made for my pumpkin loving boy and hung those on the mantel with the banner. Not too bad for a last minute craft/decorating project. I'm sure we'll be looking at them until I pull out the ladder to get at the Christmas decorations!

2 comments:

  1. So cute! Was the banner cutout just printed on white paper? I totally need to remember that for next year (or better yet, print it out now because I'll forget). So cute!

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  2. Thanks! The ones that are green were really meant to be white, I just ran out of white card stock and used green. I think I need to take a trip to the new Hobby Lobby soon!

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