Halloween Banner

Welcome to Day 3 of the Hoosier Horror Blog Hop! I hope you are enjoying these posts as much as I have enjoyed getting them ready for you all. This post was inspired by a banner that Organize Your Stuff Now did last year.  I had pinned it last year with all intentions of doing it, but time got away from me. This year, I had a quiet morning to myself, and motivation with this blog hop, to get it done. Originally I had intended on making this day's post about our fall bucket list, but realized that I did the exact same post already last year. Oops!

This was a fun craft for mommy, but the kids could easily do this one as well. In fact, as soon as the kids came home from school, they noticed it right away. D even was sad when I didn't have her do the craft, so it looks like I may have 2 of each of these by the end of the week.

Supplies needed:
ruler
pencil
scissors
glue stick
green, white, black, orange, and brown construction paper
markers (I used Sharpies)

I first decided which characters I wanted to make. I knew that I had to have a ghost, Frankenstein's monster, and a bat. The original post had made these as triangles, but I liked the rectangle better. I made mine 5"x7". There really are not any other instructions other than cutting out the shapes you would like for each rectangle, and gluing them all together. For now, I just used a small bit of masking tape on the back of each character and taped them directly to my "mantle" shelf. I think of the next week, I will transfer them to some yarn and string it up under the shelf. I may add more as the month goes on, we shall see.

Frank and Pumpkin

Upside down Bat, and Candy Corn

Ghost

The whole crew on the shelf

Frank and Pumpkins

If you couldn't tell, the kids and I love to do crafts. (Well, Adam does too)  And right now there are so many fun things to do, there just isn't enough time to do them all.  We started a count down to halloween, where we do something fun each night.  Last night we did crafts.  We made a pumpkin patch with orange bingo stampers, and footprint Frankenstein monsters.  The Monsters were made by painting the bottom of the foot (or hand) green, and then the toes (or fingers) black.  Stamp onto a piece of white paper, and let dry.  We let ours dry overnight.  Then this morning we used markers to finish the faces up.  The kids loved doing this.  Anytime they can paint their hands or feet, they are in.  We made sure to do this on the kitchen floor and I had wet wipes or a wet towel at the ready to wipe them down right away.  We really didn't have a mess at all!  I'll hang the pictures up in the living room and kitchen to help with the decorations!  Next week we are doing a HUGE craft day for the mom's group, and I will be sure to post pictures and instructions on all of those craft as well.

 L's pumpkin patch

 D's pumpkin patch

 Adam's, his is a little fancier then the others

 Adam and I did our hands.  Gee can you guess which one is Adam's?

 The kids frank'n'feet

 The paint said it was washable.  I don't think so.

 The kids finished monsters.  L's in on the top and D's is on the bottom.

My Frank'n'hand

Monster Mash!

I hosted a monster mash play date at the library this week in preparation for the Halloween season!  I saw the monster face craft that we did in a teacher's magazine that I checked out from the library called The Mailbox.  I had it set up so the kids could make either boy or girl monsters, and had all the pieces cut out for them.  We also had some monster coloring pages, and snacked on Frankenstein rice krispie treats!  The treats were made by using green food coloring in with the marshmallows, and then adding a little bit more once I added the rice krispies. 

The books we read were:
Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley 
Dracula and Frankenstein Are Friends by Katherine Tegen
Monster Manners by Joanna Cole
and Leonardo, the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems

 I found this idea on this blog