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Handprint and Toilet Roll Tube Bats
This is a really cute and simple Halloween Bat craft! Hand Print and Loo Roll Halloween Bats What you need: – toilet or kitchen roll tubes – paper – black paint – PVA glue – googly eyes – pom poms – paint brushes – tray What to do: – Paint the tubes black – Print 2 black handprints onto a sheet of paper (bat wings) – Glue tube onto sheet between the 2 handprints – Stick googly eyes and pom poms on to the tube – Taa daa! A cute Halloween Bat! Have fun, be creative! Ciara x For lots more Bat ideas take a look at our Bat Pinterest…
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30+ Pumpkin Activities, Crafts and Books
Our recent post – 90+ Fun Not Scary Halloween ideas for younger children included lots and lots of fantastic pumpkin activities. As I love all things pumpkin related I thought that these super activities, crafts and books deserved a post of their own. All of these resources are from fellow members of the Kid Blogger Network and very generously gave me permission to share their wonderful work with you. 30+ Pumpkin Activities, Crafts and Books: Stained glass pumpkin sun catchers – Crafts on Sea Mini Pumpkin Prints – What Do We Do All Day? Knitted Mini Pumpkins – Our Little House in the Country 9 Pumpkin Science Activities – iGameMom…
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90+ Halloween Activities, Crafts, Books, Tips, Tricks and Treats for Younger Children
It’s almost Halloween which can be such a fun time of year for the family. However, sometimes it can be a little scary for little ones. With that is mind, I reached out to my amazing fellow members of the Kid Blogger Network for their tips, treats, activities, crafts, costumes, apps, books and ideas for younger children. I think you will love this collection of amazing ideas! Halloween Treats: Lollipop Spiders – My Little 3 and Me Mummy Hot Dogs – Crystal’s Tiny Treasures Frankenstein Cookie Pops – Life At The Zoo Spooky Orange Faces – Danya Banya Cheese Monsters – Danya Banya Monsters: Monster Craft Creative Art Activity –…
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Dancing Skeletons – Cotton Bud Skeletons
Dancing Cotton Bud Skeletons – a great preschool Halloween and/or Science activity! If you follow us on Facebook then you may have seen this activity on our page last week! It is a super easy activity but lots of fun and really effective. I have used this in school both for Halloween and science! What you need: – white cotton buds or straws – black paper or card – pva glue or any child friendly glue – white chalk – googly eyes (optional) What to do: – draw an upside down triangle to skull shape with the white chalk – using the cotton buds start to create a skeleton shape…
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Cardboard Box Monsters – Halloween Crafts for Kids
Monster Madness has taken over Our Little House in the Country. These cardboard box monsters were so much fun to make! A favourite book of ours at the moment is Scaredy Boo by Claire Freedman & Russell Julian. Doodles (5) has been very busy drawing his own monsters based on the little monsters in this book so we decided to use his drawings and the book as inspiration for this activity! What we used: washing detergent tablet cardboard boxes wrapping paper googly eyes pipe cleaners Glitter stars pompoms PVA glue sticky tape shredded paper feathers What we did: Cover the boxes in wrapping paper Add googly eyes Cut teeth and…
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Fuzzy Wuzzy PomPom Monsters
PopPom Monsters are a great simple Halloween craft for kids. These cute little guys have been the centre of much monster fun and mayhem at Our Little House in the Country! Super Easy PomPoms I used to love making pompoms as a child but they can be tedious and sometimes tricky for younger children if using the traditional method of using two circular pieces of card. So, I used this as an excuse to spend even more time on Pinterest (as if I need an excuse!) and went about looking for an easier way for little hands to make pompoms. I came across this great, very easy method from Mom…
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10 Spooktacular Halloween Picture Books for Children
There are so many fantastic picture books about Halloween, however some can be quite scary especially for the more sensitive child. With that in mind we have compiled our favourite spooky stories for younger children from our vast collection of books! Our Top 10 Halloween Picture Books The Night Before Halloween – Natasha Wing & Cynthia Fisher: A spooktacular take of the Christmas favourite! A fun, colourful book, packed with cheerful, child friendly pictures. Mouse’s First Halloween – Lauren Thompson & Buket Erdogan: A beautifully written and illustrated adventure of a little mouse sneaking around on Halloween. Angelina’s Halloween – Katherine Holabird & Helen Craig: Join Angelina Ballerina and her…
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5 Fab Non Fiction Autumn, Fall, Halloween Books for Kids
These 5 books for younger children about Autumn/Fall and Halloween are great for teaching children about the season and associated festivals in a simple and informative manner with some great photos and facts! Our Top 5 Non Fiction Books about Autumn and Halloween Halloween – National Geographic Kids- Laura Marsh: This is a fantastic Level 1 book jam packed with lots of colour photos and fun facts about Halloween, with a joke or two thrown in too! Its aimed at kids who are just beginning to read on their own but we love to read it together at bedtime as my children are not yet reading indepently. The book also…
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Halloween Playdough – A Ghoulish Invitation to Play and Create!
Playdough provides children with endless possibilities to play and create as well as developing all sorts of physical and cognitive skills. As Halloween is not a million miles off, I thought it was time to make some Halloween inspired playdough and invite my little munchkins to get creepily creative!!!!!! After Christmas, Halloween is my favourite holiday! Mind you, I love to celebrate and decorate for every holiday and festival throughout the year!!!! However, being a teacher this is usually the first holiday of the year that we really get to focus on and get creative with and as a result I have built up a tonne of resources and ideas…
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Family Autumn / Fall Bucket List
Our Family Bucket List for Autumn 2014! Autumn is one of my favourite times of year and I often find that it provides lots of opportunities for family activities and fun times together! Below you will find our bucket list of 15 things we hope to do in the coming months! What’s on your Fall Bucket List for 2014? Let us know if you have anything planned or special family traditions for this time of year! Have fun! Ciara x For lots and lots of activities, ideas, crafts, decor ideas etc take a look at our Autumn themed Pinterest boards, a full list list can be found here!
