How is it possible that as parents we have to Covid pivot another major holiday? Especially since Halloween is such a great one. One that kids just get to be kids...being robbed of a normal Halloween two years in a row quite frankly is worse than Freddy Krueger in a bad mood. However, even though we are still masked (in pandemic medical protection masks not like cool Halloween costume masks lol), and socially distant and unable to huddle together on a hayride, we have some spooktacularly safe and fun ideas that will scare the pandemic woes out of you! Honestly, you will forget Covid even is raining spikes germs on your Halloween parade!
Bat and Pumpkin Garland
You’ve seen the cute connected Valentine hearts and people holding hands. Pivot it to bats and pumpkins and have the kids get involved in the decorating. They can be made into banners or cards and add some fun by writing silly Halloween jokes on the back!
To do this, start by accordion folding black or orange paper. Then draw half of your image on the top fold of your accordion stack. Make sure not to close the image off on either side. For example, for the bat shape you are drawing half of the circle that will become the full bat body and only one wing. See pictures!
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Cut out the entire shape making sure to keep them connected on both ends.
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Unfold and be wowed by your connected pumpkins or bats! To make a longer chain simply make more, line up, and tape together! They are super cute just as construction paper shapes…now get creative and jazz them up! Add google eyes to your bats and with white computer paper you can make bat teeth out of cut up triangles. Black paper shapes for a jack-o-lantern face, and finally we experimented and made an acorn paper chain and crunched up gold tissue paper for texture. Now that you’ve got the skills down, let’s see how spooky you can make your paper chains!
Easy Witch Face Guac!
While I had no part in creating the original guacamole witch face platter...I do know that as a crafty gal, it is possible and can easily be done to pivot this to an individual portion! Check out our Covid friendly twist on this spooky food favorite!
We use basic construction paper shapes to create witchy elements. We used a black triangle and a long half circle for the witch’s hat, and cut an orange long rectangular strip for the brim. Then added a circle and a small rectangle to be a pumpkin. For her long warty nose, we took a rectangular two-inch green construction paper strip and cut it in a wave pattern so it slowly got narrower on one side to become her nose. We added a black wart to her cheek and her nose out of small construction paper circles. We folded an orange heart in half with a line down the middle to be her pouty puckered lips. Glued on a google eye, added some spider web hair, and then you can add any other witch accessories like our bat stickers to spook her up. Serve it with a little individual black cauldron of pretzels for extra boo factor!
Happy Halloween!
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