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 Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Web Wednesday: Halloween Blocks


Kids love building blocks, and now there is a way to use them during this Halloween season. A fellow Plaid employee, Leanne Melton, created these wonderfully unique Halloween building blocks. This is such a quick and easy craft to make with your kids. It only requires building blocks, paper, and some Mod Podge. We couldn't make this project more easy if we tried. These blocks are not only easy to make, but also a great craft to use as a decoration. Click here to get the step by step instructions on how to create these Halloween Blocks.


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 Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Tuesday Kids' Talk: Halloween Food Crafts for Kids


If your gearing up to throw a Halloween kids party then you will need to prepare some kid friendly snacks. Check out these great Halloween food snacks for kids. We stumbled across these creative food crafts from a wonderful blog called, Bloomi. We all know that kids can be picky eaters, but these Halloween themed dishes, are sure to be a hit with your kids and all their friends. Click here to see these and more Halloween food crafts. Have you ever created any Halloween themed food crafts? If so let us know what you created.



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 Monday, October 24, 2011

Monday Funday: Halloween Batty Treat Pot



By: Sherrie Ragsdale

To make this adorable bat pot you will need the following supplies,

Apple Barrel Paints:
20226 Petunia Purple
20504 Black
20503 White

6” Clay Pot
Black Permanent Marker
1 ¾” Spouncer
1 ¼” Spouncer
Purple Foam Sheet
Craft Glue
Paint Brushes
Scissors
Pencil







Base coat the pot with petunia purple and allow to dry.



Add the eyes of the bat by dipping the spouncers in to the white paint



Add the centers of the eyes by dipping the other end of the spouncer in black and adding black dots to the white circles.



Add the mouth by using the black marker.  Paint the triangles for the teeth with white.  Allow to dry.



Mark off a circle for the face and the two triangles for the ears. Paint around the face with black. Allow to dry.



Using the pattern provided, cut out two wings from the purple foam.



Glue the wings to the side of the pot.



This is with both wings glued into place.



Using the pattern provided, cut out the feet from the purple foam.



Glue feet to the bottom of the clay pot.

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