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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Teaching Thursdays: Bat Ornament

There are still a few days left to create some more Halloween decorations. Try making this cute bat ornaments. Now normally you may not usually look as bats as a cute animal, but you have to admit this bat ornament is very cute. This craft is not only cute, but very simple to make. This is a craft that is great to make with your kids. See below for step by step instructions on how to re-create this Halloween decoration. Enjoy!

Plaid Supplies

FolkArt ® Extreme Glitter™ - Gold, 5 oz.

FolkArt ® Extreme Glitter™ - Purple, 5 oz.

FolkArt ® Extreme Glitter™ - Black, 5 oz.

FolkArt ® Enamels™ - Licorice, 2 oz.

Other Supplies

Cube ornament 2-3/8”
Flat craft paintbrush
Fun foam - black
2 small green jewels for eyes
Scissors
Hot glue gun

Instructions

1. Pour a small amount each of Extreme Glitter Purple, Black and Gold into the glass ornament. Cover the top and shake to cover the entire inside of the ornament. Place the ornament upside down in a paper cup to drain the excess paint overnight. Let dry in front of fan if possible to speed drying time. Rotate ornament occasionally for even drying.

2. Cut out bat wings, ears, and face from the black fun foam. Hot glue to ornament as shown.

3. Glue jewel eyes into place.

4. Paint metal ornament cap with Licorice.

5. Using flat craft brush, paint Black Extreme Glitter onto wings and edges of ears.

Posted in: FolkArt | Halloween | Teaching Thursday

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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.

Posted in: Halloween | Mod-Podge | Web-Wednesday

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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.