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Sponge Jack O' Lantern
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This craft is terrific for kids ages 4 and up. All you need is a cellulose sponge and a little creativity. Make sure the sponge is dried out. Have fun!

What you need:

  • Cellulose sponge
  • 1 Green pipecleaner
    can be chenille
  • Permanent marker
  • Construction paper
  • Flashlight

What you do:

  1. footballkid.gif (7892 bytes)Cut sponge into a pumpkin shape. You can make a paper pattern if you like before cutting and use it as a guide.
  2. Using the permanent marker or construction paper make a face for your Jack O' Lantern.
  3. Insert the pipe cleaner in the top of your pumpkin for her it's stem.
  4. Turn out all the lights and shine the flashlight behind the pumpkin sponge to see your Jack O' Lantern.

Pumpkin Soup
pumpkinsouplogo.jpg (6193 bytes)This easy and charming craft is really a wonderful gift for any and all of the goblins in your life. We have created a wonderful gift tag that you can easily download and attach to your mug to make this a special gift.  The tag has an adorable picture and inside we have written a poem especially dedicated to the treats of Halloween. This can be given as an inexpensive and fun favor for a Halloween party, a gift for a favorite relative and friend and a wonderful Halloween centerpiece.  You'll want to make them for your kids.

Meet the author
Willie Ripple
"Halloween School Parties: What Do I Do?"
gonext.gif (388 bytes)Interview & FREE Ghost Magnet craft
ripple.jpg (6914 bytes)Willie Ripple the author of Valentine School Parties and an active school class mother has written another terrific book- Halloween School Parties. This book is not just for schools and day cares but it's also perfect for family parties. Willie's book includes all kinds of ideas and recipes for Halloween treats, instructions and pictures for great crafts and games. Her book can easily be used as an activity book for a party or just to make a Halloween craft or play a game.

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Halloween Books

Interview with author JK Rowling

Divorced, living on public assistance in a tiny Edinburgh flat with her infant daughter, J.K. Rowling wrote Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in stolen moments at a cafe table. Fortunately, Harry Potter rescued her! In this interview, Rowling discusses the birth of our hero, the Manchester hotel where Quidditch was born, and how she might have been a bit like Hermione when she was 11.

Crafts for Halloween
by Kathy Ross, Sharon Lane Holm (Illustrator)
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FREE craft
Haunted House Treat Carrier
A collection of twenty Halloween projects. Black cats, ghosts, and spiders come to life in a simple, illustrated guide to creating the perfect decorations for Halloween, designed so that even very young children can use readily available materials to master these holiday crafts

175 Easy-To-Do Halloween Crafts
by Sharon Dunn Umnik
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Easy-to-follow directions and color photos show young craft makers how to create frightfully funny decorations, pumpkins, gifts, masks, costumes, and so much more. All of the crafts are made of recyclable materials and everyday items found around the house.

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