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12 Halloween Activities for Kids


For Halloween not being one of the ‘major’ holidays like Christmas, Easter or Thanksgiving [you know, where you get the entire family together for a feast], it sure does bring out some awesome activities to do with the kids!

There’s

10 Monsters for Kids

Halloween Activities: 10 Monsters for Kids

Monsters!

Monsters come in so many shapes and forms. Especially around Halloween. Ghosts, goblins, spiders…. they’re all monsters, aren’t they?

Monsters can look like anything, made from anything, and do anything…

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Keep an ‘eye’ out for trick

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Gingerbread Mummy Halloween Treats

As you may already know, we own a bakery. The boys spend a lot of time there with Dad and I. Dad does the baking, I decorate cakes.

It wasn’t too long ago that someone passed along a photo to me of these

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Halloween Pumpkins: Monster Style

When we went pumpkin picking at my brother’s, the boys couldn’t help but pick a bunch of unripe, green pumpkins. 

When I asked if they’d like to decorate some pumpkins for inside, Henry said only the green ones.

So we decorated those.

And they ended

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Foam Monster Treat Bags

 

Monsters come in all shapes and sizes! That’s what’s awesome about them. They can be absolutely anything. [Perfect for little kids to make!]

A square could be a face, or a flower can! It doesn’t matter at all.

We made these foam monsters at

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Halloween Activity: A Sticky Spider Web

This sticky spider web activity can be done in any doorway, hallway or other somewhat narrow place that you have.

I have pocket doors that are about six feet wide and it worked perfectly.

I used painter’s tape and

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Shaving Cream Puffy Paint Ghost & Spider Web

Henry and I found something to do with the shaving cream puffy paint papers that George made!

We extended it into ghosts and spider webs to display for Halloween!

 

Of course, after Henry heard that