The theme given for the October #CCBG Craft Challenge is Halloween and I am excited to share 3 easy peasy Halloween crafts made from recycled materials.
1. Carton Box Pumpkin
Materials required:
- An empty cereal box
- A cardboard tube (for the branch)
- Orange, Black and Green colored paper (alternately you can use paint)
- Googly eyes
- Scissors and Glue
- Use the green colored paper to wrap the cardboard tube and you can cut pumpkin leaf shapes too. Glue it to the top of the cereal box, as shown in the picture.
- Stick the orange colored paper to cover the carton box.
- Use the black colored paper to cut out shapes for the eyes,mouth and glue it onto the pumpkin.
- Stick a pair of googly eyes to finish your very own Carton Box Pumpkin.
2. Cardboard tube Bats
Materials required:
- A cardboard tube
- Black paint
- Markers
- Black paper
- Googly eyes
- Scissors and Glue
- Paint the cardboard tubes using black paint.
- Use the black colored paper to cut out shapes for the bat’s wings and glue them to the cardboard tube.
- Stick a pair of googly eyes and draw highlights using a marker.
- You now have your very own Cardboard tube Bats.
2. Paper Cup Spiders
Materials required:
- Paper Cups
- Paints and a marker
- Pipe Cleaners
- Googly eyes
- Paint the cups in colors of your choice.
- Stick the pipe cleaners for the ‘spider legs’
- Stick a pair of googly eyes and draw highlights using a marker.
- You now have your very own Paper Cup Spiders.
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OH I love these! I so have to do this with my baby girl she’s into bats right now and saying trick treat trick treat lol.. Thanks so for sharing.
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I actually made some little treat holders like those bats for a playdate last year. So cute!
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Those cardboard bats are so. cute!!! I looooooove making crafts, makes me feel like a kid again, and I’m so excited to be able to do fun things like this with my kiddo! Thanks for the awesome ideas ❤
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