Halloween Activities!

There is no other time, besides Halloween, that sweet and scary work in perfect harmony. On this day we love to trick and treat!  Whether your little one likes to raise a scare or not; it’s an opportunity to get creative and spend time with your little pumpkin, so here are some creepy craft activities to keep your family busy this Halloween. 

   What you need: An Apple, Paper, Paint (orange, green, and black) 

• Begin by cutting your apple in half, make sure that the flat side is smooth and ready for printing!
• Dip the flat side of the apple into the orange paint, place it down on your paper, and apply pressure. 
• Repeat this until you have as many little pumpkin prints that your heart desires and wait 10 minutes for the paint to dry. 
• From there you can add all of the spooky extras, like the pumpkin eyes and mouth, and the little green sprout at the top. 
• If you really want to level up this arts and crafts session, then throw in some googly eyes on the pumpkins.

What you need: Paper, Clothes Peg, Glue 

• Start by cutting out your bat from the piece of paper - you can freehand this or use a stencil (up to you!) Put it to one side. 
• Now, we need to cut a strip of paper which is an inch wide and slightly shorter in length than the wings of your bat.
• Once you have that, place your bat face down on a table, then place your peg in the center of the bat with the opening of the peg facing the bat's head. Now, we’re going to place the paper strip over the clothes peg and glue the ends to the wings of the bat.
• Let it dry and voila! 

• Set the vibe and spend this haunted holiday at one of the many heritage sites across the country. From mansions to manor houses, the National Trust has over 300 buildings waiting for you to discover their spooky past! 

• Alternatively, if you can’t make it out of the house? You can listen to one of their haunted podcasts: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lists/our-most-haunted-places

• Get your coat, we're going pumpkin picking! This is a super fun activity for you and your family this season. There is nothing quite like trying to pick the prime pumpkin in the patch!
• From patch to patio, you'll have taken your little pumpkins on the full journey to make some super cute jack o'lanterns.

• In the UK we are definitely not short on castles and heritage centers. Whether you want to attend one of these Halloween spooky events, or if you want to take your own trip to a castle and share some ghost stories with your little ones, it makes for the perfect creepy setting. 

Spooky movies

• You could snuggle up in the cosiest fleece or PJs and watch some super scary movies, or less scary movies like Halloween town or Hocus Pocust. But keep your eyes peeled for our spooky edition of monthly movies to get all of our top recomendations this Halloween season!

 

Whatever you get up to this Halloween, have a scarily good time and don't forget to show us your spooky crafts at:

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