Jack-o-Lantern & Spider Halloween Preschool Craft

Your preschooler will enjoy making a whole collection of these cute little guys to decorate your window sill this Halloween! Not only will you be decorating your house for some Halloween fun, you will be helping the Earth by keeping some recyclables out of the land fill.

What You Need

Cardboard Egg Carton(s)
Orange and Black Paint
Black Marker
Green and Black Chenille Stems
Gogglie Eyes
Glue or Tape
Scissors

How To Make It

Step One:
Separate the cups of the egg carton by cutting with scissors. The jack-o-lanterns use 2 cups each and the spiders use only one cup. Decide how many of each you are going to make.

Step Two:
Have your preschooler paint the cups for the jack-o-lanterns orange and the ones for the spiders black. Let them dry.

Step Three:
Glue or tape the jack-o-lantern pieces together, bottom to bottom. Cut a 4 inch piece of green chenille stem for each one. Poke it through the top and curl it around your finger to make a vine. Let your preschooler draw a face on your jack-o-lantern and place it in the window sill.

Step Four:
To finish the spiders, poke the black chenille stems through the base of the black cups and bend to make legs. Glue on googlie eyes and your done!

Variations

Use the same method as the spiders to make ladybugs. You can also make turtles as well. Or, use the jack-o-lantern method to make apples.

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