Activities

Creepy Crafts

By Ellen Goldberg; photos by Robyn Lehr, Parenting
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Peekaboo ghost
* Poke a hole in bottom of black paper cup with chopstick. Slide stick up into cup. Plant a small Styrofoam ball on chopstick. * Glue two 6-inch squares of cheesecloth (or tissue paper) and black-paper eyes onto ball. * Slide stick up and down to play peekaboo.




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Goblin toss
* Cut ½ yard green fabric into three squares. Put a small rubber ball in center of each square; cinch with fabric scrap.

* Glue on google eyes, rickrack mouths, and green-felt teardrop shapes for ears.

* Set a bucket 5 feet away and let kids toss the goblins into it.

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