Free Halloween positional worksheet

I have been working with my son on positional words and wanted to share this fun haunted house themed worksheet that I put together.

DOWNLOAD HERE

This is a easy to follow worksheet and will also help your child to work on those gross motor skills with cutting and gluing.

Fun Halloween target game with Nerf guns

We are getting excited for Halloween and put together these Nerf targets for a fun Halloween activity. The sweet payoff of this activity is it takes little time to put together but provides hours of entertainment. 

DIRECTIONS:

I started by downloading and cutting out these 3 pumpkin carving templates. 

-Frankenstein

-Ghost

-Pumpkin

Next I used milk boxes and glued one piece of construction paper to the front of the box and then glued on the templates. 

Then decide what parts you would like to use as the opening for the target and then use an X-ACTO knife to cut out.  

That is it and now your are ready for target practice!

Halloween themed letter recognition game

Here is a fun Halloween activity to do with your child. Practice letter recognition with a cauldron and "broom" aka paint brush.

Put the letters in the cauldron and have your child stir the brew 

while you say this chant. 

And then pull one letter out at a time and have your child identity.

 Repeat as many times as you want!

To DOWNLOAD the letters and chant click here.

Simple DIY Superhero Costumes

My boys love superheros and they like to dress up and play pretend but I just cannot afford to buy every single dress up they want. I found this superhero costume tutorial from Twin Dragonfly Designs years ago and glad I did because this pattern is one of the simplest to make. Both of my boys got to chose one superhero.

                                                              

For my fabric I used a heavy cotton fabric instead of felt and also used snaps instead of ribbon on the sides of the costume so below are additional instructions for these changes.

I searched for a Baymax template I could use but there are not many options so I ended up creating my own. It is very simple template and worked perfectly with the superhero costume pattern.

Click here for the Baymax template and the Baymax mask template can be found here. 

The Incredible template can be found here and click here for Incredible mask template

Click here for the Superhero costume pattern and instructions.

Additional Instructions

1. After cutting out the pattern and template, use ultra hold heat and bond to attach the either the Baymax template or Incredible template to the costume. Follow the directions on the back of the package. 

2. Next if you used a different fabric other then felt, you can either sew on double fold biased binding tape or fold and sew over all the edges of the fabric to avoid fraying. 

3. Last step is adding snaps. There are snap tools you can buy from craft stores and they are not difficult to use. If you choose to not to add snaps and use ribbon then you can follow the instructions in the original superhero tutorial. 

Now your kids are ready to save the world!

Tutorial on how to make a spiderweb shirt

I love Halloween time but usually opt to wear a Halloween shirt vs. a costume. For the last 6 years, I have worn the same Halloween shirt so I decided this year, it was time to upgrade. I saw this idea on pinterest but there was no pattern available so I tackled the task of making a spiderweb pattern. I didn't turn out exactly how I wanted but I decided no spider web is perfect so my shirt didn't need to be either.

To make this shirt, you can download and print the spiderweb pattern here. Then follow these steps:

1. Line up the spider web pattern and tape together.

2. Cut the paper pattern out,  then place it on top of your shirt, and trace the pattern onto the shirt using a white fabric pencil or white chalk.

3. Then I cut the pattern out on your shirt.

Printable Halloween Dinner Menu

I have always loved Halloween time and for years I have had this Halloween dinner menu in my recipe book that I planned to use one day while hosting some awesome and fun Halloween party but so far it hasn't happened so I am sharing it with you hoping it will add some fun to your Halloween. I have the menu in two columns. The column on the left is the menu and the column on the right is the menu key. Make it fun and fold the paper in half and dare your family and friends to order their food without knowing what they are going to get.

Can you guess what some of these foods are? 

Check out the menu key below to see if you guessed right

 Click here to download the Halloween dinner menu and menu key!

Smack the spider color recognition

My older son and I have played the game smack the spider letter recognition game where you call out a letter to your child and then let them find and smack the spider with the letter you called out. My son loves this game and it is requested to play this game throughout the whole year. It is a fun game so I though why not make my own version of smack the spider with color recognition. I know we are going to be playing this game a lot and it is a great game to go along with Halloween or really just any time of the year!

All you need is a fly swatter and the free print out below.

Click here to download

Free tutorial on how to make trick or treat bags

 

I made these cute trick or treat bags last year for my boys but never got around to sharing a tutorial on how to make them. They were really easy to make, even your kids can get involved and there are are so many different ways to design and personalize your child's bag. I choose to do my children's first initial of their name and a Halloween silhouette. I let my oldest choose the font of his letter, his silhouette, and fabric and he also helped with little brothers, since my youngest was too little to know what Halloween was all about.

Here is what you need.

• Canvas Tote bag
• Rit Dye, any color of your choice
• Fabric of your choice
• Heat on transfer

1. Color your bag using Rit Dye

There are easy to follow instructions on the box or you can go here to get instructions of different dyeing techniques. After you dyed your bag, you can either dry item in the dryer or air dry. I recommend you dry item in the dryer so you can complete this project more quickly.

2. Choose your bag design

For my children's first initial of their name I used Halloween font in Word and then did a Google search to find my silhouette. Once you have chosen the size of design, print them out on regular paper.

3. Cut out your fabric

Place the your design on top of the fabric and cut out. 

4. Heat on transfer your design to the bag

Decided where you want to place your design and then follow the directions on the back of the heat transfer package for how to transfer your image onto the bag.

And you are all done!