Erin and I made this crown.
We used some card from a box, paint, glitter glue and star stickers.
I cut the shape from the box. Erin helped paint the crown purple. We decorated it with glitter glue in green, gold and red and added the final touch with gold star stickers.
It was a lot of fun, Erin particularly enjoyed the glitter glue part 
You will need;
Tin Foil
and that’s it!!!
Provide your kid/s with a length of tin foil and get them to make sculptures of animals, people, buildings, or anything they want!!
(bet you can sense the possibility of a quiet five minutes with this one!)
This is a quick, cheap and easy activity to occupy kids for a while
You will need;
Thick Paper/Card
Glue
Sand
1. Draw a picture with glue on the card.
2. Dust picture with sand, remove excess.
You will need;
Paper Doilies
Paint
Brush & Water
Paper
1. Take your paper doilie (if you don’t have one make a snowflake from paper to use instead), lay it over the top of the paper.
2. Paint over with the paint.
3. Peel back doily to reveal painted pattern.
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This is an easy activity, simply draw a sheep then glue on some cotton wool. Erin enjoyed feeling the wool until like most other things these days, it had to be ‘confiscated’ due to breakage of house rule #342 no cotton wool or other wool substances should be ingested under any circumstances.
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Autumn is a great time to go bark-rubbing as there is so much to see.
Photo by flickr user idreamofdaylight
You will need:
White Paper
One piece of green, orange or brown thick paper for mounting
Scissors
Brown Wax Crayon
Watery paint in autumn colours (don’t need to take this with you!)
Paintbrush and water
1. Take your paper and crayon out, lay your paper against the bark of a tree and use the side of your crayon to gently rub until the pattern emerges.
2. Back indoors, paint over the wax rubbing with watery paint so that the bark rubbing shows though.
3. Cut the bark rubbing down to size and mount onto another piece of paper - orange, brown and green work well.
These are great for a party or to hand out to trick or treaters.
You will need;
Biscuits (not too crumbly - rich tea work well)
Icing Sugar
Green Food Colouring
Tubes of Decorating Icing
An assortment of…..glace cherries, red laces, smarties, jelly sweets, foam teeth, raisins…..
1. Mix a small amount of water with the icing sugar until you have a thick paste then add some green food colouring.
2. Ice the biscuits
3. Decorate the iced biscuits with the decorating icing, sweets and fruit to make scary monster faces
This kite activity is not only fun but helps improve fine motor skills and colour recognition.
You will need;
Paper – 1xRed, 1x Blue, 1xYellow, 1xGreen, 1xWhite
Black Marker or Felt Tip
Ruler
Glue
String
Scissors
Cellotape
1. Prepare small squares from the coloured paper – between half and one inch depending on age and how easily they can pick up small pieces.
2.Draw a kite shape (diamond) onto the paper and divide into four with the marker.
3.Glue coloured squares onto kite.
4.Cellotape string onto the back of the kite.
You will need:
Orange Card (or thick sugar paper)
Black Marker/Felt Tip/Pencil
Green, Orange or Yellow Cellophane
String or Black Wool
Scissors
Glue
Cellotape
1. Draw a pumpkin onto the paper with the black pen, include triangle eyes, a nose, and a toothy grin or grimace.
2. Cut out the pumpkin and then cut the holes for the eyes, nose, and mouth.
3. Glue cellophane on the rear of the eyes, nose and mouth.
4. Cellotape some string on to hang to the ceiling or blue tac to the window so that the light shines through and brings your pumpkin to life.
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