Halloween is right around the corner and at school the kids are talking about their plans. Everyday I hear about what they will be dressing up as and the parties they are going to. Some of them are getting extremely excited because one of the churches in the area is having a fall festival this weekend and everyone is wearing their costumes! Each week Momondealz shares a great kids craft that is educational and affordable! This week’s frugal fun is a Halloween Trick or Treat bag craft! You can see all of her past crafts here.
Materials:
Paper Shopping Bag
Various Colors of Construction Paper
Glue
Markers
Directions:
I realize traditional Frankenstein is green but purple is the new green according to some kids! All you have to do for this easy project is cut the shapes needed to cover each part of the shopping bag. If you don’t feel like cutting the shapes, you can just have your child draw the face. Having your child help with the cutting is an important skill as is the gluing of the shapes.
Educational Activities:
- Language Arts: 1. Discuss the syllables in the word Frankenstein. Clap out the syllables with your child and then brainstorm other Halloween words and clap out the syllables for those words as well. 2. Make an acrostic poem with your child using the word Frankenstein and try to use Fall or Halloween words (F=fun, fright; R=running, rotten pumpkins; A=apples; N=night, etc). 3. Allow your child to tell or write a monster story.
- Science: Discuss that by reusing the grocery bag you are recycling resources. Discuss the importance of taking care of resources around us and create a list of other household items you can reuse (toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls, yogurt/butter/baby food containers, shoe boxes, etc).
- Math: Have your child identify the shapes used in the craft (circles for eyes, triangles for hair, etc).
Craft Idea Credit: SimpleKidsCrafts.com
This is such a great idea to recycle and save money doing something fun