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Halloween Photo Holder

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Materials:

  • Creatology™ Wiggle Eyes
  • Sandpaper
  • Craft Smart® All Purpose Glue
  • Paper Plate
  • Paper Towels
  • Craft Smart® Paint Brush
  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – Bright Blue
  • Craft Smart® Acrylic Paint – Citron
  • Creatology™ Craft Boa
  • 3M® Blue Painter’s Tape
  • Creatology™ Foam Sheet – White
  • Blunt Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Crayola® Markers
  • Lara’s Crafts® Roundhead Plugs
  • Unfinished Wood Photo Stand

Instructions:

  1. Sand photo stand until smooth. Wipe dust off with damp paper towel.
  2. Cut two small pieces of painter’s tape and wrap around base of wire photo holders.
  3. Paint photo stand and two roundhead plugs with two coats of Bright Blue, allowing paint to dry between coats. Peel off painter’s tape.
  4. Tape off lines as shown and paint two coats of Citron Green, allowing paint to dry between coats. Remove tape.
  5. Glue wiggle eye to top portion of block. Glue roundhead plugs to sides of block.
  6. Draw a smile lightly with pencil. Trace over with black marker.
  7. Cut out small foam squares for teeth and attach to face.
  8. Cut a 3-inch length of green boa and attach around the bases of the wire photo holders with glue.

Halloween Placemats

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Materials Needed:

  • Creatology™ Foam Sheet – Yellow
  • Creatology™ Foam Sheet – Black
  • Creatology™ Foam Sheet – Purple
  • Creatology™ Foam Sheet – Green
  • Creatology™ Foam Sheet – White
  • Creatology™ Foam Sheet – Orange
  • Scissors
  • Ruler
  • Pencil
  • Craft Smart® All Purpose Glue
Instructions:
  1. Cut an orange piece of foam into 1” strips lengthwise. Set aside.
  2. Cut the black foam sheet into 1” strips width-wise (top to bottom). Lay the vertical strips side by side in front of you. Weave an orange strip horizontally through at the top of the black strips, and glue them all together. Allow to dry.
  3. Repeat step 2 until all the orange strips are in place. Apply glue only at the beginning and end of each strip. The final strip gets glued along the entire outside edge.
  4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 with the other colors of foam sheets. Be sure to always cut the orange sheets lengthwise, and the contrast color vertically.
  5. Trace 4 of each bone onto the white foam sheets, and cut out.
  6. Glue bone pieces onto placemats as seen in photo. They will go where the fork, knife and spoon go.

Halloween Tips For Little Ones Safety

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!!!!!HAPPY SAFE HALLOWEEN!!!!! 

Planning For Trick-or-Treating

1 Choose costumes for your child that fit properly. Kids can easily trip and injure themselves if the costume drags on the ground.

2 Make sure all costumes are made of fire-retardant material.

3 Apply makeup instead of having the child wear a mask. If she insists on wearing a mask, make sure there are sufficient air holes around the nose/mouth and large openings for the eyes.

4 Look for  a costume with reflective pieces on them, especially on the back. You can also apply reflective tape to the costume yourself.

5 Arm your child with a flashlight and cell phone, so she can easily be spotted and reached.

6 Plan ahead and discuss with your child which routes you will take and where to meet if you get separated.

While You Are Trick-or-Treating

1 Make sure children, generally under 12 years old, are accompanied by an adult at all times.

2 Remind kids of importance of walking instead of running. Don’t allow kids to cut through yards or alleyways.

3 Teach children to only go to houses with a porch light shining and to never enter a stranger’s house under any circumstance.

4 Make certain kids know to walk on the left side of the road, facing oncoming traffic when sidewalks are not available.

5 Check all candy for possible tampering when you return home. Check for open wrappers and seals broken and discard these!

!!!!!HAPPY SAFE HALLOWEEN!!!!!

I’m Melting

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A witch placed into acetone melts into sticky goo. The goo can be molded into different shapes before it hardens.

What you’ll need
foam cup
pen
goggles
rubber gloves
acetone (nail polish remover)
glass or metal bowl

1, Draw a picture of a wicked witch on an upside-down foam cup. Put on the goggles and rubber gloves.
Pour acetone into the bowl so it is about Vi inch deep.
3,  Put the witch into the acetone, feet first. Watch as the witch melts, just like the wicked witch in The Wizard of Oz! As you watch, say in your best witch voice, “I’m melting, I’m melting.”
4,  When the witch has totally melted, reach into the acetone and pull out the goo. Mold it into any shape—when it dries you will have a statue.

Safety
Adult supervision is needed for this project. Protect your eyes from the acetone by wearing goggles and your hands by wearing rubber gloves. Don’t pour the acetone into a plastic bowl because it could damage the bowl. Do this activity in an area with good air circulation.

What Happened?
Similar to salt dissolving in water, polystyrene foam dissolves in acetone. The foam in the cup holds millions of tiny pockets of air. This makes the cup a great insulator, helping to keep your hot chocolate warm on cold days. When the foam dissolves in the acetone, the air is released, and a sticky goo results. When the foam goo hardens, it doesn’t have air pockets anymore.

Fun Fact
Styrofoam is made from a chemical called polystyrene. The Dow Chemical Company invented it in the 1940s. Polystyrene beads are heated and air is blown in to create air bubbles in the foam. It is used for cups, home insulation, packing material, and flotation devices.

Wooden Puzzle

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Make your own wooden puzzles
The solutions to these classic brainteasers are bafflingly simple

TWO CLASSIC PUZZLES challenge you to ar­range their geometric parts into a square or a capital T. They look easy to make but require careful planning and straight and accurate cuts.

Although similar puzzles are usually smaller, we made these a little oversize: the square has 11 Ma-inch sides, and the T is 10 inches tall. For durability and appear­ance, we made our puzzles from pieces of hardwood (ma­ple and cherry), but you can use any type of wood. You’ll need 2 feet of l-by-4 for the T and the same amount of 1-by-10 stock for the square.

If you don’t have a table saw, ask your lumberyard to rip the l-by-4 to 3 inches in width and the l-by-10 to 8 inches. From these, you can cut the puzzle pieces with a jigsaw or a handsaw. You’ll also need a sanding block, medium- and fine-grade sand­paper, a metal ruler, and a pencil. Sand and seal with paste wax.