Halloween Crafts...

We've been very busy crafting and decorating our house for Halloween over the past several days. Here are some of the things the kids have created:

Smiley made a spider from clay. He formed clay into a spider shape. He strung orange beads on black pipe cleaners and then poked the pipe cleaners into the clay. We let it dry for a couple of days and are now enjoying it as a Halloween decoration... 

Our little love bug made this monster. She simply colored a paper plate and glued on little arms and eyes :)

We also made this box monster. Simply decorating and drawing on a shoe box, covered in purple and pink paper (love bug's favorite colors). 

Ocean in a Bag

As part of our ocean theme, I thought it would be fun to make an ocean in a bag with the kids. 

We used a gallon ziploc bag and filled it with some sand, sea shells, sea snails, plastic table topper fish and shells (from Target). We then added a few pumps of hand lotion and added a few drops of blue food coloring. We mixed the hand lotion with the food coloring by rubbing the baggie. Lastly, we added a bit of baby oil for good measure. 

The kids had a blast playing with their ocean. It makes for a great fine motor activity :)

(I do recommended doing this activity on a tray, as the baggie might rip, especially if you add sea shells or snails)