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Stained Glass Pumpkin Suncatcher

11th October 2019 by Kate Williams 11 Comments

This stained glass pumpkin suncatcher is an easy Halloween craft that I made with my kids a few years ago and every Halloween it’s been crazy popular. It’s a really fun activity but it also makes a great craft for toddlers or preschoolers as it’s great for fine motor skills and you can use it to discuss colour mixing practice scissor skills too! The materials used mean the colours are a bit brighter than you would get with tissue paper and with the end result looks like stained glass which also gave us a great opportunity to talk about colour mixing!

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Recycled Halloween Suncatchers

19th September 2018 by Kate Williams Leave a Comment

I must admit that I am more than a little bit in love with this sweet Halloween suncatcher craft! I’m always a fan of things that can be made from the contents of our recycling bin and just like our stained glass weather suncatchers these were easy to make and a great way to decorate for Halloween.

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24 Easy and Fun Pumpkin Crafts for Kids

10th September 2018 by Kate Williams Leave a Comment

Autumn and Fall are all about pumpkins with harvest and Halloween on people’s minds so there’s no better time to think about making some pumpkin crafts for kids. There’s loads of great ideas in this round up to give you a bit of inspiration and help you and the kids to embrace this time of the year and to have fun getting creative!

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Halloween Film Inspired Pumpkin Carving Ideas

31st October 2017 by Kate Williams 9 Comments

The picture-perfect pumpkins took just 24 hours to carve with scenes including the chilling beam in the alien film classic, The Thing (1982), the eerie resurrection of the beloved cat in Stephen King’s Pet Sematary (1989), the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man storming the streets of New York for Ghostbusters (1984), Carrie (1976) drenched in pig’s blood during her ‘time-to-shine’ prom moment, and the spine-chilling mask from Halloween (1978).Got a pumpkin to carve tonight? While a simple Jack O’Lantern is perfect for kids to make if you fancy trying something a bit more impressive then I’ve teamed up with Sky Cinema Halloween to share some fantastic Halloween film inspired pumpkin carving ideas that will make your house or party look amazing!

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No Carve Pumpkin Ideas Kids Will Love

2nd October 2015 by Kate Williams 13 Comments

I love Halloween but I have to admit that carving a pumpkin is not my favourite activity. My son loves it and loves putting the pumpkin outside but me? Well I’m the one with bits of pumpkin goo stuck down their fingernails. Of course you can still carve a pumpkin and do some no carve pumpkins too, the brillianceofthese is that you could so them a few days before Halloween and have them decorating your house and getting you all in the mood for the big day. After all if I’m making a minion pumpkin I want to look at it for more than just one night and I know my kids would too! I don’t want to give myself nightmares so these are all no carve pumpkin ideas that kids will love – which are you going to try this year?

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