Two Halloween Craft Projects the Whole Family Can Do
If you don’t have a lot of time to spend with your kids making complex Halloween craft projects but would like to do something for the holiday, you’re in luck. The Internet is a great source of free Halloween images that can be used to create quick and easy crafts. For example, craft projects made from vintage Halloween cards found on the Internet are simple to make, because vintage images are versatile and also quite effective when it comes to delivering a Halloween vibe. There’s something for everyone, because vintage Halloween cards run the gamut from sweet to scary. These pictures also usually cost nothing to download and their age puts them outside the range of copyright protection. That’s important for people who want to honor copyrights (as we all should).
Doing a fast Internet search for “vintage Halloween” will give you a huge selection of free vintage images from which many fun crafts projects can be made. And if you’re not a fan of vintage, contemporary Halloween clip art can also be used to produce beautiful projects.
Here are examples of two Halloween projects nearly anyone can make by using free art found online:
Handmade Halloween Postcards
Once you’ve gone online and downloaded the Halloween image you would like to use, paste it into a word processing or PowerPoint document. You can size the card by adjusting the software’s settings. Position the image on one half of the card, so it can be folded in half once it’s printed. Print the card on card stock as heavy as your printer will allow, fold it and and apply just a little glitter glue to make it sparkle. You might also want to make your own envelopes or just buy two-for-a-dollar card and envelope sets at the dollar store and then recycle the cards.
Spooky Halloween Door Wreath
Crafting Halloween wreath is easy. Here are the supplies you’ll need to have on-hand:
- 1 plain Styrofoam wreath ring (you choose the size)
- Scissors
- A box of short straight pins
- Ribbon or a plastic or metal door-hanger
- Vintage Halloween scrapbook embellishments or vintage Halloween cards of your choice (between two and four inches long), printed and cut along the outlines
- This paper (optional)
Download the art you want to use to your hard drive. Then, print enough clip art images to fit around the wreath and cut them out with scissors or a craft knife. You can also vary the look by using Halloween scrapbook paper cut into bat or leaf shapes. Once you’ve cut all the components, position them in a balanced way around the Styrofoam wreath and affix them with the straight pins. Be prepared to adjust the positioning of the pieces a bit to get everything to look balanced. The pins should make it easy to reposition everything. (Just make sure small children don’t get their hands on the pins!) When your wreath is done, use a door hanger or a ribbon to display it.
I hope you enjoy making these simple and fun Halloween crafts and that you have a fun holiday!
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