Bored with the basic jack-o'-lantern? Need a fun hands-on idea for Halloween? Make your home a Halloween haven with a jack-o'-lantern village. Materials: Foamcore
Green paint
Tissue-covered candy suckers
Yarn
Black marker
Lettuce
Carving knife
Pumpkin (in size of choice)
2 miniature pumpkins
Sugar cookies
Bone-shaped cookie cutter
Carrots
Broccoli heads
Small tomatoes
Empty paper-towel roll
Pineapple head
Potatoes
Gumdrops
Toothpicks
Can of dry ice - Paint a thick piece of foamcore green to make the base.
- Make ghosts out of tissue-covered suckers: tie a piece of yarn around each and use a black marker to create the eyes and nose (figure A). Use lettuce for backyard greenery.
- Carve a door and windows out of the larger pumpkin (figure B).
- Make a doghouse out of a miniature pumpkin.
- Bake sugar cookies that have been shaped to look like bones (figure C) .
- Use sliced carrots as the walkway (figure D).
- Use huge heads of broccoli and small tomatoes for front-yard shrubbery (figure E).
- To make the perfect palm tree, use an empty paper-towel roll and the top of a pineapple (figurre F).
- Use another mini pumpkin for the garage.
- Potatoes make great cars, with carrot slices for the wheels and gumdrops as the headlights. Use toothpicks to place the carrots and gumdrops (figure G).
- Place a ghost made out of a sucker and tissue (see step 2) on each potato car.
- The grand finale is a smoking pumpkin house. To accomplish this effect, just place a can of dry ice inside the pumpkin and pour hot water into the can.
Note: Take care when handling dry ice. Always use gloves, and never let children play with it.
RESOURCES :
Holiday Fun Year-Round With Dian Thomas
ISBN: 0962125725
Fun at Home
ISBN: 0962125792
Author: Dian Thomas
Dian Thomas Communications
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