This year I’ve made a few fall themed items – a fall wreath, a button tree art, and a swirly pumpkin & leaf garland – but I realized none of them screamed Halloween. :) It was time to make something. My kids and I recently did two fun Halloween crafts. We made cute bats out of an egg carton and adorable ghosts from leaves. Both projects are easy and kid friendly. I originally saw the bats on Enchanted Learning. I found the leaf ghosts on Disney’s Family Fun website. I thought hanging them together would look spooky cool in a cutesy kind of way. 
The materials used for the bats were an egg carton, scissors, black paint, paintbrush, googly eyes, glue and ribbon. 
The materials used for the ghosts were artificial (maple shaped) leaves, white paint, paintbrush, black marker, glue and ribbon. 
Want to know how to make egg carton bats and leaf ghosts?! Here’s the tutorial? The Bats 
I cut out 3 cups from an egg carton. I then cut the bottoms of the 2 outside cups to resemble bat wings. 
My two daughters and I painted them black. We painted one coat. 
We glued the googly eyes after the paint was dry. I glued ribbon to the top of each bat so we could hang them. 
The Ghosts The leaves we used are from my local dollar store. I painted the leaves white on both sides. The leaves needed 2 coats of paint. The kids and I drew ghostly eyes and mouths. Aren’t they cute?! I especially love how my kids insisted the ghosts’ mouths had to look like they were saying “Booo…oooo!” 
Have you made any Halloween crafts with your kids?!
(I’m linking up to I’m Lovin’ It, Weekend Wrap Up Party, Sunday Showcase Party, Made By You Monday, Tip Me Tuesday, Tutorials & Tips Tuesdays, Get Your Craft On, Works for Me Wednesday and The Frugal Girls!)
Another winner!!! We’ll be doing these next week, for sure!!! Thank you!
Great craft! I saw this on Frugal Girls Chic & Crafty Linky
ADORABLE!!!!!! Just popping in from TT&J
Super cute and original idea!! I love it and I have all the things on hand so we may be doing this this weekend! Thanks for sharing. Saw you on TT&J!
This is so adorable!!
Thanks for linking up!I featured your post on my wrap up! http://tidymom.net/2011/10-easy-halloween-crafts/
Have a great weekend!
so simple but SO adorable!
MUY SENCILLO Y ECONOMICO
This is great! Such a great craft and fun decoration!
This is amazingly cute..love it..so creative
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I did this craft and blogged about it…thanks for the cute craft idea!! http://www.jugglingwithkids.com/2011/10/egg-carton-bats.html
These are super cute! What a fun craft to do with the kiddos!
~Kimberlee at SD
So cute idea for Halloween! thanks for sharing.
Found this on Pinterest and am making this with my 3 year old for a halloween/October craft next week. Thanks for sharing!
good good good
Love it!!
This is such a great idea! I can’t wait to try and put something similar together in the next few days! Thanks for sharing! @ASuburbanMom
Thanks for this idea. We’ll be making them during Autumn Animal Antics Week!
This is such a cute idea! I’ve featured it in my 15 Halloween Kids Crafts Round-Up. You can find the post here: http://beanbugcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/10/15-halloween-kid-crafts.html
Thanks,
Anna
VERY cute idea! I also love that light!
Aww. I love these!! I love that you hung them with adorable ribbon, too. I shared them on my blog here: http://www.vixenmade.com/2012/10/10-halloween-crafts-for-kids.html
can’t wait to try both these ideas!
Hi, I’m French and I find your tutorial on Pinterest !
This afternoon, we were doing bats with my kids and some ghosts with milk bottles…
And on my blog, I’ve post a link to there for explain how to do the bats !
http://leeloobricole.blogueuse.fr/preparation-d-halloween-tout-en-recup-a58230729
Bye
Great Crafts!! I am going to do them with my Girl Scouts tonight!
Very cute. I love your step by step photos.
I love this craft and am thinking of doing it for a class project. How long does the paint take to dry?