| If you teach students, like me, then you will | | | | can be hung from the ceiling, doors and other |
| forever be on the look out for easy classroom | | | | surfaces to make the room spooky. |
| crafts that your students can make when | | | | In addition to ghosts, you can even have some |
| Halloween nears. The best way to keep children | | | | bats flying around your room. This is another |
| occupied is by involving them in an activity in | | | | Halloween craft that has worked well with the |
| which they get to make something on their own | | | | students. First, take an egg carton. Ask the kids |
| and the most opportune season would be | | | | to cut out three successive cups from the carton |
| Halloween. This is a great time to get your class | | | | using scissors. Make sure that the three cups |
| to make decorations that can make the | | | | remain attached. Cut out the back and front of |
| classroom look festive and vibrant. There are | | | | the outer two cups to form the wings. Then paint |
| innumerable classroom crafts that you could try. | | | | the bat black using black paint. Once the paint has |
| Here are some crafts that your your students | | | | dried, the children can either draw the eyes using |
| can make and which I have personally found to | | | | white paint or paste googly eyes for the bats. |
| be a hit with the children. | | | | Then pull a string through a hole punched at the |
| One great classroom craft that you can make is | | | | top of the central cup and tie it. Make sure the |
| the fun ghost. All you need to use is white | | | | string does not pull at the hole. Hang the bats |
| construction paper and the feet of your students. | | | | along with the ghosts and your classroom will be |
| Make the students remove their shoes and stand | | | | full of great Halloween crafts. |
| on the white construction paper. Trace the | | | | These are just a few of the various classroom |
| outside of each foot but leave out the toes. If | | | | crafts that you can try out. There are many |
| possible, get the kids to work together at tracing | | | | other crafts that will thrill your students and drive |
| each other’s foot. Then make the cut the | | | | them to accomplish more. A lot of students have |
| footprints out. The ghost’s head will be the | | | | told that even their parents were thrilled when |
| foot heel. They can use black construction paper | | | | they took their creations home. You will, of |
| or permanent marker to draw the ghost face. | | | | course, have to ask the students to bring their |
| The remaining bits of white construction paper | | | | own supplies, as this is to be expected while |
| left from the foot tracing can be used as the | | | | planning a classroom craft project. Let your kids |
| arms. The students can glue the arms of the | | | | exercise their imagination and express their |
| ghost. Punch a hole on top of the ghost’s | | | | creativity any way they want. |
| head and pull a string through it so that the ghost | | | | |