Halloween crafts – Mother Goose Club

Halloween Paper Bats Craft

Mother Goose Club — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 19:00:11 +0000

Whether you are toning down your Halloween activities or skipping the tricking and the treating altogether this year, chances are we all will have more time on our hands. Why not spend that time crafting with your loved ones to create a spookier atmosphere both inside and outside your home? With just a few simple items, you can enhance the scare factor of your home instantly!

Materials:

Everything you need should be easy to find at a nearby grocery store or craft store. If you can find larger sheets of black construction paper, try making larger bats.

Black construction paper 8.5” x 11”
Scissors
White colored pencil
Tape
String

Step 1 – Fold and Draw:

Fold your construction along the longer side so that you end with two 8.5” x 5.5” folded halves. Then draw an outline of a bat on the folded half with the white colored pencil. Pay special attention to the ears and the shape of the wing. You should be able to outline two bat halves on each sheet.

Step 2 – Cut

Carefully cut along the outline with your scissors and unfold the bat shape. Feel free to experiment with different sizes of bats.

Step 3 – Tape and Decorate!

Tape the bats to your wall or door, if there are white lines visible you can flip the bat over and tape the other side. If you have some extra string lying around, you can also hang some bats from the ceiling.

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We would love to see how your bat decorations turned out! Share some photos after you are finished on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter with #mothergooseclub.

Happy Halloween!

Haunted House Halloween Craft

Mother Goose Club — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 21:46:25 +0000

Our favorite fall holidays are right around the corner, and while the kids are inevitably more excited for Halloween than you are (or…not), the days leading up present valuable opportunities for some family bonding!

This haunted house craft is a great compliment to the usual pumpkin carving and Halloween decor plans. Pair this activity with our video, “A Haunted House on Halloween Night“, for a rhyme-filled, interactive and spooky time with your loved ones.

Materials:

All the materials you need are below. Most everything can be found around the house or at your local store. Get creative, improvise and let us know what works for you!

Construction paper or foam (Halloween colors!)
Orange paper cup
Orange and black pipe cleaners
Hole puncher
Glue
Scissors

Part 1 – The Spooky Tree:

Draw a diagonal line across your brown construction paper (see ours above). Then start cutting strips, about 1-inch across, up to the line.
Use your colored construction paper to cut out some fall leaves.

Flip the construction paper so that the strips are now at the top. Apply glue below the lowest point of the marked line, and slowly roll the paper into a cylinder.

Fold the slits down and out to create your tree branches. Give them some extra folds and twists to add some character!
Lastly, glue your colorful leaves on and lay some underneath.

Part 2 – The Haunted House & Jack-o’-Lantern:

Cut out the mini jack-o’-lantern’s mouth, nose and eyes using your black construction paper.

Now glue the mouth, nose and eyes onto your orange cup. Punch a hole on top of each side of the cup so you can apply the orange and black pipe cleaners (twist them together first).

Using your remaining construction paper and our example above, cut and glue together your haunted house! We encourage the kids to get creative here with their own colors and design – let those imaginations run wild!

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Thanks for trying our haunted house craft! What spooky Halloween-themed activities does your family have planned this year? Share your thoughts and creations with us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter using #mothergooseclub.

Happy Halloween!

Halloween Spider Craft

Mother Goose Club — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 17:49:09 +0000

This Halloween spider-themed craft provides families with a fun bonding activity leading up to the big day – and also a brief distraction from candy consumption! The finished product will make for a fun addition to your Halloween-themed house decor. All you’ll need are a few simple household supplies!

Materials:

All the materials you need are below. Most everything can be found around the house or at your local store. Get creative, improvise and let us know what works for you!

Paper plate
Construction paper
Paint and paint brush
Pom poms
Googly eyes
Salt
Glue

Part 1 – Paint:

Start painting your paper plate! We went with purple to stay in-line with the Halloween theme.

Part 2 – Glue:

Once your paint is dry, apply a spider-web design with your glue. Copy ours above, or get creative with your own design!

Part 3 – Decorate:

Time to decorate! First, pour some salt over your spider-web design. Then use strips of your construction paper, pom poms and googly eyes to craft your spiders.

Part 4 – Make Some More!

Encourage each family member to make their own – and mix up the colors!

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Thanks for trying our Halloween spider craft! What spooky Halloween-themed activities does your family have planned this year? Share your thoughts and creations with us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter using #mothergooseclub.

Happy Halloween!

Make Your Own Jack B. Nimble Costume

Mother Goose Club — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 19:20:17 +0000

Is your child a fan of Jack B. Nimble? Bring Jack to life with this simple and affordable costume craft! Costumes can elevate your child’s pretend-play and involving them in the crafting process has tons of benefits. Projects like this help develop problem-solving and fine motor skills, creativity, imagination and artistic expression in children of all ages.

While making costumes, you can talk to your child about following directions (including what steps come first, next and last), help them count materials and talk about shapes. If your child is an early reader, you can also practice reading and comprehension skills by having them help read the instructions below.

Crafting time is bonding time – encourage discussion, questions and artistic liberties along the way. Remember – your finished product will only last so long, but the memories you create crafting will last a lifetime. Making a DIY Mother Goose Club costume is a great activity for super-fan birthdays, Halloween or dress-up!

Materials:

All the materials you need are below. Most everything can be found around the house or at your local store. Get creative, improvise and let us know what works for you!

Red and yellow t-shirt
Blue pants
Yellow socks
Felt: blue, gray, orange
Red and blue construction paper
Orange duct tape
Scissors
Stapler
Glue
Marker
Pencil

Step 1: Jack’s Cape

First, let’s make Jack’s signature red cape! Using your marker and the above image as a guide, draw lines to create the cape’s shape. Cut through the front and back of the shirt along lines 1 and 2. Then, cut through only the front side of the shirt for lines 3, 4 and 5.

Step 2: Jack’s Socks

Wrap the orange duct tape around the socks, making sure to leave a small gap at the back. This gap ensures that the socks will still fit and not become uncomfortable as the day goes on.

Step 3: Jack’s Shorts

Cut the bottoms off of the blue sweatpants, and fold a cuff to make Jack’s shorts. Aim to have the bottom of the cuffs reach just below the knee. Next, cut two pockets from the dark blue felt and glue them onto the pants.

Step 4: Jack’s Shirt

To make Jack’s shirt, simply cut an orange felt shirt pocket, blue belt, and grey belt buckle. Glue these to the shirt, as shown above.

Steps 5-8: Jack’s Hair & Mask

Cut a strip of orange tape to fit around the head. Then, cut your blue construction paper into strips, and attached them to the tape by pressing them next to each other onto the sticky side.

Once the strips have been laid and attached on the tape, tape the end of the orange tape string together. Make sure the orange, non-sticky side is facing inward towards itself.

Bring the ends of the blue strips together to where they are overlapping. Staple them together in the center.

Cut a couple blue hair tips from the construction paper and glue them on top, as shown above. Finally, cut out Jack’s red mask from the red paper and glue it on top of the head as well.

Wear It and Share It!

Once everything is dry and set, it’s time to get dressed up!

Share your finished product on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using #mothergooseclub! We love getting crafty and celebrating with Mother Goose Club families around the world!

For a simpler, everyday look, you can also try Mother Goose Club t-shirts. Designed based on feedback from you, the fans, MGC t-shirts are stylish, soft, durable and parent-approved!

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Make Your Own Little Bo Peep Costume

Mother Goose Club — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 19:20:14 +0000

Is your child a fan of Little Bo Peep? Bring Bo Peep to life with this simple and affordable costume craft! Costumes can elevate your child’s pretend-play and involving them in the crafting process has tons of benefits. Projects like this help develop problem-solving and fine motor skills, creativity, imagination and artistic expression in children of all ages.

Materials:

All the materials you need are below. Most everything can be found around the house or at your local store. Get creative, improvise and let us know what works for you!

Yellow t-shirt
Pink leggings
Yellow socks
Felt: orange, gold, dark pink
Dark pink yarn
Wide Headband
Orange ribbon
Orange duct tape
Cardboard tube
Scissors
Glue

Step 1: Bo Peep’s Socks

Wrap the orange tape in stripes around the socks. Make sure to leave a decent gap at the back so that the socks can still stretch and aren’t uncomfortable to wear.

Step 2: Bo Peep’s Leggings

For Bo Peep’s leggings, start by cutting the bottoms off. Then fold them up to create a cuff. You want the leggings to end a couple inches below the knee, so cut and cuff accordingly! Cut some polka dots form the dark pink felt and glue them on. If you want, get creative with the number, size and arrangement of the polka dots!

Step 3: Bo Peep’s Skirt

Cut a long ribbon of orange felt to fit the waist of your special costume-wearer. Then, cut out some large orange petals and dark pink felt pockets. Glue your pockets onto the petals, and then the petals onto the ribbon!

Step 4: Bo Peep’s Shirt

Cut out Bo Peep’s collar from dark pink felt and three gold felt buttons. Glue these onto the shirt.

Steps 5-8: Bo Peep’s Crown & Headband

Cut your cardboard tube into three pieces. Now, cut out a crown-shaped strip of orange felt that’s long enough to wrap around the cardboard ring, and tall enough to fully conceal it. Glue the felt around the ring as pictured.

Glue and wrap the yarn around one of the remaining cardboard rings. Squish down the yarn-wrapped tube slightly, and place it inside the crown like a bun.

Wrap your headband in the yarn, as well! This is easiest and cleanest if you glue the yarn to one end of the headband, wrap it around, and glue it again on the other end.

Glue your finished crown to the top of the headband. Leave it slightly off-centered to give it the classic Bo Peep look.

Wear It and Share It!

Once everything is dry and set, it’s time to get dressed up!

Share your finished product on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using #mothergooseclub! We love getting crafty and celebrating with Mother Goose Club families around the world!

For a simpler, everyday look, you can also try Mother Goose Club t-shirts. Designed based on feedback from you, the fans, MGC t-shirts are stylish, soft, durable and parent-approved!

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Make Your Own Baa Baa Sheep Costume

Mother Goose Club — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 19:20:12 +0000

Is your child a fan of Baa Baa Sheep? Bring Baa Baa to life with this simple and affordable costume craft! Costumes can elevate your child’s pretend-play and involving them in the crafting process has tons of benefits. Projects like this help develop problem-solving and fine motor skills, creativity, imagination and artistic expression in children of all ages.

Materials:

All the materials you need are below. Most everything can be found around the house or at your local store. Get creative, improvise and let us know what works for you!

Pink hooded sweatshirt
Long sleeve light purple shirt
Dark purple leggings
Felt: pink, cream, light and dark purple
Scissors
Marker
Glue

Step 1: Baa Baa’s Sweatshirt

Cut the sleeves off the sweatshirt. Aim to cut about an inch away from the shoulder seams.

Step 2: Baa Baa’s Wool

Next, cut your pink felt into petals! These are going to act as Baa Baa’s wool. Glue the petals in straight rows across the sweatshirt, starting from the bottom. Try to keep the glue to just the top of the petals so that they create a more textured, ruffled look.

Step 3: Baa Baa’s Ears

It’s time to make Baa Baa’s ears! Cut the light purple felt into outer ears, and the pink felt into inner ears. Glue them together and glue the finished ears onto the hood of the sweatshirt

Step 4: Baa Baa’s Leggings

Finally, it’s time to make Baa Baa’s leggings. First, cut two stripes from the purple felt, about 1.5 inches thick. Cut a third stripe of dark purple, and a ruffly stripe of cream felt, and then glue them together as shown above. Glue and wrap the felt stripes around the leggings, but make sure to leave a gap at the back so they don’t bag up or cause any discomfort.

Wear It and Share It!

Once everything is dry and set, it’s time to get dressed up!

Share your finished product on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using #mothergooseclub! We love getting crafty and celebrating with Mother Goose Club families around the world!

For a simpler, everyday look, you can also try Mother Goose Club t-shirts. Designed based on feedback from you, the fans, MGC t-shirts are stylish, soft, durable and parent-approved!

Try Them All!

Make Your Own Teddy Costume

Mother Goose Club — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 15:46:12 +0000

Is your child a fan of Teddy Bear? Bring Teddy to life with this simple and affordable costume craft! Costumes can elevate your child’s pretend-play and involving them in the crafting process has tons of benefits. Projects like this help develop problem-solving and fine motor skills, creativity, imagination and artistic expression in children of all ages.

Materials:

All the materials you need are below. Most everything can be found around the house or at your local store. Get creative, improvise and let us know what works for you!

Brown hooded sweatshirt
Brown leggings or sweatpants
Felt: brown, light brown, blue
Scissors
Glue

Step 1 – Teddy’s Leggings:

Cut two strips of light brown felt for each leg and glue them around the pants. Be sure to leave a gap at the back to let your child’s legs move freely!

Step 2 – Teddy’s Belly:

Cut an oval shape out of light brown felt and three brown stripes to go across it. Glue the belly onto the middle of the sweatshirt.

Step 3 – Teddy’s Ears and Bow Pt 1:

Cut a bow shape from the blue felt. For ears, cut two brown circles, and two slightly smaller light brown circles. Center and glue the light brown felt onto the dark brown. Once dry, cut a slit into each circle without passing through the center. Add glue near the slit on one side, overlap the felt and press and hold to make cone shapes!

Step 4 – Teddy’s Ears and Bow Pt 2:

Glue the ears and bow to the top of the hood.

Wear It and Share It!

Once everything is dry and set, it’s time to get dressed up! Be sure to pull up the hood of the sweatshirt so Teddy’s ears stand up tall.

Share your finished product on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using #mothergooseclub! We love getting crafty and celebrating with Mother Goose Club families around the world!

For a simpler, everyday look, you can also try Mother Goose Club t-shirts. Designed based on feedback from you, the fans, MGC t-shirts are stylish, soft, durable and parent-approved!

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Make Your Own Eep the Mouse Costume

Mother Goose Club — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 15:45:29 +0000

Is your child a fan of Eep the Mouse? Bring Eep to life with this simple and affordable costume craft! Costumes can elevate your child’s pretend-play and involving them in the crafting process has tons of benefits. Projects like this help develop problem-solving and fine motor skills, creativity, imagination and artistic expression in children of all ages.

Materials:

All the materials you need are below. Most everything can be found around the house or at your local store. Get creative, improvise and let us know what works for you!

Blue hooded sweatshirt
Blue leggings
Felt: blue, light purple, dark purple
Dark blue duct tape
1 large can for tracing
1 small can for tracing
Marker
Scissors
Glue

Step 1 – Eep’s Sweatshirt:

To make Eep’s iconic striped belly, cut a big oval out of the light purple felt and glue it to the front of the blue sweatshirt. Then, cut stripes out of the dark purple felt and glue those on top of the light purple oval.

Step 2 – Eep’s Ears:

Using the large can and your marker, trace two circles onto the blue felt. Cut out each circle. With the small can and your marker, trace two smaller circles on the light purple felt. Cut out each circle. Next, glue the small purple circles on top of the blue large circles. These will be Eep’s ears!

Once dry, carefully cut a slit into each circle without passing through the center. To shape the ears into small cones, add glue to one side of the slit, overlap the felt from the other side and press to hold. Once dry, glue each ear to to the hood of the blue sweatshirt.

Step 3 – Eep’s Leggings:

Cut the blue duct tape into strips and wrap them around the leggings to make stripes. Be sure to leave a gap at the back to let your child’s legs move freely!

Step 4 – Eep’s Tail:

Cut a tail shape out of the blue felt and glue it to the back of the sweatshirt.

Wear It and Share It!

Once everything is dry and set, it’s time to get dressed up! Be sure to pull up the hood of the sweatshirt so Eep’s ears stand up tall.

Share your finished product on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using #mothergooseclub! We love getting crafty and celebrating with Mother Goose Club families around the world!

For a simpler, everyday look, you can also try Mother Goose Club t-shirts. Designed based on feedback from you, the fans, MGC t-shirts are stylish, soft, durable and parent-approved!

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Make Your Own Mary Quite Contrary Costume

Mother Goose Club — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 15:44:22 +0000

Is your child a fan of Mary Quite Contrary? Bring Mary to life with this simple and affordable costume craft! Costumes can elevate your child’s pretend-play and involving them in the crafting process has tons of benefits. Projects like this help develop problem-solving and fine motor skills, creativity, imagination and artistic expression in children of all ages.

Materials:

All the materials you need are below. Most everything can be found around the house or at your local store. Get creative, improvise and let us know what works for you!

Dark pink apron
Light pink t-shirt
Blue sweatpants
Dark pink leggings
Yellow yarn
Headband
Felt: blue, light yellow, dark yellow
Pink duct tape
Red fabric paint
Sponge
Thin cardboard
Scissors
Plate
Marker
Glue

Step 1 – Mary’s Apron:

Cut a star shape out of the thin cardboard. Lay the apron on a flat surface. Squeeze some red paint onto the plate. Use the cardboard stencil and sponge to paint star shapes onto the apron.

Step 2 – Apron Pockets and Buttons:

Cut a big pocket shape out of the light yellow felt, a pocket top out of the blue felt, and a star shape and 3 buttons out of the dark yellow felt. Be sure to leave some extra blue felt for Mary’s pigtails!

After the red paint is dry, glue the yellow pocket to the front of the apron, glue the blue pocket top onto that, glue one dark yellow button onto the blue pocket top, and glue the other two dark yellow buttons where the apron straps meet the top of the apron.

Step 3 – Mary’s Shorts:

Cut the bottoms off the blue sweatpants to make shorts leaving enough material to fold cuffs along the bottom of the cut-offs.

Step 4 – Mary’s Leggings:

Cut strips of pink duct tape. Wrap them around the dark pink leggings to make stripes leaving a gap at the back to allow your child’s legs to move freely.

Step 5 – Mary’s Hair:

Glue one end of the yellow yarn to an end of the headband. Don’t cut the yarn yet! Wrap the yarn around the headband all the way to the other end, gluing it down as needed. When the whole headband is covered, cut the yarn and glue down the new end.

Step 6 – Mary’s Pigtails:

Measure a four-foot long piece of yarn and cut. Using this piece as a guide, cut 20 more pieces that length. Make two piles of 10 – one pile for each pigtail. Next, measure a six-inch long piece of yarn. Cut seven more pieces that length.

To make one pigtail, fold 10 long pieces of yarn around one side of the headband. Make sure they’re all lined up. Tie each pigtail into four sections using the six-inch pieces starting as close to the headband as possible.

Repeat with the remaining yarn pieces on the other side of the headband!

Step 7 – Mary’s Bows:

With the remaining blue felt, cut out two bow shapes and two rectangles for hair ties. Glue one bow and one hair tie to each pigtail.

Wear It and Share It!

Once everything is dry and set, it’s time to get dressed up! Put on the leggings and the light pink shirt. Add the cut-off shorts and apron. The headband pigtails tops it all off!

Share your finished product on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using #mothergooseclub! We love getting crafty and celebrating with Mother Goose Club families around the world!

For a simpler, everyday look, you can also try Mother Goose Club t-shirts. Designed based on feedback from you, the fans, MGC t-shirts are stylish, soft, durable and parent-approved!