Halloween finger puppets

This is a very quick and simple craft project

Materials
Halloween images (cut out)
strips of card
sticky tape
Crayons
Decorations such as sequinns, glue, googly eyes
glue

Instructions
1)Child can colour and decorate image
2)Roll a strip of card around your thumb, and tape together
3)Tape onto back of image, and theres your finger puppet

Tips
* The images I used were from http://www.firstpalette.com/tool_box/printables/halloween.html

Halloween Window Decoration

Materials Needed
Black card
Acetate
Tissue paper Scraps
Sequins
PVA Glue
Adults scisscors and pencil

Instructions
1) Draw a Halloween shape on back card, keep it simple i used a basic pumpkin
2) Cut out your shape
3) Stick some acetate on the back of the card
4) On the acetate allow child to glue bits of tissue paper all over
5) Turn over to correct side and allow child to glue sequins to decorate
6) Once dry hang on a window and watch the sun shine through

Tips
* some nice templates can be found on http://www.pages01.net/fabriccom/FabricDLHalloweenSilhouettes

Breast Cancer Awareness Week

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Tissue Paper Flower Pot

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Although preschoolers might be a bit too young to understand, it is still nice to get them involved in awareness weeks. It is also nice to be able to raise awareness within families, or show support to others. So heres something in pinks and incorporating charity logo

Materials
Background paper
card cut into plant pot shape
tissue paper circles
printed logo or bow
Glue
Crayons or decorations

Instructions
1. Decorate the plant pot shape
2. Glue plant pot onto background paper
3. Child can scrunch up tissue paper circles and glue on as flowers
4. Glue logo on front of plant pot

Tips
* If wish can make this into a card to give
* I found it easier to add a spot of glue to where flower needed to go myself and then let child add the tissue paper flower

Grandparents day card

Preschool activity very simple and quick to make

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Materials needed
A4 card folded into half (to make card blank)
Green and brown paint
Greeting either printed or handwritten
Glue
Black marker pen

Instructions
1. let child make a brown handprint (this will form the tree trunk)
2. let child fingerprint or paint the green leaves
3. once dry tree details and write your 'family tree' in black marker
4. add greeting to bottom of card