5 Sustainable Projects to Make This Halloween

For this project, you will need: black card, bright acrylic paints, black paint, googly eyes, white marker pen, scissors, clothes pegs, pencil, twine, glue

1. Paint a clothes peg black and leave to dry.

2. Fold a piece of black card in half and draw a bat wing. Cut it out and unfold.

3. Put dots of the acrylic paint on one side of the bat wing and press the wings together, squashing the paint together.

4. Open the bat wings to reveal a symmetrical pattern and leave to dry.

5. Stick the googly eyes onto the clothes peg and draw a mouth with a white marker pen. Add ears cut out from the black card. Use glue to attach the peg to the wings. Clip the bats onto twine and prepare to spook your party guests!

For this project, you will need: gold paint, orange paint, twine, green ribbon, cardboard tubes, scissors, glue

1. Paint your cardboard tube orange and leave to dry. Once the orange coat is dry, paint a layer of gold on top.

2. Once dry, cut the tube into ten rings which measure approximately 3cm each.

3. Thread the twine through the centre of the rings and tie a knot. Trim the extra twine and move the rings around until they create a round pumpkin shape.

4. Get a stick, put it in the middle of the pumpkin and secure it with glue. Use green ribbon to create leaves and attach them to the stick.

For this project, you will need: air dry clay, black and white marker pens, pink ribbon, a knife, a cocktail stick, Mod Podge

1. Roll out the clay and print your child's hand (make sure they press down firmly). Cut around the handprint with a knife, cutting off the thumb part so you're left with a ghost-like shape. Use a cocktail stick to poke a hole through the top so you can hang it later. Leave the clay to dry for at least 24 hours or until it's hard.

2. Use paint markers to draw on the detail of the ghost's face and coat with a layer of Mod Podge. Once it has dried, thread ribbon through the hole.

For this project, you will need: animal pipe cleaners craft pack, pinecones, paper, scissors, glue

1. Wrap 4 pipe cleaners around a pinecone to make 8 spider legs of even length. Shape the pipe cleaners to make the legs look realistic.

2. Using a glue gun or sticky glue, attach the googly eyes to the flat end of the pinecone. Get creative with your spider's face, try adding paper fangs to make it even spookier!

For this project, you will need: cardboard tubes, purple paint, cerise paint, googly eyes with lashes, black and white marker pens

1. Paint your tubes and leave to dry.

2. Fold the ends of the roll in.

3. Stick on the googly eyes and draw on a spooky mouth. Fill with sweets and get ready to impress!