| There are no more than 40 days left till | | | | Lunch bag, soap and water. All you have to do |
| Halloween but you hardly have a minute to | | | | is apply orange paint to the palm of a hand |
| think about all the productions, decorations | | | | with a sponge, press palm onto the paper bag |
| and costumes for children as well as trying | | | | and using your index finger and green paint, |
| to organise your own Halloween party. We | | | | make stem and leaves on the pumpkins. |
| thought you might want some ideas of | | | | |
| activities to ease you into the festive day | | | | Make a Halloween Card or Table Cloth |
| with a minimum of work and fantastic results. | | | | |
| | | | Why not design a Halloween card to send to |
| Halloween Wrapping Paper and Treat Bag | | | | parents or friends using a pumpkin or a witch |
| | | | image as your inspiration? You need to find |
| Making Halloween wrapping paper using your | | | | images of pumpkins, witches or ghosts. Teach |
| school art package couldn't be easier. You | | | | your children to look at the pictures and |
| will need: some examples of different types | | | | notice the colours and shapes involved. |
| of paper to show the children and images from | | | | Using the spray brush in the art package and |
| the internet to use (optional). | | | | lines of colour, create the effect you want. |
| | | | Talk about the intensity and mix of colours. |
| All you need to do is to design your pattern | | | | Add a wash and ask if they think the effect |
| or picture and then use the titling tool | | | | is better. Show them that they can 'undo' an |
| (Fresco, Colour Magic) and tile it (Dazzle, | | | | effect to take it back to the original. Add |
| Dazzle Plus, Dazzle 03 Granada Colours, | | | | black shapes from the toolbar to simulate the |
| Revelation Natural Art). For younger pupils | | | | ghosts. When they are happy about the effect |
| or those with special needs you can restrict | | | | add stars to make a star lighted decoration. |
| the number of tools and the palette | | | | |
| available, or use stamps. For pupils who | | | | You can also make a Halloween table cloth |
| cannot use the select area tool you can make | | | | using: White paper table cloth, Stickers, |
| cardboard frames and move them around the | | | | Colored Markers and Halloween pictures. The |
| screen to allow them to select an area. You | | | | instructions are: Take an orange paper |
| can do this using an image of a pumpkin which | | | | tablecloth and draw various Halloween ghosts |
| was then tiled and flipped or you can make a | | | | on it. You can also draw goblins, pumpkins, |
| treat bag using a net made from a bought bag. | | | | black cats, etc. Then, stick on Halloween |
| For a pumpkin treat bag you will need: Green | | | | stickers and glue on any pictures that you |
| tempera paint, Orange tempera paint, Sponge, | | | | think are related to Halloween. |