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