My daughter is all about recycling lately…well, recycling and HALLOWEEN. Someone should tell her she should recycle one of her 24 dress-up costumes into a new getup for Halloween night, instead of having us drop another $30 on whichever angel/unicorn/Cleopatra/fairy/Dorothy/Batgirl she decides on. All complaints aside, I’ve found that the more crafts I give the girls to do for Halloween, the less pleas I have to hear for costumes and candy.
Here’s a craft idea that will satisfy your little goblins and make use of your recyclables.
Materials:
Black and white tempera paint
3 cups for mixing paint
Paintbrush
Empty cardboard cereal boxes
2 sponges
Thick black permanent marker
Mix the paints to make three different shades of gray. Paint cereal boxes with the middle shade of gray and allow to dry. Using sponges, dab on the two other shades of gray to give the “tombstones” a textured, mottled effect. Once dry, use the thick black permanent marker to write on the tombstone. Some ideas are: “Jon & Kate’s Marriage, Died 2009” or “Miley Cyrus’s Twitter Account, RIP.”
You can even use the cereal boxes as yard decorations. Simply weigh down the boxes by placing a large rock or paperweight inside.
