Kids really enjoy making silly bats, pumpkins and spiders for Halloween. There are so many different projects, using various craft supplies, where the kids can create a variety of eerie or cute Halloween images, but those can get costly. Most every child already has exactly what he needs to make bats, spiders and other creepy things in seconds. Thats because most every child has fingerprints. Use the fingerprints to make all sorts of spooky or fun designs for the holiday.
Use a non-toxic ink pad, with black ink, to create the images. Help children press their fingertips onto the ink pad then to cardstock, Halloween signs and more. Kids will love stamping their fingerprints all over things and you wont mind a bit! With a fine tip marker you can then make the fingerprints into fun Halloween designs.
When the fingerprints or thumb prints are stamped onto paper and other surfaces they have an oval shape that is perfect for creating bodies of bats or other characters. Turn the finger sideways before stamping and you have a completely different shape than if you stamp it vertically. Use a fine tip marker to turn a vertical fingerprint into a bat. Simply draw wing shapes and color them in. You can glue on wiggly eyes from a craft store or use a cotton swab to paint eyes onto the fingerprint. Use the swab to dab two white dots onto the fingerprint then use a toothpick to make a black dot in the center of the white dot. Turn a horizontal fingerprint into a creepy or fun spider. After making the fingerprint simply use a fine tip marker to draw tiny legs on the spider. Make eyes with cotton swab and toothpick or glue on wiggly eyes. Use a non-toxic orange stamp pad to make funny pumpkins for Halloween. Stamp the fingerprints onto the cardstock or other surface then make eyes, nose and mouth with a fine tip black marker. Use a brown marker to make a stem on top. Use a row of fingerprints to make snakes, worms or centipedes. The creepy creations can be used on napkins, paper plates, streamers, disposable cups, invitations, paper tablecloths, mirrors, windows and more. The ink and markers can easily be removed from glass with nail polish remover. If you dont have ink and a stamp pad you can color the childs fingertip with a black or orange marker instead. Just color the fingerprint with the marker, stamp the design where you want, then use a damp washcloth to wipe the finger clean. The same technique, with various colors of marker or ink, can be used to make fun images for other occasions, too. Vertical fingerprints can be used to make a Santa, an Easter bunny or Easter eggs. Horizontal fingerprints can be used to make reindeer or even Christmas card borders. Theres no end to the fun and unique designs! There are different techniques you can use so that all of the spooks dont look exactly the same. For instance, not all fingerprints have to be made vertically or horizontally. Place the fingerprint at an angle to represent a pumpkin that is falling over or a bat thats swooping. Have grown-ups stamp their fingerprints or thumb prints to make larger images. Apply correction fluid, used in the past to correct typing mistakes, to create white ghosts on black paper. Kids will thoroughly enjoy the this craft which lets them get messy - but not too messy. Grown-ups may have to assist really young kids with the drawing of wings or eyes, but together, you and your children will stamp, laugh and create. Get busy - Halloween is almost here!
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