Being that today is Halloween I will share our last Halloween activity with you all. It's not too late to get in one more before the season is over. I have seen this idea in various magazines and websites so it's impossible to give credit, but suffice it to say it was not my idea. This is however, my spin on this fun kids activity.
Supplies you will need:
- Empty, clean 2 liter bottles
- Orange paint
- Water
- Paper cutouts for faces
- Tape
- Green pipe cleaners
You might recall that I am a big fan of recycled bottles. A while back we made bottle print flowers. This easy craft also uses recycled bottles, so go out to the recycling bin, grab some 2 liter bottles and clean them out. We don't have orange paint since I just make whatever shade I need using yellow and red. Squirt a small amount of paint into the bottle and add a little bit of water. You will be adding less water than paint. I just eyeballed this. If you pour too much water, the paint will be too runny and will not stick to the sides of the bottle. If you use to little water, then the paint will be too thick and will not swirl around the bottle. I did a test bottle first and got a feel for what a good paint/water ratio was.
Make sure the cap is on tight and give the bottle to your kid to shake, shake, shake. With my bottles the shaking served two purposes: it mixed the yellow and red paint to make orange, and it painted the inside of the bottle.
Here is "A" dressed in her Ariel costume, crown and all, mixing her colors. She was amazed that the more she shook the bottle the more the colors changed.
B shakes it up.
Little C shaking with all her might.
After all that shaking our bottles turned a pretty shade of orange and were starting to look more like pumpkins. But they still needed some faces. I sat with each of the girls and they told me what kind of face they wanted on their pumpkin. I made the faces, cut them out, put some tape on the back and let the girls decorate. B sticks a nose on. I love how she sticks out her tongue when she is concentrating.
"A" adds a mouth to her pumpkin.
When they were done we added some green pipe cleaner stems. Here are our pumpkins in all their glory.
Remember I mentioned that I did a test bottle to see how much paint and water to use? I actually did it with some black paint. Here is my ghost.
We put our bottles out on the front porch to greet our trick or treaters. Happy Halloween to you and your little ghosts and goblins!
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