Halloween Bat and Ghost Clothes Pegs

As a Brownie Guider I’m always on the look-out for cheap crafts for children which don’t take much preparation. Unfortunately, I keep having to revert to having a good old nose in the Baker Ross catalogue (because who has time to cut out all the parts for a group of 20 girls), but every now and again I get my act together and do a proper craft, like these Halloween Bat and Ghost clothes pegs which I adapted from Martha Stewart.

I forgot to take any pictures of the finished crafts (or rather I forgot to take my camera with me to Brownies) so I can’t show you any pictures (Sorry!).

In total the craft cost £3.35, or 17p per girl for a unit of 20. This assumes that you have scissors, glue sticks and colouring pencils/pens already in the cupboard.

What you need (for a group of 20):

• 40 wooden clothes pegs (77p from Wilkinsons)
• 10 sheets black card (£1.29 for a pack from Yorkshire Trading)
• 10 sheets of white card (but can be done with less) (£1.29 for a pack from Yorkshire Trading)
• Glue sticks
• Colour pencils/pens
• Scissors

Preparation:

Using the following images (bat and ghost - the ghost is from here), make 2 cardboard templates of each per six.

Note: the ghost will need resized - I used the depth of the bat as a approximate guide.

How To:

1. Draw round and cut out one of each shape (a black bat and a white ghost)
2.  Decorate
3. Put plenty of glue on one side of a peg. Stick this to the back of the bat (the top of the peg should be level with the top of the bat’s head – this will leave ‘feet’ at the bottom of the bat).
4. Glue one side of the second peg. Stick this to the back of the ghost (the bottom of the peg should about level with the bottom of the ghost).
5. Allow to dry and then decorate the house!

You could easily make a pumpkin (with orange card) or a black cat as well. And the activity can be extended for older children by getting them to draw their own ghosts and bats.

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