Two Easy Halloween Crafts

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If you’re too busy to spend a lot of time on Halloween crafts with your family but you’d like to do some kind of activity together, you’re in luck. The Internet is full of free Halloween images that can be used to create quick and easy crafts. As an example, craft projects made from free vintage Halloween cards found online are simple to make, because vintage images are both versatile and very effective at conveying a Halloween feel. You can find a little something for everyone, because vintage Halloween cards run the gamut from sweet to scary. Vintage images can also be downloaded and used without fear of copyright infringement. That’s a terrific bonus, because you don’t have to worry about using other people’s art illegally.

Doing a fast online search for “vintage Halloween” will net you a huge number of free images from which a lot of craft projects can be made. And, of course, if you don’t like vintage, contemporary Halloween clip art can also produce great craft projects.

Here are examples of two Halloween projects nearly anyone can make by using free art found online:

Handmade Halloween Greeting Cards
Once you’ve gone online and downloaded the Halloween image you would like to use, paste it into a word processing or PowerPoint document. You can size the card using the software’s settings. Place the image on one half of the card, so it can be folded in half after it’s printed. Print the card on card stock as heavy as your printer will allow, fold it and use a little glitter glue to make it sparkle. You might also want to make your own envelopes or just buy two-for-a-dollar card and envelope sets at the dollar store and then recycle the cards.

Spooky Halloween Wreath Decoration
Crafting Halloween wreath is simple. Here are the supplies you’ll need:

1 plain Styrofoam wreath ring (you choose the size)
Scissors
Short straight pins
Ribbon or a metal or plastic door-hanger
Halloween clipart or vintage Halloween cards of your choice (between 2 and 4 inches long), printed and cut along the outlines
Black and white Halloween scrapbook paper (optional)

Download the art you want to use to your hard drive. Then, print enough clip art images to fit around the wreath and cut them out with scissors or a craft knife. You can also vary the look by using Halloween scrapbooking paper cut into bat or leaf shapes. Once you’ve cut all the components, position them in a balanced way around the Styrofoam wreath and affix them with the straight pins. Be prepared to adjust the positioning of the pieces a bit to get everything to look balanced. The straight pins should make it easy to reposition the elements. (Just make sure small children don’t get their hands on the straight pins!) When you’re done, use a door hanger or a ribbon to display it.

I hope you have a great time making these Halloween craft projects and that you have a fun holiday!

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