Ready, Set Creepy Crafts

We bought some Kid Made Modern Halloween kits from Target on one of our pre-party trips. We got a wooden haunted house set and an eyeball lantern. I promised the kids we'd make them this weekend, which ended up being perfect timing. Mike and I got Roo a dresser and small desk Friday and he needed time to switch out furniture. She's growing up so fast.

Haunted House

I give this kit an A+. Start to finish it was simple and I didn't need any additional tools. I punched out the wooden pieces and distributed them to the kids. We let them dry about an hour. I touched up the faces on the ghost and pumpkin and added glitter to the moon.

A little while later I recruited Mike to be an extra set of hands to put it together. My only criticism is that during construction I really wished the glue bottle had a pointed tip. I used my fingers to smear it into the slats. The only part that was tricky was the front step. You have to hold it on tightly a good while before it takes. I love the way it turned out. Plus I'm super excited to use the pretty glitter again.

Cute, right? We added a little piece of green pipe cleaner for a pumpkin stem (through a hole poked with a thumb tack). The idea behind the house is super simple. I'm thinking we could cut card stock layers to make a pretty neat haunted house. Not that we need another one, I mean look at that thing. Fingers crossed it makes it to next year.

Eyeball Lantern

I liked this kit too, but not as much as the haunted house. You'll need scissors and 2 AAA batteries for this one. Isaac didn't assist with this one. It was just us girls. This one is also an extremely clever and simple idea. Decoupaging tissue paper onto a lantern, amazing. I'm totally going to make some squid lanterns for Isaac's party this way.

I started to cut the tissue paper pieces with Roo by my side, but it became obvious that I needed to park her elsewhere for that part. She had her lunch and nap while I cut, cut, cut. When she woke up she helped me squeeze and spread glue. She did a great job patting down the tissue paper (gentler than Mommy). It was a great project for her once all the parts were cut. She was engaged and helping until the last minute or so.