Two Easy Family Halloween Craft Projects

If you’re too busy to spend a lot of time on Halloween craft projects with your family but you’d like to do some kind of activity together, not to worry. The Internet is a great source of free Halloween images that can be used to create quick and easy craft projects. As an example, crafts made from these cards found online make projects simple, due to the fact that vintage images are versatile and also quite effective when it comes to delivering a Halloween message. There’s 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 problems. That’s important for people who want to honor copyrights (as we all should).

Just a quick Web search using the search term “vintage Halloween” will give you a large number of free vintage images from which a lot of craft projects can be made. And if you’re not a fan of 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, PowerPoint or OneNote document. You can make the card virtually whatever size you want by adjusting the software’s settings. Position the image on one half of the card, so it can be folded in half once 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
Making a Halloween wreath is simple. Here are the supplies you’ll need to have on-hand:

• 1 plain Styrofoam wreath ring (you choose the size)
• Scissors
• A box of short straight pins
• Ribbon or a plastic or metal door-hanger
• Free Halloween clip art 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, being careful to follow the outer edges closely. You can also vary the look by using Halloween scrapbooking paper cut into bat or leaf shapes. Once you’ve cut all the components, stick them to the Styrofoam wreath with the straight pins. You might need to adjust the pieces a bit to find the right arrangement. The straight pins should make it easy to reposition the elements. (Just make sure small children don’t get their hands on the pins!) When your wreath is done, use a door hanger or a ribbon to display it.

I hope you enjoy making these simple and fun Halloween crafts and that you have a fun holiday!