Thursday, October 24, 2013

Cute Halloween Pom Pom Pals


     Halloween is almost upon us.  If you still need some decorating or craft ideas, here's an adorable Halloween craft that is fast and easy to make and relatively inexpensive.  For more Halloween craft ideas, check out my Halloween section of my blog.

Spider
Materials:
*2 black pipe cleaners
*Black pom pom
*2 googly eyes
*Scissors
*All purpose adhesive

 Directions:
*Cut each pipe cleaner into four equal pieces.
*Bend the pipe cleaners to make them into the shape of the spiders' legs.
*Glue the legs to the pom pom.
*Add googly eyes to the pom pom.

Black Cat
Materials:
*Black pom pom
*Black pipe cleaner
*2 googly eyes
*Black felt or cardstock
*Scissors
*All purpose adhesive
*Black foam

Directions:
*Cut a heart shape out of the foam slightly larger than the pom pom.
*Glue the pom pom to the heart shape so that the top of the heart becomes feet for the cat.
*Cut off a piece of pipe cleaner and bend it, then glue to the back of the pom pom to form the cat's tail.
*Cut two small triangles out of a sheet of felt or cardstock and glue to the top of the pom pom to make the cat's eyes.
*Add two googly eyes to the pom pom.

Bat
Materials:
*Purple pom pom
*Purple cardstock
*Purple foam
*2 googly eyes
*Scissors
*All purpose adhesive

Directions:
*Cut a heart shape out of the foam slightly larger than the pom pom.
*Glue the pom pom to the heart shape so that the top of the heart becomes the bat's feet.
*Cut out wings from cardstock and glue to the back of the bat.
*Cut two small triangles out of cardstock and glue to the top of the pom pom to form the bat's ears.
*Add two googly eyes to the pom pom.

Cyclops
Materials:
*Green pom pom
*Mini green pom pom
*Green foam
*Large googly eye
*Green pipe cleaner
*All purpose adhesive
*Scissors

Directions:
*Cut a heart shape out of the foam slightly larger than the pom pom.
*Glue the pom pom to the heart shape so that the top of the heart becomes feet for the cyclops.
*Cut off a piece of the pipe cleaner and bend it into a squiggly shape.  Attach one end of the pipe cleaner to the top of the larger pom pom and the other to the small pom pom to make an antenna for the cyclops.
*Glue on large googly eye.

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