Quick Craft Ideas for Halloween

Quick idea for a fun craft.

First you will need a small pumpkin and they can be bought at any grocery store or for fun go to a pumpkin patch. We will get to those in a few. But first back to the fun family craft. All kids love to decorate a pumpkin but do not want to carve it, just draw all over it. Well here is a great one.

Take the small pumpkin and let them cover it with their favorite stickers, they even make glow in the dark ones, and sit them out side about a day or 2 before Halloween.

After Halloween bring the pumpkin in and pull off all the stickers. The next craft will require some additional items. Felt, brown for turkey feet, red for the beaks and some tongue depressors for the tail feathers.

You will need between 5 t0 7 large tongue depressors depending on the size of the pumpkin.

A glue gun and some permanent colored markers. First you will want to cut out the turkey feet and hot glue them to the bottom.

Than take the red felt and cut 2 triangles for the beaks make sure to cut them long enough to glue the flat part to the pumpkin, you can always cut more away if it is to big.

After that color on eyes or if you have some google eyes, the ones that wiggle you can glue those on. Here comes the fun part. Turn the pumpkin around and with the help from an adult cut slits on the back of the pumpkin long enough to slide the tongue depressors in. You can either buy colored ones or tan ones and color them. Insert each one and add a little bit of hot glue to ensure a good snug fit. Now you have a Thanksgiving center piece.

But where to get the pumpkins. If you are in a time crunch, Hy-Vee or Wal-Mart have them, but if you have time, go and visit ...

• Carolyn's Country Cousins in Liberty. (17607 NE 52ND st) There the kids can pick their own pumpkin and they even have a fun corn maze to wander around in and many other fun things to do. There are train rides and so much more, call 816-781-9196 for prices and details of that days exciting activities.

• Weston Red Barn Farm. 16300 Wilkerson Road, Weston) Now some of you may know this one because some schools to field trips here. There are so many different types of pumpkins to pick from here and of course yummy apple butter sold at the country stores. Please call 816-386-5937 to check for times they are open and the fun activities they have there as well.

• Johnson Farms (177th and Holmes Road {State Road D},Belton is a family owned farm that has a huge shed of already picked pumpkins for the children or parents who do not want to go out into the patch. There are a lot of fun family activities to do there, so please call 816-331-1067

• Faulkner's Pumpkin Farm (10701 View High Drive Kc, Mo) Here there are miles and miles of pumpkins, gourds, squash and so much more to do. There are fun arts and crafts as well as so much more. Please call 816-763-4644 for prices and times.

• KC Pumpkin Patch (29755 W. 191st. St, Gardner KS) There is over 50 acres of something for every one to do here. There are train rides, the three little pig Farm, and of course pumpkins to pick. Please call for details about today's events and times. 913-484-6251

• Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead (13800 Switzer, OP, KS) This pumpkin farm opens October 6th, and than the fun is on. There are hay bales mazes, pony rides and so much more. Please call for times and prices 913-897-2630

Wow with so many choices from Missouri to Kansas, the fun meter is going to be screaming off the chart. Most if not all these farms have craft projects to do, so have the kids decorate for the holidays this year. There is no better decoration than the ones made from love.

Be safe this Halloween and remember your glow sticks!!!