Two Halloween Crafts the Whole Family Can Do

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, not to worry. The Internet is full of free Halloween images that can be used to create quick and easy craft projects. As an example, crafts made from vintage Halloween cards found online make projects simple, due to the fact that 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 important for people who want to honor copyrights (as we all should).

Just a quick Internet search using the search term “vintage Halloween” will give you a huge number of free vintage images from which many fun crafts 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 some examples of simple Halloween projects virtually anyone can make by using free electronic images:

Handmade Halloween Greeting Cards
When you've downloaded the Halloween image you'd like to use, paste it into a word processing or PowerPoint document. You can size the card using 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 and apply just a little glitter glue to make it sparkle. You can also make your own envelopes or just get some at the dollar store.

Halloween Door Wreath
Making a Halloween wreath is easy. Here are the supplies you'll need:

• 1 plain Styrofoam wreath ring (you choose the size)
• vintage Halloween scrapbook embellishments or vintage Halloween cards of your choice (between two and four inches long), printed and cut along the outlines
• Halloween scrapbooking paper (optional)
• Scissors
• A box of short straight pins
• Ribbon or a metal or plastic door-hanger

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 scrapbook paper cut into bat or leaf shapes. Once all the pieces are cut, 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 pins should make it easy to reposition everything. (Just make sure to watch the little ones around the pins!) When your wreath is 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!