Spooky Eyes Halloween Wreath

 

Last night I made this very simple, but cute wreath. I spray painted a foam wreath black, let it dry completely, and hot glued a bunch of googley eyes onto it. Like I said, very simple, but cute! It matches our Eyeball Monster Pumpkin perfectly!

 

My Eyeball Monster Pumpkin

 

I love crafting, especially around the holidays. Halloween and Christmas are my 2 favorite holidays so this time of year I am always crafting! I found these black foam pumpkins at Target in their dollar section and decided to pick 3 up. This is the first one I made, simple but cute. My kids love monsters and googley eyes so I figured I'd make a monster pumpkin filled with a ton of eyes. They really got a kick out of it. It didn't take me under a half an hour to hot glue (with a low temp gun) all of the eyes on. I picked the googely eyes up from the dollar store, so this pumpkin cost me under $2 to make and brought me lots of smiles. Now to figure out what to do with the other pumpkins!!

Go Away Big Green Monster!!

 

Go Away Big Green Monster is a favorite in our house! I decided to make a felt story to go along with the book. This was pretty easy to make, I used a template of the face that I found on Google. My son is enjoying it :) 

Our WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Literacy Basket

 

I recently participated in a swap with a group of very talented women, in which we exchange items to help us create a Literacy Basket for the book Where The Wild Things Are. A literacy basket (or bag) is basically a basket (or bag) filled with items, such as props and activities, that can be used in conjunction with a story.  Our Literacy Basket includes a small wooden Max, a felt crown, Monster Feet(made out of cardboard), some popsicle sticks characters, a felt monster face, painted trees, and Max's ship. My youngest is having a blast with this! All of the props take the story to a whole new level!

Where The Wild Things Are Felt Board

 

I made this little monster to add to our Where the Wild Things Literacy Basket that I am working on for next month. He was very simple to make. I found a coloring page on Google and I used that as my pattern. You could glue the pieces on to use it as a decoration or prop, or leave the pieces separate and let your kids "put him together." This will be a great addition to our literacy basket and in the future it will be used on our felt board and as a busy bag.