Easy Crafts For Girls

Need easy (and cheap) Halloween crafts for 10yr old and 7yr old girls?

I am throwing 2 Halloween parties this weekend for my daughters. I need inexpensive craft ideas for girls that are 10 and 7 years of age! We are having a fortune teller read their palms and a donut eating contest.... any other ideas to keep them entertained (cash is tight so the cheaper the better) would really be appreciated!!! Thanks!

i am throwing a party for little girls too with my girl scout troop. im running the nail table with my friends, someone is going to run the kareoke, (last year they LOVED that), and they r having 2 Craft Tables. one is a paper pumpkin lantern. you take a peice of paper, fold it in half, then cut all the way up the paper, but be sure to leave about an inch or so uncut. do that every half inch. roll the paper so that the 2 ends meet exactly into a lantern shape. draw a face BEFORE you cut the paper if u want to make a jack-o-lantern. then add a stem by gluing a brown strip of paper to the top. that would be good for your 10 year old, maybe the 7 year olds if theyre advanced. another craft would be a ghost lolipop. it is really easy and the kids love them. you get a lolipop, put a tissue on it, and tie a ribbon at the end of the candy part. then draw a face on it. another game idea is a felling game. cut a hole in a box big enough to put an arm but not big enough to see through. put spaghetti (without sauce) under a box, and put olives into another. that can be " eyes" and "veins" and have the girls guess what they really are. think of other things that feel gross. like jell o could be "brains". then have some baby wipes next to the table so they can wipe their hands off. another good craft for the 7 year olds would be to get orange bags with handles and decorate it and that could be their trick or treat bag or just a bag they will hold their prizes in from the party. i suggest stickers or stick ons for the little ones so they dont get their costumes ruined. you could also have "grab bags". put one of those cheap little halloween toys (or a set of stickers or candy) into a paper bag, staple it, and put it into a bin and let each girl take 1 as she leaves. that could be a goddie bag. another thing you could have is a costume contest, but one that everyone gets an award. like one could be "most original" and another " most creative" and so on. well, that is all i can think of. i hope everything goes well! by the way, i think the fortune telling is a great idea. we did that at the halloween party for the little kids, and it was a big hit!

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