How to Make a Halloween Village

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Get crafty this Halloween with our spooky project using craft tubes and recycled juice cartons.

Ideal for making with your little ones during the half term, you’ll be able to display your finished Halloween village as the perfect finishing touch for your seasonal window display!

Project and instructions by Suzie Attaway

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How to make

You Will Need

* Cardboard Tubes

* Acrylic Paint in Lilac, Black, Green, White, and Yellow

* Felt A4 Sheets in Lilac, Orange, and Black

* Black and Green Pipe Cleaners

* Black A4 Card

* Bright A4 Coloured Paper Pad

* Googly Eyes

* Black Sharpie

* White Posca Pen

* Clean and empty juice cartons

* Hb Pencil

* Glue Stick

* Ruler

* Scissors

* Paintbrushes

Step 1

First measure and cut the craft tubes down in size for the characters- 4cm for the pumpkin, 6cm for the ghost, 8cm for the owl, 9cm for the cat and 10cm for the witch. Press the top edges down on the cat and owl tubes to create ears, and then paint all the tubes.

Step 2

Next, carefully cut the plastic openings out of the clean, empty juice cartons and discard. Then measure and cut off the bottom sections so that they vary slightly in height. Paint them black and lilac and leave to dry - repeat with a second coat.

Step 3

To make the roofs, first measure and cut out a rectangular piece of black, lilac and orange paper, and black, lilac and orange felt. Fold the paper pieces in half, and then glue the felt to each. Stick the roofs to each painted carton.

Step 4

For the witch, first cut and stick a 5cm wide piece of felt around the bottom section of the green tube. Then cut a 4cm wide piece of orange felt, and snip along one side to create hair. Stick it over the top and round the back of the tube. For the hat, draw around a tumbler twice on black paper, and cut out. Roll one circle to create a cone and cut segments in the centre of the for the for the brim. Fold up the segments and glue inside the cone, then stick the hat to the witch’s head. Add some wiggle eyes, a nose and mouth.

Step 5

For the cat, glue some wiggle eyes to the face, and draw a nose, mouth, and ears with the lilac and pink paint pens. Then make a tail with a black pipe cleaner and glue in place.

Step 6

For the owl, first cut out some oval shaped pieces of lilac felt, and smaller pieces in orange felt, and glue together - stick to the sides of the lilac tube. Then fold a small piece of orange paper in half and cut out a triangle shape - glue to the owl’s face. Finally add some wiggle eyes.

Step 7

For the ghost, simple glue some large wiggle eyes to the white tube and draw on a black mouth. Do the same for the pumpkin using smaller eyes, and then make a stalk with a green pipe cleaner- wrap it around a pencil to create a twirl, then glue to the top of the orange tube.

Step 8

Finally decorate the houses with paper windows and doors and add details with pens.

Step 9

Once all the elements are dry, your Halloween village is then ready to use!

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