HankOrange: Halloween ‘craft time’

I wanted to do something fun with the little man for Halloween. Since he is three and his attention span is almost non-existent this limits our options greatly. But I wanted to create something with him that we could use to decorate.

I can’t remember where I saw it, but the idea of turning a footprint into a ghost was something I kept thinking about. I wanted to try it! All we would need is a little paint and something to put the footprints on. It could be fun, right? Might get a little messy, but that is what crafts are all about when you’re young…mess.

Sometimes I’ll ask H if he wants to have ‘craft time’. He just looks at me and gives me a canned response “okay” or “sure”… the same response he gives to most any question. But hey, if he says ‘okay’, then we are going for it!

I got out the little tube of paint I had, found a sponge brush, cut open some large paper bags, and we were ready to go.

First step- wipe off our feet.

Second step- put a little paint into a dish

Third step- dip paintbrush into paint and paint your foot

Fourth step- place painted foot onto paper bag and make a footprint!

By step three, H was WAY into this little project. I think we could have painted our feet and stamped for hours! I’m not sure who had more fun, him or me. I figured we would just paint our feet and stamp the paper a few time, but we had such a good time, we ended up covering three large paper bags with footprints and had to stop because we ran out of space!

Here are some photos of our little ‘craft time’