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Materials:

• Paper plate
• Yellow & orange paint or crayons
• Scissors
• Glue

Directions:

Color the plate yellow. Cut triangles from orange paper and glue around the edges for sun rays. Add a smiley face or sunglasses!

Materials:

• 4 popsicle sticks per frame
• Glue
• Markers/stickers
• Photo or drawing
• Ribbon or magnet (optional)

Directions:

Glue sticks into a square. Decorate and glue a photo or drawing behind it. Add ribbon or magnet to hang.

• Red, orange, yellow construction paper
• Brown paper (for logs)
• Glue stick
• Scissors

Directions:

Trace and cut out handprints (fire). Cut strips of brown paper as logs. Glue together into a cozy campfire scene.

Materials:

• Paper plate
• Red, green, black markers or paint
• Popsicle stick
• Glue

Directions:

Cut the plate in half. Color it like a watermelon. Glue a popsicle stick to the bottom to create a summer fan.

Materials:

• Clear plastic bottle with lid
• Water
• Baby oil
• Blue food coloring
• Glitter, small plastic sea animals (optional)

Directions:

Fill bottle ⅓ with water + food coloring + glitter. Add sea toys if desired. Top off with oil. Seal lid tight and shake!

Materials:

• Colorful sponges
• Scissors
• Rubber bands or string

Directions:

Cut sponges into strips. Stack 6–8 strips and tie tightly in the center. Fluff into a ball. Soak and toss outdoors!

Supplies:

• Paper plates
• Orange paint or crayons
• Green construction paper (for stems)
• Black paper or markers (for faces)
• Glue or tape

How to Make:

Paint or color your paper plate orange. Cut out and glue on eyes, nose, and mouth for a jack-o’-lantern face. Add a green paper stem on top.

Supplies:

• Real leaves from outside
• White paper
• Crayons (peeled)

How to Make:

Place a leaf under your paper and gently rub over it with the side of a crayon. Watch the leaf’s shape and veins appear!

Supplies:

• White paper plate
• Hole punch
• Black yarn or string
• Plastic spider ring or cutout

How to Make:

Punch holes around the rim of the plate. Weave yarn back and forth through the holes to create a web. Tape or glue a spider in the center.

Supplies:

• Yellow, green, and brown construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue stick

How to Make:

Trace and cut out your child’s handprints on yellow paper for corn kernels. Glue them together, overlapping. Cut green husks and glue behind the “corn.”

Supplies:

• White tissue or coffee filters
• Cotton balls
• String or yarn
• Black marker
• Tape

How to Make:

Wrap a cotton ball in a tissue, tie with string to form the ghost’s head. Draw eyes and mouth, then tape ghosts along a piece of yarn for a hanging garland.