Hallowe'en Art for the Young at Heart

Fabric scraps or magazine pictures with a lot of Hallowe'en colors in them Tacky glue for the fabric scraps or ordinary white glue or a glue stick for magazine scraps. Tacky glue is needed for the fabric scraps to keep them soft. Scissors Felt pens for writing Directions: Cut the figures out of the scraps in the colors which you like. If you can't find enough orange scraps or pictures for your jack-o'-lantern, there is nothing wrong with a red one or a purple one or any other crazy color. As long as it has the shape of a pumpkin, it will do. I always say, "It's my picture, and no one is going to tell me what color to make it." So if the cut-out is made of fabric, you glue it onto the card with tacky glue. If it is cut out of a magazine picture, you use white glue or a glue stick. Mind you, the fabric glue can be used for everything. The advantage of the tacky glue is that the fabric will remain flexible and will not get discolored. When you have glued enough cut-outs on the card, you can put some script on the card with felt pens. You can even add some decorations to the cut-outs that way. I also like to glue a small cut-out on the inside of the card, similar to the ones on the front. Likewise, I like to place a similar decoration somewhere on the envelope. If you are going to hand out the card rather than mailing it, you can cut out something Hallowe'enish in the shape of a stamp, too. That's it. You can now give your classmates and teachers your homemade Hallowe'en cards.

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