Halloween Candy Corn or Ghost Footprints

Halloween is over, but that doesn't mean you have to pack up the decorations yet. Since Halloween was on Wednesday this year, we have decided to continue celebrating probably till the weekend. I'll probaby pack everything up Sunday or Monday.

If you haven't already made something like this with the kids hand or footprints there's still time. My sister-in-law is making one of these today. It's a great decoration and keepsake. It's also very easy to make.

You will need:
yellow, orange, and white paint
construction paper
scrabook paper
Halloween die cut pieces
glue
frame

1. Sit your child down and apply paint to their foot. I had to use my finger to apply it because the paintbrush was tickling my daughters feet.

2. Gently press their foot onto the paper. This can be tricky especially if they are wiggling. As you can see my footprint on the left is a little bigger than the right because she moved. Don't worry about imperfections. It will still be cute and amazing. I then let this dry overnight.

3. For the other supplies: I purchased this 8x10 frame from Walmart for about $3. The scrapbook paper can be purchased in single sheets from Michaels for $0.59. If you go today you can probably get killer post holiday deals. I also purchased the die-cut from Michaels. I used K&Company Kelly Panacci Halloween Glitter Die-Cut.

4. I used a photo cutter to make the scrapbook paper exactly 8x10 to fit the frame.

5. Cut out your footprints.

6. Arrange the footprints and die cut on the paper then glue them into place.

7. For the year: I didn't have die cut pieces or stickers for that, but I sure wish I did. I printed that on the computer and cut it out. It was a pain doing it that way, but it looks great.

8. Clean the glass of the picture frame with windex so its nice and clean. Once the glass and your paper is completely dry you can put it in the frame.

You're done! Time to show it off.

You can also make Ghosts with their footprints. Just wait untill the white paint dries then paint eyes and a mouth on to make it look like a ghost.