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The Best Halloween Suncatchers for Kids

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Are you decorating for Halloween yet?

My favorite decorations are kid-made. What could be better?

So, decorate your windows with one of these fun Halloween suncatchers. All of these kids crafts are perfect to make this October. They’re fun to make and perfect ways to brighten up your windows.

Decorate your windows for Halloween with one of these fun Halloween suncatchers for your kids to make.

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Fun Halloween Suncatchers

Pull out your contact paper, your tissue paper and the rest of your craft supplies and get started on one of these fun crafts.

And, I’ll bet you have so much fun that you’ll want to make all of them!

Halloween Suncatchers

Decorate your windows with these fun and spooky Halloween suncatcher crafts for kids.

Silhouette Halloween Suncatcher

Make pretty Halloween silhouettes with this fun suncatcher craft.

Paper Plate Jack-O-Lantern

These paper plate jack-o-lanterns also make a great suncatcher.

Frankenstein Suncatcher Craft for Kids

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This Frankenstein suncatcher is too cute to be scary!

Halloween Shadow Suncatcher Craft

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Use coffee filters to make these simple silhouette suncatchers.

Tie dyed halloween suncatchers

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Turn tie-dyed paper towels into cute Halloween suncatchers.

Witch & Bat Halloween Suncatchers

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Make several fun suncatchers to decorate your window this Halloween.

Hair Gel Halloween Sun Catchers

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Use hair gel to create fun jack-o-lanterns and other Halloween scenes for your windows.

Halloween: Perler Bead Suncatchers for Kids

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Melt perler beads to make these fun suncatchers.

Adorable Coffee Filter Jack O'Lantern Suncatchers

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Use coffee filters to make these adorable jack-o-lantern suncatchers.

Recycled Halloween Suncatchers

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Recycle plastic lids to make these fun Halloween suncatchers.

Which one of these fun Halloween suncatcher crafts are your favorite?

Decorate your windows for Halloween with one of these fun Halloween suncatchers for your kids to make.

You may also like one of these fun Halloween crafts

The Cutest Ghost Crafts for Kids

Spider Web Wreath Halloween Craft

Halloween Black Cat Mask

Cardboard Tube Halloween Mummy Craft

Make sure you have all the supplies you need for your suncatcher crafts

Each of the crafts lists has their own separate list of craft supplies. But, if you want to have fun making suncatchers here are some general supplies you may need.

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Best Halloween Movies for Toddlers

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A Halloween movie night can be so much fun! But, most Halloween movies for families are not suitable for toddlers.

Don’t give up hope! I’ve got your back.

Here are some fun choices of Halloween movies for toddlers. They’re not too long, not too scary, and just right for your little ones.

These Halloween movies for toddlers are not too spooky and are just right for your little ones. They'll love these fun and adorable options.

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These movie choices may not be the most enjoyable for adults (honestly, how many movies for toddlers are?), but they’re good choices that will keep your little ones happy. And that in turn will make your movie watching time much more enjoyable.

So, gather up the kids, queue up a movie, and have a good time together.

Fun Halloween Movies for Toddlers

Room on the Broom

This gentle movie is based on the classic book by Julia Donaldson. It’s fun, whimsical, and very sweet. This is my number one choice of great toddler Halloween movies. You can view it via Amazon Prime and it’s also available on Netflix.

Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About Halloween

Learn all about Halloween and fall from the Cat in the Hat. This fun choice is full of silliness and catchy songs. If you toddler is already a fan of the Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That, they’ll love this choice.

Curious George: A Halloween Boofest

In this movie, George and his friends has a fun (and slightly spooky) adventure after hearing the legend of No Noggin, who likes to kick the hats off of everyone’s heads. It’s a fun choice for little Curious George fans.

Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween Movie

Like most Pooh movies, this is a gentle take on a Halloween story. The friends get a little scared because Halloween can be so spooky. But, they learn that the can be brave together.

A Very Brave Witch

This selection from Scholastic is very short (it clocks in at only 7 minutes), but it is a sweet story about a little witch who meets a new friend and experiencing trick or treating for the first time. You can watch it alone via Amazon Prime or watch it along with several short Halloween selections from Scholastic.

Spookly the Square Pumpkin

Like some of the other choices on this list, so many great toddler Halloween movies are based on beloved children’s books. In this movie, Spookly is teased because he’s a different shape, but with the help of some very good friends he learns that different is awesome.

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Monster Musical

This movie from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is just the right amount of spooky for your little ones. They’ll love the music and the story line. It’s a great choice for fans of the show.

It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

Your toddlers are not too young to be introduced to this Halloween classic. This is a perfect choice that everyone in the family will love!

Tips For a Successful Halloween Movie Night With Toddlers

You don’t have to have a movie night at night. A tired toddler will just not enjoy a movie. Try having a movie afternoon or even a movie at breakfast.

Keep things short. Since toddlers have a short attention span, you shouldn’t pop in a full-length movie. These selections are all either around 30 minutes or an hour in length.

Let them play. Don’t expect your toddler to set still for an entire more. If they’d rather sit and play while watching, let them. They’ll have fun and you’ll have a better time too.

These Halloween movies for toddlers are not too spooky and are just right for your little ones. They'll love these fun and adorable options.

Recommended Movie Night Resources

If you’ve got Amazon Prime, it can be so easy to have a fun movie night. They’ve got so many family friendly movies, including many of these Disney classic live action movies for families available via streaming (in addition to other great benefits). You can sign up for Amazon Prime via this link.

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Top 10 Sports Movies for Families

Fun Superhero Movies for Families

Top Family Movies on Amazon Prime

The Best Family Friendly Movies for Family Movie Night

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Easter Play Dough Ideas for Kids

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Play dough has always been a tried and true way to keep my kids occupied, It’s fun, creative, and so open-ended.

That’s why I love all of these great Easter play dough ideas. It might be a fun new recipe or a great creative invitation. They’re all so different and your kids will love them.

Your kids will have fun with all of these awesome Easter play dough ideas inspired by Easter eggs, chicks, bunnies, and even Easter candy.

Fun Easter Play Dough Activities

Whether you’re looking for some fun printable play dough mats, a fun learning activity, or you just have an overabundance of Easter candy, you’ll find some great ideas here.

Check out the list and find a few ideas to try. They all look like so much fun!

Easter Play Dough Ideas

Have some springtime fun with these awesome Easter play dough ideas for kids.

The Best Marshmallow Peeps Play dough Recipe

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Turn this sweet Easter treat into a fun play dough with this recipe.

Edible Playdough with Glitter - Easy and quick recipe

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You can also turn Peeps into a fun (and edible) glittery play dough.

Loose parts Easter egg decorating station

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Pull out some fun beads and other loose parts to decorate play dough Easter Eggs.

Easter Play Dough Counting Mats

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Practice counting with these fun printable Easter counting mats.

Easter Bunny Play Dough

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These Easter Bunny play dough treats would be a fun little gift to give.

Easter Play Dough Mats - Free Printable

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Have fun creating with these printable play dough mats.

Invitation to Play: Playdough Easter Eggs

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Your kids will have fun making Easter eggs with this play dough invitation.

Spring Chick Play Dough Invitation

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Make cute play dough chicks with this fun idea.

Carrot Orange Play-dough Recipe | Non Candy Basket Idea

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Have fun creating with this orange carrot play dough recipe.

Spring Tree Play Dough Invitation

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Make beautiful spring trees with this play dough invitation.

So, what do you think? Which of these fun Easter ideas are you going to try?

Your kids will have fun with all of these awesome Easter play dough ideas inspired by Easter eggs, chicks, bunnies, and even Easter candy.

You may also like one of these fun Easter activities:

Egg Carton Easter Basket Craft

Easter Science Activities for Kids

Painted Easter Egg Suncatcher

Watercolor Easter Eggs Garland

My must-have play dough resources:

If you want a fun Easter activity, but don’t have time to do any of these play dough activities, here are some great things to have one hand:

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Egg Carton Easter Basket Craft

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I recently found myself staring at a pile of egg cartons and wondering how we could use them. Certainly there’s an Easter craft project we could try?

What could we do? After a few moments of creative thinking, I had an a-ha moment. They would be perfect for making a cute little Egg Carton Easter Basket or two.

Recycle your empty egg cartons into this simple and pretty Egg Carton Easter Basket craft for kids. It's so much fun to make!

This project takes very few supplies, it’s easy to prep, and it’s a lot of fun to make. In fact, you probably already have everything you need to get started on this easy egg carton Easter craft.

So, go grab your supplies and let’s get started crafting.

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Supplies needed for this Easter basket craft

Egg carton
Craft paint
Sharp pencil
2 pipe cleaners (fuzzy craft sticks) for each basket

How to make an Egg Carton Easter Basket

We divided an egg carton into sections of four cups apiece.

The egg cartons we have tear easily. If you don’t have the same type of carton, you may have to get out the scissors.

We each took a section of the egg carton and started painting.

I got out as many pretty pastel colors of paint as I had, but feel free to use any color.

Try stripes, polka dots, or just solid colors. Any pattern will look pretty on the baskets.

While waiting for the paint to dry, we twisted two different colors of pipe cleaner together.

Once they were twisted, we curved them into a u-shape to make a handle.

This next step needs to be done by an adult. If you’re working with a large group, you can do this step before painting.

Before we put in the handle, I used the sharp pencil to poke a hole in each side of the egg carton.

We then put the ends of the pipe cleaners into each hole, curving up the ends and twisting it around itself.

This simple Egg Carton Easter Basket craft for kids makes a fun and pretty little container to hold your plastic eggs or dyed Easter Eggs.

That’s it. You’ve finished your egg carton Easter basket!

This Easter basket craft was so simple and fun. We filled our baskets with plastic eggs and added them to our Easter decorations. They’re so pretty.

If you find yourself with a few extra egg cartons, turn them into Easter baskets!

This simple Egg Carton Easter Basket craft for kids makes a fun and pretty little container to hold your plastic eggs or dyed Easter Eggs.

You may also like one of these Easter activities for kids:

Watercolor Easter Eggs Garland

Easter Egg Dye Pour Painting

Painted Easter Egg Suncatchers

Spring Chicks Egg Carton Craft at Typically Simple

Pair this craft with a great Easter book

It’s so much fun to pair a craft with a fun book. And, since you need to wait for your paint to dry, it’s the perfect time for a quick story time. Here are some great Easter books that would pair perfectly with this craft:

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Egg Carton Easter Crafts for Kids

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Did you buy extra eggs to dye for Easter? Yep, me too!

And now, after all the fun of dying Easter egg, I’ve got an extra egg carton (or two or three). So what should we do about those extras? How about making some fun egg carton Easter crafts.

Your kids will love making these cute and colorful Easter crafts with egg cartons this year!

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Here are some great crafts you’ll love, from bunnies and baskets to chicks and flowers.

Which one is your favorite? I don’t know which one I like best. We may have to make them all!

What do you do with all those extra egg cartons? You can make some of these fun Egg Carton Easter Crafts. Choose from bunnies, baskets, chicks, and more.

Egg Carton Easter Crafts for Kids

Use a portion of an egg carton to make our simple Egg Carton Easter Basket that will hold four Easter eggs.

Or, you can use the entire egg carton to make a larger basket like this one from Fun-A-Day.

You can also make this other Easter basket version using single egg cups like these from Learning 4 Kids.

What do you do with all those extra egg cartons? You can make some of these fun Egg Carton Easter Crafts. Choose from bunnies, baskets, chicks, and more.

Cut up an egg carton to make these super-cute Egg Carton Chicken Egg Cups from Red Ted Art.

Make these colorful and cute Spring Chick Egg Carton Crafts from Typically Simple.

Use pompom chicks to create these Egg Carton Hatching Chicks from Crafty Morning.

What do you do with all those extra egg cartons? You can make some of these fun Egg Carton Easter Crafts. Choose from bunnies, baskets, chicks, and more.

These cute open and close Egg Carton Easter Bunnies from The Best Ideas for Kids can also hold a little bit of candy.

Or, you can make a cute Easter Bunny like this from Red Ted Art that can hold candy or an Easter egg.

Use a large portion of an egg to make a pretty Easter Cross from Teach-Me-Mommy.

What do you do with all those extra egg cartons? You can make some of these fun Egg Carton Easter Crafts. Choose from bunnies, baskets, chicks, and more.

Make a beautiful bouquet of Egg Carton flowers like these from Kitchen Counter Chronicles.

Or, use egg cartons and straws to make these cute flowers from I Heart Crafty Things.

Make beautiful bluebells out of egg cartons like these from Buggy and Buddy.

Which of these egg carton Easter crafts do you want to make with your kids?

What do you do with all those extra egg cartons? You can make some of these fun Egg Carton Easter Crafts. Choose from bunnies, baskets, chicks, and more.

You may also like one of these fun kids Easter crafts:

Watercolor Easter Egg Garlands

Painted Easter Egg Suncatcher

Shake Art Easter Eggs

Pretty Easter Garland Crafts for Kids

What do you do with all those extra egg cartons? You can make some of these fun Egg Carton Easter Crafts. Choose from bunnies, baskets, chicks, and more.

Extend the fun with a great Easter book

We love to combine a craft with a book. So, when you’re making one of these awesome Easter crafts from egg cartons, choose one of these fun Easter books for a perfect craft afternoon.

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