The Little Jones Blog

Turn your empty cartons into spooky Halloween houses with this simple little tutorial! You will need: empty cartons craft knife black paint (spray paint is good for this project) orange cellophane white chalk pen googly eyes battery operated tealight Take your empty carton and draw the outlines of a door and windows on it. Carefully cut them out using your craft knife. Also cut a large opening out of the bottom of the carton for the tealight. Paint the houses black. I used spray paint for this as it’s much quicker and easier!       Cut some orange cellophane...

I love making these leaf ghosts with the children. My son and I love searching for pretty leaves on our walks, so having something to do with them is always useful! They’re really easy to make and you can hang them anywhere in the house - we like putting ours in the porch to welcome visitors during Halloween! You will need: leaves white paint (I use acrylic) paintbrush black permanent marker clear twine a twig  Paint your leaves with the white paint. Do the front, back and stalk! When the leaves are dry, use your black permanent pen to draw the...