Cute Ghosts

What You Need:

• Construction paper (2 sheets) 
• Cotton balls
• Glue stick 
• Scissors 
• Pencil

What You Do:

1. Encourage your child to place a sheet of construction paper on the table in a vertical or portrait position. 
2. Have your child draw a ghost shape that fills up as much of the paper as possible, encouraging them to cut it out using the scissors. 
3. Ask your child to fold the second sheet of paper in half and draw one oval shape that will be the eye of her ghost. Cut it out with the paper folded so that they end up with two identical eyes. 
4. Have your child draw and cut out a mouth for the ghost. Ask your child to identify the texture of the eyes and mouth. (We thought they were smooth.) Set aside the eyes and mouth for now. 
5. Help your child pull apart and fluff out some cotton balls to create the body of the ghost.  
6. Ask your child to glue the paper ghost only in small sections at a time, pressing the cotton balls into place. If your child applies glue to too wide of an area, it might dry up before they have the chance to apply the cotton balls. Continue until the entire paper ghost is covered in cotton balls. Let dry.
7. Ask your child what texture they think best describes the ghost's body. How does it feel? What other words can they come up with to describe its texture? 
8. Finally, have your child glue the eyes and mouth in place.

Time to celebrate the frights and delights of Halloween with a cute textured ghost by your side.