Jan's Free Content and Jan's Reading
Room
Halloween Menu
See below for a complete listing of what Jan's
Free Content and Jan's Reading Room offers for Halloween
By Jan K., The Proofer
© Copyright 2007
Jan's
Free Content offers free content articles for Halloween that you can use for your website,
newsletter, or blogs.
Jan's Reading Room offers easy-to-make Halloween
crafts, decorations, party games, and gifts. Most come with free printables and
illustrated instructions. All of Jan's Reading Room crafts are suitable for kids
and can easily be adapted for projects for the classroom, scout troop, church
group, or after-school/day care facility. There is never a limit on how many
free printables you can download.
Some of Jan's Reading Room crafts use
Mom's Break Halloween free
printables. The links for all Mom's Break free printables are included in the
craft instructions.
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Here's a Halloween twist
on a favorite old party game: Pin the Hat on the Witch! It's fun and
it's easy! Get all the instructions at:
Make Pin the Hat on the Witch Game
(http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/Make-Pin-Hat-On-Witch-Game.htm) |
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Here is
a really easy "craft" project that either you or your child can do to
make Halloween placemats for your kitchen or dining room table!
This article will give you all the instructions, plus illustrations, for
making Halloween placemats.
This article is available for use
as free content on your webpage:
http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/HalloweenPlacemat.htm
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You will enjoy making this
Halloween Party Invitation, which can be made without using card-making
software. The invitation can be personalized, and the
card outside and inside graphics are available as free printables that
you can download.
Go to:
Halloween Party Invitations
(http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/HalloweenPartyInvitations.htm) |
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Here's a fun activity that will be easy
to play during your Halloween Party!
Bingo is an easy game for kids to
play, and lots of kids can play at the same time! Gather all the SuperHeros, Ghosts, Witches, Princesses, and Pirates around the table
and play Spooky Bingo! You'll also get free printable Spooky Bingo
cards! This article is
available for use as free content on your webpage:
http://freecontent.janktheproofer.com/HalloweenBingo.htm
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Make your own Trick or
Treat bag! This is a very simple
craft, requiring few craft items. You can decorate the bag with any
Halloween pictures or stickers, and you can get this pumpkin cut-out for
free!
Go to:
Halloween Trick or Treat Bag
(http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/HalloweenTrickorTreatBag.htm)
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Halloween can be fun and not just a chore
of handing out candy to kids who are dressed in pre-made, off-the-rack
costumes.
Put the TRICK Back Into the TREAT!
This article is
available for use as free content on your webpage:
http://freecontent.janktheproofer.com/Halloween-Can-Be-Fun.htm
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Using simple and inexpensive items such
as the things shown here, along with free printable Halloween gift tags
provided by Jan's Reading Room, you can make a fun Halloween Gift Bag
for your friends, co-workers, classmates, seniors, and shut-ins. Everything you see here was purchased
at Walgreens, using coupons printed in their Sunday advertising
brochure.
For illustrated
instructions for assembling the gift bag, go to:
(http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/Make-A-Halloween-Gift-Bag.htm)
Use the non-illustrated free content
article for this craft on your website or in your Halloween newsletter!
Got to:
http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/halloweengiftbag.htm |
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This
easy paper craft requires very few craft supplies and can easily be used as a
craft for the classroom, scout troop, church group, or after-school programs.
This craft goes together very quickly and can be used to hang on walls, in
doorways, from the ceiling, or over doorways. You can make the banner as long,
or as short, as desired!
Make a Halloween Banner
(http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/Make-A-Halloween-Banner.htm) |
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Put some fun back into
Halloween and make your own costume! You don't have to be crafty or
clever...and you need are a few ideas to get you started!
This article is available for use as free
content on your webpage:
http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/HalloweenCostume.htm |
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Use
Mom's Break Halloween Free Printable invitations to create the colorful
Pumpkin Party Invitation! Go to:
Halloween Party Invitation You can personalize the invitation,
using Microsoft Word or Microsoft Paint, and then print on colored
printer paper.
For the illustrated tutorial for how
to personalize an invitation using Microsoft Word or Microsoft Paint, go
to
Mom's Break FAQs. |
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This is a fun idea for
making a picture frame for the picture of your kids in their costumes!
Your little Frankenstein or Fairy Princess can make the frame to send a
picture to Grandma! Very few
craft supplies are required and a link to the free printable frames is
provided, along with simple illustrated instructions.
Go to:
Halloween Frame Craft (http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/HalloweenFrameCraft.htm)
Use the non-illustrated free
content article for this craft on your website or in your Halloween
newsletter! Go to:
Easy
Halloween Craft: Make a Halloween Frame |
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Here's a simple
Halloween craft that even young children can do with minimal
supervision---they can make their own Trick for Treat bag!
This article is available for use
as free content on your webpage:
http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/HalloweenTrickorTreatBag.htm |
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Use Mom's
Break Halloween Free Printable to make this Witch Hat card.
For the illustrated instructions to
make this card, go to:
Halloween Card or Invitation |
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Jan's Reading Room |
If you have enjoyed the
illustrated tutorials for these cards and crafts, please visit
Jan's Reading Room for a wide variety of other fun projects! Everything is
free, and most projects provide free printables for your personal use. |
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Jan's Dough |
There's more! Learn how
to make bread! It's easy! Use the free, illustrated tutorials provided
by
Jan's Dough to make great-tasting sourdough bread, French bread, and
more! Get free tips, recipes, and follow the easy-to-read illustrated
instructions---all recipes come with a printable recipe (that is free of
color and ads). |
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Jan's Free Content
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Looking for a variety of
free content articles? Please go to
Jan's Free Content for free content articles on Work-At-Home,
Grammar and Writing, Holidays, Family, Crafts, and more. |
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