Salt Dough Ghosts and Halloween Clings

Last week, we had some family fun as we made our own salt dough ghosts! Nicholas measured the salt, flour and water and mixed it together in a big bowl. Then we each got a piece of the dough to shape into ghosts. Nicholas had to play with his dough first before he made his ghost. He flattened the dough by putting it on the table then leaning over to press his chest into it. He poked it, rolled it, stuck his fingers in it, and even stepped on it to form his footprint. Finally I had to help him to shape it into a ghost. Once the dough was shaped the way we wanted it, we put it in the microwave for 20 second intervals until firm, about 1 1/2 - 2 minutes total. Let cool then draw the spooky faces on the ghosts. I also made a spooky tree out of a brown paper bag to complete our scary scene!

I bought some Halloween gel clings for Nicholas to use to decorate the kitchen windows. He was very excited about them and he arranged them all just so. He even placed one bat upside down "because bats like to sleep upside down". Every day he goes over to the window and moves some things around. I can overhear him talking to the bats as he tells them that he is going to put them over on this other window so they can spend time with their friends or he asks a pumpkin if he wants to go back to a different window and be with his family. So cute!