Handprint Spider and Footprint Ghost Cards

What you need

• Paper, 1 sheet black or dark paper per person
• Paper, 1 sheet white paper per person
• Crayons or markers, a handful
• Kid scissors, 1 pair per cutter
• Glue stick, 1
• Paper, 1 folded card per person

How to do it

Grown-up prep: Gather the paper, crayons, scissors, glue stick and a folded card. Be ready to trace a bare foot and to help little ones cut.

1. Spread your fingers wide and trace your hand on dark paper.
2. Turn your hand a little and trace it again over the first one.
3. Color a round body in the middle and give it two big eyes.
   Ask: Is your spider friendly or very grumpy?
4. Sit down and let a grown-up trace your bare foot on white paper.
5. Turn the heel end into a ghost's head, with two eyes and a round mouth.
   Ask: Is your ghost saying boo or wooooo?
6. Cut out your spider and ghost along the lines. Ask for help if you need it
7. Rub glue on the back and stick both shapes on the card.
8. Open the card and write a silly spooky message inside.
9. Now give your card to a friend, or make another spooky one!
   Ask: Who would love to get this card?

Play it again

• Spooky family: trace everyone's hands and feet to make a big spider and ghost family.
• Silly monsters: turn the foot into a monster and the hand into a creature with its own name.
• Costume swap: give your ghost a hat, bow tie or sunglasses before gluing it down.