Halloween Art Projects Mummy String Art

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Halloween art projects can be super fun to make during the spooky season and today we have a fun and easy halloween craft for preschoolers that you will love.

This is quite simple to make and involves a little halloween painting using your child’s foot and encourages little ones to develop fine motor skills.

Halloween Art Projects Mummy String Art

How Halloween Art Projects Can Help Develop Fine Motor Skills

Fine motor skills are really important skills for children to develop. The more fun Halloween activities you can give your child that gets them cutting, drawing and using the smaller muscles in the hands, fingers and wrists the better.

Children develop fine motor skills by writing, holding small items, buttoning. turning pages and making things with their fingers.

 

Making Halloween crafts with kids at any season is certainly a great way to help them develop the little skills they need to learn and there are so many fun Halloween art projects to choose from.

Supplies Needed for Making String Art Projects

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How to Make This Easy Halloween Craft

This is a super simple craft but I will share the steps anyway. I’m sure the little ones will love this little Halloween craft project.

1. Cover your Childs foot with white paint and press down onto black cardstock paper.
2. Cut the footprint out after it dries and glue two googly eyes near the top.
3. Then cut your white yarn and tape the beginning of the yarn to the back of your mummy.
4. Start wrapping your yarn.

When you’re happy with how you’re mummy looks, you can make a knot on the back and secure it with glue.

Your Halloween string art project is complete. Enjoy!
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Halloween Art Projects Mummy String Art

Halloween Art Projects the completed yarn mummy. A foot wrapped in white yarn with googly eyes.

This is a tutorial on how to make a mummy string art.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Active Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Difficulty Easy

Materials

  • Black Cardstock Paper
  • White Paint
  • Paint Brush
  • White Yarn
  • Tape
  • Googly Eyes
  • Glue

Tools

  • Scissors

Instructions

    Cover your Childs foot with white paint and press down onto black cardstock paper.

    Cover your Childs foot with white paint and press down onto black cardstock paper.

    Then cut your white yarn and tape the beginning of the yarn to the back of your mummy.

    Start wrapping your yarn.

    When you’re happy with how you’re mummy looks, you can make a knot on the back and secure it with glue.

    Your Halloween string art project is complete. Enjoy!

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Angela Milnes is a Qualified Early Years Teacher who has specialised in Preschool and Kindergarten teaching. She has a wealth of experience teaching young children and is passionate about kids crafts and having fun as a family. Angela has also taught cooking skills and loves to share both family recipes and easy crafts here on The Inspiration Edit. Follow her on Pinterest!

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  1. This craft would be so much fun to do with my nieces! I actually have extra yarn that I wasn’t sure what to do with so I’ll have to get them to make these with me!

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