Cut and Fold Pumpkins

Interactive paper pumpkin fun is available from Rob Ives who shares a free printable to cut and fold a pop up pumpkin.  Once assembled flatten the pumpkin and it will pop back into place.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the template here:
http://www.robives.com/blog/pumpkin

Paper Plate Lanterns

Paper plates turn into spooky lanterns with this neat tutorial from chinet.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.mychinet.com/halloween

Itsy Bitsy will drink to that

Turn a paper or plastic cup into a spider with pipe cleaner legs and a drawn on face with craftown.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftown.com/Paper-Cup-Spiders.html

Melted Crayon Pumpkins

Swell designer uses a combination of shades of orange crayons for their pumpkin melting the broken pieces with a hair dryer.

Get the instructions here:
http://swelldesigner.blogspot.com/2013/10/candy-corn-crayon-pumpkin-diy.html

The magic onion uses melted crayons for their version actually lighting the crayons on fire.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.themagiconions.com/2012/10/wax-dripped-pumpkins-for-halloween.html

Pom Pom Spiders

Pompoms, pipe cleaners and googly eyesturn into cute spiders with this Halloween craft idea from the land of nod.

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://blog.landofnod.com/honest-to-nod/2013/10/fun-fuzzy-spider.html

Creature comforts blog has a similar tutorial, but without the googly eyes.  They also hang them from white string to make them more active.

Get the instructions here:
http://creaturecomfortsblog.com/home/2013/10/10/diy-halloween-pom-pom-spiders.html 

Eighteen 25 uses pipecleaners and button eyes.

Get the instructions here:
http://eighteen25.blogspot.com/2010/09/todays-guest-jen-johnson.html

Mom on dealz glues hers to a piece of paper.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.momondealz.com/spider-arts-and-crafts/ 

Craftionary uses HUGE googly eyes.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftionary.net/diy-pom-pom-spiders-craft/ 

Tikido uses various sized pompoms.

Get the instructions here:
http://tikkido.com/node/1055

Mini Columbus Day Ships

Kaboose has a cute craft idea whe you can make a mini nina, pinta and santa maria using an egg carton to celebrate Columbus day.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://crafts.kaboose.com/egg-cup-ships.html

Chronicle books uses walnuts and candle wax for the base of their ships.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.chroniclebooks.com/blog/2010/09/30/chronicle-craft-columbus-day-craft/

Upcycled Columbus Day Ships

Probably one of the most unique ways to re-purpose a coffee sleeve holder, 4 crazy kings show how to turn them into a boat for Columbus day attaching a paper sail with a coffee filter.  To make it completely coffee oriented use a napkin for the sail.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://4crazykings.blogspot.com/2010/11/recycled-thanksgiving-craft-pilgrim.html