It’s Halloween season and with it comes plenty of opportunities for making cute kid’s crafts, having fun Halloween parties, and of course, dressing up and going trick or treating. If you’re planning a Halloween party, I have the perfect make and take craft for you with these adorable glitter monsters!

First of all, if you haven’t seen them yet, Michaels Crafts Stores carries these super fun foam party trays from Creatology. Mine has glitter and regular foam shapes, and in the middle there are peel and stick craft jewels, pom poms, shiny shapes and beneath the dome you’ll find a ton of peel and stick foam shapes! That alone would be great for a party!

I also picked up some “Spooky Wiggle Eyes” and a Halloween pack containing pipe cleaners, googly eyes and different sized pom poms. I love the spooky googly eyes! So fun :) I did most of my gluing using Glue Dots, that’s the easiest and least messy way to put these guys together. I did use white craft glue for a couple of spots.

The best part is there are really no instructions. Put the party tray in the middle of the table and scatter the other supplies around within reach (or place in little bowls if you prefer) and let the kids create!

ANTENNAE – Attach a pom-pom to the end of a piece of pipe cleaner using white craft glue.

POLKA DOTS – Use peel and stick craft jewels, shiny shapes and foam dots.

HAIR – Pom-poms or small pieces of pipe cleaners poked through the foam and bent to stay in place.

NOSES – Use pom-poms or glitter pom-poms for the noses.

ARMS AND LEGS – The pipe cleaners easily poke through the foam, then simply bend to secure and shape.

OTHER FOAM PARTS – For the green monster, I cut a mouth from a blue foam shape. For the blue monster, I cut arms from blue and legs from glitter green as well as a mouth from pink. The pink monster has pink foam wings cut from a flower foam piece. The purple monster has lips cut from pink foam.

The best part is that the kids will have a blast creating their very own monsters from this foam party tray! Perfect for a classroom, daycare, scout troup or party.

Have fun and Happy Halloween!

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Glitter Foam Monsters

Supplies

Darice Foamies Party Platter "Spangles"
Pipe cleaners
Pom poms
Creatology Spooky Wiggly Eyes
Glue Dots
White craft glue
Scissors

Instructions

Place platter in center of table and be sure tray is open, exposing all extra including craft supplies.
Place additional supplies such as googly eyes, pipe cleaners, Glue Dots, etc on the table as well.
Allow children to create their own monsters, no instructions required! I have included some notes below to help you out:

Expert Tips & FAQs

ANTENNAE - Attach a pom-pom to the end of a piece of pipe cleaner using white craft glue.

POLKA DOTS - Use peel and stick craft jewels, shiny shapes and foam dots.

HAIR - Pom-poms or small pieces of pipe cleaners poked through the foam and bent to stay in place.

NOSES - Use pom-poms or glitter pom-pons for the noses.

ARMS AND LEGS - The pipe cleaners easily poke through the foam, then simply bend to secure and shape.

OTHER FOAM PARTS - For the green monster, I cut a mouth from a blue foam shape. For the blue monster, I cut arms from blue and legs from glitter green as well as a mouth from pink. The pink monster has pink foam wings cut from a flower foam piece. The purple monster has lips cut from pink foam.

This post was brought to you by Darice, makers of the Creatology craft line for kids. I was compensated for this post, but the opinions and statements in this post are 100% my own.

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Amanda Davis

Amanda Davis is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook, make kid's crafts and create decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years.

Comments

Suzanne says

March 13, 2013 at 9:30 am

These are so cute. My boys will love these.

Feveline says

October 13, 2012 at 10:26 am

really cute little monsters and so these vitamins! great for embellishments cards, scrapbooking and other media, thank you Amanda, I love it!

thank you bizzz

Nicolette says

October 12, 2012 at 12:56 pm

Nice! Would you please put the exact link with the products you used? I tried to find them on the web site you’ve said but I had no result!

nest of posies says

October 8, 2012 at 3:10 pm

how cuuuute are these? so fun, amanda!

Angie @ Big Bear's Wife says

October 8, 2012 at 1:42 pm

haha how cute!! ooo I mean how “scary” Love them! Sending this to my sister in law for my niece.

- Amanda says
  
  October 9, 2012 at 11:03 am
  
  Thanks Angie!
  
michelle says

October 7, 2012 at 5:33 pm

nice!!

Heather - Dollar Store Crafts says

October 7, 2012 at 4:50 pm

I love these little guys! I bet my boys would have a ball with this craft.

Glitter Foam Monsters