Halloween is such a great time for families to spend time together and have fun doing it. Picking out costumes, decorating the yard, going to the pumpkin patch, haunted hayrides and the list goes on and on. Growing up some of the best memories I have of Halloween are sitting at the kitchen table with my brother and sisters making ghosts out of construction paper and hanging them all over the house. It was always a competition to see who could make the scariest, biggest or prettiest ghost - the later being very important to my sisters and me, not so much my brother.

Speaking of ghosts, here are some great "ghost" crafts your whole family can enjoy making. They're quick and easy to do and a lot of fun!

Ghost Wind Socks

• white construction paper
• black permanent marker
• stapler
• white crepe paper (streamers)
• tape string

For each wind sock, decorate a 6-by-18 inch piece of white construction paper with ghostly eyes and a frightening mouth. Roll the paper to form a tube shape and staple the ends together. Cut eight 8-ft-long strips of crepe paper and drape them over the top edge with both ends hanging down to create "tails" then secure with tape. For a handle, cut a 30-inch piece of string and staple the ends to opposite sides of the top of the decoration.

Ghost Leaf

• hole punch
• fallen leaves from your yard

With a hole punch, make 2 eyes and a mouth in an assortment of fallen leaves, one for each place setting. Tuck each leaf stem under the edge of a dinner plate or inside a napkin ring.

Ghost Hand Prints

• black construction paper
• white paint
• crayons
• paper plates

Pour paint onto paper plate and let your child rub both their hands in the paint until it is all over the bottom of their hands. Press their hands to the paper (then wash hands).

Turn paper upside down to where the palms of their hand print is the ghosts head and their fingers will be the bottom of the ghost. They can finish their picture by giving a face to their ghosts and coloring in other things such as: pumpkins, bats, tombstones, full moon, etc...

So you see, crafts can be fun particularly when the entire family gets involved. Enjoy!