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Happy Halloween watercolor painting

Halloween Greeting Card Watercolor Tutorial

Send spooky Halloween greetings with this greeting card watercolor tutorial by artist Mou Saha. Happy Halloween!
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Watercolor pumpkin

Pumpkin Patch Watercolor Tutorial

A watercolor tutorial by artist Mou Saha to create your own pumpkin patch. Use our Watercolor Pans to create a vibrant scene of pumpkins, crows, and flowers.
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Halloween garland

DIY Halloween Décor - Paper Garland

Hi everyone, Mou Saha here with a tutorial on how to create an easy and fun Halloween décor with Watercolor Pans that you can create with your kids. I have compiled the materials list for you.
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7 Unique Halloween Crafts for Kids

7 Unique Halloween Crafts for Kids

Halloween is an exciting time of the year. It is the prime time of the year to show off your creativity! Using your imagination, you can decorate and create costumes to transform into whoever or whatever you want to be. Celebrate Halloween with your children or students in a unique way with these easy craft ideas and lesson plans.
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Halloween table decorations

DIY Halloween Table Decorations

Halloween crafts are the best way to get in the spooky spirit. With this tutorial you can stylishly serve your Halloween party guests mouse tears and Dracula's blood with personally decorated gourds and pumpkins. Happy Halloween!
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Day of the Dead stage and clay figures

Day of the Dead Art Lesson for Kids - Dia De Los Muertos

An art lesson for kids on the history behind Dia De Los Muertos! Students celebrate the meaning of Dia De Los Muertos by creating a unique mixed-media shadow box, or “nicho,” customary to the Mexican holiday.
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Bullet Journal with Halloween doodles

Bullet Journal Halloween Doodles Tutorial

A Halloween doodle tutorial to make your Bullet Journal spooky! Spooky... Scary... Cute? Hi there lovelies! It's almost Halloween, and that means that some spooky doodles are creeping into our journals and sketchbooks!Here are 6 simple Halloween cuties.
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Pumpkins on a Happy Halloween card

Halloween Jack-O-Lantern Art Tutorial

A Halloween art tutorial with Goldfaber Color Pencils. Hi everyone, Mou Saha here with a jack-o-lantern coloring tutorial using Pitt Artist Pen and Goldfaber Color Pencils. I have made a complete materials list for you.
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Watercolor Halloween Candle Art with Candy Corn

Halloween Greeting with Watercolor Art

Create spooky Halloween watercolor art to use as a greeting card this season! All you need is Goldfaber Aqua Watercolor Pencils, Pitt Artist Pens, and an eye for some spooky art.
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Bullet Journal Doodles: Halloween Scary Extras

Bullet Journal Doodles: Scary Halloween Extras

There are endless doodle possibilities when it comes to holidays, so we have put together 5 new doodles to try just in time for Halloween! These scary extras make the perfect addition to your planners, journals, sketchbooks, or crafts! Recreate these doodles in just 4 easy steps.
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Halloween Graveyard Doodles

Bullet Journal Doodles: Halloween Graveyard

Beware! Faber-Castell USA and I are bringing you Graveyard doodles! These spooky doodles will be the perfect accent to all of your Halloween pages. You're able to create these 5 different doodles, in only 4 steps. Combine them all to create a graveyard scene!
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Paper Plate Spider - Halloween Craft for Kids

Halloween Paper Plate Spider Craft for Kids

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No, it’s not Christmas – YET! But it is Halloween and it is the most decorated holiday in our house. These creepy crawly paper plate spiders are the perfect addition to the freight fest in your home!
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The Teal Pumpkin Project with Two Pumpkins

8 Creative and Fun Ideas to Support the Teal Pumpkin Project

While picking out pumpkins, buying treats, and setting up decorations, consider promoting allergy inclusion by turning teal this fall. The Teal Pumpkin Project promotes Halloween inclusion for trick-or-treaters with food allergies or other conditions.  Here we have eight ideas to make sure everyone can enjoy a fun and safe Halloween.
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Trick or Treat Doodle with Candy

Bullet Journal Doodles: Halloween Trick or Treat

I think we can all agree that candy is AMAZING! You know what else is amazing? Going door to door in a costume as a child and having people give you treats! Here, Faber-Castell USA and I are showing you how to create 6 different candy doodles!
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Spooky Creature Doodle with Bat, Moon, and Spider

Bullet Journal Doodles: Spooky Halloween Creatures

October is right around the corner, so it's time to doodle some spooky creatures! Using these 4 simple steps, create 5 doodles to add some Halloween flair to your journals! I love the holidays and find it so fun to decorate my journal for the remainder of the year.

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Spooky Spider Bookmark Halloween Craft

Spooky Spider Bookmark Halloween Craft

I love Halloween- it’s a chance to get silly AND spooky! With these spider bookmarks, you can hold your place AND make a craft that is sure to be a hit. It’s perfect for our friends with food allergies who might not get to enjoy trick-or-treating. 
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Pumpkin and Nature Doodles

Bullet Journal Doodles: Fall Nature

Hi there, creative souls! You didn't think we'd create a series of doodle tutorials for the Fall without touching on nature, now did you? Here, I've shown you 6 different Fall nature doodles and how to build them in just 4 simple steps!
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Monster Face Painted Rocks

Halloween Painted Rock Faces Craft for Kids

Ghosts, Goblins, and Ghouls! OH MY! Halloween is a BIG deal in our house. We go all out with costumes, parties, treats, and decorations! These painted rock faces are the perfect front porch pumpkin companion or non-candy treat for your little tricksters.
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Haunted House Lesson Plan

Halloween Art Lesson - Draw a Haunted House

This lesson is offered in the spirit of Halloween fun! Halloween Art Lesson Objective: Students become acquainted with Hundertwasser’s art and architecture, then create a Hundertwasser-inspired haunted house in the spirit of Halloween.
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