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You and your grandchildren will have loads of fun making these Halloween puppets. It’s a quick and easy activity for all ages because you can’t make a mistake. All you need are paper and craft sticks. Add goggly eyes or draw eyes with a crayon or marker. Your grandchildren can let their imagination go wild. Together you can write a scary story and do a Halloween puppet show for other family members. I found this fun family activitiy on www.activityvillage.co.uk.
Directions for Origami Mummy Puppets

This is a Halloween family activity that everyone will love.  When you have your grandchildren over to carve pumpkins plan to roast the seeds and enjoy them at the same time. After you have cut the top off of a pumpkin let your grandchildren remove all the seeds from inside. You  can make it a math game by predicting how many seeds are in the pumpkin then counting them. In a colander, rinse the seeds thoroughly with water. If your grandkids are like mine they’ll love playing in the water. Place the rinsed seeds in a bowl, with a little vegetable oil (about 1 teaspoon of oil per cup of seeds) and mix well. Spread the seeds on a cookie sheet and sprinkle with salt. Bake at 300° F for about 30-40 minutes, until they are golden brown. Let the seeds cool before eating them! This can become a fun family tradition.

More Halloween & Autumn Ideas
Grandchildren love to help make things for a party so if you’re having a Halloween or Autumn party let your grandchildren help make this candy corn centerpiece. When it’s time for everyone to go they’ll have a fun treat to take home.

You’ll need:
1 container (I used a clay pot and painted it like a candy corn but you can use any container.)
syrofoam
skewers
candy corn
plastic wrap
curling ribbon

Directions:
Wrap candy corn in small pieces of plastic wrap and tie with ribbon.
Curl the ribbon and slide a skewer under the ribbon. (I had to put a piece of tape so it would stay.)
Put Styrofoam in the container and stick skewer inside to make an arrangement.
Make as many candy corn bundles as you need.

Download Spider Web Game This is an easy and fun game to play around Hal1oween. It’s a great way to help children learn and practice counting by fives, adding and subtracting. Just print the spider web patterns, cut them out and glue onto a paper plate. Set them on the floor an appropriate distance for your grandchild’s ability. For tossing use a black pompom or a rolled up sock. Create your own rules so everyone can be a winner.

All you need for this game is a deck of card with numbers. If you’re using playing card remove the aces and face cards. You can use UNO or Racko cards. Put the cards face down in a pile. Take turns drawing 2 cards from the pile. Add, subtract or multiply the numbers on the 2 cards. You can  also play where each person has a pile. Together each of you turns over one card. The first person to add, subtract or multiply the numbers correctly gets to keep the cards.