Hi everybody!

I hope you are having a fantastic October so far!

Can you believe Halloween is next weekend already! Where does the time go…other than away!

So, I work in a tennis shop, and where there is tennis there are a lot of tennis balls. Rather than throwing out some of the old tennis balls around the shop, I decided to convert them into fun creatures for Halloween, and I must say the kids are loving them so much, that I decided to share them here.

These fun little guys are so easy to make. You only need a few things, most of you probably have around the house already.

Supplies:

• Tennis Balls
• Sharpies
• Glue Gun
• Index Cards
• Tape
• Pipe Cleaners
• Yarn, Fabric or string for mummy
• Optional: Googly eyes instead of drawn in eyes for spider.

Pumpkin Ball:

1. Super easy Just draw with your black sharpie triangle eyes a nose and a mouth.
2. Then use an orange sharpie to color everywhere but in the eyes, nose and mouth.
3. Let dry for a minute or two.

Ta-Da! Pumpkin Ball!

Batty Ball:

1. Also super-duper easy. Draw two large circles for eyes with your black sharpie.
2. Then add the pupils.
3. Add a circle for the nose and some fangs.
4. Use a brown sharpie to color the rest of the ball, you can use black but the details of the face will be hard to see.
5. For wings, I used an index card and drew out a wing, then cut it out, and used this wing as a template for the second wing. Just make sure you flip it so it is in the correct direction.
6. Once both wings are cut out, use a large marker to color in the wings. I then used a fine tip sharpie to add the details.
7. Make a small bend in the wing where it will attach to the body.
8. You can either use a glue gun or tape. If you use tape, put a rolled piece of tape under the bend and then use a few more across the top. If you use glue gun, add a tad of hot glue to the folded part of the wing and stick it to the body.

Mr. Spider Ball

1. I used 4 small pipe cleaners and cut them in half.
2. Use a hot glue gun to attach to the ball. Let dry completely between adding the legs so they don’t fall off.
3. Then use a sharpie to draw on eyes. You can also glue on googly eyes if you have them.
4. I added a few stripes to the legs. You could also color them in, or use a sharpie to color the whole ball.

Mummy Ball!

1. First, use an index card to draw out some eyes.
2. Cut them out.
3. Use hot glue gun to glue them onto the ball. Let dry.
4. Grab your yarn, string or fabric and your glue gun.
5. Add a small dab of glue around the top of the ball and slowly start to wrap your yarn around adding tiny dabs of glue all along the way.
6. Continue to wrap around until you go all the way around.
7. Secure with glue.

The possibilities are endless. I would love to see what you come up with.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

Have a wonderful week!

Would you like some more Halloween inspiration here is a past post on easy Halloween Jar decoration fun: https://sugarbeetcrafts.wordpress.com/2014/10/23/quick-and-easy-jar-decoration/