How to Make a Halloween Refrigerator Magnets

Halloween is a fun time to decorate, and you can get the whole family involved in this project. These quick and easy refrigerator magnets will even give the kitchen that decorated feeling. These magnets are great to stuff into candy bags or give out for Halloween party favors. Make extras and let your kids take some to school for a gift for the teacher.

Things You'll Need

• Card stock
• Fall-colored tissue paper
• Self-adhesive roll of magnets
• Three-pronged beads, red, yellow, brown and orange
• Raffia
• Twine
• Craft wire
• Scissors
• Black pipe cleaners
• Wiggle eyes
• Craft glue

Instructions

Make a Tissue Paper Jack-O'-Lantern

1. Cut a pumpkin shape out of the card stock.

2. Cut orange, black and green tissue paper into 1-inch by 1-inch squares. Use a pencil with an eraser and push the eraser into the center of a green square. Pull the square off the eraser and glue the point onto the stem area of the pumpkin. Then glue black ones in a triangle shape for eyes and mouth. You can design the mouth any way you like. Fill in the rest of the pumpkin with orange. Let the glue dry.

3. Cut a piece of magnet from the roll. Peel off adhesive cover and stick to the back of your jack-o'-lantern. Stick to the refrigerator.

Make an Indian Corn Magnet

1. Put a yellow three-pronged bead on a piece of craft wire. Pull the end of the wire over the bead and twist back onto the length of the wire. Put on a red bead and get it over the twisted end of the wire to fit in with the yellow bead. Next use a brown bead and then an orange. Use this pattern for about 12 to 14 beads. Leave about an inch of wire sticking out the top. It should look like a piece of Indian corn. Make three separate pieces.

2. Twist the three pieces of wire together to hold the three pieces of corn together. Cut a bunch of raffia about 6 inches long. Work it between the pieces of corn and back up so that all the ends of the raffia are at the top.

3. Tie a piece of twine around the raffia just above the corn. Make a tight knot and then tie it into a bow. Put a drop of glue inside the knot to fasten it to the raffia and keep it from coming untied. Cut a piece of magnet and stick it on the back of the raffia. Stick to the refrigerator.

Make a Pipe Cleaner Spider Magnet

1. Twist four black pipe cleaners together in the center. Put some craft glue on the twisted part to keep it from coming apart. Let the glue dry.

2. Bend the four sections on each side into legs and bend the ends over for feet.

3. Glue two wiggle eyes on the front of the twisted section. Stick a piece of magnet on the bottom of the twisted section. Stick to the refrigerator.