A Halloween light show is one way to celebrate the holiday
Halloween is celebrated by many folks every October 31st in a variety of ways, from trick-or-treating with the little ones or with themed parties. A Halloween light show is another way to observe the holiday and is a relatively simple craft project that kids can participate in as well. With some basic household items, you can host a Halloween-themed light show that is sure to deliver some holiday fun.
Instructions
1. Lay out a sheet of paper and place the flashlight vertically on the paper with the bulb facing down. Trace around the flashlight with a pencil to make a perfect circle shape. Repeat to make several circle shapes that you'll be using as templates. Draw some basic outlines of popular Halloween shapes in the paper circles; popular ideas may be jack-o'-lanterns, witches riding broomsticks, ghosts, skulls or any imaginative monster faces.
2. Cut out the circles from the paper and cut out the designs you drew to make small design templates. Lay the paper circles onto sheets of dark colored vinyl; you may want to use adhesive tape to adhere the circles in place to keep them from shifting. Trace the circles and the designs onto the vinyl. Remove the paper and cut out the circles and designs in the vinyl. Set aside.
3. Poke tiny pencil-sized holes all over the black sheet. Pin one edge of the sheet up to the ceiling in a room in your home and allow the sheet to hang toward the floor. Replace the bulb in a floor lamp with a dark blue- or purple-colored novelty bulb.
4. Tape the vinyl design circles over the flashlights and place the lamp with the colored bulb behind the sheet, away from where you'll be displaying the light show. Turn off the lights in the room, then turn on the lamp to allow the eerie-colored light to seep through the holes in the sheet, and turn on your flashlights. Aim the flashlights at the sheet to see the illuminated designs.
