Graveyard Instructions

Graveyard Materials and Instructions:1 Cardboard box wrapped with green or brown butcher, or wrapping paperCorrugated cardboard to cut out Gravestonestoothpicks (to stick in the gravestones and the box)colored tissue paper to glue over the gravestoneswhite tissue paper for ghostsyarn or string for ghostsblack markersticks from outsideleaf punchWrap the box. Cut the cardboard in various shapes with scissors to look like gravestones. Coat with Elmer's glue, and then lay colored tissue paper on top. Just one layer gives the gravestones an old marble, or slate look. When they dry, write funny Halloween sayings on them like "Frank N. Stein", "Boo Hoo".To make the ghosts that stand, we molded them first with aluminum foil, and then covered them with tissue paper and tied them at the neck with twine. But I think they stand up just fine with white tissue paper.Use the black marker to draw faces on the ghosts.Grab some sticks from outside and stick them through the box.Use a small leaf punch and glue a few paper leaves to the trees, and leave some scattered on the box all over.You could also use some sticks, or Popsicle sticks to make a fence around the graveyard. We got tired of working on it, so we didn't do that.