Witch Hair Halloween Countdown Chain

Witch Hair Halloween Countdown Chain

Supplies:

• construction paper – we used black, purple, and green art paper
• scissors
• tape
• 2 googly eyes
• black marker
• white crayon

1. Make the witch face: Cut a large triangle out of the black paper for the witch’s hat. Then cut out a large green circle for her head. Glue the hat on top of her face. Add the googley eyes and a nose and mouth. We made a 3D nose by folding down one end of the paper and gluing the bent flap to the face. We also added a few warts to her nose!

2. Cut the witch hair: Cut 30 strips of paper using scissors or a paper slicer. We used green and purple paper and are making a fun pattern with them. We gave our witch two strands of hair on each side of her face, but you can make her hair go any way you’d like.

3. Add the witch hair: Create a circle with each slice of paper, adding them to each other, creating a paper chain. I like to attach these paper chains with tape, but you can use glue or even staples. We made 4 chains – 2 with 7 chains and 2 with 8 chains to equal 30 chains. Then the last day will just be the witches spooky face!

With your white crayon, add in a fun message to her black hat! Now she’s ready to countdown to Halloween.

Either way you paper chain, it’s fun for the kids to watch as they get closer to the day of dressing-up and eating candy!