With a few items found in a backyard or park and a few from home, kids can make a spooky haunted graveyard to decorate their room or add to the family’s Halloween décor.

Supplies

• Ten to twelve small to medium stones that have a triangular or rounded shape and can stand on their own (or close enough to be glued down)
• Shallow cardboard box or plastic container
• Small sticks or branches for the tree
• A small amount of dirt, small dry leaves, moss, etc.
• Poly fill for the fog (optional)
• White craft paint
• Small bit of clay
• Paint brush
• Black marker
• Hot glue gun or strong glue

Directions

To Make the Ghosts

1. Paint 5 or 6 stones with the white paint, let dry
2. Add eyes and mouth with the black marker

To Make the Tombstones

1. Add RIP, names, and dates to 5 or 6 stones with the black marker

To Make the Tree

1. Use one or two small branches or twigs to make the tree
2. Stick them into the clay for stability

To Make the Graveyard

1. Draw a fence inside and outside on the rim of the box (optional)
2. Scatter the tombstones around the box and glue in place
3. Scatter the ghosts near the tombstones and around the graveyard, and glue them in place
4. Stick the small branches or twigs in the clay

To Make the Ground

1. Scatter dirt, leaves, moss, around the tombstones and ghosts
2. Add wispy bits of poly fill around the ghosts and tombstones and in the tree (optional)

Display your haunted graveyard!

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