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You can make spider tamborines out of paper plates. Get 2 black party plates and fill with dry beans and staple them shut. Then, take 8 black pipe cleaners, hole punch 4 hole on each side for the legs, and thread a pipe cleaner through each hole.
Than, give the children fuzzy pom-poms or adhesive foam circles to stick on for eyes. They can decorate the spider with glitter and glue or Halloween stickers.
And the same with cupcakes. Use little things like candy corn, mini marshmallows for monster teeth, black licorice for spider legs... to decorate them cute. Also, regular food coloring won't give you a bright color, go to the cake decorating isle at Wal Mart or Micheals... and they have the paste or gel food coloring that will make a bright color. I just mix it into white or cream cheese store bought frosting.
Here are some cute ideas for cupcakes.
http://www.fabulousfoods.com/holidays/halloween/cakes.html
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