Monkey and her best friend Boo are reaching the age where they not only enjoy crafting but they also can follow directions and think creatively so we have been working on little craft projects here and there. Two 2-year-old girls armed with glue, paint and paper basically means big messes but also lots of fun and adorableness.

Last week we made adorable footprint ghost Halloween cards to send to friends and family.

Here is what you need to make your own:

Black paper
White and Black Paint
A larger paint brush or sponge
a few Q-tips
Newspaper to cover the floor

Cut the black paper in half so that you have 2 long pieces (like a hot dog not a hamburger), and fold each piece into a card with the fold on top and the opening along the bottom. Depending on the size of your child’s feet you may need to adjust this.

Cover the floor with newspaper. Pick one of your child’s feet and cover the bottom of it with white paint. Once the bottom of the foot is covered have him or her step down on the black paper. The heal of your child’s footprint is the “head” of the ghost and the toes are the flowing bottom of the ghost, so make sure that keep that in mind when having them step on the card.

Wash feet off and let the ghosts dry a bit. Once the white paint is dry add eyes and a mouth using the Q-tips and black paint.

We glued squares of white paper inside and wrote notes to the people we are sending the cards to. A cute keepsake to help remember little toes and a nice way to say hello.

Oh, and did you know my good friend Mommy-Momo has cool toddler friendly crafts featured every Monday and you can join in?