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Kids Crafts: Halloween Crafts – Eye Balls

October 10, 2012

I bet you were wondering “more Halloween Crafts?!” Well here are some ghoulish Halloween Eye Balls for you .. best of all they GLOW IN THE DARK!!!!! How spooky is that?!

We came up with the idea, as we love Googly Eyes so much.. and thought how about some “giant” googly eyes that we could hide around the house and make things look SPOOKY… and then… we decided to add some glow in the dark paint. Whoop whoop.

I confess… to having these Eye Balls in my “Craft Fail Category”. Personally, I REALLY don’t like this particular Halloween Craft. But every child that walks into the house and sees them exclaims “Wow, cool”, especially the older boys. So here they are. For you…..

Glow in the dark eye balls – Materials:

  • pairs of stones,
  • white paint,
  • green paint,
  • black and red markers,
  • glow in the dark paint (find glow in the dark paint here US/ UK (affiliate links)
  • brushes and a sponge

How to make your glow in the dark eye balls

1) The kids painted the stones white – you don’t have to paint them all the way round – so you can rest them on a dish and paint them without getting too covered in paint.

2) Once dry, we added 2-3 layes of the glow in the dark paint. As it was very gel like, we had to let each layer dry first. Which is a litte boring

3) Once fully dry, I cut a circle into an old sponge, so that the kids could “print” on their own eyes in green or brown

4) Let dry again, with a marker pen add details such a pupils, a rim around the eye and red veins.

Done!

NOTE: the stones DO loose their charge reasonably quickly, but also “recharge” quite quickly.

Love Halloween? Want more CUTE and Easy Halloween Crafts for Preschoolers – check out this fantastic list

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Filed Under: Halloween, Kids Craft, Stones 34 Comments

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  1. Sian says

    October 10, 2012 at 6:24 am

    yep, my son would love these! : )

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  2. Red Ted Art says

    October 10, 2012 at 7:07 am

    Yes, boys seem to be drawn to them. Mine likes them in the downstairs loo with the lights off!

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  3. Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says

    October 10, 2012 at 7:12 am

    I love these – let alone the kids they would be really good in flower pots in the garden for an early evening halloween party ๐Ÿ™‚

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  4. Red Ted Art says

    October 10, 2012 at 7:23 am

    I worry that they would loose their glow too quickly?

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  5. Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says

    October 10, 2012 at 7:25 am

    Put out just before the guests arrive maybe? I just need to get some glow in the dark paint ELC have still run out

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  6. Liz Burton says

    October 10, 2012 at 7:28 am

    They are brilliant!

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  7. Red Ted Art says

    October 10, 2012 at 7:36 am

    @Cerys yes, just before guest arrive should be good. Must put them out on Halloween!

    @Liz awe thank you!

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  8. Emma @Mummymummymum says

    October 10, 2012 at 8:24 am

    ooooh spooky! and not a fail at all. x

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  9. Adele says

    October 10, 2012 at 10:49 am

    These look great!! My two would love this. I plan to do it during half term :0)

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  10. Roopa says

    October 10, 2012 at 1:38 pm

    These look great! I would LOVE to make some with my girl, gotta get some glow in dark paint:)

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  11. Red Ted Art says

    October 10, 2012 at 2:02 pm

    Awe you guys are lovely and hooray to “non fail” after all!

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  12. Anna @ The Imagination Tree says

    October 10, 2012 at 2:15 pm

    Sooooo cute! What a good idea Maggy (need I be surprised?!) x

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  13. Red Ted Art says

    October 10, 2012 at 2:37 pm

    You are nice! ๐Ÿ™‚

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  14. Jumbo says

    October 10, 2012 at 5:21 pm

    The googly eyes are brilliant, my two boys will love them, it’s one of those fun little things that I would never have thought to do on my own, thank you.

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    • Red Ted Art says

      October 10, 2012 at 6:33 pm

      Awe hooray!

      Reply
  15. arsty_momma says

    October 10, 2012 at 10:51 pm

    Very cool & spooky! So creative as usual ๐Ÿ™‚

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  16. Anita says

    October 11, 2012 at 2:18 am

    Do you think this would work using a white paper plate? Cut center out for pupils, glow paint the rest of plate & use marker for veins?

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    • Red Ted Art says

      October 11, 2012 at 8:26 am

      Ooh yes, Anita, I think it should work really well on paper plates too! Our glow in the dark paint would still need 2-3 layers, so I guess you would just have to be patient and not make the plates too soggy!

      Reply
  17. maria says

    October 11, 2012 at 9:02 am

    how spooky! I love them:)

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    • Red Ted Art says

      October 11, 2012 at 11:57 am

      Yay ๐Ÿ™‚

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  18. Chris at Thinly Spread says

    October 11, 2012 at 6:42 pm

    Ooh, I love these Maggie! *pops them on the list*

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  19. Rachel says

    October 12, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    haha… Maggie, I LOVE your eyeballs. I laughed when you said they were a craft fail in your eyes, but the kids love them. Oh, to be a kid. These are so fun!

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  20. Allison says

    October 19, 2012 at 5:45 am

    I LOL’d that you don’t like these. Oh the things we do for our kids…They are pretty cool. I know my sons would enjoy making eyeballs, and bonus that they glow. Thank you for sharing with The Sunday Showcase.

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  21. Renee @ adventuresathomewithmum says

    October 19, 2012 at 10:30 am

    I love these, my son would go nuts making these….
    Thanks for sharing at BOO! A Halloween linky ๐Ÿ™‚

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    • Red Ted Art says

      October 19, 2012 at 10:35 am

      Fab linky!

      Reply
  22. Megan @ CoffeeCupsandCrayons says

    October 20, 2012 at 1:10 am

    These are hysterical!

    Reply
  23. stephanie says

    October 21, 2012 at 8:15 am

    These are so cool! I can just imagine them really making Halloween night even more fun! Thanks for sharing at the Boo! Linky.

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  24. Monica says

    October 21, 2014 at 2:56 pm

    Out of curiosity, why do you consider them a fail? Was it just not enough fun for the kids, or were you just disappointed in the glow?

    Reply
  25. Sky Lanterns says

    May 11, 2016 at 1:00 pm

    haha these kids are so adorable in the pic , nice post !!

    Reply

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