white paper (watercolor paper is ideal but any thick white paper will work)
What You Do:
Draw a Halloween themed picture (like a Jack-o-Lantern, ghost or gravestone), using crayons.
Be sure to press hard and remember... light colours will work the best.
Once the drawing is complete, take some black watercolour paint and water it down slightly, so it is nice and runny.
Lightly brush black paint over the picture. Be careful not to overdo it, because a little paint is all you need.
Don't worry about trying to stay in the lines, because the crayon picture will resist the paint and "pop" out through the black, for an positively eerie effect.
Once finished, let the paint dry and display the work for all to see.
Did You Know:
Did you know, that there is a poisonous mushroom called a Jack-o-Lantern? It is most often found growing in crowded clumps at the base of hardwood trees and it is bioluminescent. What does that mean? Well, quite simply, these mushrooms, which are bright yellowish orange in colour, actually glow in the dark!
Halloween Fun: Great Things to Make and Do
by Abigail Willis Halloween will certainly be fun when children design their own jack-o'-lanterns, make frightening masks, build hanging skeletons, play gruesome games, bake spider (or bat) cakes, and read scary poems aloud.
► Drama Acting and making costumes.
► Drawing Charcoal, Crayons, Pastels, Pencils.
► Early Childhood Education Themed daycare activities for preschoolers.
► Folk Art Traditional and funky.
► Multicultural Art Australia, Asia, Africa, North America, Mexico & more.
► Painting Acrylic, oil, tempera and watercolour.
► Printmaking Stamping, stencils and prints.
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Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Halloween 
Halloween Fun: Great Things to Make and Do