Arts & Culture

Halloween crafts for preschoolers

Submitted by MyFoxAL Web Staff on Saturday, October 6th, 9:00 am

Preschoolers love arts and crafts, but many popular Halloween art projects are too complex for little hands. Luckily, little ones can still create some adorable and spooky Halloween crafts with imagination and the help of a loving grown up. Check out these easy to make Halloween crafts for preschoolers.

Footprint Ghosts

A young child's footprint is just the right size and shape to create a friendly little ghost. Here are two simple footprint ghost crafts your kids can make when they kick off their shoes:

Paint Footprint Ghost

Kids will love getting their feet wet with this one. You'll need:

Old newspapers
Black construction paper
White non-toxic paint
Sponge paintbrush
Regular paintbrush
Black non-toxic paint
Silver or white glitter
Clear, non-toxic glue or glue-stick

To create the ghost:

1. Cover the area of the floor you'll be working on with old newspapers.

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Movie Review of Resident Evil: Retribution

Submitted by Melynda Sides, Digital Content Producer

Saturday, September 29th, 2012, 8:00am

A movie review by Mercer Morrison from our sister station WDAM. Produced by David Laird and Mercer Morrison.

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Absolutely Alabama: Little River Canyon Center

Submitted by MyFoxAL Web Staff on Friday, September 21st, 12:51 pm

In this week's Absolutely Alabama, Fred takes a tour of the state and enjoys the early autumn colors all in one stop: the new Little River Canyon Center in DeKalb County. The center is hosting a new exhibit from the Alabama Folklife Association titled "Alabama in the Making."

The exhibit features a variety of Alabama's regions, folk traditions, stories and music.

Click here for a slideshow of Fred's visit to the Little River Canyon Center.

Absolutely Alabama first airs Friday, Sept. 21 during the 6 p.m. newscast.

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Area museums offer free admission on Museum Day Live 2012

Submitted by Brianne Britzius, Fox 6 Digital Producer

Thursday, September 20th, 2012, 5:15pm

Area museums offer free admission on Museum Day Live 2012

In partnership with Smithsonian Museum, 17 Alabama museums will be offering free admission for two Sept. 29, 2012.

The event is a celebration of the spirit of the Smithsonian family of museums in Washington, D.C., which offer free admission every day.

Free admission is limited to two person per household. To gain admission to the museum of your choice, you must register for a Museum Day Live ticket at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/ticket/. Simply fill in your information and choose the museum you'd like to visit.

Check out the list of participating Alabama museums below and also browse http://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/venues/ to find other places you might like to visit.

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Movie review: Lawless

Submitted by Brianne Britzius, Fox 6 Digital Producer

Monday, September 10th, 2012, 2:57pm

Mercer Morrison is back with a new Movie Madness review. This week he's talking about "Lawless," starring Tom Hardy, Shia LaBoeuf, Jessica Chastain, Guy Pearce and Gary Oldman.

The movie follows the Bondurant brothers who distill moonshine during Prohibition.

This week's review was produced by Morrison and Brad Clark. To watch more Movie Madness reviews, visit youtube.com.

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