{"id":13738,"date":"2023-10-14T10:36:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T17:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=13738"},"modified":"2024-10-15T11:48:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T18:48:35","slug":"two-frightening-halloween-coding-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/two-frightening-halloween-coding-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Frightening Halloween Coding Projects!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s almost time for Halloween<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">, so get into the\u00a0<em>scary season<\/em>\u00a0by learning the programming concepts needed to complete two eerie, frightening<\/span> Halloween coding projects: <strong>Spider Spin<\/strong> and <strong>Spooky Brew<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/ide\/v3?p=616dbb8493a97d1bbf74c581\">Spider Spin<\/a><\/strong>, you&#8217;ll get creative with <em>the pen<\/em> and math magic to draw your own spider web. 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