1.)Pillowcase Ghosts
1 pillow case for each child
Twisty paper (for bows around the ghosts' necks... we use orange)
Newspaper, Hanger, Black and red felt (we used the kind that you peel the
back off of and it
is sticky), Permanent black marker (to write their names on their ghosts)
Take the clothes hanger and poke it through the top of the pillow case.
Take newspaper and stuff the pillowcase until the top part is pretty full.
Use
the twisty paper to tie a bow around Mr.. Ghost's neck (to hold the paper up
and
in). Cut ovals out of the felt for the eyes and mouth (black for eyes, red
for mouth). Stick the felt on the ghost to make face. Label with each
child's
name. Hang around the room!
2.) Five Little Pumpkins
Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.
The first one said, "My, it's getting late."
The second one said, "Who's there? Who's there?"
The third one said, "There are witches in the air."
The fourth one said, "Let's run! Let's run!"
The fifth one said, "It's only Halloween fun."
Then "puff" went the wind and out went the lights,
And away went the pumpkins on Halloween night.
3.)Did You Ever See A Pumpkin
(Tune: "Did You Ever See A Lassie.")
Did you ever see a pumpkin, a pumpkin, a pumpkin,
Did you ever see a pumpkin with no face at all?
With no eyes, and no nose, and no mouth, and no teeth,
Did you ever see a pumpkin with no face at all?
So I made a Jack-O-Lantern,
a Jack-O-Lantern, a Jack-O-Lantern.
So I made a Jack-O-Lantern with a big funny face.
With big eyes, and a big nose, and a big mouth, and big teeth,
So I made a Jack-O-Lantern with a big funny face.
4.If You Are A Monster
If you're a monster and you know it, wave your arms.
If you're a monster and you know it, wave your arms.
If you're a monster and you know it,
then your arms will surely show it.
If you're a monster and you know it, wave your arms.
(Children can suggest other verses--show your claws, gnash your
teeth, stomp your feet.) (Holley & Walkup, 1993, p. 209.)
5.)The Monsters Are So Loud
(Tune: "When Johnny Comes Marching Home")>The monsters stomp around the
house,
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The monsters stomp around the house,
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The monsters stomp around the house,
Their brothers and sisters send them out
And they stomp some more outside around the house.
The monsters yell around the house,
Eeeeeeh! Eeeeeeh!
The monsters yell around the house,
Eeeeeeh! Eeeeeeh!
The monsters yell around the house,
Their brothers and sisters send them out
And they yell some more outside around the house.
(Holley & Walkup, 1993, p. 209.)
6.)Five Little Monsters
Five little monsters by the light of the moon
Stirring pudding with a wooden pudding spoon.
The first one says, "It mustn't be runny."
The second one says, "That would make it taste funny."
The third one says, "It mustn't be lumpy."
The fourth one says, "That would make me grumpy."
The fifth one smiles, hums a little tune,
And licks all the drippings from the wooden pudding spoon!
by Eve Merriam, from Read Along Rhymes
7.)Pumpkin Patch Game
Draw a fall scene. Include several pumpkins growing on curly vines and
one Jack o' lantern sitting on a fence. Provide orange milk caps for
matching -one has the face.
8.)CANDY PUMPKINS
For each pumpkin you will need, 5 orange jelly slices I.e. Chuckles
1 small green jelly bean
white frosting
Pipe a line of frosting on the narrow side of the orange slice and press
to next one, continue on until they are all together on a pumpkin shape,
then
set the jelly bean on top with small amount of frosting for stem.
9.)CAT COOKIES
Chocolate sandwich cookies
white frosting
candy corn
mini baking bits
red/black licorice lace
Spread each cookie on one side with frosting. Dab some frosting on the
bottom of 2 pieces of candy corn and place on top of cookie for ears, may
have to hold for aminute. Decorate the "face" of the cat with mini baking
bits
for eyes and red licorice for nose and black for whiskers.
10.)Pumpkin People
Place orange crepe paper or orange tissue paper underneath clean milk
cartons or juice containers. Bring paper together at the top, and tie with
a bow. Have children add black construction paper features, and display
your
creatures
11.)The Pumpkin On The Vine (tune: Farmer in the Dell)
The pumpkin on the vine,The pumpkin on the vine,
I picked the one that weighed a ton,And that'd the one that's mine.
I made two funny eyes,A mouth that's oversize
the other gook my mother took,For baking pumpkin pies.
The pumpkin on the vine,The pumpkin on the vine,
I picked the one that weighed a ton,And that's the one that's mine.
12.)As The Witches Go Flying Along (tune: As the Caissons Go Marching Along)
Way up high, in the sky, you can see them going by, As the witches go
flying along.
Here and there, in the air, you can see them everywhere, As the witches go
flying along.
With a zoom, zoom, zoom, everyone is on their broom, Singing a Halloween
song.
In the bright moonlight, it's really quite a sight, As the witches go
flying along
13.)Song: Jack Oí Lantern (Tune: Daniel Boone)
Born in a pumpkin patch in my backyard,
Where Mister Scarecrow stands on guard.
Born in a patch where he knew every weed -
Before he was a pumpkin, he was a pumpkin seed.
Jack O--,
Jack Oí Lantern,
King on Halloween night.
14.)The Pumpkin in the Dark (tune: Farmer in the Dell)
1. The pumpkin in the dark: (repeat)
Hi Ho on Halloween, the pumpkin in the dark
2. The pumpkin calls a witch (repeat)
3. The witch calls a bat (repeat)
4. The bat calls a ghost (repeat)
5. The ghost says, "Boo!" (repeat)
15.)o In a Pumpkin Patch - poem
Three little pumpkins laying very still
In a pumpkin patch on a great big hill.
The first pumpkin said, "Oh, my I'm very, very green
But I'll be orange by Halloween."
The second one said, "Oh, me! Oh, my!
Today I'll be a pumpkin pie."
The third one said, "Oh, I am on my way
To be a jack-o-lantern gay."
16.)The Great Pumpkin (tune: Did You Ever See a Lassie?)
I am the great pumpkin, great pumpkin, great pumpkin.
I am the great pumpkin. Come dance with me.
For you friends are my friends & my friends are your friends.
I am the great pumpkin. Come dance with me.
17.)Three Little Pumpkins (tune: Ten Little Indians)
One little, 2 little, 3 little pumpkins
Rolled down the lane like funny bumpkins
Had their faces carved & thought they were somethin's
Funny Halloween jack-o-lanterns!
18.)One Little Pumpkin (tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb)
One little pumpkin rolled round and round
Rolled round & round, rolled round & round
One little pumpkin rolled round and round
For this is Halloween.
2. Two little goblins hopped up & down
3. Three little skeletons walked down a street
4. Four little witches flying through the air.
19.)Pumpkin Man (tune: The Muffin Man)
Have you seen the pumpkin man,
The pumpkin man, the pumpkin man,
Have you seen the pumpkin man,
Who lives in pumpkin patch?
Have you seen the old black witch,
The old black witch, the old black witch,
Have you seen the old black witch,
Who lives in the haunted house?
Have you seen the scary ghost,
The scary ghost, the scary ghost,
Have you seen the scary ghost,
Who lives in the old ghost town?
20.)A Little Witch
A little witch in a pointed cap
On my door when rap, rap, rap.
When I went to open it,
She was not there.
She was riding on her broomstick
High up in the air!
21.)Halloween is Here (tune: Farmer in the Dell)
Oh, Halloween is here!
Oh, Halloween is here!
With costumes on we'll walk around
We'll knock on doors all over town,
When Halloween is here!
22.)Hello Halloween!
Hello witches, hello ghosts,
Hello pumpkins on the posts.
Hello goblins and black cats,
Hello skeletons, hello bats!
Hello owls and hello moon!
Halloween is coming soon!!
23.)SPIDER
Hot glue orange pipe cleaners to a black pom pom with wiggle eyes
24.)FOUR BIG JACK-O-LANTERNS
Cut out 4 jackolanterns and glue them to construction paper...add this
poem:
Four big jack-o-lanterns made a funny sight
Sitting on a gate post Halloween night.
Number one said, "I see a witches hat."
Number two said, "I see a big black cat."
Number three said, "I see a scary ghost."
Number four said, "by the other post."
Four big jack-o-lanterns weren't a bit afraid
They marched right along in the Halloween Parade
25.)RUB A CHALK GHOST
Cut out a ghost from paper.On one side of the shape rub some colored
chalk. Place the shape with the chalk side face-up on the sheet of
paper. With a small paper towel, or tissue, rub from the center of the
chalky shape onto the paper. When you have finished rubbing all around the
shape, lift it and see what happened
26.)LITTLE WITCH BUMPKIN
Little Witch Bumpkin
Sat on her pumpkin
Eating three meals a day.
When down came a spider
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Witch Bumpkin away!
27.)GHOST WINDSOCK
Use White construction paper and white crepe paper. Add scary eyes and
nose arms out of black construction paper
28.)HANGING PUMPKIN
Paint 2 paper plates orange. Lay one on top of the other and staple 3/4
of it leaving a small area to the top, add a green stem and hang with
green yarn. Add eyes nose and mouth. We did it with Black foam shapes.
You could use almost anything
29.)COTTONBALL GHOST PIN
Pull one cotton ball into a ghost shape and glue two glow in the dark eyes
to it. Use a looped piece of masking tape to attach to clothes or glue ghost
to felt and pin.
30.)SPIDER MOBILE
Cut one black pipe cleaner into 4 pieces. Push all 4 throught one black
bead centering the bead on the pipe cleaners. Bend legs to look like a
spider. make several spiders hang them from yard on a 4" ring. Use
loose cotton to spread a web'like haze over the top of the ring.
31.)SCRAP PAPER JACK-O-LANTERNS
On black paper, draw a circle and paint it with glue. Tear scraps of
orange paper into small pieces and arrange on glue. Add torn scraps of
yellow or black paper for eyes, nose and mouth.
32.)FOOT GHOST
Have children step on white paper and trace around their shoes. Make face
on it.
33.)KLEENEX GHOST
Roll a kleenex into a ball and place in center of another tissue. Attach
rubber band to secure head and leave ends free. Use felt tip pen to make
eyes.
34.)CLOTHESPIN GHOST
Paint wooden clothespin white and make two dots for eyes with marker. Glue
sleeves to the body.
35.)SHAPE WITCH
White paper. Paste on orange (circle) moon, 2 black (triangles) one for
body and one for hat, one white circle and yarn for hair, add facial
features.
36.)TUNA CAN SPIDER
Paint tuna can black. Hot glue 4 legs (orange) to each side of the can,use
orange rickrack for a mouth, wiggle eyes. Punch a hole in top center of
can and hang from ceiling.
37.)ANOTHER SPIDER
Cut two bodies of a spider. For the legs, cut narrow strips of black crepe
paper, spread with paste and roll. Lay the rolled legs across one shape.
Glue the other shape on top of the legs. Attach a string throught the middle
of
the body and hang.
38.)COOKIE CUTTER FUN
I use Halloween cookie cutters & let the children dip in paint & then on
paper. I usually buy them after the holiday is over so you can get them
for 75% to 90% off.I have a good collection. This works great for other
holidays, Christmas etc...
39.)TISSUE GHOST
Cut a round circle out of white paper>about 3 1/2 diameter.Draw on a ghost
face on the circle. Now take a white kleenex & find the center, pick it up
by the center. You will have a shape the looks like a point. Put some glue
on
a orange piece of paper & place your tissue. Now glue the round face on top
of the kleenex.
40.)The Fat Old Witch
The strangest sight I've ever seen.
Was a fat old witch in a flying machine.
The witch flew high.
The witch flew low.
The witch flew fast
And the witch flew slow.
She circled all around the town,
Then turning left and turning right
She disappeared into the night.
That fat old witch in the flying machine
Was the strangest sight I've ever seen.
Of course, it happened on Halloween.
Act it out. Be dramatic. Talk about opposites. Have fun.
41.)Triangle Witch
Materials: Contruction paper, scissors, crayons or makers, glue and any
misc. that you choose to use.
Cut a six inch isosceles triangle from black paper. Cut a smaller (about
2") triangle from lighter colored paper (I like light green or orange) for
the
face. Cut a skinny 1/4" by about 3" strip of black paper for the hat brim.
Mount the large black triangle point up on light colored paper or drawing
paper. Glue the small triangle point down about 2" from the tip of the
large one. Glue the strip of black paper across the top of the face to form
the
hat. The children go on to add arms, legs,faces, hair, brooms,
pumpkins,etc.
The children have a good time deciding how to finish them.
42.)HALLOWEEN ( Tune: This old man)
Halloween Halloween Is a very special time
With lots of ghosts and goblins all around>Lots of candy to be found...
Halloween, Halloween, is a very special time
There's a witch on her broom, she's flying through the air
I'll pretend it's me up there!
43.)Halloween Is Coming (tune: little teapot)
Halloween is coming
I like it the most
You can be a goblin
I'll be a ghost
When we get all dressed up
We will say....
BOO!!!!
IT'S TRICK OR TREAT TODAY !!
44.)Silly Squash_____
Long ago, people believed that carved pumpkins could keep away evil
spirits.
You can decorate miniature pumpkins to bring happy faces to your friends.
Use markers, stickers, glue, construction paper, beads, feathers and other
decorations to make funny faces on the pumpkins. Then give the little
pumpkin heads to your friends.
45.)Super Stew_____
* 1 medium-sized pumpkin
* 1 pound beef, cut into cubes
* 1 package beef gravy mix
* 3 cups water
* 2 carrots, sliced
* 2 stalks celery, sliced
* 2 potatoes, cut into cubes
* 2 tomatoes, diced
1. Ask an adult to cut off the top of the pumpkin. Clean out all the seeds
and pulp. Wash the pumpkin.
2. Ask an adult to brown the beef. Add the gravy mix and water to the pan
and stir it well. Bring the mixture to a boil.
3. Pour the beef mixture into the pumpkin shell.
4.Add the other ingredients and mix them. Put the top on the pumpkin and
wrap the stem with foil.
5.Place the pumpkin on a baking sheet in the oven. Bake it at 350 degrees
for 2 hours, until the pumpkin is tender.
6. Place the pumpkin on a hot pad on the table for a fun centerpiece.
When you serve the stew, scoop out part of the pumpkin.
46.)Seedy Snacks_____
Wash the seeds from a pumpkin. Sprinkle them with salt. Place them on a
baking sheet coated with non-stick cooking spray. Bake them at 200 degrees
for 30
minutes to 1 hour until the seeds are dry and crisp. Eat them for a healthy
snack.
47.)CLOTHESPIN BAT
Paint a old fashioned clothespin black.Glue wiggle eyes on the head.(the
rounded part of the clothespin).I folded a small mat. of black felt using
the fan fold.Now slide the folded material into the end of the clothespin.
The felt will become the wings.I'm sure this could be done with black paper
instead of felt.Hang from the ceiling.
48.)BAT MURAL
Take a piece of paper & fold in half.Cut out a bat shape.Or make a template
that you trace around on each paper & let the kids cut out.I let the
children decorate.I show them pictures of bats >NOT all bats are black.Some
are
white.Some are black with white spots.Some are brown,red & gray & many
other colors.I let the child pick out the bat that they want to color.We
color
them as they look in the book.The name of the bat is written on the bat's
body.I
draw a huge cave using brown paper.I hang all the bats around the cave. It
really looks beautiful. Parents are amazed at all the different kinds of
bats. Here's a few of them:wrinkle-faced bat, kitti's hognose bat, hoarsy
bat,
false vampire bat, spear-nosed bat, lesser long-nosed bat, spotted bat,
pallid
bat, Honduran white bat, red bat, Indiana bat, Mexican Free-tailed bat,
short-
tailed fruit bat, black-bearded tomb bat, fisherman bat, grey-headed flying
fox, little brown bat, lesser long-nosed bat, frog-eating bat, little
yellow-eared bat, townsend's big eared bat, Jamaican fruit eating bat,
wahlberg's
epauleted bat, gothic bat, Egyptian fruit bat, Chapin's free-tailed bat, &
many others. When I make my bat mural with the children I always post this
sign: The truth about bats is a far cry from popular superstition &
mythology. In reality bats are intelligent, attractive animals, & one of
man's best friends as well. Some species can gobble up to 600 mosquitoes &
other
insect pests in an hour; some species have an agent in their saliva that
could dissolve blood clots in humans & their guano provides a rich soil
nutrient.
Tropical bats are important pollinators for many commercially valuable
fruits,& aid in seed dispersal & reforestation. Nearly 1000 bat species
account
for about 25% of all mammals. Contrary to belief, bats are not rodents but
are
more closely related to monkeys than mice .Fewer than half of 1% contract
rabies. Bats are not blind & use high frequency sounds to navigate. This
echolocation allows them to avoid something as fine as a human hair.
I also post the address to B.C.I. for more info.& tell them to request a
free catalog. The children love this project. Make it educational. When you
hang the bats fold the wings to wrap around the body like real bats do. Some
are
hanging, flying etc... Write the name & kind of bat on the outside so that
when it is hung it will be seen.
49.)AMAZING BAT TRIVIA
The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand,weighing less
than a penny. Giant flying foxes that live in Indonesia have wingspans of
nearly six feet. The common little brown bat of North America is the
world's longest-lived mammal for it's size,with life spans sometimes
exceeding 32
years.
Mexican free-tailed bats sometimes fly up to two miles high to feed or to
catch tailwinds that carry them over long distances at speeds of more than
60 miles per hour.
The pallid bat of western North America is immune to the stings of
scorpions & even the seven-inch centipedeupon which it feeds.
Fishing bats have echolation so sophisticated that they can detect a
minnow's fin as fine as a human hair,protruding only two millimeters above a
ponds
surface.
African heart-nosed bats can hear the footsteps of a beetle walking on sand
from a distance of more than six feet.
Red bats,which live in tree foliage throughout most of North America,can
withstand body temperatures as low as 23 degrees F. during winter
hibernation.
Tiny woolly bats of West Africa live in the large webs of colonial spiders.
The Honduran white bat is snow white with a yellow nose & ears.It cuts
large leaves to make "tents" that protect its small colonies from jungle
rains.
Frog-eating bats identify edible from poisonous frogs by listening to the
mating calls of male frogs.
Vampire bats adopt orphans & have been known to risk their lives to share
food with less fortunate roost-males.
To learn more about bats write for a free catalog: Bat Conservation
International
P.O.Box 162603
Austin,Tx.78716 (512)327-9721
50.)SPONGE BATS I use bats w/my HALLOWEEN unit.
Cut out a bat shape on a sponge.You can buy those flat sponges @ Michael's
Arts & Crafts.Trace bat shape cut out.Let the kids dip in paint & press
on paper.
51.)Learn the anatomy of a bat.
wrist
forearm
upperarm
thumb
finger 1
finger2
finger 3
finger 4
tail membrane
wing membrane
52.)Of all the enemies that kill bats,the most dangerous are humans.Humans,
victims of wrong ideas about bats,have been killing them by the millons.
The truth is that bats are much more helpful than they are harmful.They help
to
control crop pests & other insects that spread disease to humans &
livestock. Think how many more harmful & destructive insects there would be
if
insectivorous bats were not here to eat tons of insects pests each night to
keep down the insect population.Bats are needed in large numbers to help
maintain the balance of nature.
53.)Spider Hats
Make a black band out of construction paper to fit the child's head. The
children cut 8 strips of black paper for legs. These are glued so they go
up out of the top of the band. Each leg is bent down to make a knee and at
the end up to make a foot. Make eyes (buttons, small yarn pom poms,
construction paper, markers, crayons, etc.) and a mouth on the front to the
band. You
don't have to make these black, afterall spiders come in many colors.
54.)1-5
One little bat was trying to behave.
He hung upside down from his feet in a cave.
Another bat flew in, and said, "How do you do?"
The second joined the first, and then there were 2!
2 little bats were trying to behave.
They hung upside down from their feet in a cave.
To help pass the time, they sang "Do re me"
Another bat joined the song, and then there were 3.
3 little bats were trying to behave
They hung upside down from their feet in a cave
>From their cave perch, they looked down at the floor,
A new bat joined the game, and then there were 4.
4 little bats were trying to behave.
They hung upside down from their feet in a cave.
One little bat zoomed inside and did a dive.
He stayed to take a rest, and with him there were 5.
55.)This project lets you make several different variations of a tic-tac-toe
game to play and use as a decoration for Halloween time. Tic-Tac-Toe is a
simple game where players take turns placing pieces on a 3x3 grid until
someone gets 3 in a row.
This project is rated EASY to do. Young children might want help with the
cutting out the small paper pieces if you make the all-paper version.
Materials Needed:
Crayons, markers, or colored pencils, computer paper, scissors.
Optionally, you might want cardboard to make your board and pieces
sturdier, or clay to make a 3-D version.
Before you start:
1.Find a place to work, and protect it with a large sheet of paper.
2.Gather all your materials.
3.Read all the directions.
Making the Game
Read all the directions before starting. This project is simple enough that
you might not need directions, but check them once anyway.
Step 1 - Patterns
Choose the board you would like to use: The Pumpkin, The Haunted HouseAnd if
you are going to use the paper game pieces:
Game Pieces
- Color and make game pieces
If you want to make the game pieces out of clay, make 5 each of two
different kinds of pieces. We used ghosts and pumpkins, but you could also
make witch
hats, caldrons, black cats, or maybe even pipecleaner spiders. Be sure to
compare your pieces to the board, to make them a good size to fit in the
spaces, and flatten the bottoms of the pieces so that they don't roll away
from where you placed them.
Cut Out
Cut around the outside edges of the pumpkin or haunted house board. If you
want to keep your board square, just cut the row of pumpkins off the bottom
of the pumpkin board pattern. If you made paper game pieces, cut them out,
too. Very young children might need help with this.
Step 4 - Reinforce the game with cardboard if you want your game to last
for a long time, glue the base and pieces to some cardboard. Let the glue
dry,
then cut out the pieces again. It is a bit difficult to cut cardboard, be
sure
to use good scissors, and get an adult to help if needed.
Step 5 - Play! Take turns with a friend putting the pieces on the board.
Can you get 3 in a row?
You're Done! Enjoy your new game. You can also use it as a Halloween
decoration when you are not playing with it. We made the playing pieces
with Sculpey (tm), which is a clay that needs to be baked in the oven and
then
becomes hard. It is available in many colors.
56.)Pumpkin Bread
*1/3 cup vegetable oil * tsp ground cloves *1 cup fresh or canned
pumpkin puree *3 eggs *1 cup flour *2 tsps ground cinnamon * cup
raisins *2 1/3 cups bisquik *pinch of ground nutmeg
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9x5-inch loaf pan.
Mix all ingredients together with wooden spoon. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake for 45 minutes. Test with knife, if the knife comes out clean the
bread is done. If it is not done put back in oven for 10 minutes. Cool
before removing from pan. Store in plastic bag.
57.)Chocolate Spiders
~4 cups semisweet chocolate baking chips
Melt chocolate chips in top of double boiler. Let stand over the water
untilwater is cool, about 10 minutes. Place wax paper on cookie sheet. Pour
chocolate into a pastry bag that is fitted with a 1/8-inch or 1/4-inch tip.
Squeeze chocolate onto wax paper in the shape of spiders. If chocolate is
runny it needs to be cooled longer. Chill the spiders for about 10 minutes.
When hard peel off wax paper. Store in refrigerator laid flat.
58.)Mystic Punch
*Make ice cubes with raisins in them *4 1-pint bottles cranberry juice *
2. cups peach juice *1 cup fresh lime juice *2 cups orange juice *Sugar to
taste In a punch bowl mix all juices. Add the ice cubes (with insects in
them)!
59.)Devil Dogs with Blood
*Hot dog buns *weiners *Ketchup
Cook hot dogs as normal, either boiled or grilled. With scissors cut out
little triangles in top part of bun facing outward. The bun should look
like a mouth. Place weiner in bun and add ketchup for blood affect.
60.)Vampire Punch
*8 cups cranberry juice *6 cups sparkling apple juice *6 orange slices
Put all ingredients in a punch bowl. Add ice cubes before serving.
61.)Nightcrawlers
*12 large apples *Boysenberry jam *4 tbsp butter *12 gummy worms
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Core apples from stem end to inch from bottom. Stuff each hole with 1 tsp
jam and butter. Place in a pan and bake uncovered for 35-45 minutes. Remove
apples let stand for 15 minutes. Set each apple in a bowl and spoon syrup
from
baking pan around it. Insert a gummy worm with half its body protruding.
62.)Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
*Pumpkin seeds *Water *Salt *Melted butter *Vegetable spray
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Rinse seeds well. For every 2 cups of seeds,
put 4 cups of water and 2 tbsps of salt into saucepan. Add the seeds and
simmer
over low heat for 10 minutes. Drain well in strainer. Place on paper towels
and pat dry. Toss the seeds with melted unsalted butter in a large bowl
until evenly coated. Spray cookie sheet with vegetable spray. Spread seeds
over
tray and bake for 30 minutes, stirring, and tossing occasionally. When seeds
are
golden brown they are ready. Store in airtight container in cool place.
63.)Popcorn Balls
*2 quarts popped popcorn *1 14-oz package light caramels *1/4 cup light
corn syrup *2 tbsps water
Keep popcorn warm in a 200 degree oven. Melt caramels in top of double
boiler over simmering water. Add corn syrup and water and mix until smooth.
Slowly
pour over popcorn in a large bowl. Stir to mix well. With greased hands,
shape into balls about the size of softballs. Let cool completely before
wrapping
with plastic wrap.
64.)Candied Apples
*12 red delicious apples *12 wooden skewers *4 cups sugar *3/4 cup light
corn syrup *1 tsp red food colouring *1 cups water *1 cup chopped peanuts
Grease a large cookie sheet and set aside. Wash and dry apples. Insert a
stick through stem, leaving about two inches sticking out. In saucepan over
medium heat, combine sugar, corn syrup, food colouring and water. Cook,
stirring
constantly, until ingredients are dissolved and liquid boils. Set a candy
thermometer in mixture and continue cooking, without stirring until
temperature reaches 290 degrees, about 20 minutes.
Meanwhile place shopped peanuts in a bowl. Remove syrup from heat and dip
the apples, one by one, to coat evenly. Work quickly. As you dip each apple
roll in peanuts to coat then place on prepared cookie sheet. Let apples cool
for
at least an hour.
65.)Bobbing Apple Punch
*1 cup orange juice *4 cups apple cider *1 cup pineapple juice *2
tablespoons sugar *4 cups ginger ale, chilled *6 to 8 small red apples *1
orange,
sliced In punch bowl mix orange juice, apple cider, pineapple juice and
sugar.
Chill of a couple hours. Before serving add ginger ale, apples, orange
slices and
ice cubes.
66.)Caramel Marshmallow Apples
*1 package (14 oz) caramels *1 cup miniature marshmallows *1 tbsp water *5
or 6 small apples *Wooden skewers
Line baking sheet with buttered waxed paper; set aside. Combine caramels,
marshmallows and water in medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring
constantly, until caramels melt. Cool slightly while preparing apples.
Rinse and dry apples. Insert skewers into apples. Dip each apple in caramel
mixture, coating apples. Place on prepared sheet. Refrigerate until firm.
For
variety roll apples in crushed peanuts or drizzle with melted chocolate.
67.)Pom Pom Spider
*Black yarn *Small square of cardboard *Black pipe cleaners *Googly eyes
*Red construction paper *Glue
Wind yard around and around cardboard square until heavily covered. Using a
small piece of yarn tie securely at the centre, cut edges and remove the
cardboard. Insert three pipe cleaners into the knotted centre and bend to
form legs. Glue on eyes if desired, or cut out eyes from red paper. Use
thread
oryarn to hang spider.
68.)Egg Carton Spider
*Cardboard egg carton *Black pipe cleaners *Black tempera paint, marker or
crayon *Red construction paper *Glue *Thread or yarn
Using paint, marker or crayons, colour the cup sections of the egg carton.
Cut each egg cup apart. Push pipe cleaner legs into egg cup and bend to
shape
legs. Cut red paper and glue on for eyes. Use thread or yarn to hang.
69.)Ghost Puppet
*Tissue paper *Cotton ball *Rubber band *String
Place tissue paper over a cotton ball and secure under ball with rubber
band. Draw eyes on with marker. Tie a string around neck and hang or use as
a
finger puppet by hooking over a finger with rubber band.
70.)Halloween Chain
*Orange and Black construction paper
Cut orange and black strips of paper, three to four inches long and
one-half inch wide. Form a circle with one strip and glue or staple ends.
Take next
strip and loop it through first circle, again glueing or stapling ends.
Continue on making as long as you like, alternating colors.
71.)Tombstones
*Styrofoam sheets *Thick Black Marker
Cut Styrofoam shapes into shape of tombstone. Write epitaph on Styrofoam
with black marker. Prop up against doorways or walls.
72.)Eye Masks
*Inexpensive eye masks *Sequins *Feathers *Buttons *Dried beans
Have kids attach a variety of items on hand to the masks with glue to make
their own decorated eye masks.
73.)Monster Masks
*Plaster of Paris bandage (available at pharmacies) *Vaseline *Water
Cut strips of Plaster of Paris bandages about 2-inch lengths. Grease your
face or friends face well with Vaseline (tie hair back). Dip strips into
bowl of
water, one by one, and squeeze out all water before applying to face.
Repeat strip by strip, overlapping by about inch. Smooth out the strips as
you go.
Leave breathing holes and eye openings. The entire process should take 10
to 12 minutes from Vaseline application until peeling off face. The mask
will separate from face as it
dries. In about 15 to 20 minutes the mask will be ready for painting and
decorating as desired.
74.)Halloween table cloth
*White paper table cloth *Sponges *Tempera acrylic paint *Markers *Stickers
*Halloween cutouts
On white paper tablecloth decorate with assorted shapes cut from sponges.
Glue on Halloween cutouts or stickers.
75.)Creepy spiders
*Crab shells oBlack spray paint
Purchase crab shells at a local market. Spray paint black and use as
decorations on Halloween night.
76.)Trick or Treat Bags
Brown paper lunch bags ~Felt-tip markers ~Halloween stickers ~Cutout
pumpkins, ghosts, bats, cats ~Glue
Decorate the brown paper bags with assorted Halloween designs. Larger brown
paper grocery bags can be decorated and used for trick or treating.
77.)Bone mobile
~Bone shaped dog biscuits ~White spray paint ~String ~Coat hanger Spray
paint dog biscuits white on both sides. Once dry tie together with string in
a
variety of patterns. Hang from coathangers or crossed dowels.
78.)Barnyard Bash
Invitations: Cut out animal shapes on construction paper and write the
party information on these. Hand deliver to your guests.
Decorations: bales of hay, bunches of dried cornstalks, autumn leaves,
pumpkins, gourds, dried corn cobs. Serve food in western bandanas attached
to sticks. Be sure to make a scarecrow. Carved out pumpkins make great
serving
dishes or chip bowls.
79.)Witches, Wizards and Goblins
Invitations: Buy several cheap plastic magic wants. Print out invitations
on white paper with important information. Scroll up around wand. Tie with
orange and black ribbon. Hand deliver to guests.
Decorations: String Christmas lights around the entrance way. Hang silver
and gold stars through out the party area. Mylar gold and silver balloons
can
also be hung. Cut out ghost shapes in Mylar and hang. Glow-in-the-dark tape
attached to walls, doors, lamps etc. is nice when lights are low. Grave
markers can be made from Styrofoam sheets - use felt-tip markers to make
inscription.
80.)Cats and Bats
Invitations: Cut out the shape of cats or bats in construction paper. Write
important party info on these. Hand deliver to invited guests.
Decorations: Have guests enter through a cat door (place a dark blanket
over half the doorway and let guests crawl through). Hang black crepe paper
and
cobwebs everywhere. Hang black silhouettes of cats and bats throughout the
house. Black balloons are a nice touch.
81.)Monster Mash
Invitations: Buy inexpensive eye masks at party store. Write important
party information on mask and hand deliver to guests.
Decorations: Bats hung everywhere! Make a coffin out of cardboard and leave
at entrance way for kids jackets etc. to be placed inside. Hang black and
green crepe paper or streamers.
82.)Nightmare at the Haunted House
Invitations: Cut out tombstone shapes on construction paper. Write party
info in the form of an epitaph. Hand deliver to guests.
Decorations: Hang spider webs, plastic insects, phony tombstones, ghosts,
balloons, witches and bats. Use back and white candles (out of reach of
children). Hang ghosts made from white pillow cases. Use white balloons
with black eyes drawn on them with markers. Ask florist to save dead flowers
and
wreaths that would be thrown away. Create a headless heathen by stuffing
old clothes with newspaper and prop up at front door. Dry ice makes a
special
affect at these parties.
83.)TRICK OR TREAT CHANT
Knock, knock
Trick or treat
Knock, then knock some more.
Knock, knock
Truck or treat
Let's see who's at the door!
IDEA: You could do this as a Halloween game. A few children could leave
the room, and , one at a time, knock on the door and come back in. They
could
be hidden with a sheet and respond: "It is I at your door!" The children
could then guess the Friendly Ghost by his/her voice.
84.)oJack-O'-Lantern with Glowing Eyes
Carve your pumpkin as you would normally, then place sections of a lime
with rind removed in the eye cut-outs. With a lit candle inside the eyes
will
glow green.
85.)Take a Trip to a Pumpkin Patch
Going to the pumpkin patch is always fun for little ones! Help your child
observe how the pumpkin is growing on the vine. Point out the variations in
color, size, shape, quality and weight.
86.)Pumpkin Custard
Make pumpkin custard from the meat of the pumpkin. Use recipe for pumpkin
pie filling, pour in custard cups, place in a baking pan. Fill pan with one
inch of hot water. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until knife
inserted in
center comes out clean.
87.)Halloween Costuming
Costumes for toddlers and preschoolers should be of the non-frightening
nature, such as pumpkins, cats, cartoon characters or painted faces. Young
children are unable to tell what is real or unreal, so they can be very
uncomfortable wearing or being confronted by ghosts, goblins and witches.
Masks are not recommended for young children due to their visual
obstructions, and quite oftenpumpkins, cats, cartoon characters.
88.)Feed the Spider
This is a revised version of Pin the Tail on the Donkey. On a large piece
of white butcher paper or tag board, draw a spider web with a black felt
pen.
Draw a large spider on the web, at a place of your choosing. Cut out
various shapes of green, brown, orange or yellow contruction paper for bugs.
Allow
the children to decorate their own bugs with crayons or felt pens. (You can
also use Creepy Crawlers TM.) Place a piece of double stick tape on the
underside of the bug. Explain to the children how they will be blind-folded
and will
try to feed the spider with the bug, and that the bug closest to the spider
will win a prize. It is usually best to demonstrate with an older child
first.
89.)Have You Seen.....? (tune) "The Muffin Man"
Have you seen the pumpkin man,
The pumpkin man, the pumkin man
Have you seen the pumpkin man,
Who lives in the pumpkin patch?
Have you seen the old black witch,
The old black witch, the old black witch,
Have you seen the old black witch,
Who lives in the haunted house?
Have you seen the scary ghost,
The scary ghost, the scary ghost,
Have you seen the scary ghost,
Who lives in the old ghost town?
Have you seen the big black bat,
The big black bat, the big black bat,
Have you seen the big black bat,
Who lives in the cold dark cave?
Yes, we have. We've seen these things,
Seen these things, seen these things,
Yes, we have, we've seen these things,
We saw them on Hallowe'en!
90.)PROJECT PUMPKIN
Convert your classroom into a pumpkin paradise; then provide lots of
opportunities for your young P.I.'s and Pumpkin Investigators to explore
and experience pumpkins!
91.)Pumpkin Muffins
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour*1/2 cup sugar or honey*2 tsp baking powder*1/2
tsp salt*1/2 tsp cinnamon*1 egg*1/2 cup milk*1/2 cup canned pumpkin*1/4 cup
melted butter *1/2 tsp nutmeg
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease the muffin pans. Measure and mix the
ingredients. Batter should be lumpy. FIll the cups 2/3 full and sprinkle
1/4 teaspoon sugar over each muffin. bake 18-20 minutes. Makes 12.
92.)Pumpkin Punch
Scoop out the inside of a large pumpkin. Put a mixing bowl inside. Fill the
bowl with apple cider, orange punch or any other beverage.
93.)Orange Milk Sherbet
1 envelope unflavored gelatin 3 cups milk 2 cups half & half 1 1/2 cups
sugar 1 cup orange juice 1/4 cup lemon juice 3/4 tsp salt yellow & red
food coloring. In a saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over 1 cup of the milk.
Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until gelatin dissolves.Set aside.
In a
large bowl, combine the rest of the milk with the remaining ingredients.
Gradually stir in gelatin mixture. Pour into cake pans, cover with foil.
94.)Paper Plate Owl
Need: paper plates (the kind with the ridged edges), circles of orange
construction paper for eyes. V-shaped pieces of orange construction paper
or bills & claws, a magic marker, brown tempera paint, & glue. Using the
magic
marker, draw cutting lines on each paper plate at 10, 2, 5 and 7 O'clock, &
along the inner edge of the ridges (these will be the wings). Have the
children cut their plates on the lines, then have them paint the pieces of
the paper plate with brown tempera paint and let dry. Staple the owl's wings
to
the bodies for the children (or use brads for more moveable wings). Have
the children glue the eyes, beaks & claws onto their owls.
95.)Wise owl
Glue the following on blue or black paper or fabric: 1/2 walnut shell for
body, curly pretzel for head, 2 beans for eyes, straight pretzel for perch,
two round oat cereal pieces for claws, a red bean for a beak.
96.)Witches' Hats
Bugles brand snack*spread cheese*round crackers
Spread cheese on crackers. Top each cracker off with a bugle to complete
the effect.
97.)Garbage Bag Ghost
large white garbage bag permanent black marker newspaper strong
string Stuff one corner of a large white garbage bag with crumpled newspaper
to
form a head. Twist shut,folding other corner down and secure with string.
Draw a
face on the ghost with permanent markers. Let face dry. Cut bottom part of
bag into 3-4" wide strips. Attach string to top of head with wide tape;
knotting string so it doesn't pull out. Make lots and hang them indoors or
out.*Please note: please be careful of plastic bags around small children.
No one
should ever put a plastic bag over their own or anyone else's head or use
this
craft as a "costume" .
98.)Halloween has come at last.
Witches goblins big black cats.
Funny faces round about
people laugh and people shout....BOO!
99.)Up against the moon so high
see the ugly witches fly
Pumpkin faces laugh at me
I'm as scared as I can be.
100.)There was a small witch on a Halloween night
who wanted to see if her hat was on right
she looked in the mirror and gave a loud scream
for she really looked like a very bad dream.
101.)Jack'olantern...jackolantern you are such a funny sight
As you sit by the window looking out at the night
You were once an orange pumpkin growing on a slender vine
Now you are a jackolantern see the candle light shine.
102.)Halloween Candy Holder
This is a great craft that the children can use to go trick or treating
with, or you can use it as a decoration. Take a large can (coffee can,
spaghetti
sauce can..) & wash thoroughly, making sure to remove all outside paper &
stickiness. Paint the can with one coat of white paint & let dry. Then
paint the can with a coat of orange paint - let dry. Then either with black
paint, or a black marker draw the face of a jack-o-lantern on the can.
Punch two
holes into the top edges of the can on opposite sides. (Use a hammer and
nail) Tie string or twine to make a handle. Optional: Use smaller cans,
fill
them with candy & stuff & use them as party favors at a Halloween party.
103.)Wise Owl
Cut an owl from brown and tan construction paper. Make eyes from orange &
yellow pieces of construction paper. Tear up small pieces of newspaper &
glue to the chest area for a mottled feather look.
104.)A fistful of ghosts
With a flick of the wrist, a handprint becomes a ghost! Make a paint pad
from a folded, wet paper towel & white paint. Press the little finger side
of
the hand onto the pad & then onto background paper with a bit of a swish.
The
little finger makes a head & the bottom of the hand creates the ghost!
105.)Hand print bats:
Paint both hands & put side by side (Bat wings). Add googly eyes.
106.)Foot print ghost: Paint foot & add eyes
107.)Egg carton spiders: Use paper machie egg carton, cut one egg holder
out
& paint black, insert pipe cleaner legs. We discuss numbers 1-8
108.)Oreo cookie spiders: Use oreo cookie for a body & licorice legs to the
cream filling part of the cookie.
109.)JACK-O-LANTERN JAR
Use a large glass jar, the big fat pickle jars are best for this. paint the
jar orange with poster paint, then add eyes and other features using black
electrical tape. Put a candle in it and you have a pretty jack-o-lantern to
set in the window.
110.)JACK-O-LANTERN JELLO
Slice the top off an orange and scoop out pulp. Cut eyes, nose and mouth in
orange so that it looks like a jack-o-lantern. Fill with orange jello.
111.)MARGARINE TUB JACK-O-LANTERN
Cover a small margarine tub, with the lid on, with orange crepe paper. Turn
on side using flat top for face. Make face by gluing on black paper
features.
112.)NAPKIN GHOSTS
Take two white paper napkins. Roll one into a ball and place it in the
center of the opened flat napkin. Gather up flat napkin around ball making
head of
ghost. Tie a string around neck of ghost and hang from ceilling or in front
of windows.
113.)NAPKIN GHOST TREAT
For a treat, wrap the napkin around a sucker or Tootsie Pop tying a string
under candy to form head and dot two eyes with a felt tip pen.
114.)PAPER BAG MASKS
Very simple or very elaborate masks can be made from grocery bags. Start
with crayons, markers, scissors and glue, and let your imagination go wild.
115.)WITCHES BREW
Put dry ice in punch on halloween and it will make it smoke like a real
witches' brew. The kids love it. We even put dry ice in our swimming pool
one year - it gave it a very eerie, swampy atmosphere.
116.)The Witch Rides Tonight-- Game
(tune; Farmer in Dell)
The witch rides tonight
The witch rides tonight
Heigh-ho, it's Halloween
The witch rides tonight!
The witch takes a cat...
The cat takes a bat...
The bat takes a spider...
The spider takes a goblin...
The goblin takes a skeleton...
The skeleton takes a ghost...
The ghost scares them all...
117.)This Old Ghost (tune; This Old Man) also use obvious actions
This old ghost, he played one,
He played peek-a-boo on the run
With a boo! boo! boo! and a clap, clap, clap
This old ghost is a friendly chap
two: peek-a-boo in a shoe
three: peek-a-boo behind a tree
four: peek-a-boo near a door
118.)Old Mother Witch
Old Mother Witch is coming to town
Coming to town, coming to town
Old Mother Witch is coming to town
So early in the morning.
119.)This is the way she rides her broom...
This is the way she wears her hat...
This is the way she stirs her brew...
This is the way she pets her black cat...
This is where she has her wart...
This is how she scares you BOO...
Old Mother Witch is going away...
120.)For This Is Halloween(tune; 10 Little Indians)
One little skeleton hopping up and down,
One little skeleton hopping up and down,
One little skeleton hopping up and down,
For this is Halloween.
121.)Two little children playing trick or treat...
Three little pumpkins standing in a row...
Four little goblins running all around...
Five little witches flying through the air...
122.)We're Not Afraid (tune; Twinkle, Twinkle)
Ghosts and goblins, cats and bats,
We're not afraid of this or that.
They are only make-believe,
Funny costumes on Halloween.
Ghosts and goblins, cats and bats,
We're not afraid of this or that.
123.)Who's That Ghost?
Seat children in a circle. Choose a volunteer to stand away from the
circle and close his eyes. Have a child put a ghost mask over his face.
When the
other child returns, he tries to guess "Who's that ghost?"
124.)Witch's Spell
Have kids form a circle. The Witch (teacher) will stand in the middle of
the circle, spin around, then raise her hand and cast a spell on the kids,
turning them into a particular animal.
Say: "Hocus, Pocus, Ala Kazam!
Turn into dogs, if you can!"
To change all animals back into kids:
Say: "Hocus Pocus Ala Kazam!
Now turn back into you!"
Dog, cat, bird, cow, rabbit, fish, horse, sheep, ghost, witch, etc.
125.)Halloween Make-up
1 T. white shortening
2T. cornstarch
1 tsp. white flour
4-5 drops food coloring
(One tablespoon shortening mixed with 2 1/2 tsp. cocoa makes great brown)
126.)Halloween Stories:
Clifford's Halloween
One Dark Night by Edna Mitchell Preston
The Witch Next Door by Norman Bridwell
The Tale of the Black Cat
How Spider Saved Halloween by Robert Kraus
The Big, Big Pumpkin
Witches Four by Marc Brown
Popcorn by Frank Asch
Arthur's Halloween Costume by Lillian Hoban
The Magic Pumpkin by Lucille Sette
Halloween with Morris and Boris by Bernard Wiseman
The Trip by Ezra Jack Keats
Georgie and the Robbers by Robert Bright
The Ghost's Dinner by Jacques Duquennoy
**The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams
It's Pumpkin Time
Space Case by James Marshall
127.)Whisper
(Say it in a quiet, spooky voice and finish with a shout. The kids love
it.)
Listen, listen. ( Hand behind ear)
Goblins are there. (Point to the door)
Hear them tiptoe
To your chair?
Don't speak a word. (Finger to lips)
Don't go "ah-choo!" ( finger under nose)
Don't move about. ( sit very still with arms close to sides)
Or they'll get YOU!!! (Shout "you" and Jump up with arms extended)
128.)Witch hats
Black and yellow construction paper, sturdy paper long enough to fit
around a child's head.
Cut a large triangle from black paper to form the hat. Add a yellow strip
about one inch wide, about one inch or so from the base of the triangle for
a hat band. Use the scraps of black (or use any color from your scrap box)
to cut long strips for hair and glue to the base of the hat. Fit a one inch
band of sturdy paper or light cardboard around the child's head and staple.
Staple or glue the hat to the band.
129.)Pumpkins on a Fence
Fence -Cut long strips from brown paper for the rails and a few shorter
ones for the posts. Glue on to a background paper.
Pumpkins - Cut circles from orange paper for pumpkins & glue them along the
top of the fence. Draw or paste a different face on each pumpkin. Add a
stem to the top. Add anything else you want to finish the scene.
130.)Buy a small pumpkin. Have the children sit in a circle and play a
Halloween version of "hot potato" using Halloween or "spooky sounds" music.
131.)Outline a ghost on a large piece of oaktag & tape it to a wall. Make
eyes out of black construction paper and put two-sided tape on the back.
Blindfold the children and "Pin the eyes on the ghost!"
132.)First you get a pumpkin big and round and fat (Put hands together in
front
of you to make a big fat belly.)Than you chop his top off, that will be his
hat (Make believe like you are
cutting the top of your head off)
Than you make a face, a mouth, a nose, 2 eyes (Make like you're drawing a
face)
Than you put him in the window for a Halloween surprise (Have legs straight
out on floor in front of you and stamp your heels)
133.)5 Little Pumpkins
5 little pumpkins sitting on a gate;
The first one said "Oh my it's getting late".
The second one said "There's a chill in the air."
The third one said "Well, I don't care".
The fourth one said "Let's run and run and run".
The fifth one said "I'm ready for some fun".
OOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOO went the wind
And OUT went the light and the five little pumpkins
rolled out of sight.
134.)FIVE LITTLE WITCHES
One little witch was fixing her black shoe.
(fix shoe)
Another came to help, and then there were two.
(Hold up two fingers)
Two little witches climbed high in the tree.
(Fingers climb up)
Another started climbing, and then there were three.
(Hold up 3 fingers)
Three little witches said,
"More brooms. We need more"
(Fingers sweep)
Another brought her broom,
And then there were four.
(Hold up 4 fingers)
Four little witches said,
"Through the sky let's dive."
(Fingers dive)
Another came along, and then there were five.
(Hold up 5 fingers)
Five little witches flying high in the sky.
"To the moon! they said.
"To the moon let's fly!"
(Five fingers fly in the air)
135.)HI HO ON HALLOWEEN
(Tune:Farmer in the Dell)
The goblin calls the witch, the goblin calls the witch;
Hi, Ho on Halloween, they all screech and scream.
The witch call the cats, the witch calls the cats
Hi, Ho on Halloween, they all screech and scream.
The cats call the bats, the cats call the bats;
Hi, Ho on Halloween, they all screech and scream.
The bats call the ghosts, the bats call the ghosts;
Hi, Ho on Halloween, they all screech and scream.
The ghosts say "Boo!" The ghosts say, "Boo!"
Hi, Ho on Halloween, they all screech and scream.
136.)LITTLE GHOST
(Tune:Yankee Doodle)
I'm such a very little ghost
I've waited all the year's through
For Halloween's my night to howl
Please let me frighten you, too!"
137.)PETER, PETER
Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,
Had a wife and couldn't keep her.
Put her in a pumpkin shelll,
And there he kept her very well.
138.)YELLOW PUMPKIN
(Tune:I'm a little teapot)
I'm a yellow pumpkin, fat and round
Growing in the cornfield, on the ground
I'll be a Jack-o-Lantern, with 2 big eyes
Or maybe I'll be baked in 2 fat pies.
139.)DID YOU EVER SEE A PUMPKIN?
(Tune:Did you ever see a Lassie?)
Did you ever see a pumpkin, a pumpkin, a pumpkin,
Did you ever see a pumpkin with no face at all?
With no eyes (point) and no nose and no mouth and no teeth
Did you ever see a pumpkin with no face at all?
So I made a Jack-o-Lantern, Jack-o-Lantern, Jack-o-Lantern,
So I made a Jack-o-Lantern with a big, funny face.
With big eyes and a big nose and a big mouth and big teeth
So I made a Jack-o-Lantern with a big funny face.
140.)3 LITTLE BLACK CATS
(tune:Ten Little Indians)
1 little, 2 little, 3 little black cats
Run over haystacks, run over ditches
Slide down the moon without any hitches
Hi-ho, Halloween's here.
Stand on your head with a lop-sided wiggle
Tickle your black cats til they giggle
Swish around with a higgly piggle
Hi-ho, Halloween's here.
141.)HAPPY HALLOWEEN
(Tune:Mary had a little lamb)
Monsters roam outside tonight,
In moonlight, what a fright.
Monsters all around tonight.
Happy Halloween.
Jack-o-Lanterns glow tonight,
Windows light, what a sight.
Yellow candles burn so bright.
Happy Halloween.
Witches fly on brooms tonight,
To the moon, what a height,
Soaring, screaming, what a fllight.
Happy Halloween.
Ghosts and goblins howl tonight,
Eyes aglow, what a light.
They hide outside, in the night.
Happy Halloween.
142.)PAINT A PUMPKIN.
Supply each child with a small pumpkin, contact paper cut
into various shapes and paint. Let the child cover the pumpkin w/the
shapes and paint over the shapes. when dry peel off the shapes to revealing
bright orange shapes underneath.
143.)GHOSTS & SPIDERS
Have the children trace each other's bare feet onto white
paper and cut them out. Stand them on their toes. Supply black cut out
eye shapes (ovals and circles) glue. Punch hole in the top and hang in
window
or from ceiling. To make spiders, trace children's 4 fingers on black paper,
then turn around paper and trace finger on other hand, adjacent to the
first 4 fingers. (the palm areas will overlap each other) Cut out. Punch
two
holes for eyes, decorate w/ glitter and suspend from ceiling or window,
draping
with spider web gauze.
144.)SPIDER
Cut two bodies of a spider. For the legs, cut narrow strips of black
crepepaper, spread with paste and roll. Lay the rolled legs across one
shape.
Glue the other shape on top of the legs. Attach a string throught the
middle of the body and hang.
145.)TUNA CAN SPIDER
Paint tuna can black. Hot glue 4 legs (orange) to each side of the can, use
>orange rickrack for a mouth, wiggle eyes. Punch a hole in top center of
can and hang from ceiling.
146.)SHAPE WITCH
White paper. Paste on orange (circle) moon, 2 black (triangles) one for
body and one for hat, one white circle and yarn for hair, add facial
features.
147.)SPIDER MOBILE
Cut one black pipe cleaner into 4 pieces. Push all 4 throught one black
bead centering the bead on the pipe cleaners. Bend legs to look like a
spider.
make several spiders hang them from yard on a 4" ring. Use loose cotton to
spread a web'like haze over the top of the ring.
148.)GHOST WINDSOCK
Use White construction paper and white crepe paper. Add scary eyes and nose
arms out of black construction paper.
149.)Pumpkin Punch
Scoop out the inside of a large pumpkin. Put a mixing bowl inside. Fill the
bowl with apple cider, orange punch or any other beverage.
150.)The Fat Old Witch
The strangest sight I've ever seen.
Was a fat old witch in a flying machine.
The witch flew high.
The witch flew low.
The witch flew fast
And the witch flew slow.
She circled all around the town,
Then turning left and turning right
She disappeared into the night.
That fat old witch in the flying machine
Was the strangest sight I've ever seen.
Of course, it happened on Halloween.
Act it out. Be dramatic. Talk about opposites. Have fun.
151.)Triangle Witch
Materials: Contruction paper, scissors, crayons or makers, glue and any
misc. that you choose to use.
Cut a six inch isosceles triangle from black paper. Cut a smaller (about
2") triangle from lighter colored paper (I like light green or orange) for
the face. Cut a skinny 1/4" by about 3" strip of black paper for the hat
brim. Mount the large black triangle point up on light colored paper or
drawing paper. Glue the small triangle point down about 2" from the tip of
the large one. Glue the strip of black paper across the top of the face to
form the hat. The children go on to add arms, legs,faces, hair, brooms,
pumpkins,etc. The children have a good time deciding how to finish them.
152)Make a mystery box by cutting an opening about 2 inches high on one
narrow
side and another opening about 4 inches high on the opposite side.
Decorate the box as you like with glitter glue, stampers, and markers.
Have someone put objects into the box one by one through the large opening.
The Guesser puts his hand through the small hole and tries to figure out
what each object is by feeling it.
Items to place inside box:
Tarantula---Twisted chenille sticks
Spiderweb-- Coat string with a mixture of white glue and water. Let dry.
Worms--Cook pasta
Eyeballls-- Peeled grapes or hardboiled eggs
Mice or Mole-- Fake Fur
Teeth-- Tines of a plastic fork
Monster Hand---3cups of cold water, 3/4 cup cornstarch, 1 tablespoon
vegetable oil, green food coloring, and a disposable plastic glove. Stir
ingredients together in a saucepan. Place over heat, and bring to a boil,
stirring until thickened. Let it cool a few minutes until it can be
handled.
Have someone hold the glove open while another spoons the warm mixture into
it, pushing the mixture down into each finger. Fasten the opening securely
with a twist tie or duct tape. It can be used warm or cold, and keeps
quite well. If you want a lumpy hand, mix just 1/2 cup of the cornstarch to
the
cold water at the beginning, and add the last 1/4 cup after the mixture has
started to thicken over the heat.
153.)Jack-o-Lantern Centerpiece
Make a double batch of crispy rice cereal treats. You'll need slightly
less than one batch for the lid and a full batch for the bottom.
Lid--- Line a small mixing bowl with wax paper. With buttered fingers,
press about half
of the warm mixture into the bowl, making the sides 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick.
When it's completely cool, remove it from the bowl, loosening the sides with
a knife.
Trim the lid to the desire height. For the stem, "glue" on half of a
chocolate cake roll
with chocolate frosting.
Bottom---Tape a long piece of aluminum foil, folded double, around the
outside of the same (clean) mixing bowl. It should extend 2 inches above
the rim. Line
the bowl with waxed paper. Press the mixture into the bowl and about 1 1/2
inches up the
foil. The bottom should be about 1 1/2 inches thick and the sides about 1
inch thick.
Let the shape cool, then remove it from the bowl. To finish, cut a
jack-o-lantern's face
into the bottom. Don't cut the mouth all the way through. Fill the
centerpiece with
popcorn, candy, and other small treats.
154.)Jack-o-Lantern Centerpiece
Make a double batch of crispy rice cereal treats. You'll need slightly
less than one batch for the lid and a full batch for the bottom.
Lid--- Line a small mixing bowl with wax paper. With buttered fingers,
press about half of the warm mixture into the bowl, making the sides 1/2 to
3/4 inch thick.
When it's completely cool, remove it from the bowl, loosening the sides with
a knife.
Trim the lid to the desire height. For the stem, "glue" on half of a
chocolate cake roll
with chocolate frosting.
Bottom---Tape a long piece of aluminum foil, folded double, around the
outside of the same (clean) mixing bowl. It should extend 2 inches above
the rim. Line
the bowl with waxed paper. Press the mixture into the bowl and about 1 1/2
inches up the
foil. The bottom should be about 1 1/2 inches thick and the sides about 1
inch thick.
Let the shape cool, then remove it from the bowl. To finish, cut a
jack-o-lantern's face
into the bottom. Don't cut the mouth all the way through. Fill the
centerpiece with
popcorn, candy, and other small treats.
155.)We made just plain ordanary bats out of construction paper. We attached
a
popsicle stick to the middle of it. And the kids would make them fly all
around. We also learned a lot about bats that week.
156.)"Have You Made Jack-O-Latern?" (To the tune of "The Muffin Man")
Have you made a jack-o-latern,
Have you made a jack-o-latern, Have you made a jack-o-latern,
Have you made a jack-o-latern,
For Halloween night?
I’ve A Jack-O-Latern
I’ve a jack-o-latern (Make a ball with open fist,thumb at top)
with a great big grin. (grin)
I’ve a jack-o-latern
with a candle in. (insert other index finger up through bottom of first)
157.)Carve a Pumpkin
Purchase several pumpkins. Carve them and save the seeds for roasting.
An alternative activity would be to use black felt tip marker to draw facial
features
on the pumpkin.
Pumpkins also have added accessories. For example, a large carrot can be
used fro a nose, parsley for hair, cut green peppers for ears, radishes for
eyes & a
small green onion can be placed in a cut mouth for teeth.
158.) Roasting Pumpkin Seeds
Wash & dry pumpkin seeds. Then spread the seeds out on a cookie sheet
to dry. Bake the seeds in a preheated oven at 350 degrees until brown.
Salt, cool and
eat at snack time.
159.)Plant Pumpkin Seeds
Purchase a packet of pumpkin seeds. Plant the pumpkin seeds in small
paper cups. Set the paper cups with the pumpkin seeds in a sunny place.
Water as needed.
Observe to see if there is growth on a daily basis.
159.)Dramatic Play:
1.) Costumes
Add Halloween costumes to the dramatic play area. (Some teachers
purchase these at thrift stores or sales. From year to year they are stored
in a halloween prop
box.)
160.)Arts & Crafts
1.) Spooky Easel
Provide orange & black paint at the paint easels.
2.) Pumpkin Seed Pictures
Dye pumpkin seeds many colors. Place the seeds with paste & paper on a
table in the art area. The children then can create their own pictures.>
3.) Crayon Wash
On the art table, place paper, light colored crayons, tempera paint &
brushes. The children can draw onpaper with light colored crayons. After
this, they can paint
over the entire picture with dark blue or black!
4.) Masks
Yarn, paper plates, felt tip markers, yarn, felt & any other accessories
needed to make masks interesting can be placed on a table in the art area.
161.)Sensory:
1.) Measuring seeds
Pumpkin seeds & measuring cups can be added to the sensory table. The
children will enjoy feeling & poring seeds.
2.) Goop
Add dry cornstarch to the sensory table. Slowly add enough water to
make it a Goopy consistency. If desires, add colring to make it black
or orange.
Large Muscle:
1.) Ghost, Ghost, Witch
This game is played like "Duck, Duck, Goose." Form a circle and kneel.
Choose one child to walk around the outside of the circle chanting, "Ghost,
ghost,
ghost". When the child taps another child and says "witch," the child tapped
chases the
initiator around the circle, attempting to tag the child. If the child who
is "it" returns to the
tapped child’s spot before the other, he can lose his trun. If not, the
child continues walking
around the circle, repeating the same procedure.
162.)Field Trips/Resourse People:
1. Pumpkin Patch
Visit a pumpkin patch. During the tour point out various sized pumpkins.
Discuss how the pumpkin grow, as well as their shapes, sizes, etc.
163.) Halloween Safety:
>From Clara Pask
A police officer can be invited to the classroom to talk about safety.
164.)THE LITTLE ORANGE HOUSE
(For this story you will need an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of orange paper and a
pair of scissors I recommend practicing this first to make sure it
turns out because I unfortunely can't send along the picture that shows
how you cut it. Memorizing the story is the most effective way to tell
this Keep in mind you are making a pumpkin with out a stem.)
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Once upon a time a very small witch was walking in the woods. The
cold wind was blowing the dry leaves all around her. The little witch
was frantically searching for a little house for the winter. She could
not find one Suddenly a piece of orange paper, blown by the wind,
landed at her feet. She picked it up.
The little witch looked closely at the paper and then she said, "I
will make myself a lttile house from this piece of orange paper."
She folded the paper in half Then she took her scissors (she
always carried a pair of scissors in her pocket) and she cut of the two
corners to make a roof (#1 opposite the folded edge) It looked like
this.
"This will do just fine," she said as she looked at her new house.
"But I will need a door." With her scissors she cut a door. Since
witches always wear pointed hats, she cut a special door. It looked
like this (#2 - Cut up from the folded edge to make the mouth of the
pumpkin)
The witch walked through the door into the little orange house. It
was very dark inside. She quickly hurried back out
"I will need to make windows to let in the light.," said the little
witch. She cut a front and back window that looked like this.
(make cut #3)
Oh, it was a very fine looking house Her very own little house with
a roof, a door and windows was all finished. But just as the little
witch started to go inside for the winter, she saw a tiny ghost floating
down the wind swept path. As the tiny ghost came to a stop near the
little house, she saw that the little ghost was crying. "Why are you
crying?" asked the little witch.
The tiny ghost stopped crying and answered, "It is cold and windy.
It is geting dark and I have no place to spend the winter"
"You may spend the winter with me in my new house," said the little
witch.
"Oh, thank you," the happy tiny ghost said as she peaked in the
window. "This is a very nice house."
"First" said the little witch, "I will need to make you a door of
your very own." She took her scissors again and began to cut. She cut a
very tiny door. It looked just like this.
The two happy new friends went inside. The tiny ghost went in the
very little door and the little witch went in through her own special
door. All winter long they lived happily together inside the little
orange house.
If you want to see inside their little orange house, just unfold the
sheet of paper. Surprise!
165.)give each group rolls of toilet paper. Each group has to wrap there
mummy up with the TP. The first team to run out of TP wins.
166.)Jack-O-Lantern
I am a pumpkin, big and round (use arms to show size of pumpkin)
One upon a time, I grew in the ground (point to the ground)
Now I have a mouth, 2 eyes, a nose (point to features on your face)
What are they for, do you suppose ? (bring forefinger to forehead, thinking
gesture)
When I have a candle inside (hold up right forefinger)
Shining bright
I'll be a Jack - O- Lantern on Halloween Night !! (Thumbs in
armpits-bragging gesture)
167.)Paper Bag Pumpkin and Ghosts
Using a grocery bag or a lunch bag crumple newspaper and stuff. Twist top
of paper bag and tie with an elastic or string. Have the children paint the
bag orange and paint a face on with black. Paint the stem green.
Using a grocery bag or lunch bag crumple newspaper and stuff about half
full. Twist middle of bag and tie with an elastic or string. Paint white
and paint a face on. Hang up.
168.)Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Pumpkin, pumpkin
Sitting on a wall (Have children sit down)
Pumpkin, pumpkin
Tip and fall (Have child fall over)
Pumpkin, pumpkin
Rolling down the street (Have child roll on floor)
Pumpkin, pumpkin
Trick or treat !!! (Have children shout)
169.)What Am I ??
A face so round (form large circle)
And eyes so bright (Point to eyes)
A nose that glows (Point to nose)
My what a sight (Clap hands)
A funny mouth (Point to mouth)
With a jolly grin (Grin with mouth)
No arms, no legs (Shake arms and touch legs)
Just head to chin (Place one hand on head and other on chin)
What am I ???
170.)One Jack-o-Lantern Tune: Elephant Song
One Jack-o-lantern went out to play
upon a pumpkin vine one day,
He had so much spooky fun
He called for another Jack-o-lantern to come
One child stands to start - then chooses 2nd Jack-o-lantern As each child
is added children count and tell how many until all are standing in a row -
then vine breaks and all fall down!
171.)Jack o Lantern Tune: I'm a Little Teapot
I'm a little Jack o lantern
Fat and Fine
They picked me off a pumpkin vine
Halloween is coming don't you know
Just light my candle and watch me glow
172.)The Ghost
I saw a ghost (fingers circle eyes)
He saw me too (point to yourself)
I waved at him (wave your hand)
But he said, "BOO!" (try to scare person next to you)
173.)Witches Brew
Stirring and stirring and stirring the brew
Whooo, Whooo, whooo, Whoooo
Tip toe, tip toe, tip toe
Boo!
174.)I'm a Little Pumpkin Tune: I'm a Little Teapot
I'm a little pumpkin
Round and stout
Packed full of seeds that you can scoop out
When I get all carved up
Then I'll be
The cutest Jack-o-Lantern you ever did see.
175.)The Hooky Spooky Tune: Hokey Pokey
You put your head in, you put your head out
You put your head in and you shake it all about
You do the hooky spooky and you give a little shout
That's what it's all about- BOO!
etc for rest of body parts
176.)Pumpkin
Here is a pumpkin, big and fat
He turns into a jack o lantern (snap your fingers, turn pumpkin over)
Just like that!
177.)Spook-E-Do
Tell the children that each one of them will have a chance to show the
others in the group a trick. Call on a child and lead the group to chant:
Hello, (Child's Name), Spook-E-Doo
What is the trick you are going to do?
Will you hop, or bend, or spin around?
Stretch, or wiggle, or touch the ground?
Continue until all the children have had a chance to show their trick.
178.)Halloween transitions
Ask the children what they will dress up as for Halloween and have them move
that way to where they want to go. (ie- fly like a witch, crawl like a cat,
fly like a ghost)
179.)The Witch Rides Tonight Sung to: Farmer in Dell
The witch rides tonight
The witch rides tonight
Heigh-ho, it's Halloween
The witch rides tonight!
The witch takes a cat...
The cat takes a bat...
The bat takes a spider...
The spider takes a goblin...
The goblin takes a skeleton...
The skeleton takes a ghost...
The ghost scares them all...
This Old Ghost Sung to: This Old Man
This old ghost, he played one,
He played peek-a-boo on the run
With a boo! boo! boo! and a clap, clap, clap
This old ghost is a friendly chap
two: peek-a-boo in a shoe
three: peek-a-boo behind a tree
four: peek-a-boo near a door
180.)Old Mother Witch
Old Mother Witch is coming to town
Coming to town, coming to town
Old Mother Witch is coming to town
So early in the morning.
This is the way she rides her broom...
This is the way she wears her hat...
This is the way she stirs her brew...
This is the way she pets her black cat...
This is where she has her wart...
This is how she scares you BOO...
Old Mother Witch is going away...
181.)For This Is Halloween Sung to: 10 Little Indians
One little skeleton hopping up and down,
One little skeleton hopping up and down,
One little skeleton hopping up and down,
For this is Halloween.
Two little children playing trick or treat...
Three little pumpkins standing in a row...
Four little goblins running all around...
Five little witches flying through the air...
182.)Have You Seen.....? Sung to: The Muffin Man
Have you seen the pumpkin man,
The pumpkin man, the pumpkin man
Have you seen the pumpkin man,
Who lives in the pumpkin patch?
-Have you seen the old black witch,
Who lives in the haunted house?
-Have you seen the scary ghost,
Who lives in the old ghost town?
-Have you seen the big black bat,
Who lives in the cold dark cave?
-Yes, we have, we've seen these things,
We saw them on Hallowe'en!
183.) Foot Ghost
Using white paper, have children step on paper and trace around their shoes.
To
make a face, use crayons, pens, or black construction paper with white
chalk.
184.) Paper Bag Pumpkin
Using a large grocery bag (or a little lunch bag) crumple newspaper and
stuff. Twist
top of paper bag and tie with an elastic. Have children paint the bag
orange. Paint
the face black. Paint stem green.
185.)Spider's Web
Materials: String or yarn, 6- 6" pieces of string and 4 12 in. pieces of
string, diluted white glue or liquid starch, dishes, waxed paper
Activity: Let the children dip pieces of string into dishes of glue or
starch. Then have them lay their strings on waxed paper to create the
spiders web. Lay the string in the shape of a spiral overlapping the ends.
Lay the large pieces of string over the spiral in the shape of a cross. When
the strings dry, they will become stiff and hold their shapes.
186.)Spooky Spider Webs
Put a paper plate in a pie pan and give the student a small dab of black
paint. You can also paint a paper plate black and do the activity with white
paint to look more realistic. After the small dab of paint is placed on the
students plate, drop a marble in and let the child move the pie pan in all
different directions to make a spooky spider web. After it has dried, punch
a hole in the plate and attach a plastic spider ring or sponge paint a
spider in the web.
187.)Rattling Skeletons
Use white paper to form 5 paper chains, and then connect to make a skeleton.
Trace children's hands and feet on white paper, cut and glue to the ends of
the arms, and legs. Cut an oval shape and draw on the face. These work best
when made with small groups of children. Hand around the classroom for
spooky decorations!
188.)Tempera Paint Spider Webs
Using runny black paint, allow the children to use a straw to blow the paint
across the page to make a spider's web
189.)Glue Ghosts
Have the child draw a ghost outline on a piece of waxed paper, and then have
them fill in the outline with white school glue. Dry overnight, and then
have the child add facial features. Place on a string and you have a spooky
ghost necklace.
190.)Giggly Ghosts
Materials: Quilt Batting, Narrow elastic , Construction paper , Glue
Have the children tear off a wad of the quilt batting. Have the children
form the "ghost" any way they want. Next, have the children cut eyes, legs,
arms, etc. etc. from the construction paper and glue onto their ghost.
Finally, cut some of the elastic and tape to the top of the ghosts and hang
them from the ceiling. The kids love to watch them bob up and down!
191.)Halloween Pasta Collage
Check out your local grocery store, Michaels, Trader Joes, or Ben Franklin
craft store to find pasta in Halloween shapes. Let your kiddo's create a
cool collage with the pasta and whatever else you decide to add!
192.)Halloween Cookie Cutter Prints
Buy an assortment of Halloween cookie cutters. Let the children dip the
cookie cutters into paint and then press them onto paper. This makes really
cool prints!
193.)Halloween Pasta Necklaces
Check out your local grocery store, Michaels, Trader Joes, or Ben Franklin
craft store to find pasta in Halloween shapes. Let your children string the
pasta shapes on a piece of yarn to create a necklace or bracelet.
194.)Ghost Foot Prints
Here's a fun art activity I do before Halloween. I only do this with 2
children at a time during center time. Have children take off one shoe and
sock. One child sits in the chair and the other child paints the bottom of
that child's foot with white paintWhen the bottom of the foot is covered,
have the child stamp is foot down on a piece of black construction paper.
Have a tub of warm soapy water nearby and a towel for the child to wash
his/her foot off. Then the children switch. When the pictures dry, I let the
children put two stickers on for eyes (or holes punched from a hole puncher
or googly eyes). The heel part of the footprint is the ghost's head. It's
really cute and it's such an unusual art project that my kids remember it
for the whole year!
195.)Paper Bag Pumpkins
Materials: Lunch size paper bags , Orange paint , Green paint , Newspaper ,
String
Have the children crumple up newspaper and stuff their paper bags so they
are ½ full. Twist the unstuffed part of the bag and tie at the bottom to
make a stem. Let the children paint their pumpkins. When they are dry, the
children can draw faces on them.
196.)Pumpkin Painting
Buy several small, fresh pumpkins. Cut them in half. Let the children dip
the pumpkin halves into paint to make prints.
197.)Spaghetti Cobwebs
Materials : Cooked Spaghetti (cold) , White glue , Wax paper
Have the children dip the spaghetti into the glue and arrange the pieces
onto the wax paper. When the spaghetti dries, carefully peel the "cobweb"
off of the wax paper. Hang from ceiling.
198.)Cheese Cloth Ghosts
Materials :Cheese cloth , 2 cups white glue , 16 oz plastic cups
Dilute the white glue with ½ to 3/4 cups of water. Let the children dip a
piece of cheese cloth into the diluted glue. Have the children drape the
wet cheese cloth over the 16 oz cups. Let the "ghosts" dry for two days.
Carefully remove the cup from the hardened cheese cloth. Let the children
decorate their ghosts. Hang the completed ghosts from the ceiling.
199.)Puffy Paint Cobwebs
Mix equal parts of flour, salt, and water in a large bowl. Pour the mixture
into squeeze bottles. Give each child a black paper plate or a piece of
black construction paper. Let the children squeeze the white puffy paint
onto the black paper. When the puffy paint dries, it will look like
glittery cobwebs.
200.)Bouncy Leg Spiders
Materials: paper plate, black paint, crepe paper or construction paper
1) Paint a paper plate all black
2) Fold the paper Accordion style and make eight legs
3) Attach legs to the sides of paper play and hang from ceiling
201.)Milk jug Pumpkin
Materials: 2 gallon milk jugs, orange Tempera paint, water, black
construction paper, green paper, green tissue paper
1) Using a 2 gallon milk jug, fill the container with a small amount of
orange tempera paint and add a teaspoon of water.
2) Replace the lid and have fun shaking the paint until the jug is covered
with orange
3) Have the children glue on jack o lantern face to the outside of the jug
(the flat side of the jug, the handle will be in the back)
4) Paint the cap with green paint and glue on green vines and leaves with
twisted tissue paper.
5) Makes a great big display for Halloween !
203.)Placemats/Counters
Find an appropriate haunted house pattern. Make several copies and color,
decorate, and laminate them as placemats. Find white lima beans at the
grocery store and turn them into ghost counters. Add eyes and mouth to the
beans and you have a great math center for Halloween. Have the kids put the
ghosts in the haunted house and count them as they go.
205.)Sorting
For a sorting activity, use various Halloween treats such as spiders and bat
rings of different colors or pumpkin and ghost light covers.
206.)Halloween Sensory Activity
Buy some small plastic jack-o-lanterns that are meant to be filled with
treats. Fill them with cotton balls that have been perfumed with scents
from the pantry (pumpkin pie spice, apple pie spice, peppermint extract,
lemon peel, orange peel, etc.). Put these in the sensory center. Children
can enjoy smelling the scents.
207.)Science Activity
Put mini pumpkins, small gourds, and Indian corn in a basket with magnifying
lenses . Put the basket in the sensory center. Children feel the different
textures, look at a variety of colors, and examine them close up with the
magnifying lenses. Autumn leaves, pine cones, and nuts can be added.
208.)Mummy Dress Up
Let the children wrap each other in toilet paper and pretend to be a mummy.
209.)Ghost Cookie
Using peanut shaped cookies, spread with white frosting or marshmallow
fluff, add chocolate chips for eyes and nose.
210.)Witches Brew
Mix up a batch of lemonade from concentrate. Add green food coloring to the
lemonade to give it a spooky look. Get a plastic witch's cauldron and place
a piece of dry ice in it. Pour the brew over the dry ice and watch your
kid's delight.
211.)Ghost Cookies
Dip Nutter Butter cookies in white chocolate and let completely dry. Then
let the kids decorate the face with cake mate frosting or chocolate chips.
212.)Potato Ghosts
Hand sculpt mashed potatoes to look like a ghost. Place them on an oiled
cookie sheet, brushed with melted butter, and put in the oven to heat and
brown a little. You can serve it with bat shaped meatloaf (using a bat
cookie cutter).
213.)Pumpkin Faces
Ingredients: English muffins, Orange spreadable cheese, Raisins
Directions: Let the children spread the cheese on the english muffin.
Let them arrange the raisins to make the eyes, nose, and mouth.
214.)Spooky Sandwich Puzzles
Let the children make their own peanut butter sandwiches with two pieces of
bread. Give each child a halloween cookie cutter and let them press the
shape out of the center of their sandwich. They will now have a "spooky
sandwich puzzle."
215.)"Hand" Snacks
Ingredients: Clear food server gloves (one for each child), Popcorn, Candy
corn, Yarn
Directions: Take one of the food server gloves and place a candy corn in
each of the fingers. Fill the rest of the glove with popcorn. Fasten the
top of the glove with yarn. Make a glove for each child in your class.
216.)Monster Cookies
Ingredients: Oatmeal cookies, Candy corn, Chocolate chip pieces, Raisins
Directions: Each child creates a monster cookie by making a face on an
oatmeal cookie by using candy corn, chocolate chips, marshmallows, raisins,
etc. Place the cookies on a cookie sheet and place in a hot oven just long
enough for the faces to melt. This creates truly monster faces.
217.)Ghost Toast
Ingredients; Loaf of bread, Margarine, Shredded coconut, Raisins, Chocolate
chips
Directions: Each child makes ghost toast by spreading margarine to make
faces on toast then sprinkling coconut on it. Put raisins or chocolate
chips for eyes and mouth. Toast.
218.)Pin The Tail On The Cat
Cut out a cat shape from black felt. Use fabric paint to add the eyes,
nose, and whiskers. Cut out several tails from black felt and sew or glue
the hook side of Velcro onto the end that attaches to the cat. The hook
Velcro will stick to the felt anywhere the children put it. They play the
game just like pin the tail on the donkey.
219.)Shaving Fun
Spray shaving cream on your carved pumpkin. Take turns shaving the pumpkin
with safety razors that have the blades removed.
220.)Ghost Callers/Ghost Hunt
Materials: Two ghosts; draw them or use two ghost figures.
Directions: Cut white construction paper into 4"x5" pieces. Roll and
tape to form tubes. These are the ghost callers. Make one for each child.
1. Go on a ghost hunt. Show everyone the two ghosts. Have children close
their eyes. Teacher hides the ghosts. 2. Children open eyes and count 1-2-3
GHOST! On the count of "ghost" the hunt begins. 3. The children who find
the two ghosts sit by the teacher. Give them a ghost caller and let them
make ghost noises for the next ghost hunt. The noise helps call the ghosts
from their hiding places. 4. Continue until all children are making ghost
noises.
221.)Pass The Pumpkin
Sit in a circle. Provide a plastic pumpkin for children to pass while the
teacher beats on a drum. Children pass the pumpkin to the tempo of the
music. Alternate between fast and slow. When the music stops the child who
has the pumpkin stands and takes a bow. Continue.
222.)Pin The Stem On The Pumpkin
Have the children paint a large cardboard pumpkin shape. When the pumpkin is
dry, secure it to the wall or your bulletin board. Give each child a
construction paper stem with a piece of tape looped at the top. Let each
child cover or close their eyes and let them try to pin the stem on the
pumpkin.
223.)Ghost Magnet
Make a ghost cut out of black construction paper and place in an old oatmeal
canister with one teaspoon white paint and marbles and shake. Makes a
really cute spooky ghost. Mount them on fun foam and add glitter and a
magnet for a spooky fridge magnet.
224.)Halloween Simon Says
Make pumpkins out of construction paper about 5 inches. Make enough for
each child to use. Laminate or contact them so you can use them more than
once during the month. I save mine and use them year after year. Then play
follow the leader. Say put your pumpkin on your ear, put your pumpkin on
your tummy etc. Another day you can say put your pumpkin under you, on over
your head. Place your pumpkin beside you. etc. They love it. If they are 3
and 4 you can give each child 2 different shapes like a ghost and a black
cat. Put your ghost on your toes and put the black cat on your elbow.
225.)Pumpkin Math
Purpose: Students will use reasoning skills to estimate, count, describe,
sort, graph,
compare, and measure.
If you can't arrange for each student to have their own you can have a class
pumpkin. Put it on a "Mystery Box" and play "20 Questions." to determine
what is hiding!
1 Estimate the weight of the pumpkin(s). Guesstimate how much they think it
weighs, then check it out (baby scales work best). Graph the pumpkin's by
weight.
2. Estimate how fat the pumpkin is (circumference). Students cut a piece of
string and places it around the pumpkin like a belt. Graph the strings "too
short, too long, just right."
3. Estimate the number of seeds inside. At carving time, save the seeds to
dry and then count seeds onto groups of tens.
4. Describe, sort, and make a real graph of the pumpkins. the real graph
could be recorded onto a picture graph. Students draw pumpkins to match each
category. This is a great home/school communicator!
Graph: "Where did you get your pumpkin? Store, patch, grew it yourself?"
Before carving, students draw picture of face they want on their pumpkin.
Graph their ideas.
Fill several different size and shope jars with pumpkin suds. Estimate and
count.
Use various color, shape, jack-o-lanterns to create patterns. Students glue
the patterns onto paper strips and create a book or make a pattern around
the edge of a 18 x 24 paper for a place mat.
226.)Pumpkin Science
Purpose: To acquaint children with the sequence of how pumpkins grow.
1. Discuss what a seed needs to grow. Plant seeds you saved after the
carving. Keep a journal each day of it's growth.
2. Read "Pumpkin Pumpkin" by Jeanne Titherington and discuss the stages of a
pumpkin. Using prepared drawings of:seed, vine, flower, small green pumpkin,
orange pumpkin, jack- o- lantern.
3. Use the sequence idea to create an art project: Cut out 2 orange pumpkins
and glue together leaving the top open. On a long piece of yarn glue 2
pieces of "seed" papers together on either side of yarn. Twist green pipe
cleaner onto the yarn. Twist yellow tissue paper square to look like flower
and tape onto yarn. Glue green and orange pumpkins onto yarn. Glue end of
yarn inside pumpkin "pocket."
227.)Silly Itsy Bitsy Spider
The itsy bitsy spider
Crawled on _______'s head!
It crawled all around, then
made a nice soft bed.
It wiggled down his/her shoulder
and jumped down to the floor.
Then the itsy bitsy spider
crawled to someone for more!
228.)I'm A Little Scarecrow - little Teapot
I'm a little scarecrow
Raggedy and worn
I wear a hat,
and a shirt that's torn.
When the crows come,
I wave and shout,
"Away from my garden...
Get on out!"
229.)BATS
After looking at pictures of bats (there are over 100 different species of
bats!) and reading Stellaluna, the children make bats using toilet tissue
tubes.
1. Cover tubes with construction paper
2. Trace a circle for face and glue onto end, add pointy ears and features
3. Make wings from construction paper and glue onto tube fold up and down
along wings to resemble bat wings
4. Glue feet sticking out the back of the wings
5. Add string to hang
230.)BAT HEARING
Bats use their sense of hearing to help them find food, their ears are very
sensitive. A bat can tell where and object or animal is by making clicking
sounds that result in echoes. (echolocation) Bats can tell where trees and
buildings are by using this system. That is how bats can fly in darkness
without hitting anything.
Hearing Experiment
*One child is the bat and 3 or 4 other children will make sounds.
*Give the 3 or 4 children something to make a sound with like a bell, wooden
sticks to click together, and a drum.
*With the bat in the middle the other children position themselves around
the bat.
*Bat should close eyes
*Each child should make their noise and the bat should walk over to that
child and touch him.
*Continue until everyone has a chance to be the bat.
231.)Did You Know?
- Did you know that bats have knees, elbows, wrists, and fingers? Bats use
their thumbs and feet to hold food and hold their babies.
- Most bats eat insects. Some eat fruit, fish, or plants. Bats have sharp
teeth to help them chew their food.
- Bats can be the size of a JELLY BEAN (bumble bee bat) or be as large as
the fruit bat which has the wingspan of more then 5 feet!
- Bats live everywhere in the world except in the Arctic and Antarctica.
- Baby bats are called pups.
232.)Window Watchers
Supplies: Construction Paper , Crayons , Scissors , Glue , Colored Tissue
Paper (orange, red, or yellow)
Draw a halloween character (bat, cat, pumpkin, ghost, ect.) on a piece of
construction paper(just make sure the eyes are atleast an inch around); cut
it out, including the eyes. Trace the cutout onto another piece of paper and
cut it out too, including the eyes. You now have the front and back. Glue
tissue paper over the eyeholes on the backside of the front cut out. Glue
the front and back together (make sure to line up the eyes) so the tissue
paper is hidden inside.
233.)Spider Web
Supplies: Black Construction Paper , White Paint , Scissors , Round, Metal
Cake or Pie Pan , Marble
Cut a piece of construction paper to fit into the bottom of the cake pan.
Place about a half teaspoon of white paint in the middle of the paper. Drop
the marble into the cake pan and tilt the pan back and forth. As the marble
passes through the paint it leaves trails of white on the paper. (I have
also had the kids glue plastic spiders on their pictures when they are dry!)
234.)Bean Ghost Pictures
Supplies: Black Construction Paper , Large Lima Beans , Glue , Markers
Glue the beans onto the paper, and use a fine point marker to make a face on
the bean. This is the ghost. If you want, you can have the child draw a
scene on the paper too!
235.)Witches Broom
Supplies: Paper Grocery Bag , Paper Towel Rolls , Scissors , Tape ,
String
Depending on the length you want the broom handle to be, you can tape two or
more paper towel rolls together. Cut off the bottom of the paper grocery
bag, then cut fringes into that side. Roll the uncut side of the paper bag
around the bottom of the tube; attach with tape ,then tie with string.
236.)Paper Grocery Bag Costume and Mask
Supplies: Paper Grocery Bags, Crayons, Markers, or Paint , Scissors ,
Glue, Tape, Ect , Scrap Paper, Scrap Fabric, Buttons (and anything else you
can imagine)
Depending on what you are making, cut holes for eyes, arms, neck, ect. Use
your imagination and design as you want!
237.)Paper Plate Masks
Supplies: Paper Plates , Popsicle Sticks, Yarn, or Rubber Bands, Crayons,
Markers, or Paint, Glue, Tape, Ect , Scrap Paper, Fabric, Buttons (and
anything else you can imagine)
Cut out holes for eyes. Decorate as desired. Use popsicle sticks as a
"handle" to hold up the mask, or use yarn or rubber bands to tie it to the
face.
238.)Scary Skulls
Supplies: Paper Plates, Crayons or Markers, Scissors
Cut half circles (about 3-4 inches long and about one and a half inches
deep)on opposite sides of a paper plate. Draw a skull face.
239.)Halloween Language Ideas
* Create a class book titled "The Thirteen Days of Halloween". Children can
suggest different ghoulish ideas to complete the pattern, ending with
".....a vulture in a dead tree!".
240.)Three Black Cats - Three Blind Mice
Three Black cats, three black cats,
See how they fly, see how they fly,
They all climb up on a witch's broom,
they arch their back and away they zoom,
What a sight to see as they pass the moon,
Three black cats.
241.)Three Little Witches
1 Little, 2 little, 3 little witches, (hold up hands and raise fingers)
Fly over haystacks (left hand fly overhead)
Fly over ditches (right hand fly over head)
Slide down moonbeams (slide fingers away from chest)
Without any hitches (finger hooked in front)
Hi - Ho! Halloweens here! (clap)
242.)Ghosts
Materials: 7 cups plain popped corn , 2 1/2 cups puffed rice cereal, 16 red
gumdrops , 4 cups miniature marshmallows, 6 Tbs butter
Mix popcorn and cereal in a large bowl. Melt butter over low heat. Add
marshmallows and stir until melted. Remove from heat. Dribble melted
mixture over popcorn and cereal and stir evenly until coated well. Rub a
little butter on your hands, take a handful of popcorn and mould it into a
ghostly shape. Flatten bottom and place on wax paper. Add chopped gumdrops
for eyes.
243.)Old Mother Witch
Children sit in circle. Chant - "Old Mother Witch, couldn't find a stitch,
Rode her broomstick round and round and took another witch to town, Woosh!
Woosh! Woosh! Woosh! Wham!" When saying "Whoosh.....", child on outside of
circle taps other lightly on head. Whoever in selected on the word "Wham!"
becomes the new witch.
244.)Witch Seat
Children sit in circle, with one child in the centre wearing a witch's hat.
The witch calls out - "I'm looking for a seat! When I call your name, jump
to your feet!" then calls two names. Those two children change places
before the witch gets to their seat. if the witch gets to a seat first, that
child becomes the witch.
245.)Trickster safety:
- Have your child carry a flashlight
- Treat or treat at homes you know
- Accompany your child when trick/ treating. Older children should stay in
groups if no parent is present
- Flame resistant costumes are in order.
- Keep costumes short and remind children to stay away from pumpkins with
candles in them
- Remind children to stay away from pets they do not know
- Remind children of road safety rules. Do go up one side of the road and
down the other side
- If you are driving your children - drive slowly, with lights on and be
cautious
- Children should NEVER eat any treats until parents have had a chance to go
through them and inspect them. Parents should look for tampering of packages
and discard any they believe unsafe.
- Children should wear their own shoes when trick or treating - wearing
costume one can be dangerous and uncomfortable
- Remind children that not everyone celebrates Halloween and to avoid homes
that lights are off.
- Also remind children not to run through neighbors yards or gardens.
246.)Treaters safety:
If you plan on giving out treats this year here are some suggestions to
follow:
- Have your treats prepared by the door so you don't have to hunting for
them when the tricksters come
- Create a unique way to hand out treats, in a carved out pumpkin or basket
- Clear your yard and walkways, remove any obstacles
- Position pumpkins with candles in them in an area that is safe and
children will not trip on them.
- Consider using flashlights instead of candles.
- Replace and lights or bulbs that are burnt out so area is brightly lit
where tricksters will arrive.
- Nutrition is not a consideration at Halloween. Those parents who are
concerned about nutrition generally do not let their children go out trick
or treating. If you give out raisins, apples, granola or wheat germ it is
likely to end up all over your front yard.
-If you plan on dressing up to greet tricksters remember that some younger
children may be frightened of your costume. Try to avoid scaring small
children.
247.)Halloween Jokes / Riddles:
What do you get when you cross Dracula with Sleeping Beauty?
Tired Blood!!
Is it true that Witches are afraid of dead bodies?
Of corpse it is!!
Why does the Mummy keep his Band-aids in the refridgerator?
He wants to uses them later for cold cuts!!
Why did the Witch cross the road?
It was the chickens day off!! Booo!
What is a ghosts favorite ride at the midway?
A roller ghoster!!
248.)Lawn Spider
Materials: 5 Large Black/Green plastic garbage bags, Clear packing tape (or
any strong tape) , White construction paper (for eyes), Old newspapers (for
stuffing), Scissors
Instructions: Using one garbage bag, stuff with newspaper to make large,
round shape. Close bottomusing packing tape Take 4 garbage bags and cut in
half down the middle of the long side. Tape sides cut closed. You will then
have 8 strips with an open end. Stuff the open ends with newspaper half way.
Twist the bag (for knew joint) then continue stuffing until full. Tape off
end.
On round garbage bag, tape eyes cut out from white construction paper - or
other white materials. Eyes can be decorated with permanent marker to make
eyeballs or eyelashes.
Take your spider parts outside and assemble. You should have the body and 8
legs. Prop the legs up against the body, or tape to the body.
249.)Balloon Spiders
Materials: 2 round black balloons, Black construction paper, Clear tape,
Blank String or yarn, Large white sticky labels , Scissors, markers,
stickers, hole reinforcements
Instructions: Blow up both balloons. One should be larger for the body. Tie
off with string, and attach two balloons together at tied ends. Cut 8 strips
of construction paper for legs. Fold in accordion style if you wish. Tape to
body of spider at sides. Once taped to balloon do not remove, this may pop
the balloon. Using labels, stickers, scissors and markers make eyes for your
spider and affix to head. Decorate your spiders back with any stickers you
choose. You may tie a long piece of string at the body/head joint for
hanging your spider or having him walk with you.
250.)Paper Mache Spider
Materials: Paper Mache Recipe, 1 balloon for each child, Black tempera
paint, Black construction paper , Clear tape or glue, Black String or yarn ,
Large white sticky labels , Scissors, markers, stickers, hole,
reinforcements
Instructions: This spider is very similar to the Balloon spider, only more
permanent. Using the recipe for Paper Mache cover one blown up balloon with
paper mache. Allow to dry 24 hours before painting or decorating. Paint your
now hard balloon black. Allow to dry. Affix 8 strips of construction paper
or pipe cleaners to body of spider with tape or glue. Decorate spider with
stickers, labels, construction paper, or painted designs. Hang spider from
string or use string to walk with your spider
251.)Walnut Spiders
Materials: In the Shell Walnuts , Pipe cleaners , Black tempera paint ,
Clear tape or glue , White sticky labels , Scissors, markers, stickers, hole
reinforcements
Instructions: Have an adult halve the walnut and remove the nut. Be careful
to not crack or damage the shelled halves. Either leave shell brown or paint
black. Allow to dry completely if painted. Attach pipe cleaners to sides of
shell for spider legs. They can be attached with glue or tape, or for a more
permanent attachment have an adult drill small holes in each side of the
shell and poke pipe cleaner through. Decorate body with eyes using stickers
or hole reinforcements. These make great table ornaments at Halloween
parties!!
252.)Great Ghost
Materials: Newspaper, Wallpaper paste , Balloon, Paint (optional), String
for hanging, Drop cloth, bowl, scissors
Instructions: Take strips of newspaper and soak in wallpaper paste. Use to
cover top half or so of blown up balloon. Do just a few layers and let dry
over night. Then add more layers. Let dry. Remove balloon (burst if
necessary) and get BIG sheets of paper (whole sheets from a newspaper work).
Soak the whole sheet and drape over the shell you have made, letting it fall
in folds. You will have to have the shell you made held off the surface you
are working on by putting something like a 2-litre soda bottle under it. Let
the sheet dry and maybe add another top. Paint the finished work white or
with luminous paints and cut out or paint eyes - - there, a ghost!!
253.)Paper Mache Ghost
Similar to the Great Ghost above except replace wallpaper paste with Paper
Mache Recipe
Materials: Paper Mache Recipe, Balloon , Paint (optional) , String for
hanging , Drop cloth, bowl, scissors
Instructions: Take strips of newspaper and soak in paper mache. Cover
entire balloon and allow to dry over night. You may do as in the Great
Ghost idea and cover entire balloon in large sheets of paper or instead hang
white streamers from the underside of the balloon. Paint the balloon white
and draw on eyes or paint eyes. Attach string to top for hanging.
254.)Plastic Bag Ghosts
Materials: Balloons, White plastic garbage bags, Black marker, String,
Scissors, Masking tape
Instructions: Cover inflated balloons with the white plastic garbage bags.
Gather the bags under each balloon and tie off to form a head with the a
piece of string. Draw a face on the bag with markers. Tape another piece of
string to the top of the head to hang!! Great for outside since they are
waterproof!!
Halloween Stencils
Materials: Orange or Black construction paper, Scissors , Pencil,
scissors, tape
Instructions: Draw an outline of a pumpkin, bat, ghost or witch on your
piece of construction paper. Do not cut out the entire picture, but rather,
cut out an outline of the design you drew. Tape the stencil to your doorway
windows. At night the light will shine through and during the day you will
have stencil shadows inside the house.
255.)Halloween Lanterns
Materials: empty Soda Can (orange flavored ones for Halloween) , Marker ,
Sharp knife (adults only)
Pencil , Small votive candle, Screw hook , Picture wire
Instructions: Draw two lines around the can, one 1-inch from top, the other
1-inch from bottom. With
the sharp knife cut straight lines from the top line to the bottom line
about 1/2-inch apart. Wear gloves, gently pull out the cut strips. You may
use the pencil to help bend out the strips. Pushing down on the top and up
from the bottom may help give the a Chinese-lantern type shape. Cut one of
the strips at the bottom to insert the candle, then tuck strip back inside.
Candle may be held in place with a bit of melted wax under the
candle. Loop the picture wire through the pull tab at the top of the can.
Attach it to the screw hook and hang in an appropriate place. These are very
attractive, but please be careful not
to place them where Trick-or-treaters may bang into them.
256.)Pom Pom Spider
Materials: Black yarn, Small square of cardboard , Black pipe cleaners ,
Googly eyes , Red construction paper, Glue
Wind yard around and around cardboard square until heavily covered. Using a
small piece of yarn tiesecurely at the centre, cut edges and remove the
cardboard. Insert three pipe cleaners into the knotted centre and bend to
form legs. Glue on eyes if desired, or cut out eyes from red paper. Use
thread or yarn to hang spider.
257.)Egg Carton Spider
Materials: Cardboard egg carton , Black pipe cleaners , Black tempera
paint, marker or crayon , Red construction paper , Glue , Thread or
yarn
Using paint, marker or crayons, colour the cup sections of the egg carton.
Cut each egg cup apart. Push pipe cleaner legs into egg cup and bend to
shape legs. Cut red paper and glue on for eyes. Use thread or yarn to hang.
258.)Ghost Puppet
Materials: Tissue paper, Cotton ball, Rubber band, String
Place tissue paper over a cotton ball and secure under ball with rubber
band. Draw eyes on with marker. Tie a string around neck and hang or use as
a finger puppet by hooking over a finger with rubber band.
259.)Halloween Chain
Materials: Orange and Black construction paper
Cut orange and black strips of paper, three to four inches long and one-half
inch wide. Form a circle with one strip and glue or staple ends. Take next
strip and loop it through first circle, again glueing or stapling ends.
Continue on making as long as you like alternating colours.
260.)Tombstones
Materials: Styrofoam sheets , Thick Black Marker
Cut Styrofoam shapes into shape of tombstone. Write epitaph on Styrofoam
with black marker. Prop up against doorways or walls.
261.)Eye Masks
Materials: Inexpensive eye masks, Sequins, Feathers , Buttons , Dried
beans
Have kids attach a variety of items on hand to the masks with glue to make
their own decorated eye masks.
262.)Monster Masks
Materials: Plaster of Paris bandage (available at pharmacies), Vaseline ,
Water
Cut strips of Plaster of Paris bandages about 2-inch lengths. Grease your
face or friends face well with Vaseline (tie hair back). Dip strips into
bowl of water, one by one, and squeeze out all water before applying to
face. Repeat strip by strip, overlapping by about ½ inch. Smooth out the
strips as you go. Leave breathing holes and eye openings. The entire
process should take 10 to 12 minutes from Vaseline application until peeling
off face. The mask will separate from face as it dries. In about 15 to 20
minutes the mask will be ready for painting and decorating as desired.
263.)Halloween table cloth
Materials: White paper table cloth, Sponges , Tempera acrylic paint ,
Markers , Stickers , Halloween cutouts
On white paper tablecloth decorate with assorted shapes cut from sponges.
Glue on Halloween cut outs or stickers.
264.)Creepy spiders
Materials: Crab shells, Black spray paint ,
Purchase crab shells at a local market. Spray paint black and use as
decorations on Halloween night.
265.)Trick or Treat Bags
Materials: Brown paper lunch bags, Felt-tip markers , Halloween
stickers , Cutout pumpkins, ghosts, bats, cats, Glue
Decorate the brown paper bags with assorted Halloween designs. Larger brown
paper grocery bags can be decorated and used for trick or treating.
266.)Bone mobile
Materials: Bone shaped dog biscuits, White spray paint , String , Coat
hanger
Spray paint dog biscuits white on both sides. Once dry tie together with
string in a variety of patterns. Hang from coathangers or crossed dowels.
267.)Pumpkin Bread
1/3 cup vegetable oil
½ tsp ground cloves
1 cup fresh or canned pumpkin puree
3 eggs
1 cup flour
2 tsps ground cinnamon
½ cup raisins
2 1/3 cups bisquik
pinch of ground nutmeg
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9x5-inch loaf pan. Mix all ingredients
together with wooden spoon. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 45 minutes.
Test with knife, if the knife comes out clean the bread is done. If it is
not done put back in oven for 10 minutes. Cool before removing from pan.
Store in plastic bag.
268.)Chocolate Spiders
4 cups semisweet chocolate baking chips
Melt chocolate chips in top of double boiler. Let stand over the water until
water is cool, about 10 minutes. Place wax paper on cookie sheet. Pour
chocolate into a pastry bag that is fitted with a 1/8-inch or 1/4-inch tip.
Squeeze onto wax paper in the shape of spiders. If chocolate is runny it
needs to be cooled longer. Chill the spiders for about 10 minutes. When hard
peel off wax paper. Store in refrigerator laid flat.
269.)Mystic Punch
Make ice cubes with raisins in them
4 1-pint bottles cranberry juice
2 ½ cups peach juice
1 cup fresh lime juice
2 cups orange juice
Sugar to taste
In a punch bowl mix all juices. Add the ice cubes (with insects in them)!
270.)Devil Dogs with Blood
Hot dog buns
weiners
Ketchup
Cook hot dogs as normal, either boiled or grilled. With scissors cut out
little triangles in top part of bun facing outward. The bun should look like
a mouth. Place weiner in bun and add ketchup for blood affect.
271.)Vampire Punch
8 cups cranberry juice
6 cups sparkling apple juice
6 orange slices
Put all ingredients in a punch bowl. Add ice cubes before serving.
272.)Nightcrawlers
12 large apples
Boysenberry jam
4 tbsp butter
12 gummy worms
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Core apples from stem end to ½ inch from
bottom. Stuff each hole with 1 tsp jam and butter. Place in a pan and bake
uncovered for 35-45 minutes. Remove apples let stand for 15 minutes. Set
each apple in a bowl and spoon syrup from baking pan around it. Insert a
gummy worm with half its body protruding.
273.)Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Pumpkin seeds
Water
Salt
Melted butter
Vegetable spray
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Rinse seeds well. For every 2 cups of seeds,
put 4 cups of water and 2 tbsps of salt into
saucepan. Add the seeds and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes. Drain well
in strainer. Place on paper towels and pat dry. Toss the seeds with melted
unsalted butter in a large bowl until evenly coated. Spray cookie sheet with
vegetable spray. Spread seeds over tray and bake for 30 minutes, stirring,
and tossing occasionally. When seeds are golden brown they are ready. Store
in airtight container in cool place.
274.)Popcorn Balls
2 ½ quarts popped popcorn
1 14-oz package light caramels
1/4 cup light corn syrup
2 tbsps water
Keep popcorn warm in a 200 degree oven. Melt caramels in top of double
boiler over simmering water. Add corn syrup and water and mix until smooth.
Slowly pour over popcorn in a large bowl. Stir to mix well. With greased
hands, shape into balls about the size of softballs. Let cool completely
before wrapping with plastic wrap.
275.)Candied Apples
12 red delicious apples
12 wooden skewers
4 ½ cups sugar
3/4 cup light corn syrup
1 tsp red food colouring
1 ½ cups water
1 cup chopped peanuts
Grease a large cookie sheet and set aside. Wash and dry apples. Insert a
stick through stem, leaving about two inches sticking out. In saucepan over
medium heat, combine sugar, corn syrup, food colouring and water. Cook,
stirring constantly, until ingredients are dissolved and liquid boils. Set
a candy thermometer in mixture and continue cooking, without stirring until
temperature reaches 290 degrees, about 20 minutes. Meanwhile place shopped
peanuts in a bowl. Remove syrup from heat and dip the apples, one by one, to
coat evenly. Work quickly. As you dip each apple roll in peanuts to coat
then place on prepared cookie sheet. Let apples cool for at least an hour.
276.)Bobbing Apple Punch
1 ½ cups orange juice
4 cups apple cider
1 cup pineapple juice
2 tablespoons sugar
4 cups ginger ale, chilled
6 to 8 small red apples
1 orange, sliced
In punch bowl mix orange juice, apple cider, pineapple juice and sugar.
Chill of a couple hours. Before serving add ginger ale, apples, orange
slices and ice cubes.
277.)Witches Fingers
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup icing sugar
1 egg
1 tsp almond extract
1 tsp vanilla
2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
3/4 cup whole blanched almonds
1 tube red decorator gel
In bowl beat together butter, sugar, egg, almond extract and vanilla; beat
in flour; baking powder and salt. Cover and
refrigerate for 30 minutes. Working with 1/4 of the dough at a time and
keeping remaining dough refrigerated, roll heaping teaspoons full of dough
into finger shape for each cookie. Press almond firmly into one end for
nail. Squeeze in centre to create knuckle shape. Using paring knife make
slashes in several places to form knuckle. Place on lightly greased cookie
sheet in 325 degree over for 20-25 minutes or until pale or golden. Let cool
for three minutes. Lift up almond; squeeze red decorator gel onto nail bed
and press almond back in place so gel oozes out from underneath. Remove from
cookie sheet and let cool. Repeat with remaining dough. Makes about 5 doz
fingers!
278.)Caramel Marshmallow Apples
1 package (14 oz) caramels
1 cup miniature marshmallows
1 tbsp water
5 or 6 small apples
Wooden skewers
Line baking sheet with buttered waxed paper; set aside. Combine caramels,
marshmallows and water in medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring
constantly, until caramels melt. Cool slightly while preparing apples. Rinse
and dry apples. Insert skewers into apples. Dip each apple in caramel
mixture, coating apples. Place on prepared sheet. Refrigerate until firm.
For variety roll apples in crushed peanuts or drizzle with melted chocolate.
279.)Monster Bashes
What would Halloween be without a party? Here are some theme parties,
decorations and activities to include:
280.)Barnyard Bash
Invitations: Cut out animal shapes on construction paper and write the party
information on these. Hand deliver to your guests.
Decorations: bales of hay, bunches of dried cornstalks, autumn leaves,
pumpkins, gourds, dried corn cobs. Serve food in western bandanas attached
to sticks. Be sure to make a scarecrow. Carved out pumpkins make great
serving dishes or chip bowls.
281.)Witches, Wizards and Goblins
Invitations: Buy several cheap plastic magic wants. Print out invitations on
white paper with important information. Scroll up around want. Tie with
orange and black ribbon. Hand deliver to guests.
Decorations: String Christmas lights around the entrance way. Hang silver
and gold stars through out the party area. Mylar gold and silver balloons
can also be hung. Cut out ghost shapes in Mylar and hang. Glow-in-the-dark
tape attached to walls, doors, lamps etc. is nice when lights are low. Grave
markers can be made from Styrofoam sheets - use felt-tip markers to make
inscription.
282.)Cats and Bats
Invitations: Cut out the shape of cats or bats in construction paper. Write
important party info on these. Hand deliver to invited guests.
Decorations: Have guests enter through a cat door (place a dark blanket over
half the doorway and let guests crawl through). Hang black crepe paper and
cobwebs everywhere. Hang black silhouettes of cats and bats throughout the
house. Black balloons are a nice touch.
283.)Monster Mash
Invitations: Buy inexpensive eye masks at party store. Write important party
information on mask and hand deliver to guests.
Decorations: Bats hung everywhere! Make a coffin out of cardboard and leave
at entrance way for kids jackets etc. to be placed inside. Hang black and
green crepe paper or streamers.
284.)Nightmare at the Haunted House
Invitations: Cut out tombstone shapes on construction paper. Write party
info in the form of an epitaph. Hand deliver to guests.
Decorations: Hang spider webs, plastic insects, phony tombstones, ghosts,
balloons, witches and bats. Use back and white candles (out of reach of
children). Hang ghosts made from white pillow cases. Use white balloons with
black eyes drawn on them with markers. Ask florist to save dead flowers and
wreaths that would be thrown away. Create a headless heathen by stuffing old
clothes with newspaper and prop up at front door. Dry ice makes a special
affect at these parties.
285.)Eat Bugs!!
Materials: Large Gumdrops, Smaller pretzels , Licorice whips, cut into
small pieces
Break the pretzels into shapes that resemble wings of bugs. Poke the "wings"
into the sides of the gumdrops. Use a toothpick to help make a hole if
necessary. Make holes with the toothpicks in the top of the gumdrop. Insert
the licorice whip pieces to make antennae. Voila!! Bugs!!! Eat and enjoy!!
286.)Shrunken Apple Heads
Large red or golden delicious apple , 1/3 cup lemon juice , 1 tbsp salt ,
Whole cloves , Rice , Bottle cap
Peel apple and coat with mixture of lemon juice and salt. With a potato
peeler, knife, or pumpkin carver carve out eye sockets, nose, mouth and
ears. Stick whole cloves where eyes should be and rice where teeth should
be. Sit apple on top of bottle cap. Place on a drying rack in a warm, dry
place for about 2 weeks. Shape the face as it shrinks and hardens. Once dry,
insert a strong wire to form body and add clothes if desired or other
accessories.
287.)Too Cute Cans!
Materials Needed : Assorted size empty cleaned cans (coffee cans, soups cans
etc.) , Orange paint , Assorted color paint for face designs , Sharp knife
or metal punch , Votive candle
Instructions :Make sure cans are clean and labels removed. Fill with water
and freeze. This will help keep the shape of the can when making
holes. Once frozen, use a sharp knife or metal punch to punch out holes in
various places around can or to punch out eyes, nose and mouth to form the
face of a pumpkin. Remove ice by warming sites of can. Allow can to dry
completely either by air or with a towel. Once dry, spray paint entire can
orange. When this is dry you may paint on the face of a pumpkin if you have
not punched out the facial features. Once dry, place votive candle in bottom
of can. You may do a similar project to form a ghost. Use white spray
paint instead of Orange and punch out appropriate features for a ghost.
Or........instead of using a candle in the bottom of the can - tie a wire
hanger across the top of the can and hang from trees, fill with Halloween
candy, or fill with ornamental grasses and uses a table centrepiece. You can
come up with lots of ideas for these Too Cute Cans!
288.)Three Little Witches
(Use fingers for numbers)
One little, Two little, Three little witches,
Fly over haystacks, fly over ditches,
Sliding down moonbeams without any hitches,
Hay Ho Halloween's here.
289.)Halloween Is Here - (The Farmer In The Dell)
Oh, Halloween is here,
Oh, Halloween is here,
With costumes on we'll walk around,
We'll knock on doors all over town,
When Halloween is here.
290.)Sing A Song Of Halloween- (Sing A Song Of Sixpence)
Sing a song of Halloween,
What a scary night,
Ghosts and bats and big black cats,
Give us all a fright.
Shining jolly Jack-O-Lanterns
Fill our hearts with fun,
But if the black witch comes along,
We'll all run!
291.)Halloween Night - (Frere Jacques)
Jack-o-lanterns, jack-o-lanterns,
Hall-o-ween, Hall-o-ween!
See the owls gliding,
Coal black cats are hiding,
Ghosts go "Boo," ghosts go "Boo!"
292.)Haunted House - (Pop Goes The Weasle)
All around the haunted house,
The bat chased the goblin.
The ghost floated overhead.
Scat! went the black cat.
293.)Halloween Visitors- (Row Your Boat)
Dancers, pirates, queens, and clowns
Are knocking at the door.
It's only trick-or-treaters who
Want candy from the store.
294.)Five Little Goblins On A Halloween Night...
Five Little Goblins on a Halloween night
Made a very, very spooky sight
The first one danced on his tippy-tip-toes
The next one tumbled and bumped his nose
The next one jumped high up in the air
The next one sang a Halloween song.
Five goblins played the whole night long.
295.)Five Little Pumpkins...
(Hold up fingers for pumpkins)
Five little pumpkins,
Sitting on a gate.
The first one said 'Oh my! It's getting late'.
The second one said 'There are witches in the air'.
The third one said 'But we don't care'.
The fourth one said 'Let's run and run and run'.
The fifth one said 'It's Halloween fun'.
Oooooooo went the wind,
And out went the lights. (clap hands to the word 'out')
And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight. (roll arms)
296.)Pumpkin, Pumpkin...
Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Sitting on a wall; (have a child sit down)
Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Tip and Fall; (have child tip over)
Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Rolling down the street; (child rolls on floor)
Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Trick or Treat!!!
297.)The Floppy Scarecrow...
The Floppy, floppy scarecrow
Guards his fields all day.
He waves his floppy, floppy hands
To scare the crows away!
Repeat poem, replace hands with arms, toes, head, legs, etc.
298.)I Went Trick- Or- Treating...
Everyone sits in a circle. Each player starts by saying"I went
trick-or-treating and got....." Each player names a treat they either got
or would like to receive. The next player in the circle repeats what all
the other children said and adds
their own treat of choice. Keep playing until everyone has had a turn.
299.)Costume Shop
ave parents donate old costumes to cut the cost of this center. Provide
pencils, paper, cash register and dressing rooms to try on costumes.
300) Placemats/Counters
Find an appropriate haunted house pattern. Make several copies and color, decorate, and laminate them as placemats. Find white lima beans at the grocery store and turn them into ghost counters. Add eyes and mouth to the beans and you have a great math center for Halloween. Have the kids put the ghosts in the haunted house and count them as they go.
301) Sorting
For a sorting activity, use various Halloween treats such as spiders and bat rings of different colors or pumpkin and ghost light covers.
302) Halloween Sensory Activity
Buy some small plastic jack-o-lanterns that are meant to be filled with
treats. Fill them with cotton balls that have been perfumed with scents from the pantry (pumpkin pie spice, apple pie spice, peppermint extract, lemon peel, orange peel, etc.). Put these in the sensory center. Children can enjoy smelling the scents.
303) Science Activity
Put several mini pumpkins, small gourds, and Indian corn in a basket with magnifying lenses. Put the basket in the sensory center. Children feel the different textures, look at a variety of colors, and examine them close up with the magnifying lenses. Autumn leaves, pine cones, and nuts can be added.
304) Halloween Transitions
Ask the children what they will dress up as for Halloween and have them move that way to where they want to go.
305) Mummy Dress Up
Let the children wrap each other in toilet paper and pretend to be a mummy.
306) Ghost Cookie
Using peanut shaped cookies, spread with white frosting or marshmallow fluff, add chocolate chips for eyes and nose.
307) Witches Brew
Mix up a batch of lemonade from concentrate. Add green food coloring to the lemonade to give it a spooky look. Get a plastic witch's cauldron and place a piece of dry ice in it. Pour the brew over the dry ice and watch your kid's delight.
308) Ghost Cookies
Dip Nutter Butter cookies in white chocolate and let completely dry. Then let the kids decorate the face with cake mate frosting or chocolate chips.
309) Potato Ghosts
Hand sculpt mashed potatoes to look like a ghost. Place them on an oiled cookie sheet, brushed with melted butter, and put in the oven to heat and brown a little. You can serve it with bat shaped meatloaf (using a bat cookie cutter).
310) Pumpkin Faces
Ingredients:
English muffins
Orange spreadable cheese
Raisins
Directions:
Let the children spread the cheese on the english muffin. Let them arrange the raisins to make the eyes, nose, and mouth.
311) Spooky Sandwich Puzzles
Let the children make their own peanut butter sandwiches with two pieces of bread. Give each child a halloween cookie cutter and let them press the shape out of the center of their sandwich. They will now have a "spooky sandwich puzzle."
312) "Hand" Snacks
Ingredients:
Clear food server gloves (one for each child)
Popcorn
Candy corn
Yarn
Directions:
Take one of the food server gloves and place a candy corn in each of the fingers. Fill the rest of the glove with popcorn. Fasten the top of the glove with yarn. Make a glove for each child in your class.
313) Monster Cookies
Ingredients:
Oatmeal cookies
Candy corn
Chocolate chip pieces
Raisins
Directions:
Each child creates a monster cookie by making a face on an oatmeal cookie (can be precooked or store bought cookies) by using candy corn, chocolate chips, marshmallows, raisins, etc. Place the cookies on a cookie sheet and place in a hot oven just long enough for the faces to melt. This creates truly monster faces.
314) Ghost Toast
Ingredients;
Loaf of bread
Margarine
Shredded coconut
Raisins
Chocolate chips
Directions:
Each child makes ghost toast by spreading margarine to make faces on toast then sprinkling coconut on it. Put raisins or chocolate chips for eyes and mouth. Toast.
315) Pin The Tail On The Cat
Cut out a cat shape from black felt. Use fabric paint to add the eyes, nose, and whiskers. Cut out several tails from black felt and sew or glue the hook side of Velcro onto the end that attaches to the cat. The hook Velcro will stick to the felt anywhere the children put it. They play the game just like pin the tail on the donkey.
316) Shaving Fun
Spray shaving cream on your carved pumpkin. Take turns shaving the pumpkin with safety razors that have the blades removed.
317) Ghost Callers/Ghost Hunt
Materials:
Two ghosts; draw them or use two ghost figures.
Directions:
Cut white construction paper into 4"x5" pieces. Roll and tape to form tubes. These are the ghost callers. Make one for each child.
1. Go on a ghost hunt. Show everyone the two ghosts. Have children close their eyes. Teacher hides the ghosts.
2. Children open eyes and count 1-2-3 GHOST! On the count of "ghost" the hunt begins.
3. The children who find the two ghosts sit by the teacher. Give them a ghost caller and let them make ghost noises for the next ghost hunt. The noise helps call the ghosts from their hiding places.
4. Continue until all children are making ghost noises.
318) Pass The Pumpkin
Sit in a circle. Provide a plastic pumpkin for children to pass while the teacher beats on a drum. Children pass the pumpkin to the tempo of the music. Alternate between fast and slow. When the music stops the child who has the pumpkin stands and takes a bow. Continue.
319) Spook-E-Do
Tell the children that each one of them will have a chance to show the others in the group a trick. Call on a child and lead the group to chant:
Hello, (name), Spook-E-Do
What is the trick you are going to do
Will you hop, or bend, or spin around
Stretch, or wiggle, or touch the ground
Continue until all the children have had a chance to show their trick.
320) Pin The Stem On The Pumpkin
Have the children paint a large cardboard pumpkin shape. When the pumpkin is dry, secure it to the wall or your bulletin board. Give each child a construction paper stem with a piece of tape looped at the top. Let each child cover or close their eyes and let them try to pin the stem on the pumpkin.
321) Ghost Magnet
Make a ghost cut out of black construction paper and place in an old oatmeal canister with one teaspoon white paint and marbles and shake. Makes a really cute spooky ghost. Mount them on fun foam and add glitter and a magnet for a spooky fridge magnet.
322) Spooky Spider Webs
Put a paper plate in a pie pan and give the student a small dab of black paint. You can also paint a paper plate black and do the activity with the white paint to look more realistic. After the small dab of paint is placed on the student'' plate, drop a marble in and let the child move the pie pan in all different directions to make a spooky spider web. After it has dried, punch a hole in the plate and attach a plastic spider ring or sponge paint a spider in the web.
323) Rattling Skeletons
Use white paper to form 5 paper chains, and then connect to make a skeleton. Trace children's hands and feet on white paper, cut and glue to the ends of the arms and legs. Cut an oval shape and draw on the face. These work best when made with small groups of children.
324) Tempera Paint Spider Webs
Using runny black paint, allow the children to use a straw to blow the paint across the page to make a spider's web.
325) Glue Ghosts
Have the child draw a ghost outline on a piece of waxed paper, and then have them fill in the outline with white school glue. Dry overnight, and then have the child add facial features. Place on a string and you have a spooky ghost necklace.
326) Giggly Ghosts
Materials:
Quilt batting
Narrow elastic
Construction paper
Glue
Directions:
Have the children tear off a wad of the quilt batting. Have the children form the "ghost" any way they want. Next, have the children cut eyes, legs, arms, etc. from the construction paper and glue onto their ghost. Finally, cut some of the elastic and tape to the top of the ghosts and hang them from the ceiling. The kids love to watch them bob up and down.
327) Halloween Pasta Collage
Check out your local grocery store, Michael's, Trader Joe's, or Ben Franklin craft store to find pasta in Halloween shapes. Let your kids create a cool collage with the pasta and whatever else you decide to add.
328) Halloween Cookie Cutter Prints
Buy an assortment of Halloween cookie cutters. Let the children dip the
cookie cutters into paint and then press onto paper.
329) Halloween Pasta Necklaces
Find Halloween shaped pasta. Let your children string the pasta shapes on a piece of yarn to create a necklace or bracelet.
330) Footprint Ghosts
Paint each child's foot with white paint and print it on a black sheet of construction paper. When it dries add eyes to the heel part of the foot. That will be the ghost's head.
331) Paper Bag Pumpkins
Materials:
Lunch size paper bags
Orange paint
Green paint
Newspaper
String
Directions:
Have the children crumple up newspaper and stuff their paper bags so they are ½ full. Twist the un-stuffed part of the bag and tie at the bottom to make a stem. Let the children paint their pumpkins. When they are dry, the children can draw faces on them.
332) Pumpkin Painting
Buy several small, fresh pumpkins. Cut them in half. Let the children dip the pumpkin halves into paint to make prints.
333) Spaghetti Cobwebs
Materials:
Cooked spaghetti (cold)
White glue
Waxed paper
Directions:
Have the children dip the spaghetti into the glue and arrange the pieces onto the waxed paper. When the spaghetti dries, carefully peel the "cobweb" off the waxed paper. Hang from the ceiling.
334) Cheese Cloth Ghosts
Materials:
Cheese cloth
2 cups white glue
16-oz. plastic cups
Directions:
Dilute the white glue with ½ to ¾ cups of water. Let the children dip a piece of cheesecloth into the diluted glue. Have the children drape the wet cheesecloth over the 16 oz. cups. Let the "ghosts" dry for two days. Carefully remove the cup from the hardened cheesecloth. Let the children decorate their ghosts. Hang the completed ghosts from the ceiling.
335) Puffy Paint Cobwebs
Mix equal parts of flour, salt, and water in a large bowl. Pour the mixture into squeeze bottles. Give each child a black paper plate or a piece of black construction paper. Let the children squeeze the white puffy paint onto the black paper. When the puffy paint dries, it will look like glittery cobwebs.
