Halloween •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! •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. • 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. •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.) • 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.) •Five Little Monsters Five little monsters by the light of the moon Stirring pudding with a wooden pudding spoon. The first one says, "It musn't be runny." The second one says, "That would make it taste funny." The third one says, "It musn'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 •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. •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. • 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. • 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. • 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't 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. • 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. • 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. • 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) • 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." • 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. • 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! • 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 thru the air. • 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? • 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! • 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! • 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!! •SPIDER Hot glue orange pipe cleaners to a black pom pom with wiggle eyes • 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 siad, "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 • 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 smal 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! • 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! • GHOST WINDSOCK Use White construction paper and white crepe paper. Add scary eyes and nose arms out of black construction paper • 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 • COTTONBALL GHOST PIN Pull one cotton ball into a ghost shape and glue two glow in the dark eyes to it. Use a looped peice of masking tape to attach to clothes. Or glue ghost to felt and add pin. • 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. •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. • FOOT GHOST have children step on white paper and trace around their shoes. Make face on it. • 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. • CLOTHESPIN GHOST Paint wooden clothespin white and make two dots ofr eyes with marker. Glue sleeves to the body. • 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. • 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. • ANOTHER 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. • 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... • 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. • 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. • 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. •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 pretent it's me up there! •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 !! •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.