More monster stuff for circle time: 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 * Read the book Go Away,Green Monster by Ed Emberley or Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (The illustrations are super!) Make monster individual pizzas with English muffins & carrot shavings, pepperoni, green & red peeper strips, mushrooms, etc, tomake the features. Make juice can puppet monsters: One clean frozen juice can per puppet Construction paper or fabric for body Glue Felt or paper strips for arms and legs Buttons, feathers, fabric, glitter, paper, and other assorted decorations Cover the juice can by gluing on construction paper or fabric, then place the can upright on a table (with the opening at the bottom). Glue felt "arm" strips midway down both sides of the can and "leg" strips to the front of the lower edge. Set out the rest of your decorations and watch as your children create some interesting characters. Use halloween monster costumes in the dramatic center * A great idea for monster madness is to get a paper bag (large enough to fit over a childs head) Cut an oval shape around where their eyes are (this shape makes it easier for them to see) Collect recycled material and let the children create their own monsters. Recycled material: wires bread ties egg cartons wool straw packing styrafoam * How about making Monster Toast... You know color the milk and have the children draw apicture of a monster on the bread and then toast it.... Monster Toast.... Read Where the Wild Things Are and then make monster masks...Than act out the book..... A good mask form is go to Mc Donalds and ask them for 20 of theri cardboard drinkl holders.... THey are textured and the outside gives a good form. * UGFUZZ (Remodel a fast-food sandwich container into a toy monster.) Materials (per monster): 1 small plastic foam box glue dryer lint construction paper scissors tape pencil 1 bendable plastic drinking straw 1. Use the front of the box, where it opens, as the mouth. To make the fur, spread some glue over part of the box. Firmly press a piece of dryer lint into the glue. Keep gluing dryer lint onto the sides and top of the box until it is covered. 2. Use construction paper to cut out eyes and teeth for the monster. Tape the eyes and teeth to the box. 3. Punch a hole near the center of the bottom of the box. Push the bendable end of the straw partway through the hole. Bend the straw and tape it to the inside of the top of the box. Push up on the straw to make the monster's mouth open. Instead of dryer lint you could use these ideas to dress your monster: cotton balls, pipe cleaners, strips of ribbon, tissue paper, pom-poms, fiberfill, and fabric strips. THE BLOB (Paint a picture with a sponge) 1. Draw a shape on a piece of paper. Cut out the shape. Place the Blob Patter on top of another piece of paper (can tape down). 2. Use a sponge to dab paint along the edges where the pattern and piece of paper meet. Remove the pattern. 3. Use crayons to draw a face on your Blob any way you like it. Ideas from the Better Homes and Gardens CREEPY MONSTERS book. * Here is a cute snack idea, Monster Pizza. Toast an english muffin. Spread on pizza or spaghetti sauce. Add cheese. Cut several pieces of pepperoni into triangles. Place 1/2 slice for eyes and nose. Place them overlaping for smile. Cut thin slices of black olives for the eyeball and thin slices of mushrooms for the ears. Place long thin strips of green peppers around the top to resemble hair. * Horns and Fangs (sing to "Head and Shoulders") Horns and fangs, knees and claws, knees and claws. Horns and fangs, knees and claws. Eyes and ears and tail and paws. You Are My Monster (sing to (You Are My Sunshine") You are my monster, My only monster. You make me happy, When I am sad. You never know dear, How much I love you. Please don't take My monster away! What Do Monsters Do? What do monsters do? They stretch and touch their toes. What do monsters do? They comb their purple hair. What do monsters do? They stick out their green tongues. What do monsters do? They brush their teeth with a broom. What do monsters do? They rub their yellow eyes. What do monsters do? They wiggle their orange ears. Boy, am I glad that I'm not a monster! The children pretend they're monsters who don't know what to do. They repeat the first refrain to the leader who tells them what to do. The children follow the suggested actions. Beautiful Beasts You will need: tissue paper, glue, jumbo rickrack, styrofoam balls and luncheon size paper plates. Scrunch up and glue tissue paper squares to the back of a paper plate. Cover the whole plate. Allow for drying time. Cut a styrofoam ball in half. Using black permament marker, colour a pupil on each ball half. Then glue the halves to the tissue paper for eyes. Also glue rickrack to the tissue paper for a mouth. You can also add a tissue paper mane or beard, ears, or accessories. Display on a black bulletin board background.