Halloween Activities...what do you have planned?

[apples and bananas]

It sounds like you have a ton planned!

I have had no enthusiasm to craft this month.

However, I have managed to do a spider puppet using their hands yesterday and then we put on a puppet show. Today we decorated a paper pumpkin using Halloween stamps and stickers.

I don't have the kids dress up for Halloween so tomorrow we will make masks out of paper plates and surprise the parents at pick up.

I'm making cupcakes for my kids school parties today so I will put a few aside for afternoon snack tomorrow.

I also ordered Halloween books from my kids scholatstic order and I have bundled 2 together with some orange ribbon around them. That will be their take home for their treat bag. I have 2 big kids that I've done a treat bag for with candy in it.

I'm not a big Halloween person... I'm more of a Christmas craft girl.

[Artsand crafts]

Kids are painting mini pumpkins and toddlers are also decorating them. Toddlers are sticking halloween stickers, too.

[AmandaKDT]

I did "Five little pumpkin sitting on a gate" pictures using pumpkin stickers and popsicle sticks and my older dc kids learned the accompanying poem.

My 3 older ones drew faces on a big pumpkin and then I carved it. They also helped scoop out the pumpkin, which was funny because they all made grossed out faces. So that was my science/sensory/art project.

they are wearing their costumes tomorrow and we will have a little party, decorating cookies with icing and sprinkles. We are also going to read 'go away green monster" and make monster faces with paint, yarn, google eyes, feathers.

I am also thinking of doing I Spy sensory bags for a no mess fun sensory activity. I will fill ziploc bags with jello and add halloween themed objects. Should be something fun for all my ages -15 months to 8 years old. I haven't done them before but it is on my list of things to try and it won't take too much effort.

Am doing patterning with halloween themed stamps.

This morning they were drawing pictures and adding halloween themed stickers to it. I also got a halloween colouring book at the dollar store.

I have also been reading them lots of halloween and monster books, which they have really enjoyed. We have been doing monster and pumpkin themed songs and fingerplays for circle time.

[cfred]

It sounds like you have a ton planned!

I have had no enthusiasm to craft this month.

However, I have managed to do a spider puppet using their hands yesterday and then we put on a puppet show. Today we decorated a paper pumpkin using Halloween stamps and stickers.

I don't have the kids dress up for Halloween so tomorrow we will make masks out of paper plates and surprise the parents at pick up.

I'm making cupcakes for my kids school parties today so I will put a few aside for afternoon snack tomorrow.

I also ordered Halloween books from my kids scholatstic order and I have bundled 2 together with some orange ribbon around them. That will be their take home for their treat bag. I have 2 big kids that I've done a treat bag for with candy in it.

I'm not a big Halloween person... I'm more of a Christmas craft girl.

We carved a couple pumpkins. Also we made "Little Pumpkins with BIG FEELINGS". They're mini pumpkins with different expressions and bobbly eyes, each with a sign saying what they're feeling. We use them for 'feeling circles'. We did the jack-o-lantern pics where they glue eyes, nose, mouth onto pumpkin cut out. We have plastic spiders to glue on foam webs. Hallowe'en colours at the easle. Tomorrow is our costume parade (to their audience of 1 - me) and a few Hallowe'en songs at circle times and some cupcakes.

I'm not a big Hallowe'en person either, like Apples and Bananas. Hallowe'en is something I have to get through so I can put up my Christmas tree.....which is going up in 2 weeks!!!!!!!! Yippeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!