Halloween Fun!

Halloween Fun!

Projects

Handprint Spider

Paint child's hand black

Press onto 5x7 piece of orange construction paper

Let dry - add googly eyes and spider webs!

Book Connection:

Spooky Bunny Tales - The Blue Tarantula

Max & Ruby Three Stories in One

 

Witches Broomsticks

Press a pretzel stick into the middle/bottom part of a Mini Reeses Peanut Butter Cup

Book Connection:

It's Halloween Night

By: Jennifer O'Connell

 

Mosaic Candy Corn

Draw a candy corn shape on black construction paper with white chalk

Separate the candy corn into 3 sections

Cut white, orange and yellow paper into squares

Glue the colored squares onto the paper

 

Square Monsters!

Cut a green square  and 2 rectangles -for the legs from green construction paper

Cut two squares, a skinny rectangle and a zigzag for the bolts, hair and nose piece

Cut two rectangles for the feet

Glue the feet to the square

Glue the other pieces to the Monster!

Draw on two scars and two eyes

Book Connection:

Inside a House That is Haunted

By:  Alyssa Satin Capucilli

 

Coffee Filter Pumpkin

Paint a coffee filter with orange water color paint.

Let dry - Glue a green stem to the top!

Handprint Jack-O-Lanterns

Trace hand on orange construction paper

Cut it out and draw a face on the hand print

Glue on a green stem

Candy Corn Footprint

Paint the bottom of one foot white, orange and yellow.

Press the foot onto a piece of construction paper

 

Learning Activities

Candy Corn Number Match

Skills: number recognition, counting, number words,

Cut out pieces to candy corn - white, orange and yellow

Write the numeral on the white piece, corresponding dot/dots on the orange piece and the number word on the yellow piece

Directions: 

 Match the three pieces of the candy corn and glue them on the black construction paper

 

Halloween Shape Sort

Skills:  Shapes, gluing, name writing

Create a document with 3 circles and 3 triangles

On the side of the document copy 3  jack-o-lanterns and 3 candy corn

Directions: 

Cut out the jack-o-lanterns and candy corn

Glue the pieces into the correct shape

Halloween Counting Book

Skills:  number writing, counting, reading, name writing, coloring

Here is the link for this cute Halloween Counting Book

 

At the Pumpkin Patch Beginning Sounds Sort

Skills:  beginning sounds. cutting, pasting, letter recognition

 

Here is the link to this great beginning sounds activity.

 

 

 

 

 

Jack-O-Lantern Magnet

Trace the lid from a tin can on orange craft foam.  Cut out the circle and glue to the lid.  Decorate the orange, craft foam with stickers, craft foam pieces or anything else.  Glue a magnet to the back!

Materials Needed:  tin can lid, glue, orange craft foam, pencil, scissors, stickers, craft foam , marker . . . .

Witch Faces!

I had green, dessert plates left-over from a birthday party.  I thought they would be perfect to use for witch faces.  We used a lot of our scrap, sparkly foam left overs.  The eyes are actually the adhesive, foam, letter O's!  The noses are scrap, sparkly, green, adhesive, craft foam pieces.  I punched three holes on the side of each plate and pushed pipe cleaners through the holes and twisted them to make hair.  Addie and Tana picked out the hair and hat colors for this fun project! 

Materials Needed:  green, paper, dessert plate, craft foam in various colors, pipe cleaners, and hole punch

Small, Ghost Windsock!

Addie cut and pasted a ghost face onto a small 5x7piece of white paper.  On the back side of paper Addie glued on strips of Crepe paper.  Next, we rolled the piece of paper to form a ghost cylinder.  I helped Addie secure the edges with tape.  We also added white yarn for hanging!

Materials Needed:  white paper, glue, black paper, scissors, crepe paper, yarn, tape

Cardboard Tube Jack-O-Lanterns!

Paint a cardboard tube orange.  Once it is dry glue on button eyes and nose.  Stick on craft foam mouth.  We used Sparkly letter U's!  Punch two holes in the top of the tube and push a green pipe cleaner through the holes.  Twist the pipe cleaner to form the stem. 
Materials Needed:  cardboard tube, orange paint, paintbrush, buttons, craft foam, glue, hole punch, green pipe cleaner

Paper Plate Ghost

Addie and her ghost!

Paper Plate Ghost! 
Cut out two medium size circles from black construction paper and one medium oval from black construction paper.  Glue the circles and oval to the back of a paper plate to make a ghost face.  Glue white streamers, cut into 12 inch lengths to the bottom of the plate.  Cut hands/arms for the ghost from white paper or white craft foam and secure the plate with either glue or staples.  Add a piece of ribbon for hanging!  Material Needed:  paper plate, black construction paper, scissors, glue, white streamers, white paper or white craft foam, stapler, ribbon

Mini - Styrofoam Ghost

Paint a mini pot white.  Let it dry.  Glue a white Styrofoam ball to the bottom of the painted pot.  Draw eyes and mouth on the Styrofoam ball with a black permanent marker.  Cut wings/arms out of white foam and hot glue to the painted plant. 
Materials Needed:  white paint, Styrofoam ball, black permanent marker, white craft foam, scissors, mini pot, hot glue or craft glue

Jar-o'lanterns!

This project comes from the October 2011 issue of Family Fun Magazine. 
Directions:  Cut masking tape into jack-o-lantern face shapes and stick to a jar.  Paint the jar orange and let dry.  Carefully, remove the tape shapes.  Light the jar-o'lantern with a tea light or battery operated tea light. 
Materials Needed:  clean jar, masking tape, scissors, paint brush, orange paint, tea light

Candy Corn Necklace

Candy Corn Necklace - Trace candy corn shape onto white paper, Cut out orange, yellow and white craft foam sections for the candy corn neclace.  Glue the colored pieces to the candy corn shape.  Let dry.  Punch hole in the top of the candy corn and string ribbon through to make necklace. 

Materials Needed:  white paper, pencil, scissors, orange, yellow, white craft foam, hole punch, orange ribbon

Feather Pumpkin!

Feather Pumpkin - Draw a pumpkin on white cardstock.  Glue orange feathers onto pumpkin shape.  Cut face pieces from black craft foam.  Glue eyes, nose and mouth to the feather pumpkin.  Cut around the pumpkin, trimming feathers as needed.
Materials Needed:  white cardstock, pencil, orange feathers, glue, black craft foam, scissors

Cardboard Tube Ghost!

Cardboard Tube Ghost!  Paint a cardboard tube - about the size of a toilet paper roll tube - white.  Let dry.  Trace a ghost shape onto white craft foam and cut out.  Glue on googly eyes.  Draw a mouth with black marker.  Staple to painted cardboard tube.

Materials Needed:  cardboard tube, white paint, paintbrush, scissors, white craft foam, googly eyes, black marker, stapler

Ghost Wreath!

Ghost Wreath:  Cut out ghosts from white paper.  Decorate each ghost.  Cut out the center from a paper plate to make a wreath.  Glue ghosts to the wreath.  Cut out 1 to 2 pumpkin shapes from orange construction paper.  Decorate the pumpkins.  Glue pumpkins to the wreath.  Staple orange ribbon to the back of the wreath as a hanger.

Materials Needed:  white paper, orange paper, scissors, markers, ink pad, googly eyes, orange ribbon, stapler, paper plate

Cardboard Tube Bat!

Cardboard Tube Bat:  Paint a cardboard tube black - we used a tp roll.  Cut out a bat shape from black  craft foam.  Staple the bat onto the painted tube.  Glue on googly eyes.

Materials Needed:  cardboard tube, black paint, paint brush, black craft foam, scissors, stapler, googly eyes

Paper Plate Jack-O-Lantern

The theme this week is Halloween!

Project: Paper Plate Jack-O-Lantern I used a large paper plate and trimmed it down using the inside circle as my guide. Using a large paper plate allows the jack-o-lantern to have a stem, but you could use a small paper plate for this project. Directions: Cut a pumpkin shape out of a large paper plate, using the inside circle as the template. Make sure to cut a stem into your shape. Rip orange and green construction paper into pieces. Stick the ripped paper onto the pumpkin using a glue stick. After the pumpkin is covered, cut out jack-o-lantern features and glue them on to the pumpkin.

Materials Needed: paper plate, orange, black and green construction paper, glue stick, scissors

Button Spiders and Glitter Spider Web!

The theme this week is Halloween!

Project: Button Spiders and Glitter Spider Web! I was inspired by Addie's shirt today. She is wearing a hand-me-down Halloween shirt from her big brother Connor. The shirt has cute black button spiders sewed , so I decided to have Ty make button spiders. He glued buttons on white card stock and drew eight legs on each spider. Then he drew a line (web) from the top of the paper to each button. Next, I drew a spider web with white glue and Ty sprinkled purple glitter over the spider web. Finally, Ty added two more button spiders to the purple web! Materials Needed: black buttons, black marker, glue, glitter

Jack-O-Lantern Rock!

Addie's Rock

Ty's Rock

The theme this week is Halloween!

Project: Jack-O-Lantern Rocks! This project was inspired by a rock painting project that my dear friend Nichole featured on her blog http://www.minimatisse.blogspot.com/ She is an amazing mom, friend, teacher and artist!! Thanks for the inspiration Nichole!! Ty and Addie loved painting their rocks and then peeling off the tape to reveal their very own jack-0-lantern rock.

Directions: Cut jack-o-lantern features from painters tape and fasten to rock. Paint the whole rock orange. Let dry, then remove tape pieces. Spray with sealant if you want to leave the rock outside. I used a polyurethane varnish spray! Materials Needed: rock, paintbrush, orange paint, painters tape, scissors, varnish spray

Cardboard Tube Monster!!

The theme this week is Halloween!

Project: Cardboard Tube Monster. I saw this craft on the website http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/ I thought it was adorable, so we had to try it!! Directions: Paint the top 1/4 of cardboard tube black and the rest green. When dry cut slits in the black part for hair. Glue on googly eyes, draw mouth and nose. Poke golf tees into each lower side for the monster's neck screws!! Connor and Ty had a blast making their monsters!!

Materials Needed: cardboard tube, green, black paint, scissors, googly eyes, black marker, 2 golf tees

Thumbprint Spiders!

The theme this week is Halloween!

Project: Thumbprint Spiders! Cut white paper in half and draw black lines from the top of the paper at varying lengths down to the middle of the paper. Press thumb into black ink and make prints on the end of each line. Draw eight legs on each spider!

Materials Needed: white paper, black marker, black ink

Monster Feet!

Connor's Monster
The theme this week is Halloween!

Project: Monster Feet! Directions: Paint toes black and the rest of the foot green. Press the painted foot onto white paper. When dry, trim around the footprint. Draw a nose and mouth. Glue on googly eyes. Cut bolts from purple construction paper and glue to the monster!

Materials Needed: green and black paint, paint brush, white paper, scissors, marker, purple construction paper, glue stick, googly eyes (Source: The Mailbox Magazine October/November 2009 - Preschool)

Ty's Monster

Trick-or-Treat Smell Our Feet!

Ty's Ghost Tana's Ghost Addie's Ghost

The theme this week is Halloween!

Project: Ghost Footprints - I saw this project in The Mailbox Magazine October/November 2009 (preschool). The original idea was for a bulletin board. I don't have a house full of preschoolers, so we just made individual ghosts on individual pieces of construction paper. Directions: Paint foot white and press onto black paper, sprinkle with cinnamon. When dry trim around the footprint and paste onto orange construction paper. Draw eyes and mouth. Write "Trick-or-Treat Smell my feet!" on the top of the orange paper.

Materials Needed: white paint, paint brush, black and orange paper, cinnamon, scissors, black marker