Here’s a song
about the five days of Halloween, and the next five days I’ll be sharing some “spooktacular”
and “bootiful” ideas with you. You’d
be surprised that I even “camouflaged” some of the Core Standards with these songs
and games. I know some people are
not allowed (or choose not to) recognize Halloween. To me, it’s just a time for all of us to pretend and act
like kids again.
The Five Days
of Halloween
(Tune: “Twelve Days of Christmas” – Happy
Everything CD)
On the first day
of Halloween my monster gave to me, (Hold up 1 finger.)
A bat in an old,
dead tree. (Flap
arms like a bat.)
On the second day
…2 creepy spiders (Wiggle
fingers like spiders.)
On the third day…3
howling cats (Stroke
whiskers.)
On the fourth
day…4 silly scarecrows (Jiggle
like a scarecrow.)
On the fifth day…5
jack-o-lanterns (Hands
over head like a
jack-o-lantern.)
Dramatize
Choose one child
to be the bat, 2 to be spiders, 3 to be cats, etc. to act out the song.
Step Book
Take 3 pieces of
paper and stagger them 1” apart.
Fold backwards. Staple at
the top to make a book. Children
write the title of the book on the first page and then illustrate each verse on
the following pages.
Spider Puppet
You will need
paper plates, construction paper, an old sock, markers, and a stapler to make
this project. Decorate two plates
to look like a spider’s body. Cut
eight 8” x 1 12” strips for the spider’s legs. Glue 4 legs on either side of the body. Staple the plates together around the
sides where the legs are glued.
Draw a face on the sock and then stick it through the center of the
plates.
Spider Soup
This was one of my
favorite Halloween activities! Get
a large industrial size can of chicken noodle soup. Remove the wrapper and cover with construction paper. Write “spider soup” on the label. Take two packages of ramen noodles and
crush. Put in a paper lunch sack and write “spider
webs” on the front of the sack.
Explain to the children that you’ll be having spider soup for
snack. Show them the can and just
LISTEN to their comments. Open the
can and put it in a crock pot.
(Someone will be sure to comment that they see spider legs and
meat!) Show them the sack and
explain that you will end crunchy spider webs to make it better. Dump those in and slowly cook until it
is warm. Serve in paper cups.
