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Bat and Spider Cups
Perfect for holding drinks or goodies at your child's Halloween party.
Materials
- Black pipe cleaners (4 for each spider cup)
- Scissors
- Craft glue or hot glue gun (stapler would also work)
- Purple paper cups
- Black construction paper (for bat wings)
- Small wiggle eyes
Directions
- Cut four pipe cleaners in half to make eight spider legs.
- Fold one end of each pipe cleaner up 1/4 inch.
- Glue the folded part to the side of the cup, putting four legs on
each side. Bend legs into a spider pose.
- Cut two bat wings from black construction paper.
- Bend the ends and glue one on each side of a cup.
- Glue eyes on each cup. Let dry.
- Serve drinks or treats in the cups.
Creepy Crawly Spider Bracelets
This is a fun and easy Halloween project that can be done with younger
children. They love tracing their hands and fingers whenever they are
playing with crayons or markers, so this is simply a "twist" on an old
favorite.
Materials
- Black construction paper
- Wiggle eyes
- White paper (for "fangs")
- Paper fastener
- Stapler and staples
- Scissors
- White crayon
- Glue
- Pencil
Directions
- Fold black construction paper in half.
- Along folded edge, lay child's hand palm down (midway through
palm) and trace fingers with white crayon.
- Cut out the outline of the fingers.
- Unfold and you have a complete image of a spider with eight legs.
Now turn the spider over and with the pencil, roll the legs around the
pencil...this makes the legs curl under and gives a more creepy, crawly
effect.
- Cut a 1" strip of black paper from the remaining scraps, and form
it into a circle for the bracelet part. At the appropriate length,
staple the ends together.
- Attach the bracelet to the underside center of the spider using
the paper fastener.
- Glue on the wiggle eyes and the "fangs" that you design and cut
from the white paper to the spider's head.
- The child puts his/her fingers or wrist through the
bracelet...the kids can make their spiders creep and crawl with a back &
forth rocking motion of their wrists. The paper fastener allows the
spider to turn back and forth or 360 degrees, too!
Q-Tip Skeleton
Using black construction paper, Q-tips, white paper, scissors and glue
you can create a skeleton body. You can make your skeleton a dancing
skeleton or a standing skeleton. Use your imagination and have fun!
Materials
- Black construction paper
- Q-tips
- White paper
- Scissors
- Glue
Directions
- Using the white paper you can draw a skeleton skull. Cut out the
skull and then glue that to your black construction paper.
- Using the Q-tips as bones you can arrange your skeleton body.
Give your skeleton some arms, legs, ribs, etc. You can cut the Q-tips
into smaller pieces to be used as smaller joints.
- Glue all the Q-tips on the black paper once you have it laid out
like you like!
Supplies
- Black Construction Paper
- White Paint
- Scissors
- Round, Metal Cake or Pie Pan
- Marble
- plastic spider
- clear glue stick
Directions:
Cut a piece of construction paper to fit into the bottom of the cake or
pie pan. Place about a teaspoon white paint in the middle of the
paper. Drop the marble into the pan and tilt it back and forth, rolling
the marble over the paper. As the marble rolls, it will leave trails on
the paper, like a spider weaving a web.
Allow about 1 hour or so to dry. Once dry, roll glue onto the bottom of
plastic spider, and place in center of web.
HALLOWEEN CAROLS
UP IN THE PUMPKIN PATCH
(Tune: Up on the Housetop)
Up in the pumpkin patch,
Witches pause,
Out jumps the Great One,
Hear the applause?!
Down through the rows
With goodies and toys
All for this followers'
Halloween joys!
Haunt! Haunt! Haunt!
Who wouldn't want...
Haunt! Haunt! Haunt!
Who wouldn't want...
To be in the pumpkin patch?
Cheer! Cheer! Cheer!
Waiting for the Great One
And being sincere!
GREAT PUMPKIN IS COMING TO TOWN
(Tune: Santa Claus is Coming to Town)
Oh, you better not shriek,
You better not groan,
You better not howl,
You better not moan,
Great Pumpkin is coming to town!
He's going to find out
From folks that he meets
Who deserves tricks
And who deserves treats;
Great Pumpkin is coming to town.
He'll search in every pumpkin patch,
Haunted houses far and near,
To see if you've been spreading gloom,
Or bringing lots of cheer.
So, you better not shriek,
You better not groan,
You better not howl,
You better not moan,
Great Pumpkin is coming to town!
ONE JACK-O-LANTERN
(Tune: Elephant Song)
One Jack-o-lantern went out to play
upon a pumpkin vine one day,
He had so much spooky fun
He called for another Jack-o-lantern to come
One child stands to start - then chooses 2nd Jack-o-lantern. As each
Jack-o-lantern is added children count and tell how many until all are
standing in a row - then vine breaks and all fall down!
THE HALLOWEEN PARTY
(Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb)
Pump-kins have such hap-py grins, hap-py grins, hap-py grins.
Pump-kins have such hap-py grins. It's Hal-low-een at last.
Cats have come with long, black tails, long, black tails, long, black tails.
Cats have come with long, black tails. It's Hal-low-een at last.
Ghosts have come to school to-day, school to-day, school to-day.
Ghosts have come to school to-day. It's Hal-low-een at last.
Witch-es have their witch-es brooms, witch-es brooms, witch-es brooms.
Witch-es have their witch-es brooms. It's Hal-low-een at last.
I'M A LITTLE SPIDER
(Tune: I'm a Little Teapot)
I'm a little spider,
Watch me spin.
If you'll be my dinner,
I'll let you come in.
Then I'll spin my web to hold you tight,
And gobble you up in one big bite!
PUMPKIN SONG
(Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb)
We are pumpkins big and round, big and round, big and round.
We are pumpkins big and round sitting on the ground.
See our great big shiny eyes, shiny eyes, shiny eyes.
See our great big shiny eyes, looking all around.
See our great big laughing mouth, laughing mouth, laughing mouth.
See our great big laughing mouth, smiling right at you!
THIS OLD GHOST
(Tune: This Old Man)
This old ghost, he played one,
He played peek-a-boo on the run.
With a Boo! Boo! Boo! and a clap, clap, snap!
This old ghost is a friendly chap.
This old ghost, he played two,
He played peek-a-boo in a shoe.
With a Boo! Boo! Boo! and a clap, clap, snap!
This old ghost is a friendly chap.
This old ghost, he played three,
He played peek-a-boo behind a tree.
With a Boo! Boo! Boo! and a clap, clap, snap,
This old ghost is a friendly chap.
GOBLINS IN THE SKY
(Tune: Farmer in the Dell)
- The goblin in the dark, the goblin in the dark,
Hi ho, Halloween, the goblin in the dark.
- The goblin takes the witch...
- The witch takes the bat...
- The bat takes the ghost....
- The ghost says, "BOO!"
RIDING WITCHES
(Tune: Yankee Doodle)
A witch went riding on a broom
On a cold October evening;
She met a ghost and a big black cat,
And down her neck they were breathing.
"Jump up on my broom," she said,
"Let's come out of hiding,"
"Jump up on my broom," she said,
"And let's all go a-riding!"
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
AWAY WENT THE FIVE LITTLE PUMPKINS ON HAIIOWEEN NIGHT.
YELLOW PUMPKIN (TUNE OF I'M A LITTLE TEAPOT)
I'M A YELLOW PUMPKIN, FAT AND ROUND
GROWING IN A CORNFIELD, ON THE GROUND
I'LL BE A JACK-O-LANTERN, WTIH TWO BIG EYES
OR MAYBE I'LL BE BAKED IN TWO FAT PIES.
(Tune of "10 Little Indians")
ONE LITTLE, TWO LITTLE, THREE LITTLE WITCHES
FLYING OVER HILLS AND FLYING OVER DITCHES.
SLIDE DOWN THE MOON WITHOUT ANY HITCHES.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Easy to make Halloween Costumes
Miss. America
Use an old bridesmaid dress of formal, add a pair of gloves, a tiara,
some oversized jewelry, and heals. For the banner, a piece of wide
ribbon, and write "Miss. America" in glitter.
Puppy
Use a brown, tan or white leotard and either paint, or pin paper spots
on. Make floppy ears and bobby pin to hair over your ears. The tale can
be most anything, depending on what type of doggie you wish to be. Add a
little make-up.
Kitten
Gold, brown, tan, white. Make ears from construction paper, attach to
head band or bobby pin in to hair. Sew a simple round tale, and pin on.
Spider
Black, For the legs grab some cheap black hose, stuff with any thing
dark and light weight. Either sew, or staple to keep stuffing from
falling out. Pin to clothing, add a little make-up
Lady Bug
Use a pair of black sweats and black sweat shirt (and a pair of black
shoes). Use a large piece of poster board or cardboard and cut out a
large oval. Paint it red with black dots. Staple black elastic pieces
(in a loop) onto the board to make arm holes. For the antenna atatch
craft pipe cleaners with black pom poms on the ends to a headband.
Snowman
Last year my 3 year old was a snowman. It was the easiest costume so
far! I bought white sweats, christmas socks, white keds tennis shoes, a
cheap black hat, fake snow, mittens, scarf and black pom poms for the coal!
I sprayed the hat to look like snow and added a cheap red bird from the
craft store. I bought a white mask and bought a cheap carrot from the
craft store and glued it onto the nose part of the mask. I glued the
pompoms on his sweatshirt and that was it. Cheap, simple and he was
adorable. Besides he was the only frosty we saw! He also had to have
white face makeup on!!
Butterfly
Put on black sweats and black shoes. Use a piece of poster board and
paint wanted color cut them out in an appropriate wing shape. punch two
holes toward the edges of the wings. put black ribbon through them and
tie around waist. attach pipe cleaners and pompoms to a plastic head band
Dalmatian Puppy
I bought a white sweatpants and shirt from Wal-Mart and black felt and
craft fur and made this very easy costume for Halloween.
- White sweatpants
- White sweatshirt
- Black felt
- Craft fur
- Scissors
- Sewing machine and matching thread (or hand sew)
- White ball cap or painters hat
- Face makeup in white and black
How To Make It
- Cut out any kind of pattern you want on the felt and tack them
with thread to the sweats.
- Cut the fur in a wide strip, fold it together and sew it. Tack
the tail on also.
- You can also use a white hat and put "spots" on it as well.
- I also used white and black face make up so the face of my child
would match he had a spot around his eye.
Fireman
- A yellow or black raincoat.
- Plastic Firemans hat from costume shop.
- Reflective tape- Optional.
Do you have a yellow or black raincoat? All you need to do is put red
reflective tape on it around the sleeves while it is dry. Using black
electricians tape put a large number on the back of the raincoat.
Purchase an inexpensive firemans hat and your done. You can cary around
a red fire bucket to collect your candy in.
Maybe a friend or family member is a fireman and can let you borrow an
official raincoat and helmet.
More costumes:
If you are short or time or not feeling too creative, please check out
these great places to buy a costume!
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