Mini Pumpkin Craft!

A great little craft for Halloween is to decorate mini pumpkins!

Materials you will need:

• Mini Pumpkins
• White Glue
• Small decorations such as sequins, googley eyes, feathers, buttons, whatever you have on hand!

Hint: The dollar store is a great place to get small craft decorations!

Halloween Songs and Activities!

This is a compilation of classic Halloween Songs/Chants and Activities that
we love as well as some great new ones we found online

Songs/ Chants

5 Little Jack-0-lanterns

5 Little Jack-O-Lanterns sitting in a row (hold up 5 fingers)

5 Little Jack-O-Lanterns faces all aglow (frame your face using your hands and smile) Along came the stormy wind (make swishing movement with arms)

Looking for some fun

Gave a huff and a puff (blow in and out)

And blew out every one (close fingers into fist and put behind your back)

Five Little Pumpkins

5 little pumpkins sitting on a gate.

The 1st one said "my it's getting late."

The 2nd one said "there are witches in the air."

The 3rd one said "I don't care."

The 4th one said let's run let's run."

The 5th one said "Isn't Halloween fun?"

Oooooo went the wind and out went the lights

and the 5 little pumpkins rolled out of sight!

Trick or Treat

(tune-Frere Jacques)

Trick or Treat,

Trick or Treat.

Halloween Night.

Halloween Night.

In our costumes playing

You will hear us saying

Trick or Treat! Trick or Treat!

Scary Witch
A scary old witch was stirring a pot

OOOO OOOOO

Three little ghosts say ‘what has she got?’

OOOO OOOOO

tip toe, tip toe, tip toe…

BOOOOOO!

HALLOWEEN SONG
There was an old lady all skin and bones oooo, oooo, oooo

She lived down at the old graveyard oooo,ooooo,ooooo

One night she thought she'd take a walk ooooo,ooooo,oooooo

She walked on down the old graveyard oooo,ooooo,oooooo

She saw the bones a laying around ooooo,ooooo,ooooo

She went to the closet to get a broom ooooo,ooooo,oooooo

She opened the closet and BOO!

I am the Great Pumpkin
(tune: Did You Ever See A Lassie)

I am the Great Pumpkin, Great Pumpkin, Great Pumpkin,

I am the Great Pumpkin,

Come dance with me.

For your friends are my friends,

and my friends are your friends,

I am the Great Pumpkin,

Come dance with me.

ONCE I HAD A PUMPKIN
Tune: Did You Ever See a Lassie?

Once I had a pumpkin, a pumpkin, a pumpkin,

Once I had a pumpkin, with no face at all.

With no eyes and no nose, and no mouth and no teeth.

Once I had a pumpkin with no face at all.

So I made a jack-o-lantern, a jack-o-lantern, a jack-o-lantern,

So I made a jack-o-lantern, with a big funny face.

With big eyes and a big nose, and a big mouth with big teeth.

So I made a jack-o-lantern with a big funny face.

We're Gonna Make Some Halloween Stew
(Tune of Grandpa's Farm)
We're gonna make, we're gonna make,
Gonna make some Halloween Stew
We're gonna make, we're gonna make,
Gonna make some Halloween Stew

In our Halloween Stew we'll put a round orange pumpkin
In our Halloween Stew we'll put a round orange pumpkin
A pumpkin, we clean it out like this (scoop, scoop)!
A pumpkin, we clean it out like this (scoop, scoop!)

We're gonna make, we're gonna make,
Gonna make some Halloween Stew
We're gonna make, we're gonna make,
Gonna make some Halloween Stew

In our Halloween Stew we'll put a black furry bat
In our Halloween Stew we'll put a black furry bat
A bat, he flaps his wings like this (flap, flap!)
A bat, he flaps his wings like this (Flap, flap!)

We're gonna make, we're gonna make,
Gonna make some Halloween Stew
We're gonna make, we're gonna make,
Gonna make some Halloween Stew

In our Halloween Stew we'll put a warty green frog
In our Halloween Stew we'll put a warty green frog
A frog, he makes a sound like this (ribbit, ribbit!)
A frog, he makes a sound like this (ribbit, ribbit!)

We're gonna make, we're gonna make,
Gonna make some Halloween Stew
We're gonna make, we're gonna make,
Gonna make some Halloween Stew

In our Halloween Stew we'll put a white fluffy ghost
In our Halloween Stew we'll put a white fluffy ghost
A ghost, he makes a sound like this, (woo, woo!)
A ghost, he makes a sound like this, (wwo, woo!)

We're gonna make, we're gonna make,
Gonna make some Halloween Stew
We're gonna make, we're gonna make,
Gonna make some Halloween Stew

In our Halloween Stew we'll put a yummy sweet treat
In our Halloween Stew we'll put a yummy sweet treat
 A treat, it tastes a lot like this (yum, yum!)
A treat, it tastes a lot like this (yum, yum!)

We're gonna make, we're gonna make,
Gonna make some Halloween Stew
We're gonna make, we're gonna make,
Gonna make some Halloween Stew!

Halloween Activities

Halloween Slime!

1 cup cornstarch

1 cup water

Green paint or food coloring

Mix together in a bowl or dish bin, and get 'slimed!'

Gooey Ghosts!

Glue ghost charms to have on necklaces or hang  in the window. Supplies needed are: squeeze bottles, white craft glue, wax paper, googly eyes and paperclips. Fill the squeeze bottles with glue. Children squeeze the glue out onto the wax paper in a ghostly blob. Then they can place their googly eyes. Have the child identify the "head" of the ghost and place one end of the paperclip in the head. When the glue is dry, peel off of the wax paper and string into a necklace. :)

Halloween Safety!

It’s almost dusk, the children look adorable in their sweet little costumes and you can’t wait to see their faces when they receive their first Trick or Treat! To ensure the evening remains a fun night, here are a few tips and the safety rules and expectations to go over with your little ghouls and goblins.

First here are a few helpful tips on ensuring they have a great head start on safety and spooky fun:

• Ensure your child is in a bright costume so others can see them. If their costume is dark in color, use reflective strips or have them carry a glow stick or bright flashlight.

• Ensure your child’s costume isn’t too long, tripping over it in excitement to rush to the next house can be a big hazard and bound to lead to the night getting cut short.

• Instead of masks, have your kids wear make-up so they can see where they are going. It’s more comfortable too! The masks build up sweat and condensation under it and guaranteed that your annoyed child will be ripping it off quickly. Make-up leads to happier trick or treaters.

• There’s a good chance (unless your child has a home-made costume) that other children are going to have the same or very similar costume and when it gets dark, distinguishing on ghoulish ghost, or cackling witch, from another can get difficult. A great thing to do is alter it in some obvious way to ensure you can see your child at all times. This can be anything from a specific design with reflectors on their back, or glow sticks sewn on the costume, anything that will quickly identify your child from the rest.

• Another tip for really little ones (under 3) is to put them in a stroller or wagon, not only will they last trick or treating longer, but it will also ensure they won’t get run over by bigger children zipping around.

And now the safety rules for the little ones!

• Review road safety rules such as, look both ways before crossing, stay on the sidewalk or close to the side of the road if there is no sidewalk, and use crosswalks when available.
  
• Remind them to watch for other people when hurrying from house to house. Bumps and falls can easily happen when there are groups of children running for candy! Keeping their head up and watch where they are going.
• Remind them to not eat the candy before you inspect it for safety.
  
• Here’s a little song that will easily remind them of the rules!

Trick or Treat

(Tune: I’m a little Teapot)

I am a trick or treater ready to go,

Here is my flashlight, I'll walk slow.

When I get all dressed up here me say,

‘Thank you for my treats today!’

I am so excited, ‘Trick or Treat!,"

I always look both ways across the street!

When I get my candy, can’t eat it, no, no

Until it’s check by people I know!