Haunted House

Cover a milk carton with black paper.  Cut a black rectangle of paper @ 6"x9". Fold in half, staple the crease to the top of the milk carton. Using the exacto knife, cut two windows and one door. (This is done
ahead by parent volunteers.) Each student creates a fence by glueing popsicle sticks starting at the
door, circling around the milk carton and ending up at the other side of the door. A plastic spider can be glued on the fence. Students glue pre-cut shapes (bat, witch, ghost, cat) on the milk carton. (The shapes can be bought or cut from fun foam, felt, or paper.) Glue a large yellow full moon on the peak of the roof. Stick on any Halloween stickers that are available.



Witch Hand

Each child receives a latex glove. Push five candy corn into the end of each finger to look like fingernails. Air pop popcorn. Fill the glove with popcorn. Close the top of the glove with an elastic. You can attach a string to the top of the glove to hang if you wish.

Marshmallow Glove

Wrap a Kleenex over a marshmallow. Gather Kleenex under the marshmallow and tie with a twist-tie, elastic, or string, Use a black marker to draw eyes and a mouth.

Party

The students were placed into multi-aged groups and rotated through the stations at fifteen  minute intervals. The stations were set up in adjoining classrooms.

Station 1 - Free Reading and Listening in the Haunted House

The house in the kindergarten room was set up as a haunted house. It was wrapped in black paper and the roof was draped in black fabric. White chalk was used to draw decorations on the black paper, white pare ghosts were attached and dollar store garland was attached. Plastic jack o’lantern with light bulbs are plugged in and placed inside the haunted house to light up the house. A large selection of Halloween books are
placed in the house for free reading. A tape recorder with head phones and Halloween books on tape are also placed in the house.

Halloween Playdough and Cookie Cutters

Put out green and black playdough and a variety of Halloween cookie cutters. Let the students make shapes.


Sort Halloween Erasers

Place a large variety of Halloween erasers in a sorting tray. The students sort the erasers into like categories.

Halloween Sewing

Put out an assortment of purchased Halloween lace up cards. The students sew the cards with colored shoelaces.

Station 2 Halloween Tea Light

Give each student a baby food jar. Cut small squares of orange tissue paper with a paper slicer. Paint the outside of the jar with white glue. Crush tissue paper squares into a ball. Press it onto the jar. Continue
in this way until you have covered most of the jar. Cut small squares of black tissue paper with a paper slicer and crush them into a ball. Glue them on to form two eyes, a nose, and a mouth. Fill in any gaps with orange paper. Put a tea light into the bottom of the jar.

Station 3 - Games in the Gym

Shave the Balloon
Blow up balloons. Hang a balloon from a string attached to the roof. Cover the floor with plastic bags. Let the students wear paint shirts. Parent volunteers cover the balloon with shaving cream and the students shave the balloon with disposable razors. (Surprisingly, very few
balloons pop!)

Spider Ball
Purchase several large spiders from the dollar store. The students throw the spiders through the basketball hoops.

Pumpkin Bowling
Cover plastic bowling pins with paper ghosts. Roll small pumpkins along the floor to knock over the pins.

Hoop Throw
Hang hoops from the roof. Cover the hoops with fake spider webs. The students stand back behind a predetermined line and throw witches hats through the hoops.

Station 4  - Halloween Bingo