Happy Halloween!

My mom has this tiny little stuffed witch that giggles demonically and then screams, “Happy Halloweeeeen!”  It scares the crap out of her cat and it makes me laugh every single time.  Halloween is one of my favorite holidays (it’s not my ultimate favorite holiday – that’s Thanksgiving).  So, of course, I had my costume ready early and I picked out my books early and I was ready and raring to go with this one.

BOOKS:

We read The Hallowiener by Dav Pilkey and Sheep Trick or Treat by Nancy Shaw.

Sheep Trick or Treat was okay.  The Hallowiener was FABULOUS though.  Next year (unless I find something else that’s pure awesome) I’ll probably read The Hallowiener and Room on the Broom.  Both of those stories are well illustrated, funny, and just good stories.

FINGERPLAY:

With my trusty black velcro glove, we went through Five Little Pumpkins.

“Five Little Pumpkins”

Five little pumpkins were sitting on a gate
The first one said, “Oh my, it’s getting late!”
The second one said, “There are witches in the air.”
The third one said, “But we don’t care!”?
The fourth one said, “Let’s run and run and run.”
The fifth one said, “We are ready for some fun!”
And the wind went OOOOOOHHHHH
And out went the lights
And five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.

 SONG:

We listened to the Monster Mash while we paraded around the library.  GOSH, small kids in costumes are so so SOO cute!

I had to include that one of me so you can fully appreciate my unicorn costume.

CRAFT:

For our craft, we made masking tape mummies.  I pinned this what feels like a million years ago and was psyched to finally get to use it.  Tape + kids = awesome.  Kids love tape.  Tape and glue.  Anything that’s sticky really.

This is one that was sadly left behind.  Not of my own making, but you can see the basic elements.  GREAT craft.