We’re getting close to Halloween! What a fun time of the year. A lot of these activities are not new, but just pulling them out once a year makes them so exciting for my kids. And I love it because they’re already made … ready to go!
- Fun Food … we started off with some extra “spooky” lunches
- Add eyes! I made a ton of eyeballs with royal frosting. It’s amazing how fun lunches are just by adding eyes!
- Use the tutorial here
- or I used a Royal Icing Mix from Jo-Ann (less than $3 w/ coupon), then added a mini chocolate chip for the pupil.
- Give it a name! … mummy wraps, ghost slime, red swamp water (or blood, but that’s a little goory for me), and one-eyed crispy treats.
- Silly Pumpkin Faces
- Mix & Match Jack-o-Lanterns
- Cut a large pumpkin shape from orange craft foam. I made one tall and one wide.
- Add a green foam stem.
- Cut out several eyes, noses, and mouths from black craft foam (not the sticky back kind)
- Mix and match the pieces to create lots of funny faces!
- Memory Match Game … you can adapt this for any holiday or letter! My 3-year-old loves memory match right now, so we’ll be making a few more sets for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
- Cut out several 3”x3” squares from cardstock (I used 3x5 cards and just cut them to 3x3)
- Get a package of Halloween stickers (if it has at least 2 sheets, you’ll have matches for each kind and you’re good to go!)
- Make matching sets by putting the same stickers on 2 cards.
- To Play:
- Place all the cards face down.
- Draw 2 cards. If they match, take the set. If they don’t, turn them back over and the next player goes.
- Halloween BINGO … I made up some simple BINGO cards. Click here or on the image above to print a set of 4!
- Make a simple 3x3 or 4x4 grid.
- Use clipart (I love Microsoft Clipart) to fill in each square.
- Print an extra set to cut up and use for the drawing cards.
- TO PLAY:
- Draw a card and show the kids the picture.
- Have them mark the same picture on their card. We have used candy corn or these little square counters.
- We just play until the whole card is full!
What a fun mom you are. Love the food ideas, of course!
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