Halloween Art for Preschoolers

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1 Halloween Art for Preschoolers This page has been created to provide child care providers and parents with fun activities ideas for their young children. There are many activities here that you may use with toddlers, pre-schoolers and even older children. Halloween Theme Goals: Halloween Safety Halloween is associated with spider, witches, goblins and ghosts. Halloween is a day we dress up and go trick or treating. Halloween can be scary and fun!! Great Halloween Clown Makeup Tips Get great tips and how to's from Duffer the Clown. His page features step by step instructions for perfect Halloween clown makeup. Art Pipe Cleaner Spiders Provide the children with pipe cleaners to make spiders. Have the children twist the pipe cleaners together to form a body and legs. Discuss how many legs a spider has. Balloon Jack o Lanterns Blow up an orange balloon and let the child use a black marker, stickers, or finger paint to create facial features. Ask the child how does the jack o lantern feel? Paper Plate Jack o Lanterns Have your child paint a paper plate orange. When dry, have the child glue on pieces of black construction paper for the facial features. These pieces may be cut with scissors or torn, depending on your child's ability level. For older children, try using glue to form the facial features and sprinkle glitter, or various items (i.e. buttons, beans, noodles, pebbles) on the glue. Pumpkin Puppets Each child should cut out a pumpkin shape from orange construction paper. Then either cut out facial features, or color them on with a black crayon. Paste to the bottom of a paper lunch bag. Then add a green construction paper stem.

2 Sponge Painted Ghosts Cut out or buy ghost shaped sponges. You will need black construction paper and white tempera paint when showing the child how to dip the sponges in the paint and press on the paper to make ghost prints. Spider Paper Plates Use a smaller and larger paper plate to make these spiders. Staple the smaller plate onto the larger plate, as if the smaller plate will be the spider's head. Have the child paint both sides black. Then add black streamers for legs and white construction paper for eyes. Hang them from the ceiling. Trick or Treat Bag Have your child decorate a brown paper bag. They can make a pumpkin, a black cat, or a witch. Reinforce the bottom and add handles. Tissue Ghosts Supply each child with two pieces of tissue paper and a piece of string or yarn. Have each child ball up one of the tissues, then place it in the center of the second tissue. Next, have the child, or assist the child, in tying the yarn around the second tissue to hold the balled tissue within the second tissue. The child may use a marker to make eyes. Pumpkin Seed Art Collect pumpkin seeds from inside a pumpkin. Let them air dry and have the children use the pumpkin seeds to make a collage. Pumpkin Seed Shakers You need: dried pumpkin seeds from inside your pumpkin, two paper plates (for each child) and a stapler. Have the children put some seeds on one of the paper plates (bottom side down). Next, have them place the other plate on top of the first plate (bottom side up). Help the children staple their plates together with the seeds inside. Let the children paint, use markers or crayons to decorate their shakers. Fingerprint Pumpkins Have the children make orange fingerprints on a piece of paper. Use a nontoxic orange ink pad. Show the children how to use one finger at a time. Use a green pen to draw stems on the paper and draw vines to connect some of the pumpkins. (You can do this for younger children or have older children draw the vines and stems themselves.)

3 Fingerprint Spiders Have the children use a black non-toxic ink pad to make fingerprints on a piece of paper. Have the children draw on eight legs on their fingerprints to represent spiders. Spider Gum drops Supply the children with large black gum drops and eight toothpicks per child. Have the children push the toothpicks in the gum drops to represent the spiders legs. Witch Hat Cut out triangular shapes from black material to represent a witch hat. Let the children decorate the hats with glitter and foil. Broom Art Supply the children with a broom, a large piece of butcher paper and some paint. Tape the paper on the floor and add the paint. Have the children use the broom to paint the paper. You may want to have the children take off shoes and socks, and roll up long pants... this is REALLY MESSY!!! Games Spider Webbing Provide children with a chair and some yarn or string. Ask them to create a spiders web by wrapping the string around the legs of the chair. Witch Match You may be able to find witch stickers or halloween stickers. Make sure that you have at least two identical sheets. Place two identical stickers on one index card. One on the left side and one on the right. Then cut the card in half in a funny shape. Follow with all the stickers. Then set out the cards and ask the child to pick out one, then find it's match. Next, place the cards together. My son loves this one!!! Spider Legs Draw eight different spiders on index cards. The spiders should be drawn with 1 to 8 legs. Ask your child to arrange the spiders according to how many legs the spiders have.

4 Spider Walk Have the children do a spider walk, by placing their hands and feet on the floor and lifting their bottom off the floor. Spider Walk Race Have the children race each other while walking like a spider. Or try a relay race. Pumpkin Science What is inside a pumpkin? Let the children explore the insides of a pumpkin. It's a great sensory experience. Pumpkin Seeds Save the pumpkin seeds from a pumpkin. Boil 2 cups seeds in 1 quart water with 2 tbls salt for 10 minutes. Drain the seeds and toss them in 1 tblsp of butter. Spread the seeds on a baking pan, and bake for 30 minutes. Stir frequently. Pumpkin Faces Provide the children with many different pumpkin faces. Ask the children which pumpkin is happy? How does this pumpkin feel? How does that pumpkin make you feel? Dramatic Play Pretend to be a Spider Have the children pretend to be a spider. Pretend to be a Witch Provide your children with brooms, stuffed black cats, hats, and a box for a brew bowl. Allow the children to have fun pretending to be a witch. Halloween Dress Up Supply your children with costumes to dress up in. Have them dress up, then ask them what they are. Some of my favorites are dresses, side heeled shoes, scarves, plastic hats, sports jackets, and children's costumes. Go Trick or Treating Create an imaginary neighborhood for your child(ren) to trick or treat in. Have the child go around from house to house (pretend) and practice trick or treating. You can use boxes for the houses, or tape on the floor.

5 Group Time Halloween Safety Talk with the children about halloween safety rules. Ask your local police for a list of safety rules that you can send home to the parents. Spider Watch Place some real spiders in a clear container for the children to watch. Be sure to return them to their natural habitat. 5 little pumpkins finger play Five little Pumpkins 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 "Well, we don't care!" The Forth one said "We will run and run and run!" The Fifth one said "We are ready for some fun!" Whoooo oooo went the wind And out went the light and the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight! Variation of song above Five little witches stirring a Halloween brew The First one said "There is nothing to do!" The Second one said "Let's go out and have some fun!" The Third one said "Halloween has begun!" The Forth one said "Let's go out and "trick or treat"!" The Fifth one said "We will get a lot of candy to eat!" Whoooo oooo went the wind And out went the light and the five little witches flew out of sight! Pumpkin Song sung to Have you ever seen a lassie? If I could be a pumpkin, a pumpkin, a pumpkin, If I could be a pumpkin, Which face would I have? Sad or Happy

6 frightened or scary If I could be a pumpkin, I would scare you now. Itsy Bitsy Spider The itsy bitsy spider, climbed up the water spout. Down came the rain, and washed the spider out. Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain. And the itsy bitsy spider, went up the spout again. Sing with a deep slow chanting voice. Make a big spider with your hands. The GREAT BIG SPIDER, climbed up the water spout. Down came the rain, and washed the spider out. Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain. And the GREAT BIG SPIDER, went up the spout again. Sing with a very fast high chanting voice. Make a tiny spider with your hands. The teeny weeny spider, climbed up the water spout. Down came the rain, and washed the spider out. Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain. And the teeny weeny spider, went up the spout again. There's a Spider on the Floor by Raffi Spider song Sung to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Spider, Spider In the sky Weaving your webs way up high

7 Catching bugs, and insects too What a chore it is for you Spider, Spider In the sky Weaving your webs way up high 10 little Witches sung to 10 little indians 1 little, 2 little, 3 little witches, 4 little, 5 little, 6 little witches, 7 little, 8 little, 9 little witches, 10 little witches in the sky! 10 little pumpkins sung to 10 little indians 1 little, 2 little, 3 little pumpkins, 4 little, 5 little, 6 little pumpkins, 7 little, 8 little, 9 little pumpkins, 10 little pumpkins for Halloween! Where is pumpkin? Where is Pumpkin? Where is Pumpkin? Here it is! Here it is! This one has a happy face, This one has a scary face! Roll away, Roll away! You can provide the children with pumpkin puppets (see art project) or let them use their own that they made. Have each child say what kind of face their pumpkin has. Pumpkin Man (sung to Yes I am the muffin man) Yes I am the Pumpkin man, the pumpkin man, the pumpkin man, Yes I am the pumpkin man, Who has a silly face.

8 Little Witch Sung to "I'm a little teapot" I'm a little witch All dressed in black Here is my broom, Here is my cat Halloween is my favorite night I can dress up as a ghost in white A Parent Letter For those of you who are in the child care field... I believe that safety is very important. It is a great idea to send home a letter to the parents about Halloween safety. Also find out where parents can get their children's candy checked... a lot of police stations or volunteer groups do it for free. Remind the parent to make sure their children wear reflective clothing, and know that they should never enter someone's home. Halloween Witches written by chicky Sung to I'm a Little Teapot Halloween Witches here and there Halloween witches everywhere You better watch out! You better beware! Or they will give you a great, big, scare! Pumpkin Poem by chicky My little pumpkin is round not flat And if you step on it It will go ker-splat. (clap hands) Trick or Treat Poem By chicky Ghosts and Goblins Witches and more Halloween fun Knocking on the door Knock Knock "Trick or Treat