Halloween Activities
The last week of October was filled with lots of Halloween fun here at the library!
Halloween Story Time Book Selections
Peek-a-Boo Baby Time
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| Itsy Bitsy Spider is a beautiful, padded board book that babies and toddlers will love to share. The charming, rhyming text, loosely based on "Itsy Bitsy Spider," is a book to read again and again. |
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| It may be round like a pumpkin and even orange like a pumpkin, but this is NOT a pumpkin! If it's not a pumpkin, then what is it? Preschoolers and toddlers will love knowing the answer and enjoy the fun, "unexpected" ending! |
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| This is the jack-o-lantern we used for This is NOT a Pumpkin. We also read and acted out this story at Move and Groove Toddler Time and at the Halloween festival. |
Read, Make and Take Story Time
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| On the far side of town in a big dark house lives a brave little witch. She has heard lots and lots about that very human holiday Halloween, and even though she thinks she knows what humans are like, she has never, ever seen Halloween for herself. |
A Very Brave Witch has gorgeous illustrations and teaches children that all people are different from one another and that isn't a bad thing. The way this story is written prompts children to answer questions and keeps them interested until the very end.
Move and Groove Toddler Time
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| Five little ghosts at the end of the day are on the lookout for somewhere to play! These little ghosts are looking for something fun to do but keep running into mischief! |
Halloween Fall Festival
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| The witch and her cat are happily flying through the sky on a broomstick when the wind picks up and blows away the witch's hat, then her bow, and then her wand! Luckily, three helpful animals find the missing items, and all they want in return is a ride on the broom. But is there room on the broom for so many friends? And when disaster strikes, will they be able to save the witch from a hungry dragon? |
Room on the Broom is one of my favorite children's books. If you and your child have not had the pleasure of reading a story by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler you are missing out! Some of their others are Super Worm, The Snail and the Whale and The Gruffalo. These two never disappoint!
Games
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| This adorable Pumpkin Chunkin' game was made by Miss Erin. The children took the pumpkins (tissue paper wrapped toilet paper) and chunked it into the basket. This one is always a favorite for all ages! |
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| Jack-o-lantern beanbag toss. |
Other Halloween games:
Witch Hat Ring Toss
We used pool rings to ring the witch's hats made out of construction paper.
Balloon Tennis
This one is super simple. A tennis or badminton racket and a balloon and they'll be entertained for hours. If you have more than one child playing another option is a fly swat or a paper plate taped to a craft stick to avoid accidents.Go Fishing
A blue sheet and a pretend fishing rod and you're good to go! Have someone sit behind the sheet and attach to catch the fishing line and attach a goodie to the end of the rod.
Crafts and More
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| This cute little candy corn craft let the children at Move and Groove Toddler Time practice color sorting. |
At the Halloween Fall Festival we made paper witch hats similar to the sombreros we made at the Dragons Love Tacos Tween Party.
We also had a face painting station and a witch's house tour.
Miss Kay and Miss Christina did an excellent job with our witch's house!
Miss Kay and Miss Christina did an excellent job with our witch's house!
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| We had a great turn out for the Halloween Fall Festival! This picture was taken before everyone had arrived. We had about one hundred children plus their caregivers. |
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| Miss Andrea's Halloween spider hair! |
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| Miss Andrea and I dressed up as the Cat in the Hat and a pirate for the Halloween Fall Festival. |
Our next children's program outside of
our normal story time programs is
Library Movie Night.
For the title
please call the library or visit the library website that is linked
below.
I would like to thank everyone who attended any of our
Halloween programs at the library.
We all had lots of fun and hope you and your child did too!
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