I am so excited to plan the Halloween Party for my sons classroom. From now and then I will post the ideas that I plan on using. If you have any additional ideas please share them. Today we found a fun site with Halloween games and activities that Quinn just loved! I thought I would take the coloring sheets as a back up activities incase the original station activities run a bit short, or in case someone would rather color then to what I am going to plan. You never know with little ones right? I am planning the party to have four different stations where five kids at each will rotate. Hoping that I can get four Moms to help, one at each station.
The craft station will be these Gauzy ghosts...
It takes practically nothing to make this family of mischievous sprites.
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CRAFT MATERIALS: | |
Different-size plastic milk jugs or juice bottles | |
Laundry starch | |
Aluminum foil | |
Paper towels | |
White gauze or cheesecloth | |
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1. Top each jug or bottle with a ball of crumpled aluminum foil.
2. Cut white gauze or cheesecloth into 18-inch squares (one square for each ghost). Dip the gauze squares into a bowl filled with laundry starch. Pull them out one at a time and squeeze out the excess moisture. Drape a square over each bottle.
3. To shape the ghosts' shoulders and arms, loosely pile crumpled aluminum foil near the bottle and drape the gauze over it. Flare out the lower edges of the gauze and let dry overnight. (To make a dog, simply drape a small square of gauze over shaped foil.)
4. Once they've dried, carefully lift the ghosts from their bottles. They should stand freely on a flat surface.
I love this idea!! Thanks, I think Koben class would have a great time doing it as well!!
Posted by: Debbi Pfau | October 07, 2007 at 06:02 PM
How about some Halloween science? We've got lots of ideas for Halloween-related fun science activities on our site: http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/category/halloween1
Posted by: Steve Spangler | October 10, 2007 at 08:29 PM