Halloween

Theme Halloween
Age 2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s
Duration 45 minutes
Procedure
1. Storytime – Welcome Song
Storytime is starting, starting, starting,
Storytime is starting come listen with me.
2. Read first story
3. Sing: Five Little Pumpkins
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, "But we don't care!"
The fourth one said "Let's run and run and run!"
The fifth one said "I'm ready for some fun."
Ooooooo o o o went the wind and out went the light
And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.
4. Read second story
5. Sing: Three Little Witches (tune: Ten Little Indians)
One little, two little, three little witches, (hold up fingers)
Fly over haystacks, fly over ditches, (make hands fly high in the air)
Slide down moon beams without any hitches, (hands glide downward)
Hi-ho! Halloween's here! (clap hands two times on "Hi-ho!")
Horned owl's hooting, it's time to go riding, (hold hands for ears)
Deep in the shadows are black cats hiding, (make cat face)
With happy little goblins, sliding, gliding, (slide and glide hands)
Hi-ho! Halloween's here! (clap hands two times on “Hi-ho”)
Stand on your head with a lopsided wiggle, (touch head and wiggle)
Tickle your little black cats till they giggle, (tickles and laugh)
Swish through clouds with a higgedy, piggle, (fly hands)
Hi-ho! Halloween's here! (clap hands two times on hi-ho”

6. The Little Orange House –story and cut out –need orange paper
7. Craft: Ghosts of coffee past
Supplies needed:
Coffee filters, Tinfoil, tape, string,markers
Directions: Tape a length of string to the center of a piece of tinfoil. Crumple tinfoil into a ball. Poke a small hole in the center of a flattened coffee filter with a large pin or a sharp pencil, thread the string through hole in filter, form filter paper around tin foil draw on ghostly faces. Hang string from ceiling, door frame or use your imagination

THE LITTLE ORANGE HOUSE by Jean Stang *Use a piece of orange construction paper and make the cuts as you read.*
Once upon a time a very small witch was walking in the woods. The cold wind was blowing the dry leaves all around her. The little witch was frantically searching for a house for the winter. She could not find one. Suddenly a piece of orange paper blown by the wind landed at her feet. (make the paper fly through the air to your feet as you are telling the story).
She picked it up. The little witch looked closely at the paper and then she said, "I shall make myself a house from this piece of orange paper." She folded the paper in half (fold the paper)
and took her scissors (she always has a pair in her pocket) and cut off the two corners to make a roof (cut the two corners at the top of the paper.. not at the fold line).
"This will do just fine" she said as she looked at her new house. "But I will need a door." With her scissors she cut a door. (cut on the fold about 3 inches from the left side of the paper).
She always wears pointed hats so she cut a special door that looked just like this (rectangle cut with half triangle at the top for the hat).
The little witch walked through the door and into the little orange house. It was very dark inside. She quickly hurried back out. "I will need to make windows to let in the light," said the little witch. She cut a front and a back window that looked just like this (cut a rectangle in the middle of the paper towards the other end opposite the door) (these will be the eyes)
Oh, it was a fine looking house. Her very own little house with a roof, a door, and windows was all finished. But just as the little witch started to go inside for the winter, she saw a tiny ghost floating down the windswept path. As the tiny ghost came to a stop near the little house, the little witch saw that she was crying. "Why are you crying?" asked the little witch.
The tiny ghost stopped crying and answered. "It is cold and windy. It is getting dark. And I have no place to spend the winter."
"You may spend the winter with me in my new house," said the kind little witch.
"Oh thank you," said the happy tiny ghost as she peeked through the window. "This is a very nice house."
"First", said the little witch, "I will need to make you a little door of your very own. She took her scissors again and began to cut. She cut a very tiny door. It looked like this. (cut the tiny door as a triangle shape in the fold between the other door and window (nose).
The two happy new friends went inside. The tiny ghost went in the very little door. The Little witch went through her own special door. All winter long they lived happily together inside the little orange house.
If you want to see inside of their house, unfold the paper.