It's not that this craft took forever or was hard, but my son loved it! It's surprising how the smallest activity can make him so excited! I know we have talked about making paper sack puppets before, but since it is Halloween, we decided to shake things up a bit (ha.) and make a pumpkin paper sack puppet. While we made it, we sang a few Halloween songs and read one of my favorite Halloween Poems.
Pumpkin, Pumpkin Song
(sung to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
Pumpkin pumpkin on the ground
How'd you get so big and round
Planted as a seed so small
Now you are a great big ball
Pumpkin pumpkin on the ground
How'd you get so big and round
Three Little Witches
(sung to the tune of Three Little Indians)
One little, two little, three little witches,
Fly over haystacks, fly over ditches,
Slide down moon beams without
any hitches,
Hey ho Hallowe'en's here!
Horned owl's hooting, it's
time to go riding,
Deep in the shadows are black
cats hiding,
With gay little goblins,
sliding, gliding,
Hey ho Hallowe'en's here!
Stand on your head with a
lopsided wiggle,
Tickle your little black cats
till they giggle,
Swish through clouids with a
higgedy, piggle,
Hey ho Hallowe'en's here!
Five Little Pumpkins
Five Little pumpkins sitting on a gate.
The first one said, "Oh, my it's getting late!" (Look at your watch or touch where it should be)
The second one said, "There are witches in the air." (Look around nervously)
The third one said, "But we don't care." (Shake finger back and forth, "no" motion with finger)
The fourth one said, "Let's fun, let's run!" (Running motion with your arms)
The fifth one said, "Isn't Halloween fun?" (Make the "what" motion with arms)
The Wooooooosh went the wind (make a windy movement with your hands)
And OUT (clap hands together) went the lights.
And five little pumpkin's rolled out of sight. (Whisper this last line and Roll your hands)
Can I just say that I LOVE LOVE looking at your blog! You have the cutest ideas on here and it is just so fun to read. You are such a good fun mom.
Posted by: Kelley Howe | October 28, 2008 at 11:08 AM