Friday, October 18, 2024
Halloween is less than two weeks away
and the excitement is building!
Our Littles love this season
AND
we love seeing the excitement in their eyes!
Yesterday, we shared 3 spooktacular and simple projects
our own Littles are loving this October!
Each would be a perfect at-home activity
OR
even as a fun addition to any Halloween party
(dare we say, Boo Bash!) that you might be hosting!
If interested, you can find all the details here!
Today, we’re back with another Friday post!
We’re sharing a classic Halloween poem,
one that we’ve put our own GRAND spin to!
Laurie and her Little D love the classic fingerplay
5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate,
and they came up with this fun activity to go along with the story!
Have you ever heard this cute little Halloween rhyme?
It’s a well known verse that describes a spooky setting.
It's simple and easy to memorize!
Five Little Pumpkins… the Fingerplay!
Little D and I have recited this poem many times,
doing the actions… over and over!
If you are interested in reading the book to your Littles,
below is a link to a cute version we like!
Five Little Pumpkins… Crafting Time!
Our project time started out with the plan to make different Halloween characters out of paper tubes for a possible Our Grand Lives post. However, Little D had a different idea! She had been chanting the pumpkin poem all day so she insisted on only making pumpkins!
As we flexible Grandmas do, I set aside the black, green and yellow paint, and added more orange paint to the paint tray. I had Little D paint the entire tube, and helped her out by attaching a clothespin to help hold it so her hands wouldn’t get too messy.
When she was done painting three toilet paper tubes, we set them aside so the paint could dry. Then I cut them each in half. Little D curled up green pipe cleaners for the stems, and I taped them inside each tube. (Yes… We had one “extra”!)
Then the “carving” began!
I just happened to have some jack o’lantern stickers available, so we used those for our pumpkin faces. You could also use a black marker or you can glue on cut outs from black construction paper.
After we had admired the five pumpkins, Little D reminded me that we needed a gate, or as I had explained it to her - a fence.
We got out her blocks and constructed our “gate”.
Five Little Pumpkins… It's Showtime!
When we were done, Little D added the pumpkins to her gate
and retold the rhyme a couple more times!
Little D lifted each pumpkin up when it was "their" turn.
She surprised me and added her own ending to the story….
She pushed all the pumpkins off the “gate” so they could “roll out of sight”
Last year we shared several activities and crafts
that celebrate this October holiday!
We’re highlighting a few of our favorite activities from that post below
but you can find all of the details by checking it out yourself -
🎃 Window Cling Puppets!
We used a set of Dollar Tree window clings, construction paper, paper cups and craft sticks to make a set of Halloween puppets!
🎃 Stacking Ghosts!
Using a permanent marker, add ghost faces to 10 white paper or plastic cups. Then let your Littles have fun building towers OR stacking the cups.
🎃 Play Dough Monsters!
We pulled out 2-3 colors of play dough and some toothpicks. Little L quickly got busy sticking toothpicks into the play dough balls - we said we were adding hair to each monster! Little L then added googly eyes - one, two or three to each monster! Pipe cleaners, buttons, feathers, noodles… The list of household materials to include goes on and on!
🎃 Find That Ghost - 2 Versions of a Fun Game!
Have you played The Elf on the Shelf during the holidays? If so, here’s our Halloween version… Where’s Boo? We’ve even thought of a way for Distant Grands and Littles to play together! Remember, all the details can be found in this post.
A few weeks ago our Instagram, post recognized National Ghost Hunting Day. We shared a fun way to celebrate the day that works great anytime, especially during the coming weeks… Hide ‘n Seek, Boo! Make a couple of ghosts out of cardboard tubes. Attach a Kleenex with a rubber band OR a sticker OR your own cut-out ghost. Hide your ghost around the house and let your Little hunt for the ghost(s)! BOO!
As always, thanks for stopping by!
We plan to be back next Thursday, October 24,
with one more Halloween post….
This one geared toward the adults in the crowd!
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This is adorable! I remember making many crafts with toilet paper rolls with my daughters when they were younger. It was always such a fun activity. I love both the craft and the poem. Thank you for sharing at The Crazy Little Lovebirds Link Party #60!
Steph@CrazyLittleLovebirds
I love these fun and simple Halloween ideas for kids! The pumpkin craft is so cute and easy to try.
Doris/ <a href="https://purelifegem.com">Pure Life Gem</a>
I've never heard this rhyme. I love the way that you reenacted it using the gate :)
#MMBC
Catherine @ Story Snug
Your little pumpkins are great! They must have been so fun to create. #MMBC
What a cute Halloween rhyme! And the crafts are 'fangtastic' too. :)
Thanks so much sharing, lovely Laurie & Laura. x