october

read alouds

activities

  • Painted Bat Silhouettes

    MATERIALS

    DIRECTIONS

    • cut out four small bat silhouettes out of black paper

    • attach them with painter’s tape to a piece of black construction paper

    • paint over the entire paper (including the bats) using white and orange paint

    • you may have to do several coats to make it more opaque over the black paper

    • when dry, remove the bats and black silhouettes will appear!

  • Pumkin Playdough

    MATERIALS

    • 1 cup flour

    • ¼ cup vegetable oil

    • you can add in pumpkin pulp and seeds too!

    • pumpkin spice (optional)

    DIRECTIONS

    • mix all ingredients and play!

  • Ghost Footprints

    MATERIALS

    DIRECTIONS

    • paint your little one’s feet with white paint

    • stamp on black paper

    • once dry, add three dots for the ghost’s face

    • you can write “trick or treat smell my feet!” underneath