What is Halloween?
Halloween is a popular American holiday for children and adults. It is celebrated on October 31st every year. Children dress up in costumes and go after dark house to house, knock on the door and say trick or treat! People then give the children "treats" like candy. Costumes can be scary. You will see many witches, monsters, ghosts and vampires but you might also see lots of children dressed up as fairies or princesses. It is also a time that people have Halloween parties where you can play fun games like bobbing for apples, go through a haunted house, or have a costume party. You will also see lots of jack o'lanterns on Halloween.
Many Australians celebrate Halloween, which occurs annually on October 31. It is also known as All Hallows’ Eve and is the day before All Saints’ Day. Costume parties are held and many children go trick-or-treating around this time of the year.
When is Halloween?
Tuesday, 31 October
Halloween Activities:
- Halloween dress up - children dress up in halloween outfits for the week.
- Host a halloween disco party
- Paper Strips Halloween Pumpkin - Develop cutting skills with scissors for preschool age children by making a paper pumpkin.
- Hand and foot painting - Make spooky Halloween inspired works of art with hand and foot prints.
- Fluffy Pumpkin Slime - Recipe here
- Straw Skeletons - Make a skeleton from straws or cotton buds.
- Puffy Ghosts - Glue and cotton balls, what could be more fun than that to create a super soft friendly ghost.
- Create Halloween shadow puppets
For further ideas and resources, click on the following links:
- https://one-child.com/595/10-halloween-activity-ideas-early-childhood-educators/
- https://www.weareteachers.com/halloween-classroom-games-activities-crafts/