Learning About Halloween

It's the Little One's first real Halloween.

We've spent time reading books about pumpkins and costumes.

And walking around the neighbourhood looking at decorations.

At home I painted four peg dolls in Halloween costumes.

A jack o'lantern, a monster, a ghost and a witch.

I also painted a wooden house with chalk board paint.

Back at the Little One's house I set up a table in the kitchen.

They had a flat cardboard box that fit perfectly.

I taped it down and set up the scene with 5 little pumpkins, the peg dolls and house, as well as chalk.

She loved the chalk.

I showed her that it could be used to draw on the house and the cardboard.

After she drew on the house, I drew a path way.

The trick or treaters are practicing walking down the street.

Then she practiced "Booing!"

We've been playing a lot with the word/sign for scared.

She uses it when she retells being scared

but when she is scared she usually cries "momma, momma, momma".