’Tis the season for fall festivals and Halloween celebrations! At The Mailbox, our fall festivals are quite an event. Each year we take time out to celebrate the season with snacks, craft projects, costumes, and a spooky book reading. Then we go from office to office collecting sweet treats, and everyone is invited to vote for their favorite creation in our pumpkin-carving contest. As you can imagine, with the staff of talented artists that we have at The Mailbox, some of the pumpkin designs are quite elaborate. They are a far cry from the simple triangle eyes and toothy grins that my pumpkins get each year! I just had to share some creations from previous years.

With fall in full swing and Halloween around the corner, are you planning any classroom activities to celebrate? If you are looking for Halloween ideas for your classroom, check out the October/November issues of our magazines. The Mailbox preschool edition has a scarecrow unit, crafts, and songs. For kindergarten teachers, try Teacher’s Helper for a unit on The Very Busy Spider or The Mailbox for owl- or leaves-themed ideas. Teaching first grade? Don’t miss the pumpkin pages to help students practice addition, sequencing events, and measurement. Grades 2 and 3 teachers can find candy corn, spiders, crows, and monsters on practice pages in Teacher’s Helper and The Mailbox, and intermediate teachers can find a nonfiction comprehension page on bats or several other fall-themed activities.

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8 Responses to “Pumpkins, Bats, and Cats, Oh My!”

  1. 17 Nov 2008 at 5:10 pm # 8.  Linda Klempau

    I’m looking for the cute little poem that went along with the foot-print ghost. It might have been in the Mailbox, but I can’t seem to find it. Any help is much appreciated. linda k

  2. 31 Oct 2008 at 4:11 pm # 7.  Jeila Ruhlman

    It’s my first time brousing around and I like it very much. Some things I would use as a teacher. But others can’t be used ’cause my school do not celebrate Holloween.

  3. 30 Oct 2008 at 7:29 am # 6.  Jennifer

    Michelle,

    I just used word and created one. It was real easy actually.

  4. 27 Oct 2008 at 10:13 am # 5.  Trea

    Hi,
    You are welcome. We have been singing that song for a few weeks now and the kids love it. We also do this one which they like a lot.
    A very old witch was stirring a pot
    Along came two ghosts who said what has she got

    We say that part and then I have them look into a pretend pot and we guess what is in there and then I say, “Boo” and they laugh. Have a great Halloween.

  5. 25 Oct 2008 at 2:08 pm # 4.  Meri Velardi

    TREA,

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE MISSING WORDS TO MY HALLOWEEN SONG!

    MERI

  6. 24 Oct 2008 at 9:13 am # 3.  Michelle

    Does anyone know where I can get the patterns for the book “Big Pumpkin”?

  7. 23 Oct 2008 at 11:49 am # 2.  Trea

    The rest of it is, “you can walk on down the street, knock on doors, say Trick or Treat

  8. 22 Oct 2008 at 6:55 pm # 1.  Meri Velardi

    I am trying to remember the words to a cute Halloween song my daughter learned at PreK a year or two ago. I think it’s called “Do you love Halloween?” it goes to the tune of “Do your ears hang low?”

    Does anyone know the words to this song??? I think it goes like this, but am not sure.

    “Do you love Halloween,
    to dress up and be scene.
    You can be a silly cat or crazy flying bat,
    ………(can’t remember this line)
    Do you love Halloween”

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