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Sunday, December 5, 2010

Halloween School Activities

There are many different Halloween school activities that can be used in the lead up to Halloween. The good news is that many of these are also educational Halloween activities so the kids can actually be learning as they have fun.

Of course one of the most popular Halloween school activities is Halloween crafts. Kids can make things at school that can be used to decorate the classroom or they can be taken home to add to the Halloween decorations at home. There are many simple Halloween crafts that make very effective decorations.

Halloween Crafts

Transparent ghosts make an effective decoration. You will require wax paper, glitter, black construction paper, string, and newspaper. First, take two large pieces of wax paper and put them together. Trace and then cut out a large ghost shape from the waxed paper. Next, cut out eyes from the black paper and a ghostly shape mouth from construction.

Lay one ghost wax paper down on a Piece of paper. Then place the eyes and mouth and coat with glitter. Place the second form of wax paper ghost on the edge of the first list. Then comes a piece of newspaper over it and iron with an iron on medium heat until both are pieces of wax paper glued to each other together. His spirit is ready to be hung.

Halloween Story Writing

In place of registration, as you might feel a bit 'different school Halloween activities. Halloween story writingoften the favorite type of writing for children. It is their chance to write about ghoulish things and blood and guts and this is the one time of the year when such topics are actually acceptable.

Children can write their own story or they can write a collaborative story with people taking turns to write one sentence at a time or to start a sentence and then let then let the next person complete it.

If children have all created their own Halloween story, these can then be read to the class with the children take turns reading another story. After each reading of the class to guess who wrote the story.

Halloween Word Games

They are for school activities on Halloween trying to organize quickly and easily, you are invited to try out a few puns Halloween. The spelling may be a traditional hangman game halloween game, when he played with the words of Halloween.

Another simple Halloween word game is to play Halloween Jumble. Only the list of HalloweenWords on the blackboard with the letters mixed up. It is for children, the letters unjumble to find the original words. This game can be made even more interesting if the letters are written all the words of the paper to cut a pumpkin shape it is. Make a game of this by establishing a price for the first person to find each word.

There is an endless list of Halloween-school activities that can be used in class on Halloween. If you choose carefully, youalso have an educational Halloween activities that children really learn.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Fall Crafts For Preschool Sunday School

Fall is an exciting time of year with all of the bright colors of the leaves, and the smells that mark this special time of year. Here is your chance to create some fall memories with your preschool Sunday school class with these fun Bible crafts. They are specially designed for small hands, so children get instant satisfaction that they can create wonderful projects.

Stuffed Pumpkins

This is an easy craft that looks so lifelike when it is completed. Preschoolers will have a blast working with paints and other materials. You will need a grocery bag for each child, orange tempera paint, green tempera paint, large paintbrushes, raffia, and old newspapers. Have the children stuff old newspapers into a grocery bag. Let them fill up the bag about half the way (or less if you prefer). Bunch up the point where the newspaper pile ends and tie tight with raffia. Cut off the remaining bag that is above the raffia, making it shaped like leaves. Use what you have cut off to fashion a stem. You will not need to paint the stem because it is already brown. Now have the children paint the pumpkins orange and the leaves green. Stick the stem into the top center of the pumpkin pushing it down as far as you can to secure it. Let it dry. This craft goes well with any Bible lesson about harvest.

Apple Butterfly Pictures

This is a particularly fun craft for preschoolers. Apples are at their best in the Fall, so why not use some juicy apples to make a cool craft? Have extra apples available as a snack for this class. For the craft you will need apples cut in vertical slices, red acrylic paint, paintbrushes, cardstock paper (colored, optional), and crayons. Give each child a slice of an apple. Have them paint the meat of the apple with red acrylic paint. Then they will press the apple onto a sheet of cardstock paper towards the left side of the sheet to make an imprint. Fold the paper in half to create a symmetrical imprint on the right side of the paper. This should look like a butterfly. Have the children use crayons to add features to their butterflies, like antennae, legs, and even a background. For this project, it is best if you have a sample ready to show your class what it can look like when finished. This craft goes along with Bible lessons about Creation and/or harvest.

Fall Trees

This is a fun Fall craft for preschoolers. You will need pre-pressed leaves that you bring in from home. To press leaves, simply place each leaf between layers of wax paper. Iron the leaves to make them nice and flat. For this project, be sure to pick small leaves. In class you will need poster board paper, crayons, and glue sticks. Trace a child's hand and forearm on poster board to create a tree. The forearm will be the tree trunk and fingers will be branches. Have the children glue on the leaves to the branches (fingers). Let them color the trunk with crayons. If time allows, they can draw grass, a sun, and other features on their picture. Parents will get a kick out of seeing this craft. It makes a good choice when teaching about Creation, harvest, or even Zaccheus.

Making crafts is a staple in Sunday school class. Teachers get in a rut of making the same old things year after year. Hopefully, these crafts will bring some new ideas to your classroom. Have fun creating with your preschoolers.