Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Halloween Games:

Halloween Bingo: http://www.mes-english.com/flashcards/files/halloween1_bingo.pdf

Undead Smackdown: http://www.benjerry.com/fun/halloween/games/undead-smackdown/

Virtual Pumpkin: http://www.benjerry.com/fun/halloween/games/virtual-pumpkin/

Carving Pumpkins:

How to carve a pumpkin? Follow this youtube video, it's so easy!!

Halloween Coloring pages: 

http://www.mes-english.com/coloring/halloween.php 

HALLOWEEN ORIGIN AND COSTUMES:

The most typical aspects of Halloween are costumes and trick-or-treating.

Originally, Halloween costumes were scary (witches, ghosts, goblins, skeletons, etc.) because people wanted evil spirits to leave them alone. But, later on, as dressing up for Halloween became more popular, people realized that those scary costumes frightened children too!

Here are some easy ideas for costumes you can make yourself, or with a little help from Mom and Dad.:

a. BAT:  

Materials:

Stretchy black fabric

Scissors

Black thread and needle or sewing machine

Measuring tape

Instructions: 

1. To find out how much fabric you need, measure from wrist to wrist across the wearer’s back (A). Also measure from neck to waist (B) and then one-half the circumference of the widest part of the arm (C). The amount of fabric you need is A x B+C.
2. Lay out the fabric folded according to the diagrams on http://mypoppet.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-to-easy-bat-wings-for-halloween-or.html and cut out the shape of the wings.
3. Fold over the top flap and sew it down. DONE! You can make the wings more special by painting lines with fabric paint from the points to the underarm. Wear with black clothes.

b. BIKER:

Materials:

Jeans

A white t-shirt

Black shoes or boots

Helmet

1 black rubbish bag

2 big pieces of cardboard

1 medium piece of cardboard

A cardboard tube, painted black

Paint

Glue

Electrical tape

Instructions:

1. Draw the shape of the front and rear of the motorcycle two times, one on each of the big pieces of cardboard. Make an ear 20 cm x 6 cm that comes out from the middle of each one.
2. Paint and cut them out. Fold in the ears on the front pieces and glue them together to make the motorbike 3D. Then glue the edges of the front wheels together. Repeat for the back sections.
3. With the medium cardboard, make a harness to go over your shoulders to hold up the motorbike by cutting out a hole your head will fit through in the middle. Glue the front and rear sections of the motorbike to this harness.
4. Cut a hole the same size as the cardboard tube in the front of the motorbike. Put the tube through the hole and secure with tape or glue. These are the handlebars of the motorbike.
5. Make the vest from the rubbish bag by cutting holes for your arms and head and making a cut up the middle. If you want, you can use silver electrical tape to make details like a zipper. If you want to make the stand-up collar, you can do it with cardboard.

c. PAPER DOLL:

Materials: 

Poster board

Black marker

Paint

Headband

Electrical tape

Cardboard

Glue

Elastic and Velcro strips

A white t-shirt and shorts (you can’t see these when you wear it)

Socks and pretty shoes

Instructions:

1. Measure the person who will wear the costume. Using those measurements, draw a shirt and a skirt, and if you want, accessories like a purse or bow, on poster board.
2. Cut out the pieces. Cut also some tabs about 5 cm x 10 cm from what’s left. Paint the clothes and let them dry.
3. Use a black marker to make broken lines around the tabs and to add details to the clothes. Glue or tape the tabs to the pieces and the bow to the headband, if you decided to use it.
4. Make the shirt sturdier by taping or gluing a 15 cm x 20 cm piece of cardboard to the back. Cut another piece the size of the skirt’s waist and glue it on. Also glue thin pieces to the skirt where the wearer’s legs will be.
5. To make the straps, have the wearer hold the costume in place. Cut two pieces of wide elastic that go from the top of the shirt to the bottom of the other side, making an X across her back.
6. Attach the elastic to the top of the cardboard on the shirt on both sides. Glue Velcro to the bottom of the shirt’s cardboard on both sides. Then attach the other side of the Velcro to the elastic. Use the same method to make a strap at the waist of the skirt.
7. To wear the costume, put on the white shorts and t-shirt and the socks and shoes. Then put on the costume on top. Put on the headband with the bow and you are ready!

Once you choose your costume, you’re ready to go trick-or-treating on Halloween night. In the USA, children put on their costumes and go out into the streets. They stop at the houses and ring the bell. When someone opens the door, they say TRICK OR TREAT!, and the person gives them sweets. If they don’t say Trick or Treat, they can’t have any sweets. If you go trick-or-treating, be sure not to go to any dark houses or to eat any sweets until an adult says they are safe.