The weather was kind of gloomy, perfect for spooky stories, but was bad for my turnout. Regardless, our small group had fun celebrating Halloween together.
The positive consequence of having a smaller storytime is less opportunities for distractions from other kids. This group was very attentive and I was able to read four Halloween-themed books.
Monster Needs a Costume by Paul Czajak tackles a problem most children have with Halloween...what costume to choose. Monster can't decide if he should be a ballerina or a ninja or a...you get the picture. What a silly story paired with complimenting illustrations. What does Monster end up being for Halloween?
For a break-up activity, I used the "Cat of Many Colors" flannel story. This is a story about a white cat who wants to be a black cat for Halloween. He eats and drinks certain colored food and juice to turn into different colors and ends up eating some Halloween licorice candy to turn black. This is a Halloween story that allows the group to learn their colors.
Our next book read was Just Say Boo! by Susan Hood. This is a must for a Halloween storytime because every single group enjoys saying "Boo!" throughout the story.
After our second story, I used the flannel board to tell a story about a woman who was very brave. "The Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Everything" hears different pieces of clothing while walking through the woods. She's not afraid because these pieces of clothing end up making a friendly scarecrow. The group helped me put up the scarecrow's pieces and guessed what he was at the end of the story.
Peep and Egg: I'm Not Trick-or-Treating by Laura Gehl tells the story of Egg being afraid to trick-or-treat because of all the scary costumes. Surprisingly, my group didn't seem to enjoy this story as much as I would have thought but were more into seeing the green monster's face form in Go Away Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley.
We usually don't use paint in storytime and reserve those crafts for other programs, but it was a nice treat for those who attended to do our painted Halloween craft. We put ghost and pumpkin die-cuts and construction paper out for the group to trace with their fingers (or cotton balls) to make designs when they pulled each die-cut off their paper.
Happy Halloween! Boo!
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