Hallowen : Fine Motor/Art
The Mailbox
Many of the art projects we enjoy this
month are from the magazine for teachers called "The Mailbox, Preschool
Edition" Oct / Nov 1997 Vol. 3 #5
If you would like further subscription information, the
address is:
The Mailbox
P.O. Box 51675
Boulder, CO 80322-1675
Due to copyrights, we will refer to this
issues by page number and activity. The following projects can be seen
on our Bulletin Board page.
Fall Foliage pg. 18
Time to Harvest the Pumpkins pg. 18
Cardboard Tube Spiders
Using toilet paper tubes, cut the ends
down into strips. Have children dip the tubes into black paint on a shallow
plate. Press tube on white paper. When dry, add button eyes and draw on
a mouth with a black marker or use black rickrack.
Gauze Ghosts
Materials
Large plastic soda bottle
Sheets of gauze
White glue
Wiggly eyes or black felt eyes
Thin down white glue with water. Dip gauze
sheets into glue and let dry over the soda bottle. Shape into a ghostly
figure. When dry, remove bottle and add eyes. Hang from a string or display
on a shelf for a spooky decoration.
Monster Art
This activity could just as easily
be a language or emotional growth lesson. Put a large blob of paint on
paper, fold over and let dry. Have the children cut out colorful scraps
of wrapping paper, fold over and let dry. Have the children cut out colorful
scraps of wrapping paper, material and other craft items such as colored
noodles or buttons. Decorate a group monster and write their comments on
the paper. This would be an opportune time to talk about what makes each
child scared and start to desensitize them for a spooky Halloween. Some
children think this holiday is fun, while others at this early age can
be highly traumatized. Talking about their fears will help these children.
Sandwich Bag Ghosts
White lunch bags are used as ghosts.
Children cut out and glue on their black eyes, nose and mouth to personalize
their creation. Hang from a string attached to the bottom.
Sandwich Bag Pumpkin Lights
Brown lunch bags are painted orange.
Eyes, nose, mouth are cut out and yellow tissue is inserted. The children
were asked to bring a flashlight from home and we taped these to the bottom
of our jack-o-lanterns. We have a hallway without windows where the
children took their lantern lights. We turned out the lights and sang our
Halloween songs. There were a lot of "ooo's and ahh's" from
the children. We had to do this for several days upon the children's
request.
Cotton Ball Ghosts
These ghosts were used on our Bulletin
Board page. Children cut out a simple ghost pattern and glued
on some cotton balls. Craft wiggly eyes were used
for a spooky creation.
Trick or Treat Bags
Plain shopping bags were bought at
our local craft store. The children used sponge paint designs
to decorate their bags.
Halloween Masks
Our
children designed their own scary masks with scraps from our craft closet.
Pumpkins
Each child painted
their rendition of an orange circle on the paint easel. The next
day we used green finger paint and their hands to add stems with
leaves. (You can also use die cut hands instead.) The children glued on
pumpkin seeds to finish up this project.
Owls
Below, the
children started with a "simple to cut" owl pattern. We painted
them light brown. (The paint mixture was watered down and had a touch of glue so that
the children could add tissue paper squares to the owl body.) When
they were dry, we cut the owls out and added "googly-eyes".
Ms. Sharon Bšlle
Assistant Superintendent
For additional information, please contact: Ms. Kathy Van Velzen by e-mail.
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