13 Days of

Halloween 2014
Welcome to the 13 Days of Halloween, our annual countdown featuring a
spine-tickling selection of activities, worksheets, and gameswe can
hardly wait to show you!

Table of Contents
Complete Roly's Trick-or-Treating Route
Play a Skeleton Game
Craz y Eyes
Haunted House Maz e
Scary Trees
Bat Flyers
Eerie Candle Holder
Handprint Owl Painting
Day 9

13 Days of Halloween

Help Roly prepare for his favorite holiday...Halloween!

First, read the house names and clues on the second page. Next, cut out the houses, one at a
time, and place them in the right order on the first page. Finally, glue the houses down to
complete Roly's trick-or-treating route.

House of the Undead

House of Treats

House of Visions

House of Roots

House of Haunts

House of Echoes

House of Lights

House of Hoots

10

House of Squash

11

House of Webs

12

House of Phantoms

House of Disguise

13
House of Calaveras

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13 Houses of Halloween

Oh no! The houses that Roly plans to visit on Halloween are all mixed up. Read the names and
clues next to the houses to figure out where the houses belong on the first page.
Can you guess what's to come during the 13 days of Halloween based on the names of the houses
and their clues?
House of Calaveras
I'm a sweet and
colorful noggin made
for noshing.
House of Haunts
Twisting and turning
...my halls are full of
frights!

House of the Undead

I'm a dog that
must...have...BONES!

House of Webs
I have eight legs and
spin seven kinds of silk.

House of Light
Shadows dance and
bring my outline to life.

House of Phantoms
I'm a yellow, fruity spirit
that haunts the living.

House of Squash
I'm round, orange, and
sometimes in a pie!

House of Echoes
I'm the only
mammal that can
truly fly.

House of Visions
Without me, you
couldn't see!

House of Hoots
I'm nocturnal, and
call out: "hoo!"

House of Roots
During autumn my
leaves often fall
off.
House of Disguise
Do you recognize
me? I meow and
roll around.
House of Treats
I'm a fun
Halloween activity
that gets you
counting from 1 to
13.
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Play a Skeleton Game

Day 2: Skeleton Bone Catcher
Help Skeleton Floyd catch the bone! This skeleton game for kids is a spooky take on the original Bone
Catcher game from Brainz y, our early learning program.
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Crazy Eyes
Get ready for this Halloween balancing project! Using different-siz ed
styrofoam balls, foam and pipe cleaners, your child will practice the art of
balance and counterbalance while trying to assemble a free-standing
sculpture of craz y eyes! The balls are held together with toothpicks, and
the foam is glued in place. The arms that come out of the eyes are the
trick to perfecting the balance. If Craz y Eyes leans too far left, watch out
he may fall over! But, if counterbalanced with a large hand on the right,
he'll stand up straight!

What You Need:

1 large styrofoam ball
2 medium styrofoam balls
Googly eyes (assorted siz es)
Toothpicks
Foam sheets
Scissors
Pencil
Glue
Low heat glue gun (optional)
Tempera paint (red)
Paintbrushes
Pipe cleaners

What You Do:

1. Have your child design eyes using red paint and googly eyes on each of the foam balls. Allow
them to dry.
2. Ask her to use the toothpicks to start assembling the foam balls into position. Lay Craz y Eyes's
body on a table (he won't balance at first).
3. Have her cut some pipe cleaners to create arms. Push them into the styrofoam.
4 . Draw, cut and glue on feet and hands.
5. Encourage her to add googly eyes and move around the parts until Craz y Eyes is balanced
and can stand on his own.
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Scary Trees
Bend, twist, squish and press a paper bag into a tree! Once it's finished,
your child's Halloween tree will look like it came right out of a scary fairy
tale. While creating this self-standing sculpture, your child will get to
practice fiber arts and sculpture-making simply by manipulating paper.

What You Need:

Used brown paper lunch bag
Scissors
Crumpled newspaper

What You Do:

1. Ask your child to place a crumpled ball of newspaper at the bottom
of a brown paper bag and twist the bag right above the crumpled ball. This is called the "base
twist."
2. Have him take the scissors and cut the top of the bag in half, then in half again, stopping before
the "base twist." Each of these pieces of paper are now the large branches of the tree.
3. Encourage him to start twisting each piece of cut paper. Twist some pieces tighter than others.
4 . Cut the ends of each branch and twist the smaller "branches."
5. Have him cut any additional branches he'd like to add to his scary tree.
6. Encourage him to make as many trees as he likes. You might even want to make a whole
Halloween forest.
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Have a grown-up help cut
out and fold the bats!
For best results, print on

thicker paper.
More bats on the second page!

1. Fold the bat in half,

printed side out.

2. Fold the wings down.

Fold on the
dotted lines.

3. Push the wings up.

4.

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Silhouette Candle Holder

Shadows, ghosts and things that go bump in the night are Halloween
staples. Light up the darkness surrounding you by making this silhouette
candle holder. The silhouettes may cause a bit of a fright, but they'll also
help you avoid the monsters and will definitely add to the spooky fun of
Halloween.

What You Need:

Recycled glass jar
Tempera paint (orange)
Printout, or photo copy of a scary image (no taller than the jar)
Scissors or craft knife (with parental supervision)
Cutting mat
Glue stick
Water
Tea light

What You Do:

1. Choose your spooky image! We drew our own skull and crossbones, but we have lots of
options among our Halloween paper projects worksheets:
Monster Eyes
Halloween Luminaries Shapes
Creepy Cut-Outs
1. Ask your child to paint the outside of the jar until it's completely covered in orange paint. Set it
aside to dry completely.
2. Hand her the scissors, or help her use the craft knife on top of the cutting mat to carefully cut out
all of the details of the image she chose to print out, or copy. Go slow with this part of the
process, making sure to be safe and to carefully cut out each component of the silhouette.
3. Have her apply some glue to the back of the cut out image and delicately adhere it to the
outside of the painted jar.
4 . Repeat this process to create spooky images all around the jar, so it's completely wrapped in
silhouettes.
5. Ask her to fill the jar halfway with water and float the tea light in the water for a shimmery effect
that won't leave a mess.
Helpful Tip: If you don't have access to a printer, or copy machine, have your child use black paint to
paint a silhouette image on the outside of the jar.
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Owl Painting
Make an owl painting with your child to get ready for Halloween! Create
an adorable autumn landscape by creating a watercolor background, and
then adding a layer of tempera paint. Handprint owls add a personal
touch to the artwork. This owl painting is a wonderful way to introduce
your child to the technique of layering images, and will help her begin to
understand the interesting visual effects layering produces.

What You Need:

Watercolor paper
Watercolors
Water
Paintbrushes
Tempera paint
Pencil

What You Do:

1. Ask your child to paint water all over the watercolor paper using a brush. It should be wet, but not
puddling with water.
2. While the paper is wet, ask her to paint the background using watercolors to create the autumn
sky. Let dry completely.
3. Have her use the pencil to draw a moon and the branches of her tree.
4 . Have her paint in the moon using watered-down, white tempera paint. If she wants a strongerlooking moon, she can just use pure, undiluted tempera.
5. Ask her to paint two branches using tempera paint. Let dry.
6. Help your child paint one of her hands with brown tempera paint and press it down on the paper.
Turn the landscape upside down so that the top portion is facing your child. This will make
positioning the handprints much easier. Ideally, her fingers should be positioned so the palm of
her hand is right above a branch.
7. Repeat step 6 with the opposite hand on a different branch. Allow the owl bodies to dry.
8. Have her paint in her owl's eyes, and its beak.
9. Hang up the owl picture landscape in celebration of the arrival of autumn!
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Day 8
Guess What 's Next !
Day 8 Clue: I'm nocturnal, and call out: "hoo!"
Check back as often as you dare for future activities!
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Answer Sheets
13 Days of Halloween 2014
Haunted House Maz e