Haunting on a Halloween : Frightful Activities for Kids

by White, Linda

• ISBN13: 9781586851125
• ISBN10: 1586851128
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Summary

$9.95 paper 1-58685-112-8 6 x 8 in, 64 pp, Color Illustrations Throughout, Rights: W, Children's Activity Bookinsert image of children's POPFree display available with purchase of 20 Children's Activity Series books (any combination)Children's Activity Series Display 1-58685-076-8 (shipped empty)The imaginative new activity book Haunting on a Halloween will teach kids of all ages the art of Halloween party planning, with yummy ghoulish recipes and scary stories that will make your guests shriek! With fun tips on how to decorate the dinner table with headstone place settings, creating cool window designs, paper "bats," and much more, it is chock full of scary ideas. Kids learn to prepare their own jack-o-lanterns from scratch-starting with planting a pumpkin patch, growing the perfect pumpkin, carving the right designs, and toasting the seeds for snacks. Haunting on a Halloween encourages children to come up with their own ideas for decorations and activities, and includes "Bright Ideas" sidebars that offer alternatives to the activities or to potentially hazardous situations, like using disposable glow sticks instead of candles in a jack-o-lantern. This book is also great for grown-ups who want to help their children to have a safe, yet happy, Halloween.Linda White is the author of Sleeping in a Sack, Cooking on a Stick, and Trekking on a Trail. She lives in Loveland, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Halloween!	p. 6
Bewitching Crafts	p. 8
Jack-o'-lanterns	p. 9
Picking a perfect pumpkin	p. 9
Designing appealing pumpkins	p. 10
Carving a pumpkin	p. 11
Seeds, seeds, seeds	p. 12
Designs	p. 15
Sizing designs	p. 18
Designing projects	p. 20
Ghoul Disguises	p. 28
What do you have?	p. 28
What do you need?	p. 29
Face painting	p. 31
Bringing home the loot	p. 35
Goblin Grub and Goodies	p. 38
Snacks	p. 39
Main dishes	p. 43
Desserts	p. 47
Boo-verages	p. 51
Howl-o-ween Party	p. 53
You're invited!	p. 56
Games and activities	p. 57
Just for Shrieks	p. 62
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Excerpts

The October moon rises ina n inky black sky. An owl hoots mournfully from a silhouetted tree branch. The widn blows through naked shrubs. Branches skritch together eerily. A small mouse skitters through dead leaves. A dog howls. The hair on the back of your neck stand on end.<BR>It must be Halloween! And time for spooky fun!<BR>Families across the country have chosen Halloween as a day (and night) to dress up as someone--or something--else, turn down the lights, convert the family room into a haunted house, brave the imagined ghosts and ghouls outside the door, and conjure up some frightfully good treats.<BR>Halloween fun can come from the imagination--not the superstore.<BR>