Toddler Activities: Halloween Ghost
Toddler Activities using black construction, glue, chalk and some imagination...make a ghost for Halloween!
DESCRIPTION
Whether you make a cheery or an eerie ghost...your toddler will enjoy this one! Just a little imagination is all you need.
MATERIALS
Black Construction paper
Pencil
Elmer's Glue
Colored Chalk
OTHER MATERIALS
Newspaper to work on
Art smock or old shirt
Paper Towels
Aerosol Hair Spray
STEPS
- Read a Halloween story like an old classic like Georgie or one with a friendly ghost.
- Using a pencil, draw a ghost shape on black construction paper.
- Trace the lines with Elmer's Glue. Use a line thick enough so that it is almost a solid line so that you can easily see the shape.
- Let the glue dry thoroughly.
- Using chalk, have your child color in their ghost.
- Using a paper towel, gently smear the chalk in each area to give it a "ghostly" look. This step best done by adult
- If you used a chalk that comes off on hands easily, spray your picture with an aerosol hairspray to set.
TIPS AND SUGGESTIONS
Children often draw small when they first make pictures. Tell them you are making a page like a color book where the picture needs to be large enough to
color. You might even refer to an actual color book and show how the picture fills the page.
You can direct your child as they draw. Show where to start and direct them as them make the body, eyes and if they choose, feet and hands.
Once a year I buy aerosol hairspray for art. Any inexpensive brand will work. Spray in a well ventilated area, preferably outdoors.
I usually have the children use colored drawing chalk which is a little heavier, more colors and easier to blend. This type of chalk can be found at Education stores or at Office Supply stores but for this particular try with my
toddlers I just used Crayola chalk.
This is an activity that can be done by three year olds however I have even done this activity with fourth graders. As the children get older they create
more complex pictures and are encouraged to add details like pumpkins, bats, a full moon. Other Halloween subjects that children have selected to draw are
pumpkin patches and black cats.
Even if you don't celebrate Halloween, this is a great toddler activity using any subject matter. Fill in with the chalk to create a neat effect.
EDUCATIONAL TIPS
Halloween is not celebrated in all countries, and among those that do, the
traditions and importance of the celebration can vary significantly. Celebration in the United States has had a significant
influence on how the holiday is observed and celebrated in other nations.
|
