As a former teacher, I love doing crafts with my kids and know how important this time together is. Each week I bring you crafts that are educational, fun, and frugal. I try to use materials that many of us have around our homes so that there is no need to purchase items. To see past crafts, you can visit my Kids Frugal Fun page. Everyone knows that Halloween is quickly approaching, but did you know that October 29th is actually National Frankenstein Day?
Frankenstein Trick or Treat Bag
Materials:
Paper Shopping Bag
Various Colors of Construction Paper
Glue
Markers
Directions:
-I realize traditional Frankenstein is green but purple is the new green in my son’s book! LOL. If you don’t feel like cutting the shapes, you can just have your child draw the face. I had Will help me with the cutting since that is an important skill, as well as the gluing of the shapes.
Educational Activities:
- Language Arts: 1. Discuss the syllables in the word Frankenstein. Clap out the syllables with your child and then brainstorm other Halloween words and clap out the syllables for those words as well. 2. Make an acrostic poem with your child using the word Frankenstein and try to use Fall or Halloween words (F=fun, fright; R=running, rotten pumpkins; A=apples; N=night, etc). 3. Allow your child to tell or write a monster story.
- Science: Discuss that by reusing the grocery bag you are recycling resources. Discuss the importance of taking care of resources around us and create a list of other household items you can reuse (toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls, yogurt/butter/baby food containers, shoe boxes, etc).
- Math: Have your child identify the shapes used in the craft (circles for eyes, triangles for hair, etc).
Craft Idea Credit: SimpleKidsCrafts.com
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