Top 10 Halloween Activities for Kids
Looking for things to do on Halloween with kids? Bloggermoms list of 'Top 10 Halloween Activities for Kids' adds new twists to Halloween activities making them fun, multicultural and educational and includes classroom and at home ideas.
Online, October 11, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Looking for fun things to do for Halloween with kids? Bloggermoms list of 'Top 10 Halloween Activities for Kids' adds new twists to Halloween activities making them fun, multicultural and educational. Building off four basic themes of Halloween - fear, dressing up, pumpkins and sweets - the list includes activities for the classroom and to do at home, and can be adapted for toddlers to older kids.
Traditionally, Halloween activities revolve around four themes: fears, dressing up and acting your fantasy, pumpkins to eat and carve and of course, the ever favorite candy collection. To update the list Bloggermoms used ideas around exploring science (what's in a candy), talking with your kids to jointly discover fears and solutions (daily monsters, exploring identities), multiculturalism (candy collage, masking it) and just plain fun (ghost tag, iron chef pumpkins). The complete list is available at: http://www.bloggermoms.com/top-10-halloween-activities-for-kids/
The list can be used in the classroom for every popular Halloween crafts and festivities or at home with the entire family. The fear factor and educational content can be dialled up or down depending on whether you are planning Halloween activities for a preschooler or toddler or an older child.This list contains updated activities and new twists on old favorites. But what makes Halloween so much fun are some of the traditions so this list is accompanied by a list of more traditional Halloween must do's or activities.
Multicultural exploration lends itself delightfully to Halloween. There are so many varieties of fashions, traditions and even demons around the world. The Bloggermoms article on top Halloween activities is accompanied by a list of suggestions to help generate ideas on creating multicultural costumes. The list of suggestions in available here: http://www.bloggermoms.com/multicultural-halloween-costumes/
Bloggermoms Halloween package also includes lists of Indian Halloween costume ideas for boys and girls, as well as tips on having a health Halloween. There are also ideas on multicultural costumes for adults and costumes adults can wear to work. All of the ideas are available at: http://www.bloggermoms.com
More resources for sustainable living with kids can be found at Bloggermoms as well as a host of articles on life as a mom, living in a new culture and raising kids in a multicultural environment