Halloween Shadow Garland

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This Halloween craft and decoration was inspired by the fantastic book, Click, Clack, Boo!: A Tricky Treat by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin.  It is quick, simple, easy, and you probably have the materials on hand!

One of the primary artistic features of this book is the use of shadows and silhouettes to create a lightly spooky feel.

Many of the characters appear in silhouette, and the barn is decorated with a shadowy Halloween garland that we decided to mimic!

Draw some simple Halloween shapes on black construction paper.  I just did ghosts and pumpkins, because I knew that Lena would be able to cut them out.  If you have older children, you could do more complicated shapes.

We added googly eyes to our ghosts (even though that made them technically not shadows anymore).

Punch 2 small holes in the top of each shape.

Use a yarn needle to thread your shapes on a string or ribbon.

Hang it up! Wasn't that easy?

For another great activity based on Click, Clack, Boo!, check out this fun Sound Effects Box!

This post is part of an AWESOME Halloween Read and Play Blog Hop.  Make sure to check out the other book based activities from fantastic bloggers!

Pleasantest Thing- Goodnight Goon- Halloween Slime
LalyMom- Five Little Pumpkins- Clothespin Activity

The Jenny Evolution- Go Away Big Green Monster- Paper Monster

Hand Made Kids Art-  The Legend of Spooky the Square Pumpkin- Square Pumpkin Art

The Inspired Treehouse- The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything

Lovely Commotion- Pumpkin Pumpkin- Pumpkin Life Cycle

Bambini Travel- Broom, Zoom- Night Sky Activity

Chicken Babies- Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance- Monster Dancing and Eyeball Games

Preschool Powol Packets- Room on the Broom- Croaking Frog Craft

Adventures of Adam- Winnie the Witch- Multicolored Cat Project

Cutting Tiny Bites- Click, Clack, Boo!: A Tricky Treat- Sound Effects Box 

Cutting Tiny Bites- Click, Clack, Boo!: A Tricky Treat- Halloween Shadow Garland

Betsy's Photography- Popcorn- Making Popcorn Bars

All Done Monkey- Runaway Pumpkin- Rolling Pumpkin Experiment

Kitchen Counter Chronicles- It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown- Great Pumpkin Bowling Game
Mama Smiles- Where is Baby's Pumpkin?- Felt Board Activity and Coloring Pages

Craft Ideas for Kids- Spider Sandwiches- Halloween Sensory Play: Monster Pizza Parlour

Teach Beside Me- Inside a House That is Haunted- Haunted House Craft
One Time Through- Magic School Bus: Haunted Museum- Spooky Sound Experiments

Bare Feet on the Dashboard- Curious George Goes to a Costume Party- Costumes and Pretend Play

Where Imagination Grows- 5 Little Ghosts- Ghost Collages

Fireflies and Mud Pies- Scary Scary Halloween- Halloween Necklace Craft

Artsy Momma- Pippa the Pumpkin Fairy- Pumpkin Wand and Pumpkin Crafts

Royal Baloo- AlphaOops- Halloween Letter Puppets

Rubberboots and Elf Shoes- Skeleton Hiccups- Paper Chain Skeleton

P is for Preschooler- Clifford's Halloween- Cotton Ball Ghost Craft

Little Bins For Little Hands- ABCs of Halloween- Sensory Bin

Mama Miss- Sheep Trick-or-Treat- Sheep Craft, Activity, and Snack

Pink Stripey Socks- Scaredy-Cay Splat the Cat- Spider Costume

Fun-A-Day!- Big Pumpkin- Sequencing Activity

Line Upon Line Learning- The Spooky Old Tree- Prepositions Game

Kitchen Floor Crafts- Pumpkin Eye- Halloween Sticky Collage

Coffee Cups and Crayons- Spookley the Square Pumpkin- Glitter Pumpkin Sun Catchers

Wise Owl Factory- Bunnicula and others- Halloween Book Fun Learning Round Up
Planet Smarty Pants- The Picky Little Witch- Halloween Cupcakes
Study at Home Mama- 10 Halloween Books and 50 Activities

Don't forget to check out the Read and Play Pinterest Board which features ALL these great activities!
 

Where To Next?

Halloween Theme- Weekly Home Preschool

Sound Effects Box for Click, Clack, Boo!

Oh-So-Pretty Leaf Garland

Sparkly Spiderwebs

 

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