Individually Wrapped Halloween Treats

Are you looking for fun and easy individually wrapped treats you can pass out to your students at school for Halloween?  Maybe you are looking for something that is healthy and cheap?!? I mean.......everyone knows that a spooky good time ALWAYS involves treats!!

I have a handful of ideas you can check out below, and I promise any of  these ideas will guarantee a smile on a students face! The best part about these ideas is that they will require little time and very little in the way of supplies.

1. String Cheese Ghost

To make this cheese ghost all you need is a pack of string cheese and a black sharpie.  Simply draw a spooky face on the top of each string cheese.  Cheap, easy and healthy!

 2. Orange Pumpkins

Just like the cheese ghosts, all you need is a sharpie and an orange fruit of choice.  Grab a bag of cuties, clementines or oranges and use a sharpie to draw a pumpkin face on each fruit.  

Make sure to have wipes on hand or a sink, as eating an orange or a clementine in class can get a bit sticky.  The good news--your classroom will smell really good!   

I have also used peach and orange jello cups instead of fresh oranges.  Same effect...but maybe a little less messy when kids eat them.    

3. Pudding Bats

Although not as healthy as a string cheese ghost or orange pumpkin, the pudding bat is just as cute!  For this fun snack you need black or brown construction paper, tape, a sharpie and pudding cups.  

Use the sharpie to draw eyes and fangs on the pudding cup.  Cut bat wings from the brown or black construction paper, and tape them on to the outside of the pudding cup.  Googly eyes could also be used instead of sharpie eyes.....sharpie eyes just takes less time!  

 4. Mummy pouches

Get any sort of baby food pouch (literally my four year old still eats baby food pouches---it is the only way he will touch veggies) or squeezable applesauce.  Wrap the pouches with white party streamers and fasten with tape.  You can sharpie eyes on the face of the mummy, or glue on googly eyes.

If you are looking for more festive ideas, check out list of 30 ideas from Room Parent by PTO Today!

Magic Reading Fingers

Tracking print is an important part of the learning to read process.  Kids need to know that we read print from left to right; and the print we are pointing to is what our brain and mouth will say.  

In fact in kindergarten and first grade, tracking print is one of the key concepts of print awareness that students must master.  Typically by the time students reach second grade they are able to track print with their eyes and without the use of a bookmark, finger or tool.

Of course young students can use their finger to track print.....but isn't it WAY MORE FUN to give them a special tool?  Or, as I like to call them....a Magic Reading Finger!  During Halloween, I like to let my students track print with witch fingers!

Before I give them a special tool, I always read them this fantastic poem from Jodi B. Whalen.  It is a great little poem that tells students the importance of tracking print!  You can download the poem for free by clicking here.   

During the not spooky season, you can use other fun tools to get kids excited about tracking as they read. Everything below can be found on Amazon at a relatively low cost.

1. Eye Finger Puppets

2. Mini Hand Pointers

3. Insect Finger Puppets

What sorts of "magic fingers" do you use with your students?!?!

Teacher Costumes for Halloween

Halloween is right around the corner....

While we aren't at school on the day of Halloween, teachers and students at our school still dress up!  I sure love seeing all of the creativity.....and I am confident parents love the fact they get one more use out of their kid's costumes!

If you aren't sure what you will dress up as, AND you want something that is super easy, cheap and quick to make check out this notebook paper idea I made a few years back.

Making it was VERY easy and required little supplies.  All you need is a white shirt, permanent markers (blue, red and black), a ruler and the ability to draw straight lines!

If you want step by step directions, click here.

If you are looking for more ideas, perhaps some group ideas for the whole school, check out this list from We Are Teachers or Not So Wimpy's list with 20 costume ideas!