1 16oz. Package Chocolate Sandwich Cookies - crushed
Pour cold milk into large bowl, add pudding mixes. Beat with wire whisk two minutes. Stir 3 cups cool whip and half of the cookies. Pour into 13" x9" baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs. Refridgerate one hour. Decorate with oval shaped cookies for tombstones and wipped topping dropped by spoonfulls for ghosts, add mini-M&M's for eyes. Keep refridgerated. Optional recipe: Spoon pudding mixture into 12-16 individual cups top with crushed cookies. Decorate by making ghosts on top with cool whip spoonfulls and adding mini-M&M eyes.
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Candy Corn Bingo
bingo form on pumpkin shaped cutout
candy corn
Program a bingo form with whatever skill is appropriate for your grade level (letters, numbers, shapes). Laminate for future use. Make enough for entire class. Each child will use candy corn for their markers. After playing the children can enjoy the candy corn for a snack!
10 acorns, leaves, pumpkins, or other seasonal small items
Give each child his/her own acorn (or leaf, pumpkin, or other seasonal item). If there are less than 10 children, some may get two. Sing to the tune of "Ten Little Indians".
One little, two little, three little acorns
four little, five little, six little acorns
seven little, eight little, nine little acorns
ten acorns in a row
Each child places his/her acorn on the floor, lining them up in a row. This is a good opportunity to discuss that an acorn is food for squirrels and that it is also a seed that grows into an oak tree.Give each child his/her own acorn (or leaf, pumpkin, or other seasonal item). If there are less than 10 children, some may get two. Sing to the tune of "Ten Little Indians". "One little, two little, three little acorns, four little, five little, six little acorns, seven little, eight little, nine little acorns, ten acorns in a row". Each child places his/her acorn on the floor, lining them up in a row. This is a good opportunity to discuss that an acorn is food for squirrels and that it is also a seed that grows into an oak tree.
wax paper
Elmer's glue
black permanent marker
hole puncher
black yarn
Squeeze about 2 tablespoons of glue onto a piece of wax paper. Pick the wax paper up and let the glue move around. You can move the glue in any direction you wish. When you have the shape you like put the wax paper in a dry warm place to dry. When the glue has dried, peel the shape off of the wax paper. Punch a hole close to an edge make two round eyes and a round mouth with the permanent marker. Cut a piece of yarn long enough so that the gluey ghost hangs comfortable around your neck. Tie a knot in the yarn.
Oreo cookies
frosting mix
red licorice ropes
chocolate chips or red hots
Split the cookies and put three lengths of red rope licorice across the frosting, letting about 2 inches hang out both sides for legs. Add a little canned frosting and put the cookies back together. Put two small dollops of frosting on edge of cookie and add two chips or red hots for eyes. *you can also use black licorice.
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