Libraries are more than books. Some kids need a little direction to get the creative juices flowing. I gleaned the following from PUBYAC contributors. Please add YOUR comments. Your colleagues would appreciate hearing what works, and what didn't!

see also: Storytime -- Halloween

              Programs -- Halloween Hootenanny

                                  Halloween II

               YouTube -- Knock, Knock Trick or Treat, Who are you?

INVITATIONS:

• Ghosts
• Witches
• Bats 
• Pumpkins
• "Things That Go Bump In the Night"
  

• ages 3-12

REFRESHMENTS:

• gingerbread mummy cookies
• popcorn hand
• witches' hats
  
• witches' broomsticks
• swamp juice

FAVORS/CRAFTS:

• Bookmarks  
• Ghost Sucker--Cover round sucker with kleenex, add eyes to make a ghost;
• make masks
• clothespin bat
• ghost windsock
• Puzzle Tree--Purchase new or from Good Will etc a puzzle that has 500 to 1000 pieces. For autumn trees select mostly pieces that have the orange, brown, yellow, red. Draw, (or they can), a tree shape with bare branches, encourage a large spatial tree to fill the top ¾ or so of the page. Glue puzzle pieces on tree branches as leaves of many colors, some falling, some on ground. Tree does not have to be solidly covered with leaves to be done.

GAMES: (each station should have a sign with instructions)

• PIN—the stickers on Halloween poster (or place-mat)
  
• TOSS—Treats into Pumpkins
• FLOOR—Fishing game (magnets)

• MAGNIFYING GLASS--gourd 

• RELAY—Any
  

PROGRAM:

• Read Halloween books/poetry
• Sing Halloween songs
  
• Break children up for various craft stations
• Have a costume parade.
• Come back to room to eat.

VOLUNTEERS:

• Get teen or adult help to “serve.”  

COST:

• Most supplies can be purchased in bargain bins at craft stores or Dollar Stores. 

TIME:

• About an hour-and-a-half should be sufficient. (Dependent on the number of children passing through; and how many stations are offered.)