Today on Crafts for Storytime, we have some Halloween story time  ideas to share. We have book suggestions, poems and craft ideas in the form of coloring pages with that can be printed out for free!

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The Ghost’s Dinner by Jacques Duquennoy is about a ghost named Henry who makes a colorful dinner for his friends. His food is magical and turns each dinner guest the color of the food they’re eating.  The dessert is even more magical because it makes them disappear all together. But don’t worry, everyone gets put back to rights. It is a book for children ages 4-7 and will delight the ones just learning their colors!
Storytime Stickers: It’s Halloween with Spookley the Square Pumpkin This book is full of fun stickers to dress up Spookley and his friends, decorate their parties and play games. I don’t know one child who doesn’t love stickers! You can hand them out to be stuck on whatever tickles the child’s fancy or they can decorate the pages with the stickers.
There Are Monsters Everywhere by Maurice Sendak The cute boy in this book bemoans his life because there are monsters everywhere, but his parents can’t see them. They are near when he empties the garbage, hiding when he takes a shower and they are all over his room.  He decides to take karate lessons to fight them off

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Teddy Bear

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Today on Crafts for Storytime I have free coloring pages of the brain and heart. Not to worry, they are line art and very simple, not gross! I have also included some poetry for kids that talks about fingers, and how there is only one of each of us and we’re each unique!

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Halloween is almost here, so I have some free Halloween craft ideas for you to use for storytime or just for fun with your kids! Two great books that have ideas are:
Pumpkin Decorating, by Vicki Rhodes
The Family Book of Halloween Fun by Fuller, Grover, Kawasaki, O’Sullivan & Rhodes

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October is finally here! I Love October. Today on Crafts for Storytime, we have three little poems, two of which are fun  action rhymes, a couple of free  crafts to print out and make, and of course some great book suggestions to go along with your free crafts and action rhymes!  I hope you have a fun storytime with Free Crafts for October!

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