Free Craft Ideas for Halloween Storytimes
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

