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Halloween Bulletin Board

I know this board is a bit belated, but there's always next year!
This board was inspired from a reading lesson I taught last week. My 2nd and 3rd graders read the poem "Theme in Yellow" by Carl Sandburg. The children learned about different points of view and how the perspective of a story can change based on who's speaking.
Once the children had a strong grasp of the skill, we brainstormed different objects connected to Halloween. The children were then required to write from that object's perspective about Halloween.
The children really loved this lesson. There were funny witches, friendly ghosts, a lonely haunted house,  and even a gloomy trick-or-treat bag. Both their poems and artwork were amazing! As for the bulletin board, most of my materials I already had: 2 yards of egg yolk fabric, wavy black border, a Halloween banner ($1 at Joanns) and silhouette ravens (dollar store find). I think the best bulletin boards are the ones that you don't plan out too much, and this one came together quickly in an afternoon; you got to love it!

My Halloween Costumes

I had fun this Halloween and had the chance to get dressed up twice. My first costume was for a pumpkin carving party this past weekend. I decided to reprise a wolf costume I'd worn a couple years back; it's made up of a headpiece and fur paws. This time around I made more of an effort with the make-up.

I used lots of golds, bronzes and brown eyeshadows. For the contours on the nose and cheeks, I used a dark, matte brown. I added black eyeliner crayon around the the eyes, nose, lips. Once I put the headpiece on, it looked really cute. Then for the school, I thought it would be fun to creep the kids out a bit . . .

This creepy make-up tutorial helped me a lot. I used mainly a dark plum eyeshadow, a dark matte gray for contouring, and deep copper to outline my eyes.

I made my ghost costume two days before Halloween. At first I thought I wouldn't be able to pull it off. Thankfully the jersey fabric I got was really easy to work with and I was happy with the results! Hope everyone had a great Halloween!