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Posted: 15 October 2006 at 3:24pm | IP Logged

Just wondering if anyone knows of any good websites i could find templates for Halloween masks?Im making them with the kids at nursery (age 3-4) after the october week & looking for some cool ideas

Also need ideas for other activities to do with 3-4 year olds, not related to halloween - doesnt have to be arts & crafts

All ideas welcome thanx

Posted: 15 October 2006 at 4:37pm | IP Logged

Hey Pauline!

I'm in a bit of a pickle trying to orginize our halloween party, although I'll just be going about with Travis and helping him mostly.

I'm making salt dough and adding food colouring - green and purple.

What about making 'slime'?  It's a mix of cornflour and water.  Have you ever felt it?  You can add food colouring to it too!  It's great stuff and the kids will love it.

I'm just in the middle of trying to find templates on the web.  Are you talking about just geting a circle of card and finding out where the eye/ mouth /nose holes are?  Use Ryan as your guinea pig, but just make it a little bigger... or get Rebecca to try it out on.

Hope this helps a little.  Good luck with it, xx

Posted: 15 October 2006 at 5:04pm | IP Logged

Yeah we've made play dough & gloop in college, although not tried it out in my placement yet - just want plenty of activities i can try with them cause iv gotta have 20 done by xmas

I want fancier masks - bats, cats, pumkins etc that the los can paint so need 2 have them already cut out before i go in

Good luck with ur plans

Posted: 15 October 2006 at 5:15pm | IP Logged

Go to the local library and get out a couple of halloween books.

Hows your course going?

Posted: 15 October 2006 at 5:56pm | IP Logged

lilp theres lots of good websites

just do a search for them

hallowee masks for early years/foundation stage or kindergarten-dont forget that the americans do halloween do much better than us

does your nursery think its ok for little ones to do halloween then?

dont forget youll have to cut em all out!

if you can draw the meg n mog book pictures are easy to copy

get the eye holes in the right place for los too

and how are they going to stay on? elastic-staples can hurt skin

cardboard band?

ahh what fun!!

Posted: 15 October 2006 at 6:01pm | IP Logged

heres a link if you can buy the pack and copy?

http://www.elc.co.uk/toy-41056?

&parent_category_id=530http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/LESSONS/hallo_2.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire/features/halloween/party /masks.shtml

Posted: 15 October 2006 at 6:05pm | IP Logged

Thanx Jopsy - Yes my nursery is celebrating Halloween

Cardboard band is a great idea thanx for that, we were talking about maybe just sticking lolly sticks to them so the kids could hold the masks up, elastic is a big nono incase it gets around their neck

i did a seach for halloween masks but didnt find wot i was looking for, i'll add in those extra search words & see wot i come up with

Course is rubbish Lorna lol but loving the placement part, thats wots keeping me going

Posted: 15 October 2006 at 6:53pm | IP Logged

glad i could be of some help

Posted: 15 October 2006 at 6:56pm | IP Logged

U were a great help Jopsy im all sorted now

Just used ryan for my measurements cause hes got a big head lol

Just need 2 attempt to draw my masks now

Posted: 15 October 2006 at 7:07pm | IP Logged

thats easy!

children really dont care-as long as they vaguely resemble something!

you can just tell them its a cat even if it looks like a fish!