Black Cat Song
Green grass (green grass)
Blue skies (blue skies)
Black cat
Yellow eyes
White clouds (white clouds)
Blue skies (blue skies)
Black cat
Yellow eyes
Red bird (red bird)
Blue skies (blue skies)
Black cat
Yellow eyes
Black cat (black cat)
Blue skies (blue skies)
Yellow yellow eyes !
Song: Three Black Cats
sung to the tune of “three blind mice
On Halloween (poem)
To scare some folks on Halloween, I’ll tell you what I’ll do.
I’ll hide behind this pumpkin face, and then I’ll yell . . .Boo!
Three Black Cats (sung to the tune of three blind mice)
Three black cats, three black cats,
In black hats, in black hats,
They all jumped into the Halloween brew.
They teased the ghosts & the goblins too!
Have you ever seen such a Hullabaloo??
On Halloween, On Halloween!
Ghost Chant (recite very quietly)
Ghost so scary.
Ghost so white
Don’t scare (child’s name)! (Shout the name.)
On Halloween night.
Ring Around the Pumpkins
Pocket full of spiders
Boo! Boo!
We all fall down!
The ghosts are in the meadow
Drinking witches brew
Boo! Boo!
We all stand up again!
Hello Halloween!
Hello witches, hello ghosts,
Hello pumpkins on the posts.
Hello goblins and black cats,
Hello skeletons, hello bats!
Hello owls and hello moon!
Halloween is coming soon!
Hookey Spookey
Cut one 14 inch orange and one 14 inch black crepe paper streamer per child. Either loosely tie on each wrist or have child hold one in each hand. Sing the Hokey Pokey song, revised:
Put your orange hand in,
Put your orange hand out,
Put your orange hand in and you shake it all about.
You do the Hookey Spookey and you turn yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about.
Repeat: black hand…
orange leg… black leg… whole self.
Three Little Witches
One little, two little, three little witches. (Hold up 1,2,3 fingers)
Fly over haystacks, fly over ditches. (Make flying motion with hands)
Fly over moonbeams without any hitches. (Make flying motion with opposite hand.)
Hey, Ho, Halloween Night! (Clap)
One little, two little, three little witches. (Hold up 1,2,3 fingers)
Fly over barb wire and tore there britches. (Make flying motion with one hand, then turn and show your “torn britches”)
Had to go home and get some stitches. (Pretend to sew)
Hey, Ho, Halloween Night! (Clap)
Creepy Crawly Monster (to the tune of the itsy bitsy spider. )
A creepy, crawly monster is coming straight at me. Closer and closer he climbs upon my knee. Up to my shoulder the monster’s much too near, “Happy Halloween” he whispers in my ear.
Halloween Actions
Hello, (name), Spook-E-Do
What is the trick you are going to do
Will you hop, or bend, or spin around
Stretch, or wiggle, or touch the ground?
The Ghost (A fingerplay)
I saw a ghost (fingers circle eyes)
He saw me too (point to yourself)
I waved at him (wave your hand)
But he said, “BOO!” (try to scare person next to you)
If You’re A Ghost and You Know It (to the tune of If You’re Happy and you know it)
If you’re a ghost and you know it,
Just say Boo
If you’re a ghost and you know it,
Just Say BOO
If you’re a ghost and you know it and you really want to show it…
If you’re a ghost and you know it just say BOO
If you’re a black cat and you know it
Just say Meow
If you’re a black cat and you know it
Just say Meow
If you’re a black cat and you know it
And you really want to show it,
If you’re a black cat and you know it Just say Meow
If you’re a skeleton and you know it,
Wiggle your bones (shake your body)
If you’re a skeleton and you know it,
Wiggle your bones
If you’re a skeleton and you know it,
And you really want to show it
If you’re a skeleton and you know it,
Wiggle your bones.
If you love Halloween and you know it
Do all three (all 3 actions in order of appearance)
If you love Halloween and you know it
Do all three
If you love Halloween and you know it
And you really want to show it,
If you love Halloween and you know it
Do all three
Safe Treats (sung to Frere Jacques)
Never eat your treats
Never eat your treats
Till their checked
Till their checked
Show them to Mommy
Show them to Daddy
Make sure they’re safe
Make sure they’re safe
Another Frere Jacques song
Bats are sleeping Bats are sleeping
Upside down, upside down
Waiting for the night to come
Waiting for the night to come
Then they fly around Then they fly around
Another Frere Jacques song
Trick or Treat,
Trick or Treat.
Halloween Night.
Halloween Night.
In our costumes playing
You will hear us saying
Trick or Treat! Trick or Treat!
Little Spiders
Spin, Spin, Spin, Little Spiders Spin, Spin, Spin, Little Spiders Spin, Spin, Spin, Little Spiders all on Halloween.
Clap, Clap, Clap, Little Spiders Clap, Clap, Clap, Little Spiders Clap, Clap, Clap, Little Spiders all on Halloween.
Then I vary to dance, march, wiggle, crawl, stomp, run, skip and then I end with:
Sleep, Sleep, Sleep little Spiders Sleep, Sleep, Sleep little Spiders Sleep, Sleep, Sleep little Spiders all on Halloween.
Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Pumpkin, pumpkin
Sitting on a wall (have children sit down)
Pumpkin, pumpkin
Tip and fall (have children tip over)
Pumpkin, pumpkin
Rolling down the street (child rolls on floor)
Pumpkin, pumpkin
Trick or treat!!!!
Jack-O-Lantern
I am a pumpkin, big and round (use arms to show size of pumpkin)
Once upon the time I grew on the ground (point to the ground)
Now I have a mouth, two eyes, a nose (point to features on our face)
What are they there for, do you suppose? (Right forefinger to forehead,
thinking gesture)
When I have a candle inside (hold up right forefinger)
Shining bright
I’ll be a Jack-O-Lantern on Halloween night! (Thumbs in armpits-bragging gesture
