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Spooky Storytime Silhouettes for Halloween

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Hi everyone!

As much as I’ve tried, it’s taken me a week to get a new post up!  But, we worked on this little project last week and we have been enjoying playing with them ever sense.  Although it’s no secret that my daughter is weary of all things spooky, she also adores a great story.   I wanted to put her in the driver’s seat (so to speak) as we told spooky stories.  As the storyteller, she could change the details if anything scared her too much.  My hope was that she would realize that she is in charge of those scary thoughts – they aren’t in charge of her!  We said things like: Are you afraid of the witch?  Pretend that she takes off the mask and it’s really just Mommy underneath!  Are you afraid of the ghost’s sound?  Pretend that we tickle his tummy and he starts laughing instead!  We enjoyed making all kinds of stories together that made her think twice about all things spooky.        Halloween Silhouettes from Happily Ever Mom   I love that everything we needed were items that we had around the house!

What you'll need to make spooky sillohuettesWhat you’ll need:

  • Plastic Wrap
  • TP rolls (sectioned into thirds or whatever size you’d like)
  • Rubber bands
  • Sharpie or permanent marker
  • Light source – we tried a flashlight, but it didn’t work because it had three separate LED lights so we used my daughter’s nighttime projector

clear plastic wrapWe started with a small square of plastic wrap and a little girl looks like she’s thinking, “why are you taking a picture again, Mom…??” Because you’re so cute, that’s why!! 🙂

Trace a circleI traced the edge of the toilet paper roll so that I would know how big to make the faces.Boo face on clear plastic wrap - happily ever momAnd, then I drew the face with sharpie!  We put the face on one side of the sectioned toilet paper roll and secured it with a rubber band.

IMG_3443This was the fun part.  We turned off the lights in her room and turned on her small projector (it normally projects images on her ceiling while she falls asleep – have you seen these?  There wonderful!).  It took my daughter a while to figure out how to stream the light through the toilet roll in order for the silhouette to be seen on the wall.  This was a great learning opportunity on its own!  She experimented with how to hold the toilet roll:

Trying to project the silhouette HappilyevemomShe tried to hard to get the ghost projected on the wall…

IMG_3447Almost the right angle…

IMG_3448Got it!  That’s a lot of work for little hands!  Then, we started telling stories about a witch who came upon a haunted house.  The witch was afraid of everything!

Bat and Spider silhouette HappilyevermomShe ran up the stairs when she saw the spider, then up more stairs when she saw the bat…she ran each time she saw another spooky shape, but in the end, each spooky thing was just trying to say “hi”to the witch.  My little one loved it!

IMG_3441It’s a bit blurry, but here’s our witch.  We told this story each night for the rest of the week and my daughter loved turning off the lights and telling spooky stories – who would have thought she would love it?

Spooky Storytelling Silhouettes from Happily Ever MomIt was a victory for me as she enjoyed something spooky without being scared!

 

Your Turn!

Are you telling Halloween stories in your home?

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By Katie Joiner October 21, 2013

Comments

  1. Kelly Flynn says

    October 21, 2013 at 7:31 am

    Hello. Sitting in Mulege, Mexico and enjoying the creative approach to teaching children how to cope with scary thoughts. Maybe time to start some of those activities for adults!

    Reply
  2. Lisette Martin says

    October 21, 2013 at 12:56 pm

    Awesomeness! Great idea!! We have a bunch of Halloween books that are getting read over and over but this would be a great way to let MB create her own! 🙂

    Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  3. Anna@The Measured Mom says

    October 25, 2013 at 2:00 pm

    Wow, what a creative idea! Definitely a new idea for me. Thanks for sharing this at After School.

    Reply
    • happilyevermom says

      October 26, 2013 at 1:21 pm

      Thanks, Anna – we had a lot of fun with this!

      Reply
  4. Deceptively Educational says

    October 27, 2013 at 8:13 pm

    This looks SO fun! Kiddos could really embrace their creative side with some fun storytelling to go with these! Thanks for linking up to the After School Linky Party!

    Reply

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