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Count down to Halloween
Count down the last 10 days to Halloween with these fun activities and books. See our count down calendar below along with a story recommendation for each day.
Preparation:
Print pumpkins and Halloween characters on heavy printing paper and cut out.
Preschool Activities:
FREE Pumpkin and Halloween character printables
Laminate items for extra strength. Attach small magnets or Velcro pieces to the pumpkin stems. Secure the Halloween characters in a row on a magnet or felt board. Cover each character with a pumpkin in reverse order from 10-1.
Preschool Activities:
Instructions:
Explain to children that you will count down to Halloween by removing one pumpkin at a time to reveal a Halloween character beneath. Each day, choose a child to remove a pumpkin. Then have children count the number of pumpkins left on the board. The day that the last pumpkin (1) is removed will be Halloween.
Preschool Activities:
Preschool Activities:
October 22 (Pumpkin 10 - Witch)
Preschool Activities: 
Preschool Activities:
Book: Room on the Broom
Visit us again soon to view our Room on the Broom crafts, activities, and games.
October 23 (Pumpkin 9 - Bat)
Preschool Activities:
Book: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat!
View our free Bat resources on our Twiggle Magazine and on Kidssoup
October 24 (Pumpkin 8 - Skeleton)
Preschool Activities:
Book: Dem Bones
Extensions:
Sing the song: Dry Bones (or Skeleton Bones) Song and Lyrics
October 25 (Pumpkin 7 - Monsters)
Preschool Activities:
Book: Go Away, Big Green Monster!
View our other Monsters resources.
October 26 (Pumpkin 6 - Mummy)
Preschool Activities:
Book: Where's My Mummy?
October 27 (Pumpkin 5 - Vampire)
Preschool Activities: 
Preschool Activities:
Book: Big Pumpkin
View our pumpkin crafts and activities and our Jack-o'lantern resources.
October 28 (Pumpkin 4 - black cat)
Preschool Activities:
Book: Moonlight: The Halloween Cat
October 29 (Pumpkin 3 - Ghosts)
Preschool Activities:
Book: Ten Timid Ghosts (Read With Me Paperbacks)
October 30 (Pumpkin 2 - The Night Before Halloween)
Preschool Activities:
Book: The Night before Halloween (Reading Railroad)
October 31 (Pumpkin 1 - Halloween)
Preschool Activities:
Book: Just Say Boo!
View more preschool and kindergarten Halloween activities and crafts
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