Scare Your Socks Off Stories

Read-Alouds for Grades K-5
13 Nights of Halloween by Guy Vasilovich
Cinderella Skeleton by Robert San Souci
Frankenstein Makes A Sandwich by Adam Rex
Halloween by Jerry Seinfeld
House That Drac Built by Judy Sierra
Job for Wittilda by Caralyn Buehner
Meaner Than Meanest by Kevin Somers
My Monster Mam Loves Me So by Laura Leuck
Perfect Pumpkin Pie by Denys Cazet
Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini
Sipping Spiders Through A Straw by Kelly DiPucchio
Skeleton Hiccups by Margery Cuyler
There Was An Old Witch by Howard Reeves
Where's My Mummy? by Carolyn Crimi
Witch Who Wanted to Be A Princess by Lois Grambling
Witch With A Twitch by Layn Marlow
Zombie in Love by Kelly DiPucchio 

Book That Translates Well Into A Prop Story and Song
13 Days of Halloween by Carol Greene
13 Nights of Halloween by Guy Vasilovich

Scare Your Socks Off Activities

Fun Activities:
1.) Bob For Donuts: tie with dental floss, different flavors
2.) Pin the Wart on the Witch: poster with witch, use sticky tack as wart, blindfold the kid
3.) Halloween Twister: 2 white sheets from a thrift store, paint a row of bats, a row of ghosts, a row of pumpkins and a row of witch's hats. Make a spinner ("right hand pumpkin," etc.)
4.) Face painting: Ghosts and black cats
5. ) Musical Chairs to "Monster Mash" song

Witch's Pot Game:"Boiling hot, boiling hot,
What will you put in the witch's pot?""Boiling hot, boiling hot,
I'll put spider legs in the witch's pot."etc.