Jack-O-Buddy-Lanterns

Here's a Halloween activity for doing with upper grade buddies, an older sibling or any sort of 'grown up.' This week in Kindergarten we worked on making paper plate jack-o-lanterns with our 4th grade buddies.

Step 1: the K's drew a jack-o-lantern face on the inside of the plate, being sure to make the shapes large enough to cut.

Step 2: the 4th graders cut out the faces.

Step 3: the buddies worked together to paint the

plates orange (on the outside). When the plates were dried a piece of yellow tissue paper was attached to the back, covering the holes.

The teacher who suggested this project placed her class' jack-o-lanterns on the classroom windows, creating a glowing effect. Due to lack of window space I hung our jack-o-lanterns from the light fixture- it turned out pretty festive!