The Mom I Want to Be

It’s Halloween!

 

It’s Halloween! It’s Halloween!

The moon is full and bright

And we shall see what can’t be seen

On any other night.

 

Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls,

Grinning goblins fighting duels,

Werewolves rising from their tombs,

Witches on their magic brooms.

 

In masks and gowns

we haunt the street

And knock on doors

for trick or treat.

 

Tonight we are

the king and queen,

For oh tonight

it’s Halloween!

 

~Jack Prelutsky~

 

Three Little Witches

 

(can be sung to the tune of Three Little Indians)

 

One little, two little, three little witches,

Fly over haystacks, fly over ditches,

Slide down moon beams without any hitches,

Hey ho Hallowe’en’s here!

Horned owl’s hooting, it’s time to go riding,

Deep in the shadows are black cats hiding,

With gay little goblins, sliding, gliding,

Hey ho Hallowe’en’s here!

Stand on your head with a lopsided wiggle,

Tickle your little black cats till they giggle,

Swish through clouds with a higgedy, piggle,

Hey ho Hallowe’en’s here!

 

 

Halloween is Coming Soon

 

(can be sung to the tune of London Bridge)

 

Halloween is coming soon, coming soon, coming soon,

Halloween is coming soon,

Oh, what fun!

Black cats sitting on a fence, on a fence, on a fence,

Black cats sitting on a fence,

Meow! Meow! Meow!

Owl’s a-hooting in the trees, in the trees, in the trees,

Owl’s a-hooting in the trees,

Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!

Witches flying on their brooms, on their brooms, on their brooms,

Witches flying on their brooms,

Eee! Eee! Eee!

Jack o’lanterns grin at you, grin at you, grin at you,

Jack o’lanterns grin at you,

Oh! Oh! Oh!

Halloween is coming soon, coming soon, coming soon,

Halloween is coming soon,

Oh, what fun!

Owl

An owl sat watching in a tree,

Just as wise as he could be,

Watching tricksters from door to door run,

Trick or treating and having fun.

After he had watched the whole scene,

He said, “Whoo, it’s Owl-o-ween!”

 

 

Skeleton Parade

 

The skeletons are out tonight,

They march about the street,

With bony bodies, bony heads,

And bony hands and feet.

Bony bony bony bones

with nothing in between,

Up and down and all around

They march on Hallowe’en.

 Black Cat! 

Black cat, black cat

Looking for a witch.

All around the

Night is dark as pitch.

You can see because

Your eyes are greee.

Black cat, Black cat

This is Hallowe’en!

 

 

 

Halloween Sounds

 

This is the way the witches fly, witches fly, witches fly,

This is the way the witches fly,

Swish, swish, swish.

This is the way the ghosts go by, ghosts go by, ghosts go by,

This is the way the ghosts go by,

Oooh, oooh , oooh.

This is the way the black cats howl, black cats howl, black cats howl,

This is the way the black cats howl,

Meow! Meow! Meow!

This is the way the pumpkins laugh, pumpkins laugh, pumpkins laugh,

This is the way the pumpkins laugh,

Hee! Hee! Hee!

This the way the night owls cry, night owls cry, night owls cry,

This is the way the night owls cry,

Hoo, hoo, hoo.

 

Trick or Treat

 

Witches, ghosts, and goblins.

Stealing down the street,

Knock on every door way,

Trick or treat!

When your door is opened,

This is what you meet,

Scary creatures shouting,

Trick or treat!

 

 

Halloween Parade

 

Five white ghosts and seven goblins,

Go parading down the street,

Boys and girls with funny faces,

Asking for a treat.

If a goblin rings my doorbell,

I will say “I’m not afraid!”

I will light my jack-o’lantern,

For the Halloween parade.

I will give these scary people,

Apples, candy, cakes to eat;

Then I’ll wave goodbye and watch them

As they march off down the street.

 

In My Garden

 

(can be sung to the tune of The Muffin Man)

 

Do you know how pumpkins grow,

Pumpkins grow, pumpkins grow,

Do you know how pumpkins grow?

In my garden?

First I plant some pumpkin seeds,

some pumpkin seeds, some pumpkins seeds,

First I plant some pumpkin seeds

In my garden.

Then the vines and leaves will grow,

leaves will grow, leaves will grow,

Then the vines and leaves will grow,

In my garden.

Then the buds will turn to blossoms,

turn to blossoms, turn to blossoms,

Then the buds will turn to blossoms,

In my garden.

Then green pumpkins will grow,

will grow, will grow,

Then green pumpkins will grow,

In my garden.

At last the pumpkins turn to orange,

turn to orange, turn to orange,

At last the pumpkins turn to orange,

In my garden.

Now I’ll have some jack-o-lanterns,

jack-o-lanterns, jack-o-lanterns,

Now I’ll have some jack-o-lanterns,

In my garden.

 

 

Five Little Pumpkins

 

Five little pumpkins

Sitting on a gate.

The first one said,

“Oh, my it’s getting late!”

The second one said,

“There are witches in the air!”

The third one said,

“Well, I don’t care!”

The fourth one said,

“Let’s run and run and run!”

The fifth one said,

“I’m ready for some fun!”

Ooooo went the wind

And out went the lights

And the five little pumpkins

Rolled out of sight.

 

 

 

Pumpkin Head

 

We bought a pumpkin big and round

that lived the summer through

without an eye to look at things…

and now it looks through two.

It used to be all dark inside

when growing on the vine,

but now it has a toothy smile

and face that’s full of shine.

Aileen Fisher

Out in the fields where the cornstalks lie,

Some pumpkins are sleeping, but by and by

We’ll pick them and bring them one by one

Into the house for Halloween fun.

We’ll scoop out the middle and cut a hat,

Make 2 eyes and a nose, what do you think of that?

Put in a candle to shine right through,

Now they’re Jack-o-lanterns, BOO!

 

 

Pumpkin

 

We bought a fat orange pumpkin

The plumpest sort they sell.

We neatly scooped the inside out

And only left the shell.

We carved a funny funny-face

Of silly shape and size,

A pointy nose, a jagged mouth

And two enormous eyes.

We set it in a window

And we put a candle in,

Then lit it up for all to see

Our jack-o’lantern grin.

 

Pumpkins

 

Pumpkins by the barn.

Pumpkins by the house.

Pumpkins by the wagon.

Pumpkins by the mouse.

Pumpkins by the fence.

Pumpkins by the cat.

Pumpkins by the scarecrow.

Pumpkins by the hat.

Pumpkins by the table.

Pumpkins by the chair.

Pumpkins by the door.

Pumpkins everywhere!

 

 

What a funny seed I found,

I wondered what would grow?

So I planted it in the ground,

And now I know!

Little leaves were first to sprout,

Growing in a line,

Then golden blossoms opened out

Along the vine.

And then something grew-and grew and grew!

The biggest ever seen!

And now I have a pumpkin-

Just in time for HALLOWEEN!

 

 

I had a little pumpkin,

I gave it two big eyes.

I cut a round and tiny nose

and a great big mouth that smiles.

Now I hide behind a bush and

wait until it’s dark.

Then when someone comes along

UP I JUMP!

BOO I SHOUT!

What a surprise!”

 

 

Jack -O’lantern

 

The jack -o’lantern chuckled

Then winked his funny eye,

“I would rather be a pumpkin-face

Than be inside a pie!”

Jolly wolly pumpkin face

You’re happy tell us why.

I’d rather be a pumpkin face

And not a pumpkin pie!