Planning Your Class Halloween Party

 

Planning Fall/Halloween Parties

Planning your Fall/Halloween party is a great way to have a successful fun time!

Organize the Party

Decide on a time that your party will start. You know that parents will want to be present. Tell them the time the party begins so they know exactly when to be there. Post a sign outside your door so that they know what time they can come into your classroom.

                 

  

Involve the Parents

Ask the parents for help. It is amazing what they will do to help. They can help prepare materials for that day, printing, copying, cutting, etc. You can also ask them to bring certain snacks.

                                           

Since parents will be at the party, put them to work. Start your party by having a parent read a fall or Halloween-themed book to the kids. Decide if you want the kids to listen to the story from their desks/tables or on the carpet near the reader.

Fall-Halloween Themed Activities

Plan some fun Fall-Halloween-themed activities for the kids to do at their tables/desks that parents can do with them. A parent can pass out the activities. For a great resource with some fun activities take a look at Halloween Activity Pack, by Happy Hive Homeschooling!

Have a place where the goodies can be sorted into bags or plates. You can use grocery bags or store-bought bags. Ask some parents to do the goodie sorting and other parents to pass them out to the students.

Create a Party Timeline

To have things move smoothly have a timeline. When it’s time to transition to the next activity you can keep things moving by announcing the next activity.

2:30-2:35 Welcome Parents into the classroom and direct them where to go.

2:35-2:42 Storytime-Have students go to the carpet while parents stay at the tables, for the story. This time frame includes the transition to and from the desks and carpet.

2:42-3:00 Fall-Halloween themed activities

3:00-3-20 Pass out and partake of the goodies

3:20 Thank the Parents and ask them to wait outside for their children. Clean up, throw away, and pass out leftover goodies to the kids that brought them.

3:28 Line up and do a Fall-Halloween chant while waiting for the school bell to ring.

If you want any DIY Halloween Party Ideas for the Classroom, here are some great ideas!

If you would like to receive classroom freebies, you can sign up to receive the Froggy Newsletter. I send out 2-3 newsletters a month with a variety of freebies. This month, subscribed teachers received editable Halloween Party letters and Halloween Party signs. I hope you sign up!

May you and your kids have a fun and well-organized Fall-Halloween Party!

Debbie - Froggy About Teaching