Halloween Unit

I am sure I will have added a few things to this one by the time we get to it. But, for now, here is what I am planning for Halloween:

HALLOWEEN

Books:

Rainbow Magic: Trixis the Halloween Fairy (Daisy Meadows ISBN: 0545106133)
Mouse's First Halloween (Lauren Thompson ISBN: 0689831765)
Disney's Little Einsteins: Halloween Surprise (Marcy Kelman ISBN: 1423102088)
Disney's Little Einsteins: Pumpkin Patch Puzzle (Marcy Kelman ISBN: 1423109937)
Ten Timid Ghosts (Jennifer O'Connell ISBN: 0439158044)
Who Will Haunt My House on Halloween (Jerry Pallotta ISBN: 0439025214)
Strawberry Shortcake Halloween Play (Eva Mason ISBN: 0448439107)
La Galette de la Sorcière (Nicolas de Hirsching ISBN: 2218735016)
Bérengère la Petite Sorcière (Isabelle Misso ISBN: 8877473789)
Haunted House (ISBN: 031250506x)
Au Royaume de la Peur (Disney ISBN: 2744175005
Le Grand Livre Merveilleux des Sorcières et des Farfadets (ISBN: 2744192430)
Les Calinours: Fêtons l'Halloween (ISBN: 2895434360)
Fantômes et Chair de Poule (Dominique Chauveau ISBN: 2762571766

Educational &Crafts:

Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Halloween (National Geographic ISBN: 1426304773)
Fantasies d'Halloween Huguette Kirby ISBN: 0439989876)

DVDS:

Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Thomas's Halloween Adventures
Diego's Halloween
Dora the Exporer: Dora's Halloween
Casper Meets Wendy
Casper: A Spirited Beginning
The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Activities:

Get book put together (coloring pages, ...)
Decorate the house for Halloween
Carve pumpkins
Paint pumpkins in white then draw scary faces on them... easy ghosts!
Make a Halloween wreath

Bake and decorate sugar cookies in shape of pumpkins...
Bake pumpkin shape cake and cupcakes, decorate
Bake a cake, decorate into a witch, using candy for eyes and black or green licorice for hair

More baking ideas:
http://www.wilton.com/idea/Bag-of-Tricks
http://www.wilton.com/idea/A-Chummy-Mummy
http://www.wilton.com/idea/Bewitching-Hat
http://www.wilton.com/idea/Chocolate-Sweet-Swirl-Cupcakes
http://www.nickjr.com/party/cake_finder/halloween_cupcakes.jhtml
http://www.nickjr.com/recipes/peanut-butter-spiders.jhtml?path=/recipes/all-shows/seasonal_halloween/all-ages/index.jhtml

Cooking ideas:
http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/recipes/halloween-sparkle-punch-82992.aspx
http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/recipes/bakers-one-bowl-halloween-107094.aspx
http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/recipes/eerie-jell-o-jigglers-85110.aspx
http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/recipes/ghoulish-pumpkin-cupcakes-82720.aspx
http://www.nickjr.com/recipes/sweet-salty-pumpkin-seeds.jhtml?path=/recipes/all-shows/seasonal_halloween/beginner/index.jhtml
http://www.nickjr.com/parenting/parenting_features/halloween/party/recipes/caramel_apples.jhtml
(What I love doing is finding and printing new Halloween recipes every year. I have gotten together a really nice Halloween recipe book together that is getting ticker with each passing year).

Halloween coloring pages:
http://www.coloring.ws/halloween.html
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/halloween_pumpkin_decorations.htm

Halloween Mazes & Word Seach: http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/halloween%20puzzles.htm

Halloween *Draw the details* coloring pages:http://www.dltk-holidays.com/halloween/m-draw-details.htm

Footprint ghost craft: http://www.dltk-holidays.com/halloween/mfootprintghost.htm