HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN

Halloween is coming- kids are excited! Instead of them asking you everyday how long until Halloween- make a countdown! On October 1st start to count down with your family how many days until Halloween. Of course its educational too- they will review counting backwards and review odd/even numbers.

You may countdown from any date, it doesn’t have to be from October 1st. It could be 13 days away too (October 18th) or 10 days (October 21st).

Directions:

1.) Decide how many days long your countdown will b. Print out the pages you need.

2.) Cut out the large circle.

3.) For the chain, cut on the dotted lines vertical. You will then have 30 strips. Depending on what % your printer prints it on, you many have to trim the edges. I always print on 98 or 100 to avoid extra margins.

4.) Startin with #1, make into a circle. Overlap the bottom all white part with the chain top with spiders on. The plain white part will go under the top part. Staple together.

5.) Then overlap #2 inside of #1. Staple together.

6.) Repeat until all numbers up to #30 are complete or to the number you want.

7.) Attach the top of the chain (#1) to the bottom of the circle by stapling (see example). Find a place in your house to display it. We will have ours in the kitchen. Every morning we tear off a chain link to countdown.

Happy Counting! Have a spooktacular Halloween!