| The witching season is upon you! Bright orange and | | | | further with black or brightly colored mini pom-poms |
| black, spiders and bats, scary and sweet, it's time again | | | | that can be used as the body of the mini-spiders. |
| for Halloween classroom decorations. | | | | Halloween Scenes |
| Whether you're starting from scratch or you already | | | | One classroom door decoration idea is to create |
| have most of your Halloween classroom decor ready, | | | | Halloween scenes out of colored felt or construction |
| fresh classroom decoration ideas keep the spirits | | | | paper and attach them to the door. The scenes need |
| roaming your classroom. | | | | not be scary, but warm and inviting, drawing the |
| Giant Spider in Her Web | | | | children inside. A cat with a pumpkin, friendly ghosts, |
| A large, blank wall requires large decorations. If you | | | | skeletons with top hats, or a large moon with a fence |
| have a large wall in your classroom, begin with a giant | | | | silhouette are just a few ideas to get you started. Use |
| spider web. The web is easily created using yarn of | | | | simple shapes and contrasting colors to create a |
| any color that will stand off the wall. Choose 6 points | | | | delightful array of mini-scenes for decorating your |
| on the wall for attachment. The hour positions of 10, 12, | | | | classroom door. You can easily turn this into a fun |
| 2, 4, 6 and 8 on a clock are a good reference. Cut | | | | project for your students, whether you ask them to |
| three lengths of yarn the full length of the web you | | | | cut out the simple shapes or give them the ability to |
| want to create. Attach the yarn straight across the | | | | create the haunting landscape. |
| wall at the 6 points to create an asterisk. Then, | | | | Surrounded by Skeletons |
| working in a spiral from the outside, attach the yarn at | | | | A border of cut out skeletons can wrap around the |
| each of the 6 points with tape or glue until you have at | | | | upper wall of your classroom. You can make the |
| least 3 spirals. You may have several more spirals | | | | skeletons in a paper doll style, with many layers of |
| depending on the size of your wall. | | | | white construction paper cut out at once so they are |
| Once you have the web, it's time to create the spider. | | | | attached when you unfold the paper. |
| The spider should be black and can be any size and | | | | Another idea is to have your students cut out the |
| shape. You can cut the body out of black construction | | | | bones of small skeletons, attach the bones with brass |
| paper and then use long black pipe cleaners for the | | | | fasteners and then hang them around the perimeter of |
| legs. You can also make the legs out of black | | | | the classroom. Students can express themselves by |
| construction paper by cutting long rectangles and then | | | | putting the arms and legs of their skeletons in funny |
| folding them accordion-style to give the spider | | | | positions or even hanging them upside down. |
| dimension. Once the spider is assembled, attach her to | | | | Inspiring classroom decorations are an important part |
| the web. | | | | of creating an environment where students are |
| This can also turn into a great project for your | | | | motivated to learn. If you want to involve your students |
| students. Give them pipe cleaners and show them | | | | in classroom decoration, many lessons can be |
| how to twist the pieces together to create mini-spiders | | | | incorporated into simple classroom decorating ideas |
| that will help turn the giant web into a scary | | | | like anatomy, art, math and science. |
| masterpiece. You can take the project one step | | | | |