Pumpkin Prayer, The
CUT OFF TOP: Lord, open my mind and fill me with your wisdom and guidance
SCOOP OUT YUCKIES: Lord, take out all my fussies and frownies and fill me with
your love.
CARVE EYES: Lord, open my eyes to see all of the beautiful things You have
made.
CARVE NOSE: Lord, help me to be a sweet, sweet fragrance to You.
CARVE MOUTH: Lord, help me always speak Your words of love and kindness.
CANDLE: Lord, let me be a light to others because You have filled me with your
Light.
Halloween (tonight is the night)
Harry Behn
Tonight is the night
When dead leaves fly
Like witches on switches
Across the sky,
When elf and sprite
Flit through the night
On a moony sheen.
Tonight is the night
When leaves make a sound
Like a gnome in his home
Under the ground,
When spooks and trolls
Creep out of holes
Mossy and green.
Tonight is the night
When pumpkins stare
Through sheaves and leaves
Everywhere,
When ghoul and ghost
And goblin host
Dance round their queen.
It’s Halloween!
This is Halloween
Dorothy Brown Thompson
Goblins on the doorstep,
Phantoms in the air,
Owls on witches’ gateposts
Giving stare for stare,
Cats on flying broomsticks,
Bats against the moon,
Stirrings round of fate-cakes
With a solemn spoon,
Whirling apple parings,
Figures draped in sheets
Dodging, disapprearing,
Up and down the streets,
Jack-o’-lanterns grinning,
Shadows on a screen,
Shrieks and starts and laughter-
This is Halloween!
Halloween (Witches Flying)
Mary Jane Carr
Witches flying past on broomsticks,
Black cats leaping here and there,
White-robed spooks on every corner,
Mournful moaning in the air,
Goblins peering out of windows,
Spirit-things that rap and run-
But don’t be scared-it’s just October,
Having one last hour of fun!
Pumpkin Bells
(to tune of Jingle Bells)
Dashing through the streets
In our costumes bright and gay
To each house we go
Laughing all the way.
Halloween is here,
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to trick-or-treat
And sing pumpkin carols tonight!
Oh, pumpkin bells! Pumpkin bells!
Ringing loud and clear,
Oh, what fun we’ll have tonight
Since Halloween is here!
Halloween Just Can’t Be Beat
Nancy Sesok
Dark night, moon so bright,
What a scary Halloween sight.
Black cats, flying bats,
Witches wearing pointy hats.
Ghosts are scary, monsters hairy,
A girl’s dressed up like a fairy.
Eerie sounds, pumpkins round,
Spooky things are all around.
Running feet, a tasty treat
Halloween just can’t be beat.
Strangest Sight I’ve Ever Seen, The
The strangest sight I’ve ever seen
Was a fat old witch on a flying machine.
The witch flew high,
The witch flew low,
The witch flew fast,
The witch flew slow.
The witch flew up,
The witch flew down.
Then she circled ’round the town.
Then turning left
And turning right
She disappeared into the night.
The strangest sight I’ve ever seen
Was a fat old witch on a flying machine
Of course it happened on HALLOWEEN!
Wicked Witches Kitchen, The
X.J. Kennedy
You’re in the mood for freaky food?
You felt your taste buds itchin’
For nice fresh poison ivy green?
Try Wicked Witch’s Kitchen!
She has corn on the cobweb, cauldron-hot,
She makes the meanest cider,
But her broom stick cakes and milkweed shakes
Aren’t fit to feed a spider.
She likes to brew hot toadstool stew-
“Come eat, my sweet!” she’ll cackle-
But if you do, you’ll turn into
A jack-o’-lantern’s jackal.
Skeleton is Up, The
Susan Olson Higgins
Knock, hock, knicker, knocker, clink, clank, clunk.
I hear that skeleton in the attic trunk.
Click, click, clunk, clunk, clicker, clacker, clup,
That old skeleton is finally getting up.
Knick, knick, knack, knack, knock, knock, knocker.
I will sit and wait for him in my squeaky rocker.
Clunk, clunk, click, clack, knick, knack, knor,
That klacky skeleton is clunking out the door.
Knicker, knocker, knack, knack, knick, knock, kneen,
The skeleton is out! It’s time for Halloween!
Spooks
by Sandra Liatsos
There’s a goblin at my window,
A monster by my door.
The pumpkin at my table
Keeps on smiling more and more.
There’s a ghost who haunts my bedroom,
A witch whose face is green.
They used to be my family,
Till they dressed for Halloween.
