<p>Where the Wild Things Are party ideas</p><p>Thanks for the suggestions, everyone!!</p><p>I make paper plate puppets. I think I got the idea from Mailbox. Let me s= ee if I can explain: I think I cut yellow squares for them to cut out thei= r eyes, black rectangles for them to shape their horns. a handful of pumpk= in or other seeds for their teeth, all placed on one side of the plate. Th= en I cut another plate in half and staple it to the top half for them to st= ick their hand in. http://www.highsmith.com/pdf/librarysparks/2009/lsp_oct09_ll.pdf</p><p>I read some, do a powerpoint bio of him, and show some movies. We also mak= e wild thing masks out of paper bags.</p><p>Library Sparks mag web activities has about 10 pages of lessons.</p><p>We used to have Book Character Dress Up Day, before our new principal, who'= s birthday just happens to be on Oct 31, came to our campus. All students w= ho wanted to could dress up on the 31st as long as they talked to their tea= cher first! The character and sometimes costumes had to be approved first, = especially for older students.</p><p>We no longer have that, our principal allows only PK-1st to dress up and ha= ve a parade through the campus. All teachers are expected to bring in candy= to pass out to the trick or treaters! I just like my way better, I also ha= d a RIF give-a-way that day for all students, so I could take pictures, giv= e them a free book, and not sweets, which they get anyway that day, some ho= w.</p><p>I used to make a Max puppet with kids. One piece of white construction pap= er folded in half. Cut out the top for ears of wolf suit. Cut out a face w= indow and tape a piece of flesh colored paper behind it. kids draw the fac= e and add black construction paper whiskers to the wolf suit. Then use the= puppet as we play follow the leader in a "wild rumpus" sort of way, making= lots of growls and grunts. Great fun.</p>