1) Encourage the children to create, and perform, a script for a puppet show involving their ghost and/or witch. This could be done individually or in groups.

(Literacy: Writing + Speaking & Listening)

As an extension to this, children could be allowed to design and make additional 'characters' using the skills and techniques learned in the original constructions.

(Design & Technology: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e)

2) Ask the children to write a set of instructions for a puppet of their own design.

(Literacy: Writing)

3) Encourage the children to write a short story, in a given time, which includes a bat mask and/or a monster mask.

(Literacy: Writing)

4) Encourage the children to consider the way in which the masks were constructed and to then design a mask of their own, either for Halloween or for another given purpose (perhaps a school play or topic).

(Design & Technology: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d)

5) Encourage the children to review the instructions given and ask them to consider ways of improving them, or adapting them for a younger child.

(Literacy: Writing)

6) Ask the children to consider the construction methods used and to suggest alternatives. You might like to send them to us, if you think they help to improve the final product.