Page Toppers

(Many of these page toppers were compiled by Jean Gifford. They are for free distribution only)

Songs about Halloween

• All Hallows Eve - Wynn Erickson (2008)
• Bats in My Belfry - Napoleon XIV (1966)
• Bats in the Belfry - Dispatch (2000)
• Candy Corn - Jon Hyde (2000)
• Dingle Dangle Scarecrow - The C.R.S. Players (2006)
• Happy Halloween - John Zacherle (1963)
• House of Horror - Robert Walsh (2007)
• Night Before Halloween, The - Bill Buchanan (1962)
• Scarecrow - Eddie Noack (1957)
• Scarecrow Ballet - Johnny Mercer (1956)
• Scarecrow's Lament - Russ Rentler (2006)
• Scarecrows - Bo Rains (2006)
• Trick or Treat - The Count Basie Orchestra (1956)
• Wiggly Scarecrow, The - Coles Whalen (2005)

Halloween ABC's

(compiled by Denny Davis)

A - autumn, All Hallow's Eve, absolutely ____, anticipated annual event, amusing, apple cider, arachnophobia
B - Boo, broom, bats, black cats, bobbing for apples, bonfires, best night of the year, beware, bones
C - cider, celebration, carving pumpkins, candy, creepy, costumes, curious creatures, coffin
D - dressing up, darkness, devilment, disguises, decorations, danger
E - excitement, eager for darkness, enjoyment, enthusiasm, exhausted (at the end of the evening), eerie
F - frightful, face paint, fantastic fun, flashlights, fangs, fearful, Frankenstein, foolishness, fog
G - giggles and grins, glow in the dark, ghastly ghosts, goblins, guess who, the great pumpkin
H - haunted house, headless horseman, happiness, hilarious holiday, hex
I - I love Halloween, imagination, imps, inventive and interesting costumes, invitations to parties
J - Jack-o-Lantern, jelly beans, jokes, joy, junk food, juveniles
K - kids, kettle (witch), knocking on doors
L - lanterns, laughter, lollipops, lots of candy, loud noises
M - masks, mischief, mummy, monsters, magic, make believe, makeup, moonlight, mysterious, "Monster Mash"
N - neighborhood party, nice night, nifty treats, noisy, nonstop fun
O - October, orange pumpkins, outrageous costumes, outstanding ____
P - party, pumpkin, picking pumpkins, parade, phantoms, painted faces, pirate, potions, prizes
Q - quite scary, quaint customs, quest for candy
R - R.I.P, rascals, rambunctious
S - spooks, scary, skeletons, scream, sweets, shrieks, scarecrows, spider webs, special night, spooky, spells
T - Trick or Treat, thrilling, tiara, traditions, toads, tombstone
U - ugly witch, unbelievable ____, unforgettable, unique and unusual costumes
V - vampires, very ____, visitors, variety of disguises
W - wand, wicked witches. wacky costumes, whispers, wonderful ____
X - eXcitement, eXuberance, eXcellent ____
Y - yummy treats, yawns (after trick or treating), yearly ____, yells, yikes!, youngsters
Z - zooming around on a broom, zany, zesty, zippy

Halloween Phantom Idea

Now these are the things you will need to do:

1. Make three copies of this letter and a phantom ghost for each (cut ghost shape out of white paper)
2. Post the phantom on your door until Halloween. This will ward off the phantom ghost from returning to haunt you and yours.
3. Then take a letter, a phantom and treat, and deliver them to three houses that do not have a phantom posted.

'Tis better giving than receiving,
We all know this is true,
So show your love to all the world and remember,
Now the phantom is You!

The Halloween Witch

You leave your candy stash outside your bedroom door. In the morning, the candy is gone and a thank you gift is left in its place.
The 'quality' of the gift depends on the quantity of candy left.
So...if you just leave a little bit you'll get a little gift. But if you leave a lot, you'll get a CD or a book or something like that!
The Halloween Witch eats all the candy instead of the child!

Halloween Page Ideas

• The new pages look great with black and white side by side. Use a pumpkin die-cut on the white page with the fall leaves and Indian corn going down the side and bottom. Then on the opposite black page, use the same idea with the fall leaves, Indian corn, and yellow scarecrow die-cut. Very sharp!
• Halloween Jiffy Border: Cut 2.5-inch strip of white paper. Place a black borderline along top edge...place a black and white polka dot one (basic black DL) along bottom edge. Place an orange one above that, then another black one. Use black sticker letters to spell Happy Halloween. Place some bat stickers around and on a few letters.
• Halloween pictures look great on black pages - especially ghosts, skeletons, jack-o-lanterns, etc.

Halloween Riddles

Q. Why don't witches like to ride their brooms when they're angry?
A. They're afraid of flying off the handle!

Q. Who did Frankenstein take to the prom?
A. His ghoul friend.

Q. What do ghosts serve for dessert?
A. Ice Scream.

Q. How do witches keep their hair in place while flying?
A. With scare spray.

Q. Why did the monster eat a light bulb?
A. Because he wanted a light snack.

Q. What kind of mistakes do spooks make?
A. Boo boos.

Q. Why couldn't Dracula's wife get to sleep?
A. Because of his coffin.

Q: What was the witches' favorite subject in school?
A: Spelling.

Q: Who was the most famous French skeleton?
A: Napoleon bone-apart

Q: What do ghosts add to their morning cereal?
A: Booberries

Q: What is a vampire's favorite holiday?
A: Fangsgiving

Q: What did one ghost say to the other ghost?
A: "Do you believe in people?"

Q: Why do mummies have trouble keeping friends?
A: They're so wrapped up in themselves

Q: What kind of streets do zombies like the best?
A: Dead ends

Q: What is a ghost's favorite mode of transportation?
A: A scareplane

Q: What type of dog do vampire's like the best?
A: Bloodhounds

Q: What is a skeleton's favorite musical instrument?
A: A trombone

Q: What do birds give out on Halloween night?
A: Tweets

Q: Why do vampires need mouthwash?
A: They have bat breath

Q: What Do You Get When You Cross a Snowman With a Vampire?
A: Frostbite.

Masks and Costumes

Page Toppers

• All Dressed Up
• Come as you aren't
• Costume Parade
• Costumes, pumpkins and candy, oh my!
• Disguise the Limit
• Don't be scared...It's just us
• Guess Who
• Happy Halloween...whatever you are!
• The Impostors
• Masquerade
• A princess is what you were meant to be,
  because being sweet comes naturally!
• This Masquerade
• Who was that Masked Man?

Songs about Masquerades and Disguises

• Angel in Disguise - Earl Thomas Conley (1984)
• Behind the Mask - Fleetwood Mac (1990)
• Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen (1987)
• Honky-Tonk Masquerade - Joe Ely (1978)
• I'm Afraid the Masquerade is Over - Charles (1957)
• Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred and Band (1968)
• Man Behind the Mask, The - Dustin Evans (2003)
• Mask, The - B.J. Thomas (1970)
• Masked Ball, The - Nick Glennie-Smith (1998)
• Masked Marauder - Country Joe and the Fish (1969)
• Masks Made of Mirrors - A Glass Gesture (2008)
• Masquerade - Sky (1982)
• Masquerade is Over, The - The Five Satins (1962)
• Masquerade Party - Carl Belew (1963)
• Masquerade Waltz - Wynn Erickson (2008)
• Prisoner in Disguise - Souther Hillman Furay Band (1975)
• Take Off Your Mask - Without Tomorrow (2008)
• This Masquerade - George Benson (1976)
• You're the Devil in Disguise - Elvis Presley (1963)

Halloween Costume Stories

The most complicated costume I ever made was when my oldest granddaughter was seven. Staci, is very easy going. Usually you ask her what she wants to be for Halloween and she says "I don't know". Then you say "How would you like to be a clown?" and she says "Yeah, sure!"
However that year it was different. Her mother asked her what she wanted to be and she promptly replied "A medieval princess". So off we went to the store for pattern, fabric, etc. I spent considerable time cutting and sewing (I hate those leg-o'mutton sleeves) and gluing on beads, etc. Finally the dress, vest and headpiece were ready to try on.
At that point her mother asked how she knew she wanted to be a medieval princess.
She said it was just something she heard someone say.
Then her mother asked her how she knew what it was.
Staci said "Well, I don't, but I knew it had to be pretty because princesses always are. And I thought it would not be as bad as a witch - just sort of "mid-evil".
She loved the costume in spite of the fact that she had no idea what she was really going to be.

A few years later my daughter's church was having a 'fall party'. They restrict the kind of costumes the kids can wear - no monsters, witches, ghosts, etc. They encourage costumes relating to historical or biblical characters.
When Jodi explained it to the girls, Kelsey (who was 10) said "I want to be the devil".
When Jodi told her that wasn't appropriate she said "why not, he's all over the place in the bible?"

Halloween Joke (adult)

A couple was invited to a Halloween Party. She got a terrible headache and told her husband to go to the party alone. He protested, but she said there was no need of his good time being spoiled.

After taking an aspirin and sleeping for an hour, the wife awakened without pain and decided to go the party. Since her husband didn't know what her costume was, she thought she would have fun seeing how he acted when she wasn't around. She soon spotted her husband dancing and flirting with all the women.

The wife started flirting back and eventually he whispered a proposition in her ear. They went outside to one of the cars and had a good time. Just before unmasking at midnight, she slipped away, went home, hid her costume and got into bed. When he got home she asked what kind of a time he had.

He said: "You know I never have much fun when you're not there."

She asked: "Did you dance much?"

He said: "I never even danced once. Pete and me and some other guys went in the den and played poker all evening. But you're not going to believe what happened to the guy I loaned my costume to. . ."

Witches

BeWITCHing Page Toppers

(Many of these page toppers were compiled by Jean Gifford. They are for free distribution only)

Songs about Witches

• Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Chris Connor (1952)
• Ding Dong! the Witch is Dead - The Fifth Estate (1967)
• I'd Rather Be Burnt as a Witch - Eartha Kitt (1959)
• I'm Your Witchdoctor - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (1965)
• Mad Witch - Brother Dave Gardner (1958)
• Wicked Witch - Chad Frey (2008)
• Witch Doctor - The Re-Bops (2000)
• Witch Queen of New Orleans - Redbone (1971)
• Witchy Woman - The Eagles (1972)

Ghosts and Goblins

Ghostly Page Toppers

(Many of these page toppers were compiled by Jean Gifford. They are for free distribution only)

Songs about Ghosts

• Castle Ghosts - Wynn Erickson (2008)
• Dangerous Spirits - Ray Wylie Hubbard (1997)
• Ghost - Gretchen Peters (2007)
• Ghost Dance - Marianne Faithfull (1994)
• Ghost in the Jukebox - David Lee Murphy (2004)
• Ghost in the Trailer - Larry Weaver (2001)
• Ghost Mountain Riders - Larry Hosford (2000)
• Ghost Story, The - Davie Allan and the Arrows (1966)
• Ghost Town - Don Cherry (1956)
• Ghosts - Lester Bowie (1982)
• Ghosts in the Graveyard - Robert Walsh (2007)
• Grey Ghost - Bill Emerson (1996)
• Haunted House - The Compton Brothers (1969)
• Haunted Mansion - Buck Evens (2001)
• Rockin' Ghost, The - Archie Bleyer (1956)
• Spooky - Gary Walker and Rain (1968)
• Superman's Ghost - Don McLean (1989)
• There is a Ghost - Marianne Faithfull (2005)

Songs about Phantoms

• Phantom 309 - Red Sovine (1976)
• Phantom Driver, The - Hal Blaine and His Band (1963)
• Phantom of the Night - Kayak (2009)
• Phantom Stage Coach, The - Vaughn Monroe Orchestra (1950)
• Phantom Surfer - The Tornadoes (1963)

Ghoul and Goblin Page Toppers

• Blood donors needed, see the count
• Bone Voyage
• Coffin Break
• The Dead March
• Devil Call Your Name
• 'Fangs' for the memories
• 'Fangs' for the nightmares
• Fangtastic!
• Freakie Frankie
• Ghoulish Fun
• Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun!
• Goblins on the Loose
• Interview with the Vampire
• Let's go out for a bite...
• Little Devils
• The Little Vampire
• Me and My GOUL-Friends
• Meet my Mummy
• Mind your mummy 
• Mom's Little Monster(s)
• Monsters for Sale
• Monsters on Parade
• Mummy Madness
• Mummy's Little Monsters
• Only friendly ghosts and goblins welcome
• Please come in for a bite (Vampire)
• Skeletons - Stevie Wonder (1987)
• Witches, Goblins and Ghosts, Oh My!
• Worms Crawl in, The - Robert Walsh (2007)

Songs about Ghouls and Goblins

• Be True to Your Ghoul - The Ghouls (1964)
• Blood Bank Blues - Boris and the Crypt Kickers (1965)
• Cool Ghoul, The - John Zacherle (1958)
• Dinner with Drac - John Zacherle (1958)
• Little Old Lady From Transylvania - The Ghouls (1964)
• Me and My Mummy - Boris and the Crypt Kickers (1965)
• Monster - Steppenwolf (1969)
• Monster Mash - Boris and the Crypt Kickers (1973)
• Monsters in My Room - John Guerin (2003)
• Monsters' Holiday - Boris and the Crypt Kickers (1962)
• Monster's Hop, The - Bert Convy (1959)
• Monsters Have Problems, Too - John Zacherle (1964)
• Monsters in My Room - John Guerin (2003)
• Mummy, The - Bob McFadden and Rod McKuen (1959)

Pumpkins and Jack O'Lanterns

Pumpkin Page Toppers

(Many of these page toppers were compiled by Jean Gifford. They are for free distribution only)

Halloween Page Ideas

• The new pages look great with black and white side by side. Use a pumpkin die-cut on the white page with the fall leaves and Indian corn going down the side and bottom. Then on the opposite black page, use the same idea with the fall leaves, Indian corn, and yellow scarecrow die-cut. Very sharp!
• Pumpkin Patch: B and W pics from school trip to pumpkin patch. Used a black refill page and orange ABC stickers, matted pics in gold and green.
• Make a Pumpkin Patchwork Page. Cut photos into squares. Alternate on the page with pumpkin or jack-o'-lantern stickers or die-cuts.
• Cut a jack-o'-lantern from orange paper so that it almost fills the page. Crop photos to make the features.
• Halloween pictures look great on black pages - especially ghosts, skeletons, jack-o-lanterns, etc.
• Use jack-o-lantern stickers to replace the 'O' in the words 'boo' and 'Halloween' in titles.

Pumpkin Poop

(attach poem to a small plastic pumpkin filled with candy corn)

I started to carve a pumpkin
With my carving knife and scoop.
But the pumpkin got so scared
He took a little poop.
It looked so cute and funny
Just like a candy treat.
So I'm sharing it with you now
Because you're so sweet.

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