Get the Crowd Excited! Perfect Performance Ideas for Halloween at Daycare and Kindergarten
Here, we introduce Halloween activities you can enjoy with children! From Halloween dances to paper theater and panel theater, there are plenty of performances that kids can get excited about together.
Stories featuring ghosts and jack-o’-lanterns will have the children thrilled and delighted! By joining voices and moving their bodies, they can immerse themselves in a richly imaginative world.
These activities are perfect for nursery school birthday celebrations and Halloween parties, too.
Create special Halloween memories with the children that you can cherish together.
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Exciting! Perfect performance ideas for daycare and kindergarten Halloween events (11–20)
Paper Plate Theater: Happy Halloween
Here’s an introduction to a Halloween paper plate theater! Stack two paper plates with pictures of pumpkins and sweets, and when you spin them around, they magically transform into something wonderful! In the end, even the boy, the girl, and the house transform too.
It’s exciting to spin the plates and see what appears next, isn’t it? While cherishing the children’s sense of excitement, try performing by turning the plates with a lively rhythm.
Teachers will feel excited too, wondering what answers the children will come up with.
This mysterious and fun paper plate theater—be sure to give it a try!
Halloween Magic: ‘The object in your hand disappears’
Magic tricks are a classic for performances and party entertainment, but how about trying this one to boost the Halloween mood? You pretend that the object in your hand will vanish when you tap it with a pen—but instead, the pen disappears.
Then next, the object in your hand actually does vanish.
The secret is simple once you hear it: while your words guide the audience’s gaze, you hide the other item.
Try doing it with Halloween-themed props for both the item you hold and the one that disappears!
Costume Fashion Show
When you think of Halloween, don’t you picture dressing up as the main event? Watching adults in elaborate costumes is fun, but kids look absolutely adorable when they incorporate costumes like ghosts and zombies, too.
How about holding a fashion show with everyone in costume? Create a makeshift runway in a classroom or gym, play some background music, and make it feel like a real fashion show! It’s exciting to imagine what kinds of poses the kids will strike.
Panel Theater: The Magic Potion – Halloween Version
Here’s an introduction to “Magic Potion – Panel Theater Halloween Version,” perfect for Halloween fun.
It’s a story featuring a cute boy and a witch, with bottles of potions in various colors.
When the boy takes a sip, he magically transforms into Halloween characters! Which character will he become next? With the chant “Moto ni modore~” (Back to normal!), the boy returns to himself again.
In the video, the transformations follow the sound of a guitar, but you can enjoy it with piano or other instruments, too.
Be sure to try it at your Halloween event!
Panel Theater: Welcome to the Halloween Shop
Let me introduce a fun Halloween panel theater.
A little girl named Madoka opens a Halloween shop.
Madoka presents some amusing Halloween-themed quizzes! With her shout of “Trick or treat!”, she transforms things—like pumpkins, Dracula, and items turned into mummies.
This panel theater is perfect for Halloween events, so be sure to try it with the children and have fun together.
You can almost hear their cheerful responses!
Mystery Box
Have you decided on your Halloween game yet? Today we’re introducing the Mystery Box—a guaranteed crowd-pleaser for any Halloween party.
In this thrilling game, players put their hand into a box and try to guess what’s inside just by touch, without looking.
One side of the box is semi-transparent, so face that side toward the audience so they can see the contents! It’ll be even more exciting if the kids watching give hints to the player.
It’s a heart-pounding, suspenseful, and super fun game.
Exciting! Perfect Performance Ideas for Halloween at Nurseries and Kindergartens (21–30)
Finger-play eurhythmics “Ghost Sheet”
This is a play song called “Ghost Sheet.” Kids love to “put it on, hide, and pop out,” right? This song includes all of those elements.
Sing it at a Halloween party and you’re sure to capture the children’s hearts! You can even use a big sheet so lots of kids can play at once.
To prevent suffocation or anything wrapping around the neck, prepare a semi-transparent handkerchief to use as the sheet and play in a way that keeps the children’s faces and condition visible.
