Each year, my class loves to listen to this version of an oral story, enhanced with an interactive element. This is all you need to incorporate a fun story of "Witches Brew" using an overhead Projector. Have fun with the script, alter it and make it your own. I drape the overhead with a black cloth and even dress up like a witch as well.
What do you need to gather:
-Overhead projector
-Red, yellow, green, blue food coloring
-Few drops of cooking oil
-ENO package
-Glass pie plate half filled with water to be placed atop of an overhead projector
-A few die cut shapes of witches, (bats too!) to lay on the overhead at the beginning of the story
-piece of yarn
-stir stick or a spoon
Be sure to tell the story slowly, using the directions within the story
Boys and girls, when summer is over and you are getting ready to go back to school the Halloween witches are also very busy making plans for Halloween. They gather around from all over the world, big witches, small witches, fat witches, ugly witches, silly witches and old witches.
All the witches hop on their broomsticks and fly far, far, far away to the cave of the oldest witch of all. Each one will bring a secret ingredient to be put in the pot of brew. The old witch is ready and waiting for the other witches. Her lazy black cat is asleep near the fireplace where a large pot is filled with water and hanging over the fire.
Would you look inside the pot?
-remove the witch die cuts from overhead and place the glass pie plate with water in it on the projector
Watch very carefully.
The ugly, old witch is saying "fellow witches, let's begin our brew. What have you brought with you to make it more horrible than last year? I am putting some green slime from the darkest
corner of my cave into it.
- drop two drops of green food coloring into the water.
"I have a drop of blood from a rat , "said the skinny little witch
- add a drop of red food coloring
"I will add some juice from this jar of rotten blueberry jam " said another witch.
- drop in some blue food coloring
Hey, hey, hey wait till you all see what I brought!!! It is a pair of eyes from two dead fish said another witch.
-add 4 small drops of cooking oil.
Let me add the spit from a coyote screamed the large witch.
- add three drops of yellow coloring
I will fool everyone with a few drops of ketchup, said another witch.
- add three drops of red food coloring
Here are a couple of snake eyes……and a snake! Yelled another witch
- add in two drops of cooking oil and the small piece of yarn.
I risked my life getting some rattlesnake poison, shouted one witch.
- add two more drops of yellow coloring
So, one by one the witches added their secret ingredients to the brew. The mean old witch carefully stirred.
- slowly stir the brew to swirl the colors.
The fire became hotter and hotter and soon the brew began to bubble and boil. If you listen carefully, you can even hear it.
-add in an ENO tablet to the plate. It will fizz and bubble for a minute, it will then turn the mixture black.
Now the witches cackled with glee as they hopped and danced around their horrible brew. Each one takes a vial of it, hops on her broomstick and flies off screaming "Happy Halloween."
Serve some homemade brew to the children that you have prepared prior to the story.
Homemade rootbeer or a lemonade with red food coloring is a great homemade brew idea!
Thanks to Ambassador Tamara Warner for this fun Halloween idea to use at a party or school.
I recently purchased a new home, and in order to properly thank my realtor, I decided to create a special thank you album. I wanted my thank you to be substantial and unique. The Santa’s Workshop Mini Album Kit and the Gingerbread Folder Insert were just the ticket to creating what I had envisioned. As you can see, I am using the perfect patterned paper from American Crafts.
I used the Gingerbread Page Insert and folded it down towards the spine as to create a little lift when he opens the card.
I cut the Gingerbread Folder Insert die to cut white cardstock for journaling. I also wanted a nice pocket to tuck in a gift card.
I think it is time we give a shout out to Michelle, who hosts The Creativity Room blog. Michelle also happens to be the ultra-talented Director of Product Development here at QuicKutz, mother of two darling little girls and my boss! How she juggles it all...I just don't know!
The finished product! Happy Halloween to each of you!
2. Cover it up! Cut your shape with chipboard and cut it again with patterned paper, then layer the two shapes so the patterned paper is on top.
3. Bring on the bling! You can dazzle by adding gems, rhinestones or pom poms to your chipboard shapes.
4. Add texture! Use your QK embossing folders to add fun textures to your shape. Make the texture stand out more by inking or painting over it.
5. Glitter! Expose the adhesive side of your shape and layer on the glitter for a grand effect.
6. Gloss! After you cover, ink, or paint your plain chipboard you can give it one more level of dimension by adding a layer of gloss (such as Glossy Accents or Diamond Glaze) to make it shine.
7. Pour on the paint! Acrylic paint, craft paint, or even Distress Crackle Paint add custom color and texture to your chipboard shapes without warping them.
8. Flock it! Use loose flocking or crushed velvet texture to add warm fuzzies to your chipboard creations!
9. Spritz it! Spray your shapes with Glimmer Mist or Maya Mist for a fast even color coating.
There you have it....nine tips to get you started! With 18 sheets of chipboard in each package, you'll have enough supplies to come up with 99 ideas! Can't wait to see what all of you post in the QK Community Gallery! If you want your shapes to appear even thicker, you can cut multiple die cuts and layer them on top of each other. Sometimes it helps to remove the foam from your shape before cutting to get a cleaner cut through the chipboard.
