Halloween

Clown Ministry Skits for All Seasons. Floyd Shaffer. Group Books, 1990, 96 pages.
57 skits. All Saints Day: "Surrounded by Saints, p. 47-48. Group

Dialogues for Ventriloquists, Gospel Subjects #32. National Association of Ventriloquism,
Maher Studios, 1974. "The Headless Horseman," p. 13-15,

Halloween, Is It for Real? Harold Lawrence Myra. Word Books, 1997.
Reading level: Ages 4-8. Hardcover - 32 pages; ISBN: 0849914949. What do you tell your children
about Halloween? Now you can find out how to respond to this holiday and all that goes with it, based
on scripture. Amazon Bookstore

Halloween Outreach - a vision to make the last night of October the largest, one-night, nationwide
evangelistic effort in the history of America:
~It encourages prayer for the lost in your neighborhoods before Halloween to warm their hearts to
        the truth.
~It provides outreach cards to hand out, with a place to attach candy, that share the life-changing
        message of Christ in a relevant, compelling presentation using full-color graphics and powerful words.
~It publishes the Halloween Outreach Magazine, in conjunction with Family University, with articles on
        Halloween, family life, and prayer, including: The origins of Halloween, Halloween and the Christian
        response, Prayer walking; what it is, how to do it.
~It provides complete local follow-up through the national Halloween Outreach!

HOLIDAY AD-VENT-URES. Liz VonSeggen. 36 pages. One Way Street.
Also available through Maher Studios. Ventriloquism script: "Halloween Candy Hurts My
Teeth," p. 21-26.

Puppet Scripts for Sunday Mornings. Joan M. Serci, 192 pages. 52 seasonally based
scripts. Use all scripts as ventriloquist dialogues and/or puppets plays. Maher Studios.
"Sometimes We Need to Wait," p. 123-125; "Half-Cocked Halloween," p. 132-134.

Celebrate! A Holiday Handbook. Patricia Alderdice Sensorman. Standard
Publishing, 1998, 144 pages. Teach Christian principles through creative holiday celebrations.
300 kid-tested ideas for inexpensive, easy-to-do holiday fun. Includes recipes, activities, crafts,
devotions, & plans for ten holiday parties with reproducible invitations.
Holidays: Halloween History/ All Saints Day, p. 76-83; Parties: Light Party, p. 124-125,
Invitations: Light, p. 140. Amazon Bookstore

Celebrate! The Holidays with Scripture. Dorla Schlitt. Broadman
& Holman, 1998, 52 pages. Teach Bible truths with arts & crafts, ages 6 & up.
Reproducible pages. Halloween Alternatives, p. 27-28 Amazon Bookstore

Family Celebrations at Thanksgiving & Alternatives to Halloween

Family Celebrations at Thanksgiving: And Alternatives to Halloween.
Ann Hibbard. Baker Book House, 1995, 185 pages. A family handbook for celebrating
autumn holidays in fun ways that honor God. Includes creative suggestions for Halloween.
Amazon Bookstore

THE HALLELUJAH SHOW - PUPPETS. A fun-filled program written especially for use
at Fall Festivals, Harvest Nights, or whatever Halloween substitute event your church offers.
Five fun gospel children’s songs help make up a production the kids will really enjoy and remember.
(11:30) Cast: male cat, female rabbit, male frog, all six Pupplets. (4 puppet minimum).
Puppet Productions - Online Catalog, Programming, Seaasonal

Halloween. What's A Christian To Do? Steve Russo. Harvest House Publishers, Inc.,
1998. Paperback - 140 pages. ISBN: 1565078519. How should Christian families "handle" Halloween?
Here are practical, Biblical suggestions for creating fun alternatives to Halloween. Amazon Bookstore

How We Handle Halloween - one pastor's list of Halloween alternative activities, including
neighborhood tract distribution and "Trick or Treat so Others Can Eat"

Hymn Stories for Children - Special Days and Holidays. Phyllis Vos Wezeman &
Anna L. Liechty. Kregel Resources, 1994, 72 pages.Brief stories from the history of
30 classic hymns and learning activities, and craft exercises keyed to each hymn's theme.
All Saint's Day: "For All the Saints," p.53-54. Amazon Bookstore

The Pumpkin Patch Parable. Liz Curtis Higgs. Thomas Nelson. 1995.
Reading level: Ages 4-8. Hardcover - 32 pages. ISBN: 0785277226. Humorist Liz Higgs offers
parents a delightful way to share a Christian message with their children during the Halloween season.
Higgs weaves a beautiful parable of how a farmer (Jesus) reaches down, picks out a special pumpkin
from His garden, and scoops out all the messy goo to make room for His light to shine from inside.
Amazon Bookstore

Pumpkin Patch Party - packet includes 35 pages of scripts, program
ideas, decorations, and directions for an alternative, church-centered Halloween party.
One Way Street

PUPPET: LIGHT BULB PUPPET - Bright yellow puppet with a concealed light in the
center of his forehead that actually lights from a hidden switch. 20" tall. Maher Studios.
(use with "Light Party" in Celebrate! A Holiday Handbook)

OBJECT LESSON: "The Pumpkin" - THEME: Let the love of Jesus shine through you.
Object: A Jack o' Lantern

"Pumpkin" Coloring Page – Matthew 5:16

PUMPKIN PARABLES & Other Activities - Halloween Alternative Resources: two stories,
a Christian pumpkin craft & poem, and a pumpkin activity prayer.

Costumes are Cool...But Heaven is Awesome! Halloween costumes and dressing
up are fun, but they can't compare with what we'll see in heaven when we trust Christ!

A Rhyme in Time for Halloween. This colorful cartoon says that we need to trust Jesus.

A Ton of Fun on Halloween - A great collection of fun riddles and a Bible story
for kids.