A Buckle My Shoe tradition each year for Halloween is to have the children come up with ideas of what they want to dress up as, and then create their own costumes. As Halloween approached, the children’s excitement rose with each passing day. The educators listened very carefully to what they wanted to dress up as. After a group discussion and vote, we all agreed that we would be the Three Billy Goats Gruff and Trolls! Once we got our t-shirts, we began the collaborative process of creating and decorating our costumes.
First, we used tie-dye to decorate our shirts. The children used the colors that represented their chosen characters. Many friends wanted to be trolls and they tie-dyed their shirts in green and purple. Friends who chose to be the smallest billy goat tie-dyed their shirts in yellow. Friends who chose to be the biggest billy goat tie-dyed their shirts in brown. James was the only friend that chose to be a middle billy goat and tie-dyed his shirt with dark blue. The children were super excited to be billy goats and trolls! The day before Halloween, we had a fashion show / dress rehearsal. Then we were all ready for the parade!
On Halloween day, all the children paraded around the neighborhood with their family. The rain in the morning did not stop us from having fun! We got so much candy from our local businesses! When we came back from the parade, all of the 3A friends enjoyed yummy snacks that were provided by our families.
