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Directions:

Print pumpkins and Halloween characters on heavy printing paper and cut out. Laminate for extra strength. Attach a small magnet or a small Velcro piece to the pumpkin stem. Place and attach the Halloween pictures in a row on a magnet board or felt board. Cover each Halloween character with a pumpkin in order from 10-1.

Instructions:
Explain to children that you will count down to Halloween with these pumpkins and that behind each pumpkin hides a Halloween character. Each day let one child remove a pumpkin to reveal the Halloween character. Then count with the children the number of pumpkins left on the board. The day that the last pumpkin (10) is removed will be Halloween.

Extension:
Let children make a count down to Halloween booklet. Print booklet pages and tape the strips together. Color the characters and pumpkins and fold the booklet accordion style. Cover each Halloween character with a pumpkin. Attach one staple to the top of each pumpkin so that it can be flipped open or torn off easily.