Five Little Ghosts

I am a big fan of all the 5 Little ________ finger plays and poems that are out there. I always do the 5 Little Pumpkins for Halloween. The kids can do the motions with the story and it's so cute! But something new came into my world today....Ash brought the 5 Little Ghosts home today and I loved how his preschool teacher did it so every kiddo had an actual ghost. (Although they just have one so that doesn't really work for 5 hmmmm.....maybe I'll work on this idea more for next year....but it's cute for this year and he's happy. See what happens when you are a crazy person and get wrapped up with these things!?!)

Here's the poem:

Five little ghosts flying through the door,

One flew away and then there were four.

Four little ghosts spooky as can be,
One flew away and then there were three.

Three little ghosts drinking Halloween brew,
One flew away and then there were two.

Two little ghosts having lots of fun,
One went home and then there was one.

One little ghost is a real superhero,
Went to help a friend and then there was zero!

The ghosts were made with 2 paper towels. One is balled up and the other is wrapped around it and tied with a piece of yarn that is taped the the poem. The faces were drawn with sharpies.

*I forced my poor husband to hold the ghost. Ash is already in bed and I couldn't really justify getting him up just because the pictures I took of him earlier this evening didn't turn out. These pictures aren't really great either, but I won't press my luck any further.