Re: GEN: Halloween costumes (off topic)

[Barb Engvall <mcbook@NWINFO.NET>]

I had a brainstorm on Saturday and decided to be The Sorting Hat. With a bit
of help from some friends...I did it! We made a large, 5 ft. tall hat out of
chicken wire, attached a 'bill-less baseball cap' inside for me to wear and
keep the real hat on. I covered it with some great purple and gold Christmas
fabric (!) and had a slit covered with chiffon so I could see out, but
others couldn't see in. It was a HIT. I copied off the Sorting Hat song from
Sorcerer's Stone and carried a battery-operated tape recorder to play it.
For some classes I only played the first stanza; for others, all of it. I
made classroom visits during the afternoon to the 3rd and 4th grades. Some
figured out who I was, but I never spoke. (I also got of lot of wrong
guesses...I imagine the kids will be delighted to see the HAT in the library
the next few days...it will become a semi-permanent addition.) I really got
1 teacher whose kids were out of the room! The rest of the time I was Harry
Potter so I never looked out of 'dress-up'! Quite a day!
--
Barb

> From: Nancy Andersen <andersen@OLCS-ERIE.COM>
> Reply-To: Nancy Andersen <andersen@OLCS-ERIE.COM>
> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 10:42:50 -0800
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: GEN: Halloween costumes (off topic)
>
> Dear Colleagues, This is a bit off target, but as I sit here swishing =
> with every movement in my emerald green Professor McGonagall robes & hat =
> - I was wondering just what we librarians dress as on Halloween?  I can =
> post a hit if anybody else cares.
> I always dress as a character from a book.  Been the Cat in the hat, Ms. =
> Frizzle, mouse (Who got a cookie) and so forth.  Figured there would be =
> a lot of Harry Potters this year, so I whipped up a Prof. McGonagall =
> costume.  With my wand I'm carrying around a velvet pouch filled with =
> Hershey miniatures & bookmarks.  Students who correctly identify my =
> costume & tell me why (no guessing every character) get a treat from my =
> wizard's bag.
>
> Sort of P.S.  Were there any lm_netters at KSRA last week?
>
> Nancy Andersen, K-8 librarian
> OLC School, Erie, PA
> andersen@olcs-erie.com
>
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