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Our Halloween Costume Catalogue

Three ready-drawn figures, one costume each: same start, different finish.

What the child does

Everyone picks one of three ready-drawn figures (a dance step, a “Boo!”, a “Who, me?”), gives it a real body in pencil and dresses it in a Halloween costume of their own, with a name and a material. Along the way they learn how tall a person is: about six heads. The pages of those who want to become a catalogue, in class, at home or at a party.

Age: Ages 8–14Grade 3 / Year 3 – Grade 8 / Year 9
Time: 50–60 minutes
Format: A4 PDF

Hear how the mission begins

Family £1.99 Sheet + grown-up guide. For personal and family use. Classroom £4.99 + classroom page: 45-minute lesson, variations, National Curriculum links. Photocopy for your pupils (non-commercial use). Workshop £9.99 + classroom page. For paid workshops, classes and clubs at one address (cafés, play centres, holiday clubs). Valid for 1 month, unlimited prints for participants.

Instant PDF after payment, also by e-mail · Print as often as you like

What’s inside

Notes for the teacher or grown-up, with a 50–60 minute lesson
An examples page to show briefly, then put away
Two pages for the board: the figure’s proportions and “dress your figure in 3 steps”
Three design sheets, one per pose
The catalogue pages: cover, “Our designers” and a letter for families
A QR code: Barti tells the mission out loud

Materials

The design sheets (three poses: one per child)
Pencil and eraser
Colouring pencils or felt tips
Optional: fabric or paper scraps for collage

What it develops

Proportion — a figure about six heads tall: the legs are half the body
Design — invents a costume and gives it a name and a material
Imagination — from the same figure comes something nobody else would have drawn
Independent decisions — chooses the pose, the costume and the details