What is a good Halloween story for younger kids?

Question

I'm looking for some good ideas for stories that I can tell my cousins. One is three and the other one is like six or seven. I want to give them a good scare, but not TOO scary.

Answer 1

I didn't see any listings for Alvin Shwartz "Scary Stories To tell in the Dark". He has a few books out, and I always loved them. Plus, the stories are simple enough for kids to follow and most are pretty darn spooky. The biggest thing to remember, is to tell a tale that will hold their attention. This stories will.

Answer 2

Once upon a time there were 2 sisters. They loved each other but one was a star. She was famous. The other sister was jelous and ostrisized. So, one night, it was the famous sister's big night. The famous sisters name was elizabeth. She had this big movie thing. Although, it was also the other sisters, malory's, birthday. Everyone forgot about her birthday and couldn't stop talking about the movie premere! Malory was outraged! The next day would be halloween and Malory was planning revenge. Little did she know, that it would be worse then that. That night, she used witch craft to make her sister pay. She wanted her to pay, for everything she'd done. Although really it was never her fault. Malory, got the spell wrong. It was sopposed to make Elizabeth a klutz and hurt herself all around the celebrity halloween party.

When Malory saw, Elizabeth striking posses and being perfect she was outraged. She stormed off somewere. Then Elizabeth saw this boot of some sort. You and a guest will get a picture together. The pose was you "hanging" on a rope. It wasn't really real at all. Although, when Elizabeth tried it, it hung her. No one knew why and how, it was impossible. But it happened. And since that night, Elizabeth goes out every hallows eve to find her sister in order for revenge. However, she can't leave the area were she was killed and didn't have a idea what anything looked like. She would kill anyone in her path. And do you know what area that is? This house, the one at the celebrity party was held, was knocked down were this very house stands. And when the builders rebuilt the house, and made this one, Elizabeth got mad. So, therefore, she will be coming, coming soon.....




I made it up. Have a happy hallows eve!

Answer 3

There's the Halloween story that I was told, back when I was 6 or 7 years old, called "The Schoolteacher". Here's how it goes:
There was a schoolteacher who's been around since the colonial times. Nobody ever saw him arrive and nobody saw him leave or knew where he came from. He would stay in someone's house, then teach for 1 year, maybe even 2 and pick 1 or 2 "honor"
students out of the class and before he'd leave, he'd strangle those 1 or 2 students to death with his bare hands.
He never aged and this went on for hundreds of years and while his appearance changed dramatically, there became one consistent factor, in all of the descriptions of him, and that was his hands were permanantly stained red from the blood of all of the students that he strangled. (all the while, you're squeezing your hands together, doing tthings to make them turn red). To end the story, you put your hands on a table, or hold tthem out and show them to whomever you're telling the story to and if you did it correctly, your hands shoudl be a pinkinsh-red color, then you suddenly reach out, like you're going to grab one of the kids!
The six or seven year old could handle that story, but it's one that's SUPER scary and freaks out even high school students!

Answer 4

The best stories are ones that you make up. I realize how this can be a frustrating answer but please, just hear me out.

A story for younger kids needs to be tailored to their ideas and personality -get to know them a little, and do it on their level, but think about the details afterwards on yours.

A story for little kids to send them spooky chills is about setting an atmosphere and playful little gags.
You want to spook them and make them giggle silly -but NOT creep them out- because they're spooked-scary stories at a young age is about facing the sensation of fear rather than facing fears -that comes later.
The difference between spooky and creepy is actually easy to get -instilling a healthy love of the first and a sharp eye of the second is a powerful act that can make the difference in growing up to be an admirable person.

Steve, under the pen name of Voltaire, once wrote that :

Spooky is seeing someone wearing dark makeup and black clothing but has really warm and kind eyes.

Creepy is giving money to a religous charity for starving orphans but suddenly noticing the person holding the box is wearing a large diamond ring and Rolex.

Spooky is when a kid meets someone who's missing an arm, ear, eye, etc. but it turns out that person is really cool.

Creepy is seeing how your classmate always seems to have too much make-up and vanishes for days at a time but will never talk about it.

Get the idea?

Have fun!

Answer 5

I think a good one for the children you mentioned wound be Charlie Browns The Great Pumpkin. It's not scary but tells a nice, spirited story of Halloween. And there was one out by Scoobie Doo. They are both animated and I believe you can find them at your local video store.

Answer 6

The best stories are those that are made up and took a little thought and originality. So for the one whom is three, you maybe should come up with a story with characters in it that are familiar to him/her, but traditional also. With the other two, think something from your childhood that may have scared you or you were scared of and put it all in a good story. I'm sure you are creative enough to come up with great stories.

Answer 7

Char Man is a good one. Basically the guy dies a fiery death in an automobile accident on a windy (windy as in curved) road and still haunts the road. It's a good story to tell at night when you are on such a road. For added affect slam on the breaks after a turn screaming, "Char Man!" The only downside is they might bail out like my brother's date tried to do (except luckly she broke the handle because she would have fell off the side of a cliff if she bailed.

Answer 8

Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving it's an American Legend that I doubt gets told in school anymore! Add a few dramatics like sound effects for more appeal.

Answer 9

Whatever you do, do not tell them about the monster in the closet. A parent came into my school when I was in I think 3rd grade during Halloween and told us a few scary stories. One of which was about a monster in a closet. The story still freaks me out when I think of it. And I'm in the 9'th grade now!

Answer 10

The Witch Next Door - by Norman Bridwell
He is the author of the Clifford The Big Red Dog books.
Your local library should have a copy.