A PUMPKIN BY ANY OTHER NAME
The Native Americans called pumpkins "isquotersquash." Can you pronounce that--and say it five times fast?

A PLUMP PUMPKIN
The world's largest pumpkin weighed 1,061 pounds. How many pies could it produce? (Hint: A 4-pound pumpkin yields about 4 cups mashed pumpkin meat.)

Pumpkin Poetry

Acrostic Pumpkin Poetry
An acrostic poem is one in which certain letters, often the first letter of every line, form a name or a theme.

Pumpkins so orange.
Use them for decorating.
Mom makes pumpkin bread.
People cook the seeds.
Kids love to pick them.
In the pumpkin patch.
Near their home.

Diamond Pumpkin Poetry
When centered this poem will take the form of a diamond.

Pumpkins (one word)
orange, round (two words)
seeds, pulp, skin (three words)
Pies, bread (two words)
Gourds(one word)

Pumpkin Cinquain

Pumpkin (one word)
Big, orange (two words)
Round, hard, fat (three words)
Yummy, delicious, fantastic, healthy (four words)
Pumpkins (one word)

Five W'S Pumpkin Poetry
Each line in this type of poem answers one of the 5 W's (who? what? when? where? why?)

My daughters
Pick pumpkins
Before Halloween
In the pumpkin patch
Because they want to carve them

Halloween Jokes

What do zombies like to eat at a cook out? ( Halloweenies )
How do you keep a skeleton from laughing? ( Take away his funny bone! )
What is a ghost's favorite type of pasta? ( Spookghetti )
What do ghosts always order at McDonalds? ( The hamboogers )
What do you get if a huge hairy monster steps on Batman and Robin ? ( Flatman and Ribbon ! )
What will the monster eat in a restaurant ? ( The waiter ! )
Why was the skeleton afraid to cross the road? ( It had no guts )
How do witches keep their hair in place while flying? ( With scare spray )
What did Dracula say when he kissed his vampire girlfriend? ( Ouch... )
Why do ghosts make such lousy sports fans? ( Because they like to "boo" the referee. )
What Halloween mammal likes to play baseball? ( The bats! )
What do you call a skeleton that lays around all day? ( Lazy bones! )
What would you find on a haunted beach ? ( A "sand -witch!" )
How does a witch tell the time ? ( With a witch watch ! )
What is a vampire's favorite holiday? ( Fangsgiving )
What does a vampire never order at a restaurant? ( A stake sandwich )
What is a skeleton's favorite musical instrument? ( A trombone )
What do birds give out on Halloween night? ( Tweets )
Why do vampires need mouthwash? ( They have bat breath )
Why wouldn't the skeleton cross the road? ( Because he didn't have any guts. )
Why did the witch put her broom in the washing machine ? ( She wanted a clean sweep ! )
What do you call two witches that share a room ? ( Broom mates ! )
How do you make a milkshake ? ( Sneak up behind a glass of milk and yell "Boo" )
Why are graveyards so noisy ? (Because of all the coffin !)
Who do monsters always buy their cookies from? ( The Ghoul Scouts! )
How do witches tell time? ( With a witch watch, of course! )
Why did dracula lose the baseball game? ( Because his bat flew away! )
What do you use to erase a ghost? ( White-out! )
Why was the little ghost sent to his room before dinner was over? ( Because he was goblin too fast! )
What does a ghost get when he falls and scrapes his knee? ( A boo boo )
What does the papa ghost say to his family when driving? ( Fasten your sheet belts )
What is a ghost's favorite mode of transportation? ( A scareplane )
Why do witches use brooms to fly on? ( Because vacuum cleaners are too heavy )
What do you call a dumb skeleton? ( A "Bone Head" )
What magazine do ghosts love to read? ( Good Housecreeping )
How do you fix a broken jack-o'-lantern. ( With a "pumpkin patch" )
What kind of horse does a ghost ride? ( Night mare )
Who belongs to the monster PTA? ( The mummies and deadies! )
Why doesn't Dracula have any friends? ( Because he's a pain in the neck )

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