What if one trick-or-treater was an animal in costume?
Costume Critters
What if the person at the door was not a kid? That one idea became forty Halloween front doors. A bear wears a bedsheet, furry feet poking out. A skunk's striped tail gives the cat costume away. A dog came as a hot dog. A little black cat is hiding in every picture.
Bear
a bedsheet, furry feet out
Skunk
the striped tail gives it away
Dog
dressed as a hot dog
Black cat
hiding in every picture
Ages 4–8 · 94 pages · one picture per sheet
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Play
Trick or Treat
A caped raccoon is already out on the street. Jump for candy, hop anything sitting on the sidewalk, and watch for the black cat. Click the game, then tap, click, or press space.
Find
Find the hidden cat!
A little cat is hiding in every picture. It might be on a pumpkin, in a basket, up on the door, or riding on an animal's back. Can you find all 40? The answer key is a free download on this page.
Color
Print the scenes
All forty pictures from the kids' book, split into five packs you can print. Thick lines, one scene to a page, full 8.5 × 11 inch size. Leave your email and each PDF shows up on its pack. The files are free, and so is the answer key.
Scenes 1–8
The first eight doors, from a bear in a bedsheet to an octopus mummy with a lot of buckets.
Bear ghost, skunk cat, pumpkin owl, witch moose, superhero raccoon, vampire giraffe, penguin butler, octopus mummy.
8 pages · 8.5 × 11 in
Scenes 9–16
Balloons, a cardboard robot, and a real sheep next to a kid in a sheep costume.
Porcupine balloons, turtle robot, elephant princess, pig farmer, fox pirate, alligator dinosaur, squirrel astronaut, sheep and a sheep costume.
8 pages · 8.5 × 11 in
Scenes 17–24
A cactus hedgehog, a bat hanging upside down, and a joey in a pouch.
Hedgehog cactus, upside-down bat, goose ballerina, llama unicorn, beaver lumberjack, crocodile tooth fairy, frog prince, kangaroo mom.
8 pages · 8.5 × 11 in
Scenes 25–32
A walrus in a lab coat, a snail in a race car, and a flamingo next to a lawn flamingo.
Walrus scientist, snail race-car driver, ostrich movie star, cow alien, hippo mermaid, opossum zombie, gorilla in a gorilla suit, flamingo and a lawn flamingo.
8 pages · 8.5 × 11 in
Scenes 33–40
The last eight pictures, ending with a dog in a hot-dog bun and a crowd of critter friends.
Duck firefighter, badger detective, polar-bear snowman, spider jack-o'-lantern, horse knight, lobster dressed as a crab, dog as a hot dog, grand finale.
8 pages · 8.5 × 11 in
Where's the Cat?
The answer key from the back of the book. The hidden cat is circled in every picture.
All 40 hiding spots, after you've looked.
4 pages · 8.5 × 11 in