Introduction activity - feel in the box

Before class, teacher prepares some cardboard boxes. These are going to hide things that the students have to feel and guess what they are. Of course, as it is Halloween, the objects inside the boxes are going to be creepy! 
Teacher prepares the boxes by cutting a hole in one side, just large enough to put his/her arm through it. Teacher puts on a flap material to cover the hole. Inside the boxes, teacher places some "Halloween" type objects, such as:

- plastic bats, spiders, etc.

- goo or slime

-  jello/jelly shaped as a brain

- spider webs

- cooked, cold spaghetti noodles (worms)

- peeled grapes (eye balls)

- fake fur (monster hair)

- over cooked rice (magots)

- tofu (can be anything gross) 

- dried pasta (teeth or bones) 

- mini hot dogs (toes)

If the teacher is working in an English class, he/she can have the students wait outside the classroom until it is time to go in. Teacher stands at the door and as each student enters says: "Happy Halloween!" and have them reply "Happy Halloween". If not, teacher should prepare this display in another room os before students enter the class.

Then allow the students to walk around the classroom feeling inside the boxes and trying to guess what they are feeling. This is bound to cause a lot of screams and laughter.

Then, students sit down and ask what they think there is in each box (e.g. "I think it´s a...", "I think they are...") and then take out each item to show everyone what it really is.

Finally, get everyone to help you clear everything to the sides of the classroom so there is a large space in the middle and get everyone to sit down on the floor.