The subject of gargoyles is engaging for children. Creating their own gargoyles is a journey to a place of fantasy and imagination. Ghosts, goblins, creatures of the night--this is the stuff for which students have a limitless reserve of energy. What more appropriate time than Halloween to share with them the history of these functional--and sometimes fear-inspiring--architectural adornments and have them make gargoyles of their own? This article gives instructions on how students can create their own gargoyles, and how this activity can also be used to review both the history of gargoyles and some new vocabulary words.