HALLOWEEN

History• Halloween, October 31

• Began 2,000 years ago as the ancient Celtic festival Samhain (Sow-een), End of the summer.

History• During Samhain, the

ancient Celts thought ghosts of the dead returned to Earth and caused chaos, sickness and destroyed plants.

• The Celts wore masks and danced to scare the ghosts away.

History• In North America,

Halloween is a time of celebration & superstition.

• It resulted from a mix of Native American and European autumn traditions: storytelling, dancing, parties, games, art and foods of the season.

Food and Drink!

Eat some Candy Corn

or Pumpkin Seeds

Make Caramel Apples

Drink Apple Cider

Halloween Activities!

Go on a hayride

Visit a corn maze…

Make a bonfire

What do you do at a bonfire?

• Roast marshmallows• Tell ghost stories

Enter a haunted house, if you dare.

Bob for apples

Read spooky stories

Watch horror films

Stay up verrry late!

Arts, crafts and

decorations!

Arts, crafts and

decorations!

Make a scarecrow• Ordinary clothes• Stuff body with hay, newspaper or leaves

• Give him/her a face and a name!

• Enter your scarecrow in a contest…

or put them in front of the house.

Decorate the house with spider webs…

bats…

black cats…

ghosts… BOO!

Hang some skeletons…

a witch, her hat & broom too!

Crash!

Place a tombstone…

May they Rest In Peace!

Pumpkins!Pumpkins!Pumpkins!

Pumpkins…• are the official fruit of Halloween• in superstition, as lanterns, welcome good

spirits and protect against malevolent ones.

Pick a pumpkin…

at a pumpkin patch.

Carve it…

Give it eyes, a nose, a mouth…

then put a candle inside.

Now it’s a Jack-O-Lantern!

Be creative! Watch it glow!

World Record Pumpkin2009 pounds/ 911 kilos

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6WnNeRk5o4&feature=relmfu

Giant Pumpkin Regatta• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCqkHomnbHU&feature=related

• 3:12

Trick or Treat?

What’s trick-or-treating?

• On October 31, people once thought that they would encounter ghosts if they left their home…

• So, people wore masks and dressed up in costumes.

• That way, the ghosts wouldn’t recognize them.

• People also offered treats to the ghosts.

• Today, kids still follow this tradition. They go trick-or-treating.

• They dress up, carry a bag, and go from house to house, requesting a treat from neighbors.

• When the door opens the kids repeat, “Trick or treat!”

They receive a treat

So, choose a mask…

paint your face...

put on a wig…

or dress up in a costume...

Now, go trick-or-treating!

Halloween is a time for…

What else can you think of?

Be yourself…

…or someone else

Have a Happy Halloween!