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!