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It's that time of the year again for ghastly ghouls, ghosts and goblins.... we're glad you came by
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The Story of Halloween
Halloween is one of the oldest holidays with origins going back thousands of years. The holiday we know as
Halloween has had many influences from many cultures over the centuries. From the Roman's Pomona Day,
to the Celtic festival of Samhain, to the Christian holidays of All Saints and All Souls Days.
Hundreds of years ago in what is now Great Britain and Northern France, lived the Celts. The Celts
worshipped nature and had many gods, with the sun god as their favorite. It was "he" who commanded
their work and their rest times, and who made the earth beautiful and the crops grow. The Celts cele-
brated their New Year on November 1st. It was celebrated every year with a festival and marked the
end of the "season of the sun" and the beginning of "the season of darkness and cold."
On October 31st after the crops were all harvested and stored for the long winter the cooking fires in
the homes would be extinguished. The Druids, the Celtic priests, would meet in the hilltop in the dark oak
forest (oak trees were considered sacred). The Druids would light new fires and offer sacrifices of crops
and animals. As they danced around the the fires, the season of the sun passed and the season of darkness
would begin.
When the morning arrived the Druids would give an ember from their fires to each family who would then
take them home to start new cooking fires. These fires would keep the homes warm and free from evil
spirits. The November 1st festival was called Samhain (pronounced "sow-en"). The festival would last for
3 days. Many people would parade in costumes made from the skins and heads of their animals. This festi-
val would become the first Halloween.
During the first century the Romans invaded Britain. They brought with them many of their festivals and
customs. One of these was the festival know as Pomona Day, named for their goddess of fruits and gardens.
It was also celebrated around the 1st of November. After hundreds of years of Roman rule the customs of
the Celtic's Samhain festival and the Roman Pomona Day mixed becoming 1 major fall holiday.
The next influence came with the spread of the new Christian religion throughout Europe and Britain. In
the year 835 AD the Roman Catholic Church would make November 1st a church holiday to honor all the
saints. This day was called All Saint's Day, or Hallowmas, or All Hallows. Years later the Church would make
November 2nd a holy day. It was called All Souls Day and was to honor the dead. It was celebrated with big
bonfires, parades, and people dressing up as saints, angels and devils.
But the spread of Christianity did not make people forget their early customs. On the eve of All Hallows,
Oct. 31, people continued to celebrate the festivals of Samhain and Pomona Day. Over the years the cus-
toms from all these holidays mixed. October 31st became known as All Hallow Even, eventually All Hallow's
Eve, Hallowe'en, and then - Halloween.
The Halloween we celebrate today includes all of these influences, Pomona Day's apples, nuts, and harvest,
the Festival of Samhain's black cats, magic, evil spirits and death, and the ghosts, skeletons and skulls from
All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day.
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For better or worse, each year the Halloween pumpkin brings out the artist in all of us.
Knives in hand, we transform these big orange orbs into ghouls and goblins. And
the truly creative among us can even carve out the visages of Al Gore or Bill Gates in
their jack-o'-lanterns. Check out these PUMPKIN CARVIN sites...
THE GREAT PUMPKIN from the folks at ZDNET
Carve your heart out with THESE PATTERNS ha ha ha ha haaaa...!!! Pumpkin Carving 101 ~ Pretty cool...!!!HALLOWEEN 2001 FOR EVERYONE~Absolutely a GREAT site !!! HALLOWEEN CARVINGS & ACTIVITIES~A pretty spookingly great place!!! Carve a pumpkin from Kids Turn Central...Cool Site...!!!How many things ?
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To do with a pumkin...!!!
Dozens & Dozens for COSTUME FUN from Kids Turn Central...!!!
PATRIOTIC COSTUMES ~ from the Learning Network for Children...!!! The KIDS DOMAIN ~ printouts, activities, cards, haunted tour and more ~The KIDS DOMAIN has a large variety of activities for all ages of children...!!! Hey Kids Come to the Halloween FUNZONE ~ Just for You...!!! Party Ideas & Creepy foods for little Goblins and adults too...!!! Halloween Online One of the best portals...!!! Halloween Webcams ~ Links that are not clickable are not "ON!" Listen to the Halloween SPOOK BOX... Some nifty, spine-tingling tunes...!!! Check out photos of creepy guys, gals and yard setups...!!! The PUMPKIN-PATCH ~ Everything you need to know about PUMPKINS ~ from growing them to cuisine to carving tips ~ Enjoy...!!!
An AWESOME Pumpkin Carving site with patterns ~ subscribe to their newsletter and get dozens of patterns ~ GOTO SPOOKMASTER...!!!
Click on The Bubbling Cauldron for Halloween Recipes
ADOPT a Halloween Demon ~ Teach it to be cooool...!!!! FREAKY HALLOWEEN FUN...!!!How do you celebrate Halloween?
Get great ideas here, or share your
suggestions with other parents!
Freaky Halloween Things at "Family Education Network"...!!! Here's a link to some FREAKY LINKS~Click on the ICONSonce you are there,they are towards the bottom of the page...!!!
Jan's Haunted Halloween House ~ Don't get too scared now!!! Walk through the HAUNTED WOODS ~ If you dare ~ ah, ha ha ha ha ha ha...!!!
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Halloween games, cards and other SPOOKY treats...!!! SOME FUN TIME FOR KIDS.......
Pipe Cleaner Spiders
Provide the children with pipe cleaners to make spiders.
Have the children twist the pipe cleaners together to
form a body and legs. Discuss how many legs a spider has.
Balloon Jack o Lanterns
Blow up an orange balloon and let the child use a black marker,
stickers, or finger paint to create facial features. Ask the
child how does the jack o lantern feel?
Paper Plate Jack o Lanterns
Have your child paint a paper plate orange. When dry, have the
child glue on pieces of black construction paper for the facial features.
These pieces may be cut with scissors or torn, depending on your child's
ability level. For older children, try using glue to form the facial features
and sprinkle glitter, or various items (i.e. buttons, beans, noodles, pebbles)
on the glue.
Pumpkin Puppets
Each child should cut out a pumpkin shape from orange construction paper.
Then either cut out facial features, or color them on with a black crayon. Paste
to the bottom of a paper lunch bag. Then add a green construction paper stem.
Sponge Painted Ghosts
Cut out or buy ghost shaped sponges. You will need black construction paper
and white tempera paint when showing the child how to dip the sponges in the
paint and press on the paper to make ghost prints.
Spider Paper Plates
Use a smaller and larger paper plate to make these spiders. Staple the smaller
plate onto the larger plate, as if the smaller plate will be the spider's head.
Have the child paint both sides black. Then add black streamers for legs
and white construction paper for eyes. Hang them from the ceiling.
Trick or Treat Bag
Have your child decorate a brown paper bag. They can make a pumpkin,
a black cat, or a witch. Reinforce the bottom and add handles.
Tissue Ghosts
Supply each child with two pieces of tissue paper and a piece of string or
yarn. Have each child ball up one of the tissues, then place it in the center
of the second tissue. Next, have the child, or assist the child, in tying
the yarn around the second tissue to hold the balled tissue within the
second tissue. The child may use a marker to make eyes.
Pumpkin Seed Art
Collect pumpkin seeds from inside a pumpkin. Let them air dry
and have the children use the pumpkin seeds to make a collage.
Pumpkin Seed Shakers
You need: dried pumpkin seeds from inside your pumpkin, two
paper plates (for each child) and a stapler. Have the children put
some seeds on one of the paper plates (bottom side down). Next,
have them place the other plate on top of the first plate (bottom side
up). Help the children staple their plates together with the seeds inside.
Let the children paint, use markers or crayons to decorate their shakers.
Fingerprint Pumpkins
Have the children make orange fingerprints on a piece of paper. Use a
non-toxic orange ink pad. Show the children how to use one finger
at a time. Use a green pen to draw stems on the paper and draw vines to
connect some of the pumpkins. (You can do this for younger children
or have older children draw the vines and stems themselves.)
Fingerprint Spiders
Have the children use a black non-toxic ink pad to make finger-
prints on a piece of paper. Have the children draw on eight
legs on their fingerprints to represent spiders.
Spider Gum drops
Supply the children with large black gum drops and eight tooth-
picks per child. Have the children push the toothpicks in the gum
drops to represent the spiders legs.
Witch Hat
Cut out triangular shapes from black material to represent a witch
hat. Let the children decorate the hats with glitter and foil.
Broom Art
Supply the children with a broom, a large piece of butcher paper and
some paint. Tape the paper on the floor and add the paint. Have
the children use the broom to paint the paper. You may want to
have the children take off shoes and socks, and roll
up long pants... this is REALLY MESSY!!!
COMPLIMENTS OF..... The Activity Place...!!!
What?! Don't have a pumpkin to carve??
Take home one of our virtual Jack-o-Lanterns
Halloween Screensavers
To maintain space at my server, I have only
provided links to screensaver sites ~ Enjoy !!!
Free Halloween Screensavers at this web site...!!!...and from these below.......
Check-out BLACKDOG'S 
Screensaver Page !!! Happy Hallween from COX.NET !!!Halloween Recipes, Games & Craft Ideas
Get some creepy food-stuff from FAMILY.COM...!!! GHOULILSH Halloween Treats & Recipes..lots here...!!! More GOOLISH Treats & Recipes...!!! COOOL Halloween Treats & Recipes @ Kids Turn Central...!!! CREEEPY TREATS for KIDS K-8 ~ from the Learning Network...!!! RADIOACTIVE PUNCH...!!! EARTH WORM SURPRISE...!!! A Trick or Treat Bag...from the Learning Network...!!! Pretty CREEEPY Receipes...!!! Nine Pages of 
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