Halloween originated from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain where the Celts believed ghosts returned to Earth. They wore costumes and masks to scare away ghosts. Modern Halloween results from a mix of Native American and European autumn traditions involving storytelling, dancing, parties, games, art and foods of the season. Common Halloween activities include carving pumpkins, decorating with cobwebs and skeletons, telling scary stories by a bonfire, visiting haunted houses, bobbing for apples, and children dressing up and going trick-or-treating from house to house to receive treats.

1. HALLOWEEN

2. History
• Halloween, October 31
• Began 2,000 years ago as
the ancient Celtic festival
Samhain (Sow-een), End
of the summer.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Food and Drink!

6. Eat some Candy Corn

7. or Pumpkin Seeds

8. Make Caramel Apples

9. Drink Apple Cider

10. Halloween Activities!

11. Go on a hayride

12. Visit a corn maze…

13. Make a bonfire

14. What do you do at a bonfire?
• Roast marshmallows
• Tell ghost stories

15. Enter a haunted house, if you dare.

16. Bob for apples

17. Read spooky stories

18. Watch horror films

19. Stay up verrry late!

20. Arts, crafts and
decorations!

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

22. • Give him/her a face and a name!

23. • Enter your scarecrow in a contest…

24. or put them in front of the house.

25. Decorate the house with spider webs…

26. bats…

27. black cats…

28. ghosts… BOO!

29. Hang some skeletons…

30. a witch, her hat & broom too!
Crash!

31. Place a tombstone…
May they Rest In Peace!

32. Pumpkins!
Pumpkins!
Pumpkins!

33. Pumpkins…
• are the official fruit of Halloween
• in superstition, as lanterns, welcome good
spirits and protect against malevolent ones.

34. Pick a pumpkin…
at a pumpkin patch.

35. Carve it…

36. Give it eyes, a nose, a mouth…
then put a candle inside.

37. Now it’s a Jack-O-Lantern!

38. Be creative! Watch it glow!

40. World Record Pumpkin
2009 pounds/ 911 kilos
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6WnNeRk5o4&feature=relmfu

41. Giant Pumpkin Regatta
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCqkHomnbHU&feature=related
• 3:12

42. Trick or Treat?

43. What’s trick-or-treating?
• On October 31,
people once
thought that they
would encounter
ghosts if they left
their home…

44. • So, people wore masks
and dressed up in
costumes.
• That way, the ghosts
wouldn’t recognize
them.
• People also offered
treats to the ghosts.

45. • 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.

46. • When the door opens the kids repeat, “Trick or treat!”
They receive a treat

47. So, choose a mask…

48. paint your face...

49. put on a wig…

50. or dress up in a costume...

51. Now, go trick-or-treating!

52. Halloween is a time for…
What else can you think of?

53. Be yourself…
…or someone else

54. Have a
Happy
Halloween!