Some of our Samhain photos

Our traditionally carved neeps / turnips

(They won 3rd prize)

Lit up at night

Our celtic pumpkin which won 1st prize

at the local Samhain fayre.

Here are some links for next year:
Flying witch carousel
More celtic knot pumpkins

Halloween Stuff for kids

This is a cool quizz and here is a more difficult halloween quizz for adults


See how much you know about world harvest celebrations !

Here is a good place to write your own halloween story by filling in the blanks

JOKE
Q.  Why didn't the skeleton dance at the halloween party?
A.  because he had no body to dance with

Hint - if you are smart you will guess the answer
but
if you are very smart you will figure out how to find the answer in this post (Try highlighting the spaces after A.)

Make an origami Halloween pumpkin

http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-halloween-pumpkin.html

It looks so cute and you fold it and then blow it up to the right shape

Halloween Pumpkins

This guy is an e- art teacher and his designs are really awesome.  Check them out!   http://www.coolpicturegallery.us/2010/10/amazing-artist-who-carves-pumpkin.html

Heres easy instructions on how to carve pumkins

We were looking for unusual pumpkins ideas for our halloween pumpkin and there are some really unusual ones on Youtube.

Halloween Games

Try out this game - Halloween Tripeaks - its nice and eerie and there more halloween games on the same site...

HALLOWEEN /All Hallows' Eve/All Saints' Eve/Samhain

Here are some links for info on an ancient celtic festival Samhain and how it turned into Halloween...

http://goireland.about.com/od/samhainandhalloween/October_31st_Samhain_All_Hallows_Eve_and_Halloween.htm

Here is a fun site with lots of scary things for little brothers and sisters to do:

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/category/topics/halloween

Make a skeleton, Enter a haunted house, Magic Spells, Trick or Treat, Story Maker, Halloween Quizz