History • • st Halloween is celebrated on 31 October Began at 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 • In North America, Halloween is started in the 19 th century It is a time of celebration & superstition Food and Drink! or Pumpkin Seeds Make Caramel Apples Halloween Activities! Go on a hayride Make a bonfire Read spooky stories Arts, crafts and decorations! • Enter your scarecrow in a contest… Decorate the house with spider webs… ghosts… BOO! a witch, her hat & broom too! Crash! Trick or Treat? What’s trick-or-treating? • On October 31, people once thought that they would encounter ghosts if they left their home… • When the door opens the kids repeat, “Trick or treat!” They receive a treat So, choose a mask… paint your face or dress up in a costume Now, go trick-or-treating! Be yourself… …or someone else