Ooooohhhhh! It’s the spookiest day of the year today – It’s Halloween!
I wanted to find out a little bit about the history of Halloween, so I quickly visited Wikipedia and found out…
- It’s also known as All Hallows’ Eve
- The word ‘Halloween’ is a christian work and dates back to 1745 and means ‘hallowed evening’ or ‘holy evening’
- Typical activities to celebrate Halloween are tick-or-treating, going to costume parties, decorating your house and carving pumpkins, lighting bonfires, going to haunted attractions, playing pranks, watching scary movies and telling ghost stories.
- Lots more info about the history of Halloween around the world and how it’s celebrated today (go to the wikipedia article for more, there’s also a short article in simple english)
Check out the Halloween entry on our KidsCat for more info too – lost of weblinks and library books you can check out. Did you know that there’s a haunted house in Miramar that you can visit? Check out this article on the Dominion Post Website about it.
To celebrate Halloween, we have two evening dress-up storytimes (great for 5-10 year olds) happening at Karori and Khandallah Libraries tonight, starting at 6.30pm. Come along in your scariest costume and make us scream!
Here are some cool books and DVDs about Halloween stuff that you can take home:
How to create spectacular Halloween costumes by Louann Brown and Jason Nemeth
How to make frightening Halloween decorations by Catherine Ipcizade
Frightfully fun Halloween handbook by Carole Nicksin
The Halloween handbook : 447 costumes by Bridie Clark and Ashley Dodd
The best Halloween ever by Barbara Robinson
It’s Halloween, you ‘fraidy mouse! by Geronimo Stilton
Trixie the Halloween fairy by Daisy Meadows
Spooky and Scary DVDs:
Tom and Jerry: Tricks & treats
Shrek’s thrilling tales
Monster High: Ghouls rule
Trick or treat tales
Eloise’s rawther unusual Halloween
The dog who saved Halloween