Halloween

Trick or Treat Time and Safety Tips

by wildcherry on Friday, October 30th, 2009 | Life, Tips | No Comments

What Time is Trick or Treating?
A suggested time for trick or treating would be between 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm for children 8 years and under, getting them home in time for supper and bedtime.
For children 8 - 12 years old, anytime between 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm is good, provided the neighborhood is safe, and adult supervision is provided.
Kids over 12 have a little more leeway, depending on the situations and adult guidance.

Safety Tips for Trick or Treating With Small Children

Children under a certain age should always be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Costumes and masks should not cover the eyes or ears, or restrict movement.
Costumes should have reflective tape on them, and be accompanied with a flashlight and whistle. Glow sticks are handy to have in their pockets as well.

Safety Tips for Older Trick or Treater’s

If your child is old enough to go alone, agree on a neighborhood route.
Agree on who the child is going with and make sure they have contact numbers and a cell phone with them.
Set a firm time as to when they will be home.
Stress to the child about the importance of not talking to strangers, or accepting rides from them.
Always check the candy over before they begin eating it. Throw away anything that looks suspicious.

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Free and Easy Halloween pumpkin carving pattern templates

by wildcherry on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 | Life, Tips | No Comments

When you need to find easy Halloween pumpkin carving templates that are free to use, check out these pages for some of the easiest pumpkin carving templates, patterns and designs. There are over 100 pumpkin carving templates that you can use to carve your pumpkin.

This first page is the original free and easy Halloween pumpkin carving template page. On this page there are 40 easy pumpkin carving templatesthat are free for you to download and use. If you are searching for a nice assortment of Halloween pumpkin carving templates, try this page.

There are many carving templates that are easy to carve on this page. You’ll find scary faces, happy faces, and even the Star Wars storm trooper on this pumpkin carving template page. Also on the page there are animal templates, ghost templates, and haunted house carving stencils.

Funny faces pumpkin carving templates

The next Halloween pumpkin carving page is for anyone looking for funny faces pumpkin carving templates to use for Halloween pumpkin carving. As with any template that’s a part of the free and easy pumpkin carving template collection, these templates are free to download, print, and use. Go ahead, download some and have some fun this Halloween!

Before visiting the funny faces template page, remember that these pumpkin carving templates were created to be super easy to use. Also take note that a pumpkin carving template becomes much harder once you begin carving so take that into consideration before starting a Halloween pumpkin carving project.

Cat pumpkin carving templates

Looking for Halloween pumpkin carving templates of cats? If you are on the hunt for cat templates for carving your Halloween pumpkin then check out this page. Download, print and use any of these cat pumpkin carving templates how ever you want.

All of these Halloween pumpkin carving cat patterns and stencils on this page were created to simplify your holiday pumpkin carving experience. Have fun and remember to share this page with others. Thanks a billion!

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Halloween Costume Party in LACMA

by nate on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 | Entertainment, News | 1 Comment

Eventhough I am not a supporter of Halloween Day… I envy their creativity. One of my coworker is in this picture below (Obama poster). *I am not Obama supporter either…, but this is an art.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art hosted its glamorous costume ball on November

browse more costume pictures in LA here

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Halloween Ancient Origins

by nate on Thursday, October 30th, 2008 | Knowledge, Life | No Comments

I am providing this information since many of us are celebrating Halloween without knowing the origins… it’s good to know the history, so we know what we are doing for.

Source: History.com channel

Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in).

The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.

To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities.

During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other’s fortunes. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter.

By A.D. 43, Romans had conquered the majority of Celtic territory. In the course of the four hundred years that they ruled the Celtic lands, two festivals of Roman origin were combined with the traditional Celtic celebration of Samhain.

The first was Feralia, a day in late October when the Romans traditionally commemorated the passing of the dead. The second was a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple and the incorporation of this celebration into Samhain probably explains the tradition of “bobbing” for apples that is practiced today on Halloween.

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