Super Simple Halloween Activities: Fun and Easy Holiday Projects for Kids
HAPPY HOLIDAYS Holidays are great times to celebrate with family and friends Many people have favorite holiday traditions Some traditions are hundreds of years old But people start new traditions too such as making holiday foods and crafts
HALLOWEEN Some Halloween traditions date back to an ancient yearly celebration called Samhain People believed ghosts returned to Earth during Samhain Some people lit candles to guide the ghosts When Christianity formed All Saints Day took place on November 1 The first full day of Samhain is celebrated on this day too The day before October 31 became known as All Hallows Eve Later it was called Halloween
CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN Halloween has several common traditions throughout many countries Do you celebrate using any of these traditions COSTUMES During Samhain people often wore masks or animal skins They did this so the ghosts would not recognize them Later people dressed as saints angels and devils Today people dress up as many different characters on Halloween
TRICK OR TREAT Hundreds of years ago people in Ireland and Scotland wore costumes to visit other homes They sang songs or told jokes at each door in exchange for food or coins Today children in costumes visit other homes on Halloween They ask for treats at each door PUMPKIN CARVING Long ago people in Ireland and Great Britain carved faces into root vegetables at Halloween This tradition spread to North America There people carved faces into pumpkins to celebrate the holiday
