Penny Whistle Halloeen Book [Paperback]

Make this Halloween a safe, spooky, and happy one with these bewitching ideas
From carving a not-so-traditional pumpkin to dressing a miniature mermaid, here are hundreds ways to scare up the best Halloween ever. You'll find plans for nine unforgettable parties appropriate for toddlers through teens, including:
* Inspiration and Instructions for Unusual Costumes
* Ghoulish Games
* Devilishly Clever Decorations
* Diabolically Delicious Recipes
* A Pumpkin-Patch Worth of Jack-O'-Lanterns
Turn your home into a happy haunting ground withThe Penny Whistle™ Halloween Book.Chapter 1

The Story of Halloween

Myths and Mirths: If the Druids Could See Us Now!

The night is somber, gloomy, and overcast. The atmosphere is still and ominous. The moon is partially hidden by threatening clouds. There are odd sounds. The first is a seemingly innocent meow of a black cat, silhouetted against that eerie moon. Then there is a groaning moan -- it must be a ghost. Next a swishing witch sweeps by on her broomstick. And now there is a piercing, menacing shriek -- the vampire is at work again.

Millions of children and adults cannot wait for this type of encounter. Wake any child the morning after Halloween, and the first words out of his or her mouth are sure to be, What should I be next Halloween? At Halloween, happiness and fun are often measured by how gruesome, ghastly, ghostly, scary, and horrifying a celebration you create. This is the time when gravestones are memorized and epitaphs echoed, when skeletons are funny and headless, bloody corpses are relished, when coffins are amusing and macabre monsters entertaining. The more imaginative, outrageous, and bizarre we are, the better.

For centuries Halloween has captured the hearts of children and adults. It was a different Halloween when the Celts occupied Europe, long before the birth of Christ. It was the time for all who lived good lives tlÓg