🎃 Halloween
October 31 Grades K–5
Halloween is a night of costumes, jack-o’-lanterns and trick-or-treating on October 31.
📅 Next dates
- Saturday, October 31, 2026
- Sunday, October 31, 2027
- Tuesday, October 31, 2028
📖 The story
Halloween grew from Samhain, an ancient Celtic harvest festival in Ireland and Scotland, and from All Hallows’ Eve, the night before the Christian All Saints’ Day — that is where the name comes from.
Irish and Scottish immigrants brought customs to America. In Ireland people carved turnips; in America pumpkins were bigger and easier to carve, and the jack-o’-lantern was born. Trick-or-treating became popular in the 1950s.
✨ Traditions
- Costumes
- Trick-or-treating
- Carving jack-o’-lanterns
- Pumpkin patches and hayrides
- Fall parties at school
✂️ Activities
Paper-Plate Jack-o’-Lantern
- Paint a paper plate orange.
- Cut out a face from black paper — funny or spooky.
- Glue on a green stem.
Halloween Safety Checklist
- Go with a grown-up and carry a flashlight.
- Wear reflective tape.
- Check treats with an adult before eating.
Halloween quiz
When is Halloween?
What does "Halloween" come from?
What did people in Ireland carve before pumpkins?
What is a jack-o’-lantern?
💭 Let’s write
What costume would you invent if you could be anything?
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