Halloween
All About Halloween
- The History of Halloween — From the History Channel
- Halloween on the Net — The story of Halloween, with pictures, sound, and even a virtual pumpkin patch!
- Halloween Online : Your Guide to Halloween — Recipes, clip art, fonts, costume ideas, fog machine information and much more!
- Halloween Safety Guide — Important safety reminders, including information on costume safety, safe trick-or-treating and pet safety
- Scary Halloween Stories — Listen to the spookiest stories from the American Folklore site.
Halloween Celebrations
- Haunted Happenings — Great graphics and information from the Salem Home Page
- Haunted Happenings — The official site for the celebration
Pumpkins and Jack O’Lanterns
- The Samhain Carved Turnip Head — The original Jack O’Lanterns were not pumpkins, but rutabagas! Here are the instructions for making this a traditional Celtic one
- Pumpkin Carving 101 — Everything you need to get you started
- Pumpkins and More — Everything about pumpkins, including history, gardening, recipes and festival information, from the University of Illinois Extension
Halloween Fun
- Halloween Crafts – Craft books to make this the spookiest Halloween yet.
- Ben & Jerry’s Halloween Fun — Ghoulish games, creepy crafts and more!
- Build a Skeleton — Learn about the skeleton by assembling one from a pile of bones
- Halloween Homemade Scary Decorations — Party decorating ideas from Squidboo.com.
Halloween Reading
- Halloween Books for Children — Recommended holiday reading for children. Our list is linked to the catalog to make it easy to find and request these books from your NOBLE member library
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow — Read Washington Irving’s classic story of the Headless Horseman
Halloween Recipes and Party Ideas
- Halloween: Eat, Drink and Be Scary — Recipes and ideas for celebration from the Food Network
- Halloween Recipes and Party Ideas — From the Recipe Link
- Halloween Recipes — Recipes and party ideas from the Allrecipes family of websites