Halloween

Twenty of the best sites about Halloween, or All Hallow’s Eve. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestion at the bottom of this page. (Related searches: Halloween Costumes, Pumpkin Stencils, The Nightmare Before Christmas)

1. Halloween at Wikipedia - Surprisingly long summary of Halloween celebrations and traditions around the world, including the history of Halloween, Halloween symbols, trick-or-treating (or “guising” as it’s also referred to here), Halloween games, foods, ghost stories and more. (en.wikipedia.org)

2. Beautiful Halloween Wallpapers and Halloween DIY-Tutorials - October, 2008 blog post offers an awesome collection of Halloween computer desktop wallpapers, as well as links to a variety of Halloween crafts with instructions on how to do them yourself. (www.smashingmagazine.com)

3. Adult Halloween Parties Call for Ghoulish Libations - Halloween party drink recipes, including Vampire’s Champagne, Candy Corn Shooters and more. (www.lansingstatejournal.com)

4. The Real Origins of Halloween - Isaac Bonewits peeks into the paleopagan roots of the holiday, which grew from Samhain (sow - en), a very magical time, when the dead walk among the living. Also delves into the customs of trick or treating, pranks and those “evil” symbols. (www.neopagan.net)

5. Halloween Coloring Pages at Preschool Coloring Book - Print them out and get the kids coloring. Pictures of ghosts, Halloween party scenes, carving pumpkins, witches, bats, trick or treaters, more. (www.preschoolcoloringbook.com)

6. Extreme Pumpkins Photo Gallery - Inspiration for horrific pumpkin mayhem. This site offers carving tips, grotesque examples and nightmare sketches. Not for children - Extreme Pumpkins boasts such beauties as: The Puking Pumpkin, Axe to The Head Pumpkin, and the always popular Pimple Faced Booger Eater. (www.extremepumpkins.com)

7. FrightCatalog - Halloween decorations, Halloween props, and Halloween masks / costumes, including tombstones, coffins, skulls & skeletons, Freddy Krueger props, scary and fun masks and costumes, couples costumes, plus size costumes, more. (www.frightcatalog.com)

8. Scary Halloween Things at Things You Never Knew Existed - Cleavered heads, the bleeding skull candle, “pizza face” and other Halloween costumes, masks, props and outdoor decorations. Everything you need for a cool Halloween party. (www.thingsyouneverknew.com)

9. Stoneykins - Specializes in pumpkin carving patterns / templates of all types, from scary faces to famous monsters to un-Halloween designs. (www.stoneykins.com)

10. Halloween Costumes to Inflict Upon the Innocent - A lobster in a pot, a human woopie cushion, baby Elvis, and other interesting Halloween costumes for unsuspecting children. (www.mentalfloss.com)

11. Pumpkin Masters - Maker of pumpkin carving kits shows off some of their best Halloween creations and offers a few free patterns if you want a particularly unique jack-o’-lantern. Also has some Halloween history and Halloween facts you may not have known. (www.pumpkinmasters.com)

12. The Official Website of Michael Myers - Even psycho killers have their own Web sites these days. The unkillable villain of so many Halloween movies is supposedly your host for this site featuring news on the latest Halloween release, film clips, a Halloween message board, computer desktop wallpapers, screensavers, a Halloween font, more. (www.halloweenmovies.com)

13. Halloween on Heels - Writer Allison Glock wonders when Halloween costumes got so sexy and when being a country mouse became so difficult. (www.nytimes.com)

14. Everything Halloween - Halloween hub offers information of varying quality on Halloween subjects including costumes, games, pumpkin carving, spooky Halloween stories and more. (www.everythinghalloween.com)

15. Halloween on the Web - Directory brings together multiple Halloween-related information sources and services, including links to Halloween history, Halloween costumes, Halloween safety, etc. The main reason to visit this site is for the Halloween forums, which heat up as the big day approaches. (www.halloween.com)

16. Great Halloween Read-Alouds for Little Listeners - October 5, 2007 blog post offers a half dozen suggestions for Halloween children’s books that are fun without giving them the heebie-jeebies. (wildrosereader.blogspot.com)

17. Halloween Recipes - Stomach-turning yet tasty treats from the chef of death. Disturb your guests with delicacies like Decayed Corpse Chips with Entrail Salsa, Eerie Eyeballs, Freaky Witches’ Fingers, Dried Cherry Scabs and more. A beautiful buffet by a true artist. (www.britta.com)

18. Homemade Halloween Costume Ideas - Tired of the mass-produced and too-commercial-to-be-scary costumes at your mall? Try some of these fabulous and practically free concoctions. Want to be a Rubik’s Cube? A bag of jelly beans? The real Hunchback of Notre Dame? Find instructions here for these and many more. (www.robinsfyi.com)

19. A Halloween Meme - The Literate Kitten has a Halloween themed meme - a list of ten questions to quiz you on your Halloween favorites. Fill in your answers and then pass the list on for your friends to share theirs. (litkitten.blogspot.com)

20. Thinking About Halloween Already - Dad makes it clear you should never dress twins the same for Halloween… unless you get a really good idea. (www.dad2twins.com)

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