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Halloween Episode
10/30/07 Playlist

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• The Deedle Deedle Dees – “Scared By My Own Costume” [Let it Dee]
  
• Justin Roberts – “Maybe the Monster” [Meltdown!]
  
• Uncle Rock – “Picnic in the Graveyard” [Plays Well with Others]
• Parker Bent – “Work for Everyone” [Charlie Davidson’s Tricycle Club]
  
• Recess Monkey – “Bats!” [Aminal House]
• Soccer Team – “I’ll Never Fear Ghosts Again” [Play!]
  
• Freakwater – “Little Red Riding Hood” [The Bottle Let Me Down]
  
• Kevin Kammeraad – “Moogie Monster Man” [The Tomato Collection]
  
• Milkshake Music – “Scared” [Happy Songs]
  
• Laurie Berkner – “Monster Boogie” [Buzz Buzz]
  
• Steve Weeks – “4 Little Girls” [Alphabet Songs Vol. 1]
  
• The Hipwaders – “Howling at the Moon” [The Hipwaders]

Tomorrow is Halloween, when our family will rag shag it and trick-or-treat. My daughter will be a cheetah, again. And I’ll be a cat, again.  We’re throwing caution to the wind this year! – below I’ve rounded up a few on-line resources for our Halloween enthusiasts (me!). Included in this list are sites with saftey tips, a historical look at Halloween, costume ideas, recipes, celebration ideas, and more.

Halloween is followed by the Days of the Dead on November 1st & 2nd – another holiday we’re looking forward to celebrating and exploring together with friends. Featured on this week’s episode of HFVS is Uncle Rock’s tribute to this Mexican holiday, Picnic in the Graveyard:

WEB REVIEWS: HALLOWEEN

Homemade Halloween Costumes
This site offers ideas for easy and inexpensive costumes, including some for wheelchair users. Browse by major category, such as “Costumes Made from Boxes” and “Do it in tights and leotards or Sweats.” Includes a recipe for homemade make-up. [c.LII]

The History of Halloween
A history of Halloween, traced from its origins in the “ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in)” to modern trick-or-treat, jack-o’-lantern, costume, and party activities. Includes creepy video clips, ghost stories, information about pumpkins, White House hauntings, and recipes. From the History Channel. [c.LII]

Halloween Online
Halloween enthusiasts will find ideas about costumes, decorating and shopping, pumpkin carving, scary movies, recipes, haunted houses in your area, ghost stories, trick-or-treating safety, Halloween fonts and clip art, and much more. Also links to “Halloween Online Magazine,” which contains “a crypt full of great Halloween how-to articles, costume ideas, crafts, tricks, [and] tips.” [c.LII]

Allrecipes: Halloween
A compilation of suggestions for table decorations and foods for Halloween parties. Includes information about using dry ice to create a fog around the table and placing nontoxic plastic glow sticks under gelatin squares; recipes for holiday-themed desserts, drinks (for adults and children), and edible Halloween makeup; and ideas for Halloween party themes. Includes a section on the Day of the Dead (Día de los muertos), with Mexican recipes. From Allrecipes.com. [c.LII]

Halloween Safety: Safety Alert
Safety tips from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, covering safe costume designs, flame-resistant costumes, pedestrian safety, and more. Includes a diagram illustrating safe Halloween costumes. [c.LII]

Party Time: Fun for Halloween
This collection of Halloween activities includes jack-o’-lanterns and other pumpkin craft ideas, fun foods to make (such as “broomstick breadsticks” and meringue ghosts), plant decorations, and candy bags. From Sunset magazine. [c.LII]

Halloween Fright Site
Craft, costume, and recipe ideas for Halloween. Includes instructions for more than 100 costumes, pumpkin carving and decorating tips, printable material (such as pumpkin carving templates, decorations, games, and keepsakes), and suggestions for Halloween party themes and treats. Also includes how-to videos for making ghost chair covers, rotten apple punch, and more. From FamilyFun magazine. [c.LII]