8 Mad-faced mandarins
In addition to sweet treats, welcome visitors
with haunting, but healthy, snacks. To make, use
food-safe puffy paint pens to draw frightening
faces on a bunch of mandarins or tangerines.5
simple steps to making
a jack-o'-lantern
WHERE IT
ALL BEGAN
Halloween is the night
of October 31, the eve
of All Hallows’ Day –
a festival celebrating
the dead, including the
saints (the hallows),
martyrs and the
faithful departed. It is
broadly believed that
Halloween customs
originated from Celtic
harvest festivals, many
with pagan roots, then
later spread to spookier
translations in North
America and other
parts of the world.
Today, Halloween is
celebrated by wearing
costumes, trick-or-
treating, carving jack-
o'-lanterns and all kinds
of haunting behaviour.STEP 1 Cover table with newspaper.
Using a small sharp knife, carefully
cut a circle-shaped ‘lid’ from the top
or bottom of pumpkin. This is a job
for adults! Keep the lid intact and
reserve for later.
STEP 2 Use a large metal spoon to
scrape out the inside flesh of the
pumpkin. You may need to use your
hand to remove some of the flesh.
STEP 3 Use a fine marker pen to
draw a face on one side of the
pumpkin (for eye, nose and mouth
inspiration, take a look at the
completed pumpkins, right).
STEP 4 Use knife to carefully cut
out face shapes. Make cuts
on outside of marker lines.
STEP 5 If the hole is cut
at the top, place battery-
powered candles inside
carved pumpkin then
plug the hole with the
lid removed in Step 1.
If hole is at the bottom,
place candle on the
lid, then place the
carved pumpkin over
the top.7 Gang of friendly ghosts
Dangle some white fabric-
covered paper lanterns by
your front door. Just add
ghostly faces with a black
fabric marker or stitch on
fabric shapes, to suit.Double,double toil
and trouble; fire burn and
cauldron bubble; fillet
of a fenny snake; in the
cauldron boil and bake...
MACBETH, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE