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My daughter and her friend reveling in the morbid theater of craft, art & craft! 63

Halloween: The Only Time Of Year I Let My Child Crack Baby Skulls

My daughter and her friend reveling in the morbid theater of craft, art & craft! Turns out baby doll heads bleed just like the rest of us during Halloween. Kids are cute when they're mutilating baby doll...

6 comments    parenting halloween evil
[LEFT]Here's my sketch, which note, is a little too dark.  [RIGHT] Tape your paper down to surface you can paint on.71

Watercolors: A Simple Show Of Techniques

Watercolor painting creates a distinct softness and elegance to an illustration unlike any other traditional merdium. At the same time, watercolors are often tricky to become comfortable with. Learning how...

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The Evolution of Halloween Traditions

Samhain and Halloween For many people, Halloween is a chance to dress up in costumes and go door to door seeking candy. However, there is more to Halloween than that. I am going to provide you with some...

2 comments    halloween candy saints day
History of Halloween60

A Brief History of Halloween

  Halloween has its origins in the ancient Samhain festival celebrated by the Celts to signify the end of summer. Many of today’s Halloween customs can be traced back to Celtic times. Halloween is also...

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Origins of Halloween

This article is the first in a series of articles relating to October 31st, or the holiday that we now know as Halloween.  The articles will cover a wide range of Halloween related topics; such as the origin...

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Halloween Origin

Pictured above: All Hallow's Eve Premium Giclee Print The holiday of Halloween began long ago with the rituals surrounding the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celtic New Year...

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Happy Halloween72

Halloween: customs and traditions

Many people would be suprised how Halloween customs and tradtions began. To begin with, Halloween began in the days before Christ, around 800 B.C.E. Originating with the Celts, it was initially called...

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History of Pumpkin Carving and Jack o' Lanterns

I grew up in the Northeast USA, where pumpkin carving was a MASSIVE Halloween tradition. Over here in Europe, people look at me like I’m an idiot when I tell them I want to cut a pumpkin up and stick a...

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Halloween Traditions

What is better for the Halloween / Samhainn / All Hallow's Eve ambiance then collecting an amalgam of rituals to give reverence to the dead? Here are a few ways to observe Halloween: Silent/Dumb...

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Homer's profile here should remind you of Alfred Hitchcock.65

A Halloween Tradition: The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror (Part 2)+ Costumes!

The Simpsons Odyssey through halloween's past continues as we explore traditonal themes like vampires, zombies and even the devil Flanders himself. We'll see movie spoofs as well as Twilight Zone homages, so grab your Krusty-O's and let's go!

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