Happy Halloween!

Hey readers,

Halloween is finally here and I couldn’t be more excited. There’s a lot of fun to be had trick-or-treating, but it’s important to stay safe.

Follow these tips to have a spooky and safe Halloween!

1. Wear reflective tape or bright colours while trick-or-treating so drivers can see you.
2. If you’re wearing a mask, make sure the eye-holes are big enough to see through. Or, wear face paint instead!
3. Always stay close to the adult you’re trick-or-treating with.
4. Wait for an adult to go through your candy before eating any.

Have a very happy Halloween, everyone!

Melissa, chirpblog@owlkids.com

Happy Halloween!

You know that saying “The name says it all”? Well, in this case the blog name says it all! This is just a short post to wish you a safe and extremely happy Halloween.

Also, just so you know, the OWL office is in holiday spirit right now:

• associate publisher Angela is dressed up as a panda;
• creative director Barb is a 1960s hipster;
• production coordinator Maggie is a punk;
• chickaDEE editor Mandy is a pirate; and
• I’m the marshal of an Old West town called Tombstone!

Nice! Have fun tonight, and talk to you tomorrow.

Craig, owlblog@owlkids.com

P.S. The image at the top of this post was created by artist and regular OWL contributor, Kathy Boake. You may recognize her work from “Talk About It” or from this post. (Or this one.) Thanks, Kathy!

Happy Halloween!

Hi readers,

Happy Halloween, everybody. Let’s celebrate today with some random facts from past Halloween-inspired Did You Know’s!

1. Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States are the only countries where children go trick-or-treating.
2. The tradition of carving jack-o’-lanterns started in Ireland hundreds of years ago. Irish people carved mean faces into turnips to scare bad luck away.
3. The most popular Halloween candy is chocolate!
4. Pumpkins are the world’s biggest fruit. Sometimes they grow so big that they weigh as much as grizzly bears.

I hope you all have a happy and SAFE Halloween tonight. And if you need a last-minute costume idea, check out page 16 of chickaDEE’s October issue for some quick and fun ideas! If you already do have a costume, tell us what you’re dressing up as in the comment section below!

Be safe and talk soon,

Mandy

Editor of chickaDEE

chickadeeblog@owlkids.com