The bright constellation

Would you like to re-create those pumpkin spice mixtures that are often for sale in gift shops? Here is the right proportion of ingredients.

Pumpkin Spice Mix Recipe

Mix the following in a nice gift jar:

• 1/3 cup ground cinnamon

• 1 tablespoon ground ginger

• 1 tablespoon ground nutmeg or mace

• 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cloves

• 1-1/2 teaspoons ground allspice

Add a gift tag with these instructions: "For pumpkin pie, add 1 to 1-1/2 teaspoons of spice mix to your other ingredients."

TIP: Sprinkle a teaspoon of pumpkin spice mix into your carved pumpkin before lighting the candle.

This year, when you hollow out that Halloween pumpkin, save the seeds to make a cool and colorful necklace. Here's how:

1. Separate the seeds from the pulp and rinse them well in warm water.
2. Spread the seeds out on paper towels to dry completely.
3. When the seeds are dry, color them with felt-tip markers, leaving some uncolored if you wish.
4. Make holes near the center of each seed, using a big needle or an awl and a block of wood.
5. String the seeds with a large-eyed needle and fine elastic, using 125 to 130 seeds for a necklace and far fewer for a matching bracelet. (Measure around your neck or wrist before cutting the elastic, allowing a little extra to tie the finishing knot.)

Halloween Day Dates

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

• HENRY'S HALLOWEEN
  
  Lantern burning light
  Still the moon keeps shining bright
  Darkness comes to make it night
  Children given a fright
  
  Witches fly across the sky
  On a broomstick up, up high
  Black cat flying with the witch
  Wizard's Wand beginning to twitch
  
  'Trick or Treaters' playing tricks
  On those who didn't give them sweets
  Everyone is very scared
  The pumpkin has an evil glare
  
  Evil spirits fill the streets with bones
  The skeletons are in town!
  Ghosts keep the children awake
  ……Bats fly back to their cave.
• 

On a spooky Halloween night,
When Goblins and witches come out to fight,
When children go out to say "Trick or Treat",
When goblins and witches and people meet.
Around the town loud noises roar,
And when you hear the sound,
"Knocking" at your door.
Should you open it?
Should you be scared?
Trick or Treaters are everywhere!
But don't you worry,
And don't you fright,
Its only one day,
One evening,
Its Halloween Night!

IT'S HALLOWEEN

It's Halloween! It's Halloween!
The moon is full and bright
And we shall see what can't be seen
On any other night.

Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls,
Grinning goblins fighting duels,
Werewolves rising from their tombs,
Witches on their magic brooms.

In masks and gowns
we haunt the street
And knock on doors
for trick or treat.

Tonight we are
the king and queen,
For oh tonight
it's Halloween!

A BOO-GRAM GREETING!

Green cats eyes
in midnight gloom
fly with the witch
on her ragged broom
Ghosts and shadow people
evade our sight.
None may not see what they might.
We begin our door to door Halloween flight.
Not knowing our immediate blight
we bravely approach your door and RING……
TRICK OR TREAT!! We say with a strong and mighty grin.
Candy and little toys we hope to gain
from this daring plan imagined in these little brains.
BOOOOO!! We are greeted as a scary hand
extends to our goodie sacks.
The lights go black, we stagger back!!
Screams explode, others jump!!
Dogs howl and unfriendly things give us a bump.
It’s Halloween! The voice screams as
we dump out our goodie sacks and run.