Image prior to completion (I don't want to spoil all the surprise).
It's been a fun swap at Milliande this month. Halloween is the theme and this creepy little box has now been sent off to the USA. The spider is a little beaded treat that I made and it lurks inside.
So many stories abound about Halloween and how it came into being.
Trick or Treat
I've read that trick or treating came from and old English tradition of beggars knocking at the door and asking for a 'soul cake'. They promised to pray for the dead of the house in return for the cake. Here's an excerpt from one article you might find interesting...
Soul cakes, a form of shortbread — and sometimes quite fancy, with currants for eyes — became more important for the beggars than prayers for the dead, it is said. Florence Berger tells in her Cooking for Christ a legend of a zealous cook who vowed she would invent soul cakes to remind them of eternity at every bite. So she cut a hole in the middle and dropped it in hot fat, and lo — a doughnut. Circle that it is, it suggests the never-ending of eternity. Truth or legend, it serves a good purpose at Halloween.
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/civilization/cc0070.html
A Halloween Art Therapy Activity - Art Therapy Blog has a great art therapy for Halloween article if you'd like to read it... here's an excerpt
