Halloween: Then & Now

Halloween: Then & Now | FREE Gentle History Mini-Study 🎃🍂

How have Halloween traditions changed over time?

Travel into the past with this FREE 6-page Little Roots history mini-study and explore how familiar Halloween traditions developed and changed as people moved, shared customs, and created new ways to celebrate.

Inside, little history detectives will explore:

🎃 Where Halloween traditions came from

🎭 Costumes & disguises — then and now

🍎 Treats at the door and changing trick-or-treat traditions

🥕 Turnip lanterns vs. pumpkin jack-o'-lanterns

🕰️ Then, Now & Both sorting activities

✏️ Design a homemade costume

🎃 Design a safe lantern

🍂 Interview a family or community member about their traditions

🔎 Become a Little Roots History Detective

The study also gently acknowledges that families celebrate in many different ways — including families who don't celebrate Halloween at all.

6 pages | Ages 2–9 | FREE