Halloween originated as a Celtic celebration to welcome the winter season, during which wandering spirits would either bring safety or hardship to villagers. Now Halloween is a fun, fantasy-filled event for both children and adults. This document provides Halloween safety tips, including checking all treats for contamination before eating, only visiting homes of known residents with outside lights on, and practicing pedestrian safety like walking on pavements and having an adult present.

1. Halloween Safety Tips

2. Halloween History
 Halloween was originally a Celtic
celebration to welcome in the
winter season.
 During this time, the Celts would
open up their burial mounds
allowing the spirits of their dead to
walk through the village during the
celebration.

3. Halloween History
 These wandering spirits would
either bring safety to the villagers
during the winter (Treat) or they
would usher in cold, hard times
(Trick).

4. Modern Halloween
 Now that Halloween has lost some
if its more scary meanings, it has
become an event
based on fun and
fantasy for adults
and children alike.

5. Modern Halloween
 Itis also a good excuse
to dress like Batman
and eat as much
chocolate
as you can in 24 hours!

6. Halloween Safety Topics
1. Treats
2. Houses to Trick-or-Treat
3. Pedestrian Safety

7. Treats
 Donot eat anything you receive while Trick-or-
Treating until it is checked by an adult
 Food may be contaminated
 Allergies
 Sweets Checks
 Carefully check all sweets received as soon as the
Trick-or-Treaters arrive home
 Remove all tampered, old, and “funny looking”
sweets

8. Houses to Trick-or-Treat
 An ADULT should always
accompany children
 Don’t talk to strangers
 Children should go only to homes
where the residents are known
 Only visit houses with outside
lights ON
 Never, ever go inside to collect
sweets

9. Pedestrian Safety
MOST IMPORTANT!
 Always have an adult or guardian
present
 Walk on the pavement – never in the
street!
 Go in the late afternoon or at night –
avoid sunset

10. Pedestrian Safety
 Avoid walking between parked
cars
 Look both ways crossing the road
 Walk, don’t run.

11. Have a safe Halloween!