PHOTOS: Halloween 2014

Photos by Nadia Sullivan-Nightengale
PHS Staff member

QUIZ: What Halloween Creature are you?

Quiz by Emily Weinlick
PHS Press staff member

1.    What place(s) appeals to you most?
a.    Dark alleyways and rooftops
b.    Slimy swamps and sewers
c.    Your grandma's dusty catacombs
d.    An old and spooky mansion
e.    A eerie caravan in a thick forest
f.    A foggy cemetery
g.    Other

2.    Which would you rather eat/drink?
a.    Blood or animals
b.    Fish or lizards
c.    Nothing
d.    Anything from an abandoned refrigerator
e.    Children, mushrooms, or potions
f.    Brains or anything fleshy
g.    Other

3.    What would you rather wear?
a.    A tux and long flowing cape or a shredded plaid shirt and jeans
b.    Slime
c.    Dirty strips of paper
d.    Nothing, it would just go right through you!
e.    A simple black dress with a pointy hat to top it off
f.    Ragged clothes of any kind
g.    Other

4.    What would you do to spend your free time?
a.    Cower in a dark place and wait for an unlucky victim to terrorize
b.    Make your own slip n' slide out of slime!
c.    Sleep, sleep, sleep…
d.    Stroll through the hallways of your haunting home
e.    Boil a love potion to use on your next door neighbor
f.    Roam around moaning about nothing
g.    Other

5.    Which pet would you rather have?
a.    A bat or wolf
b.    A frog
c.    A mouse
d.    None, you don't really like animals anyway
e.    A cat, raven, or rat
f.    A skeletal puppy
g.    Other

Congrats on completing the quiz! If you answered mostly A's then you are a terrifying vampire or werewolf, if you answered mostly B's you are a humble swamp monster who keeps to themselves, if you answered mostly C's you are a lazy mummy, if you answered mostly D's you are a ghost or ghoul, if you answered E's you are a tricky witch, if you answered mostly F's you are a zombie, and if you answered mainly G's I seriously don't know whether this quiz was any use to you. Happy Halloween!

POEM: ∫• A Halloween Poem •∫

By Emily Weinlick

PHS Press staff member

Leaving the house on Friday night, going out for quite a big fright…

 candy corn, pumpkin pies, and popcorn balls soon all the dead will rise…

Lurking black cats and frightening rats, be sure to check under all mats…

Mummies, goblins, vamps, and wolfmen soon you will be crying for your mommy…

ghostly chills and terrifying creams, lucky dads at home paying bills…

ghosts haunting every hallway, you just wish it would become Saturday…

What’s that sound? A howl? A scream? You’ll experience all this on Halloween…

a cackling clown and howling wolves, a dead king still wears his crown…

And the Bogey Man howls…

“Happy Halloween!”

Ghost story: Night of the Living Dolls

By Nadia Sullivan-Nightengale

PHS staff member

It was a dark and stormy night. Two girls were having a sleepover. Their names were Anna and Melody. They were playing dress up.

 Then Anna said, “Could you go down in to your basement and get some more of those old dress up clothes?”

 “Well… Ok.” So Anna slowly descended the staircase. As she went down she noticed that it seemed that some of her mom’s old dolls were watching her.

 Later that night Melody was awakened bye a scream. Next to Anna there was one of the dolls with a knife. To this day only Melody knows why Anna is afraid of dolls.

How To Make An Elvin Archer Costume For Girls

By Aurora J. Pass

PHS Press staff member

You can be a wood elf any time you want especially on Halloween!

   

So here’s what you will need: Skirt or pants that flow (green or brown), white shirt, leggings (green or brown), elven circlet, two shawls/scarves in green and brown, elf ears (optional), bodice (optional), moccasins or furry boots, archers cloak (if you don’t have one just turn a regular cape so one arm is out this way you can still hold your bow!), and last but not least a bow and arrow.

 

So you have your leggings, skirt, shirt, and bodice (if you’re wearing one). So now one scarf is for around your waist and the other is for around your neck. The circlet obviously goes on your head, and now you add the elf ears and the archer’s cloak. Now you’re an elf!

 

I hope you like this costume idea I because I did my best to make it easy, nice looking, and cheap just for you! If you have any questions I am usually outside during lunch and can answer questions.

Best wishes for this coming Halloween from:

Aurora Pass!

Ghost story: The Glowing Shadow

The Glowing Shadow

By Willow Skidmore

PHS Staff member

    It all started with a walk in the woods. Natasha had gone out to avoid having to do her chores. She and the dog Agatha went further and further into the woods until she started to feel a growing unease. “Just a bit further; then we’ll turn back,” she told herself. They came to an abandoned cabin in the woods and curiosity overcame fear. They went in. 

Natasha first noticed something strange when she saw shadows in the dark. The windows were boarded up, but she could still see lots of them as though the room was filled with sunlight. Then she noticed the shadows were doing things that the owners were not. She shifted uneasily.

         “Agatha, maybe we should go back,” she told the dog. Natasha started to hear words. She looked around the room, but there was no one else there. The words steadily rose to an eerie chant. The shadows started swirling and glowing brighter and brighter until they solidified into one creature. Ghost, Man, Beast? She couldn’t tell. Its shape changed with every shift of either Natasha or Agatha. It spoke in an echoing, clanging voice. “State your purpose!” Natasha couldn’t speak for awhile. Then she steeled herself and said, “I was just going for a walk.” The Shape rose menacingly. “A walk?! In the holy places?! Why?!” With each word it grew. “I didn’t know!” she shouted bravely. The Shape disappeared in a puff of smoke. Natasha fell into a trance.

          When she woke up she was in her bedroom with her mother calling, “Natasha, can you come mop the floor?” As soon as she could get away she went to find the cabin. Even the clearing had disappeared. She never forgot that day. She could never shake the clinging cobwebs of the past.

QUIZ: What is the Best Costume For You?

By Willow Skidmore

PHS Staff member

1.What color do you prefer?

1. White
2. Blue
3. Red
4. Black
5. Purple
6. Rainbow
7. Other

2.What accessories do you prefer?

1. Wing and a Halo
2. Horns and a Trident
3. None
4. Other

3.Which do you want your costume to be?

1. Scary
2. Peaceful
3. Dark
4. Calm
5. Sparkly
6. Other

4.Are you a morning person?

1. Yes
2. No
3. Other

5.How complicated do your like you costumes?

1. Not
2. Lots
3. Other

6.What would you like the theme to be?

1. Scary
2. Serious
3. Funny
4. Sad
5. Other

If you got mostly A’s you are an angel.

If you got mostly B’s or C’s you are a random monster.

If you got mostly Others make it up.

If you got mostly F’s you are a rainbow fairy.

If you got mostly D’s you are a secret agent.