Tag: Halloween
Trick or treat as Peeta: Literary-inspired Halloween costumes!
By Nadia on October 29th, 2012
Did everyone check out Megan’s post last week about literary-inspired Halloween costumes? Halloween is only 2 days away, so for those of you who haven’t come up with a costume yet, the OOM team came up with more literary Halloween costumes formore… full post
Five tips for a safe Halloween!
By Michael on October 26th, 2012
Phew! The costume is set. The treat bag is ready and the sun is setting. You are all ready to trek from door to door for trick-or-treat delight! Before you set out in search of treats, here are 5 simple tips to make sure there are no ‘tricks’ onmore… full post
A chat with Tim Burton
By Guest Blogger on October 23rd, 2012
Tara Welty, editor of Scholastic ART magazine and Scholastic Instructor magazine, is back on OOM today to share her experience of interviewing filmmaker Tim Burton. Take it away, Tara! When I was a teenager I idolized Tim Burton. I could recitemore… full post
Haunting Halloween reads PLUS a Giveaway!
By Michael on October 22nd, 2012
Now that you’ve officially decided what your Halloween costume is, which party you are attending and what book you are reading this Halloween, you’re all set to head out trick-or-treating! Wait – you haven’t decided what your Halloween readmore… full post
Weekly “Pinspiration”: Five Halloween ideas from Pinterest
By Lia on October 19th, 2012
Our weekly “Pinspiration” series continues, and with Halloween almost upon us, there’s no better time to turn to Pinterest (show of hands: how many of you have already created a Halloween board?) Here are five ways to use Pinterest to celebrate themore… full post
Halloween party hopping!
By Michael on October 19th, 2012
Halloween is BIG here at Scholastic! Each year, our Trade division does a HUGE party – complete with a costume contest (guest judged last year by R.L. Stine!). The winners last year were a group dressed as Winter the Dolphin. Evidently, OOM’smore… full post
I ain’t afraid of no ghosts
By Anne on October 31st, 2011
Happy Halloween! The spooky and fun holiday is finally here and with it, we’re honoring our favorite supernatural characters – any character that has special powers and that would be a great costume! This time of year we tend to think of themore… full post
Spooky storytellers!
By Michael on October 28th, 2011
Earlier this week, Lauren recommended some great reads for Halloween and I realized with all the witches’ CACKLES and ghostly BOOs, Halloween read-alouds were lots of fun. So with intern Elizabeth, I decided we should speak with themore… full post
In Our Feeds
By Kristen on October 28th, 2011
Each Friday, we share a handful of links we found interesting, provocative, funny — or just plain cool. We call it In Our Feeds. Enjoy! Tyler sent this interesting piece by John Merrow on arts education. He encourages getting people who are notmore… full post
