The Wholesome Pagan Podcast Episode 5: Halloween and Spooky Content for Kids

Thanks for listening to The Wholesome Pagan Podcast! If you’ve found this blog post, I hope you find our Halloween themed activities fun and inspiring as you plan for your own family-friendly festivities.

Here are some links to all the resources I mention in the show!

Halloween Advent Items:

If you want to make your own Halloween advent calendar in the future, here are the items I picked up on Amazon.

• Small jewelry boxes
• Small black velvet drawstring bags
• Multipack of Halloween-themed washi tapes

On the Boomerang TV App:

Boomerang is available online and via TV channel apps like AppleTV, Amazon Fire Stick, and Roku.

Here are some of the episodes and shows we’ll be watching this time of year.

• Tom & Jerry Classic:
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse (Tom & Jerry)
  • The Flying Sorceress
  • Haunted Mouse
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
• The Headless Horseman of Halloween (The Scooby Doo Show)
• Creepy Trip to Lemon Twist (Wacky Races)
• Casper’s Halloween Special (Casper)
• Corn on the Cop (Daffy Duck)
• Bugs Bunny
  • Bewitched Bunny
  • Hyde and Hare
  • Broom-stick Bunny
  • Hair-Raising Hare
  • Transylvania 6-5000
  • A Witch’s Tangled Hare

On YouTube:

• Music and Ambiance:
  • Halloween at Hogwarts (1 hour music playlist) 
  • 1 Hour of Vintage Autumn Music (1 hour music playlist)
  • This is Halloween (from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas)
• Vintage Cartoons:
  • Trick or Treat (1956) Donald Duck cartoon
  • Silly Symphonies – The Skeleton Dance
  • Cats, Witchcraft and the Black Plague – Disney Vintage Halloween
• Little Bear
  • Little Bear – Moonlight Serenade / Caterpillars / Goblin Night – Ep. 43
  • Little Bear | The Rain Dance Play / Your Friend, Little Bear / Fall Dream – Ep. 13
  • Little Bear | First Frost / Hello Snow / Duck And The Winter Moon – Ep. 57
  • Little Bear – Little Bear and The Wind / The Goblin Story / Not Tired – Ep. 11
  • Little Bear | Clever Cricket / Leaves / Big Bad Broom – Ep. 39

Books:

I found all our books on ThriftBooks:

• Eek! Halloween! by Sandra Boynton
• Eek-A-Boo by Joan Holub
• On Halloween Night by Ferida Wolff
• Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall
• A House in the Woods by Inga Moore
• Children of the Forest by Elsa Beskow
• Little Critter: The Fall Festival by Mercer Mayer
• Corduroy’s Halloween (A Lift-the-Flap Book) by B.G. Hennessy

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