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Last year we had a jolly old Halloween time wearing FrankenMoby masks and carving Moby pumpkins.

This year, to celebrate the fact we have an awesome new Halloween movie, we thought we would deliver some treats (no tricks!) for you to enjoy once again.

Ever wonder why we wear costumes on Halloween? Well, watch our new movie and you’ll find out in no time! Tim and Moby will teach you all about the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, and how it inspired today’s Halloween traditions. You’ll also learn about the Christian holidays of All Saints Day and All Souls Day, and why they were created.

Finally, you’ll discover the origins of fun Halloween activities like bobbing for apples, trick-or-treating, and carving pumpkins. Don’t be scared - watch this movie!

Watch the new Halloween movie

Last year, it was all about the FrankenMoby mask but this year we’re vamping it up with Tim! Download and cut out for a Halloween look with a BrainPOP twist:

Click to download, print off, and cut out!

If you’re feeling a little more monstrous this Halloween, meet FrankenMoby. He’s not scary, he’s just misunderstood.

Click to download, print off and cut out!

And if you’re anything like us guys, you’ll be keen to get flexing those pumpkin carving muscles this weekend but why be ghoulish? We’d go for a Moby pumpkin over a demonic pumpkin any day – he’s just that little bit more…orange! Make sure to get an adult to help.

Click to download and print off!

We’d love to see your BrainPOP Halloween pics! Whether you have a go at carving a pumpkin or pop a mask on to freak out your friends, post your photos to our Facebook page and we’ll make sure to send you some goodies (some of which may come in Halloweeny orange would you believe?).

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A big BrainPOP UK hello to all of you! We’re twinkly eyed with excitement at finally launching our official blog.

If you stumbled here by accident and you have no clue what BrainPOP UK is or who Tim and Moby are you could do worse than check out our “About Us” page which does exactly what it says on the tin. If you like what you see pop back and get involved.

Not in the mood to click? Then in 50 words or less: “BrainPOP UK is a new website for learners aged 8-14 that contains 100′s of short animated explanations and interactive quizzes, delivered by our intrepid explorers Tim and his best friend, a robot called Moby”.

If you’ve got a spare 1m:39s play the video below and see how Tim and Moby describe it themselves. They do it much better.

For those who do know who we are: hello again, it’s good to have you here! Take a virtual seat and let us, as terms go by, tell you plenty of tall BrainPOP stories.

On our blog you’ll be able to keep up to date with all the exciting things we’ve got planned. As well as news and updates, we’ll be launching exclusive new movies, uploading some ice cool resources, special giveaways and, coming soon, BrainPOP UK events. We also promise to promote and highlight YOUR school tales. We like nothing more than a good classroom yarn.

As a webteam we love ICT, new technology and websites and how it can all be used in real life in real classooms. So expect the occasional geeky post.

We also adore learning about learning. This is why we have lots of fun on Twitter

We hope you enjoy reading this blog as much as we’re going to enjoy writing it!

The BrainPOP UK team

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