I was most stressed about arranging activities and then "emceeing" on party day. So I decided to have a few activities that kids could make their own way through (or not) in their own time. I had ghostie bowling (total flop), pumpkin decorating, and a tub of duplo blocks. And when in doubt, add balloons. Can't ever go wrong with balloons! The kids were all running around playing throughout the party. At one point an impromptu parade made its way through the house with kids with push/pull toys and one on a tricycle! What a shame not to have photos of that!
My sister JoAnn came and helped us set up the food, and George cooked the burgers (on Jack-O-Lantern buns, don't you know). MMMMmmm.
I have to say though that prepping for a week before your party only means you do more work. Instead of whittling down the list to needs and wants and tossing out all the wants, and spending 1-2 days getting ready, you do almost all the things on your list and you work for a whole week on the party! I think I'm more suited to last-minute. Sorry, it's just my way.
Anyway, here are some photo highlights. You can see the complete Halloween party album on Facebook, including all the kids' costumes and more decorations/foods.
I made those orange string balls (with heavy help from George -- only an engineer can manage to wrap a balloon a thousand times with string without the string falling off).
Ghostie bowling.
Regin was El Chapulín Colorado. We had the hat and shoes to go with it, but he refused to wear them. The shirt, however, he didn't take off for three days. True story.
George stuck with his same costume, but I didn't have time to paint the eyeball again (or to make a new costume) so I did this simpler version:
I'm a starry night through a break in the clouds. I guess I could still be an eye of the storm, couldn't I? Minus the pun of course.
Preparations
JoAnn can tell you your future if you dare to learn it!
Pumpkin decorating table:
A couple of favorite decorated pumpkins:
My mom with one of Regin's creations. He decorated all the remaining pumpkins after everyone left.
My pumpkin threw up some dip. :)
Scared clementines and chocolate spiders.
Abby, Kiko, Palmer, and Regin playing with Regin's new Duplo blocks.
Reed, Evelyn, and Lucah at the pumpkin decorating table.
The kids wanted to see our snake. Missing here: Palmer & Lyric. Palmer touched the snake and walked away. Meh. Snakes, who cares? Lyric, kept her distance for other reasons!
Lyric has more fun with less animate things. :)
2 comments:
thanks so much for having us over! it was beautiful and the food was great! hope we didn't get you sick though, i feel bad. next time i'll flake!
No worries, my sister was also sick and most of the rest of the group had just come out of theirs, so no way of knowing. Plus, I got it so quickly after, I likely had been exposed before the party.
Loved having you guys, so glad you finally made it!!!
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