party party

Last week we had a little Halloween party for our sweet little primary class. We love these kids but they are seriously a h.a.n.d.f.u.l.l.  In an attempt to encourage a tiny bit of reverence during class starting in September we brought a “party jar” to church. Throughout September and October they got to fill their jar with candy corns depending on how good they were that day. A full jar meant a Halloween party, but lets be honest there was always going to be a party.  

We had a pizza party to be more specific. The kids got to build their own pizza’s with the few toppings they requested.  We had Vampire Blood-Sauce, Mummy Dandruff-Cheese, Monster Meat-Sausage, ham, pepperoni, Bat Eyes- Olives, and Witches Teeth-Pineapple. too cute :) And Mckay made his famous root beer aka, Witches Brew, bubbling and smoking like it was the real thing.

Eyeball Cupcakes for dessert. fun to make and easy, I thought these looked super gross, but the kids loved them.

We played a couple games. Lots of high pitched squealing, running, screaming, sword/broomstick fighting, a few tears (look at poor Emarie on the couch).  total chaos for an hour and a half.

The game ended with a little scavenger hunt. I wish I had more pictures but they literally are all blurry. They were going non stop. But the scavenger hunt was super fun. We had hidden black cats all over the house and in the yard, each cat had a name of one of the kids on it. On the back was a clue for that kid to read, leading them to the next cat. They loved this.

The hunt led them to a stash of Halloween gift bags each filled with dollar store goodies and some homemade treats. I didn’t want to fill the bags with all candy, so I got Halloween pencils, tattoos, tops, a deck of playing cards (random but fun), etc. These were all found at the dollar store or at Joanne’s for 60% off. good deal. I got the idea for these suckers on ohdeedoh and decided to try it. They were a little time consuming but pretty easy to make, all it took was tissue paper and chenille wire. Lesson learned, Suckers with the wrapper twisted at the stick (like tootsie pops) work and look better than ones that twist at the top, like blow pops.

fun fun. the kids asked on Sunday if we could have a party every month. ha! so glad they had fun but my goodness it will take us months to recover.