For the littles at church, who don't go to school - we wanted to make sure that their Halloween was super fun and that they got an extra special reason to dress up in their costumes! Therefore, three of us gals (your truly, Michelle Jaramillo, Alicia Clinger) got together and planned a Halloween party for any child under the age of 5 (or not in Kindergarten yet) on October 22.
We started out the party where they could color a Halloween image on the table.
Next came a spooky Halloween story.
Followed by a cake walk (where every child eventually won a prize).
After the cake walk, orange and black balloons were brought out so that the children could run and play with balloons.
To calm the children down we gave them snacks (Goldfish, Jack-o-Lantern faced clementines, mini cinnamon rolls, cookies, and juice boxes).
Lastly, we had the kids try their hand out at a craft that they could take home with them.
I was in charge of the craft. And I picked one that I thought would keep the kids attention span, not make a huge mess, and one that they could take home and enjoy. Thus the Popcorn Hand was invented.
~ Candy corn as the fingernails
~ Popcorn to fill up the hand
~ Spider Rings as a nice little accessory
~ And tie up the end with some floss
(and you're good to go).
The craft didn't go quite as planned (most mothers ended up sitting down and doing it for their children), but everyone loved the popcorn that they were able to partake of!
(The popcorn was so kindly donated by a local movie theater and everyone commented on how cool, kind, and selfless it was for this theater to donate to children.)
Overall, I think that the kids had fun... and they looked so cute in all their various Halloween costumes. I was so nervous it would be lots of work to organize and carry this party out, but I really enjoyed being a part of the "planning committee" that I can't wait to help out again!
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