We did a lot of fun themed things throughout October. My mom took them to a community pumpkin painting and Mark carved a pumpkin with the kids. We haven't done one in years so the kids especially loved it!
We had quite the dilemma trying to decide what our family should be for Halloween this year so we finally decided on classic Halloween characters. Here is Vic and me right before our ward party.
Tommy and one of his best friends, Rungi.
I volunteered at the school carnival while Vic took the kids around to the classroom booths.
In the spook alley they had eyeballs and bones for the kids to stick their hands in and feel. It was pretty dark in there and Whitney decided to pick one up and start eating it... eeew!
One day while they were out playing in their tree house I dressed up as a witch and went out and sold them some enchanting witch broom sticks. They thought that was pretty funny.
Halloween breakfast
I was in charge of games for both Whitney & Tommy's class party so Tucker got to do a lot of partying with me!
The kids wanted to make sure I dressed up for their class so I did a half costume (the witch one got hot really fast!)
After school snacks
I had the kids do some crafts after school to help the time pass. They were so excited!
FINALLY.... Time to Dress up!!!! Whitney was an adorable pumpkin princess. I made her tutu and bows.
Tommy's costume was the most time consuming. I even had to dust off the old sewing machine! He was a spider and he was SO proud that I made his costume, he'd tell everyone and loved showing off his 8 arms.
I had to have the 8 arms connected somehow so I made a web on the back of him which made him love his costume even more.
Tucker used a costume I made for Tommy at age 3 so it fit him perfect! I didn't have to do anything and the nice part is that Tucker actually left the head on almost the entire day!
We had the Drapers and Hills over for dinner and then went trick-or-treating together. Whitney once again turned into a magical energizer bunny and ran from house to house they whole time. She kept leaving everyone behind, but McKenzie was determined to keep up and they had a ball together!
This is the kids on a break... I had them do a ghost hunt in the dark with their flashlights. Whitney loved it and made us do it a few more times after trick-or-treating. She is at a fun stage where everything is super exciting and magical.
For dinner I made a mummy taco wrap...
spider taco ring, chips and spider web dip...
and monster toes. The kids especially loved these.
Our friends brought jack-o-lantern pizza and bloody finger cookies. They looked great!
Some of our neighbors went crazy all out with special lighting, sounds, and fog machines. The kids loved it, I was surprised how much Whitney was the one that wanted everything to be the spookiest!
After a long walk all over the neighborhood, we came back and I made them "ghost" hot chocololate (each little marshmallow has a ghost face on it).
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You did a great job making their Halloween costumes. It looks like you had a fun Halloween! Thanks for sharing.
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