Friday, September 9, 2011

Halloween Party!

Rachel wants to have a Halloween party.  I think this is the beginning of her tween social group.

We'll need to finalize the guest list, menu, decorations, and activities.  She has told me no crafts.  Hijola.  Does that mean crafts are not  cool??

Party will be Saturday, October 29, 5pm-8pm.

Invites will go out October 8; addressed October 1st; & created September 23rd.

Guests: Natalie, Lindsay, Camden, Jasper, Dylan, Madeleine,  Angelina, Nathan

Favors: hand sanitizers, candy, pencils

Decorations:
  • white mini lights
  • purple,orange, and black streamers
  • purple,orange, and black balloons; order October 23
  • pinata- jack o'lantern

Set table with purple tablecover.

Menu:
  • pizza
  • hot dog mummies
  • hummas graveyard with crackers and brocolli
  • eyeball (ambrosia) salad
  • sorbet punch
  • salad for grownups
  • cupcakes: sweet embellishments (order 10/23)
  • candy corn & chocolate in "coffins"
  • water

Games:
  • Pinata
  • Monster parts: 5 boxes with lids to hold small bowls inside - cold cooked spaghetti (intestines), grapes (eyeballs), candy corn (teeth) , jello (brains) , dried apricots (ears)
  • Guess the number of pumpkin seeds in the jar
  • Pumpkin bowling: use 6 empty 2-liter bottles and 3 small $1 pumpkins (remove the stems)
  • Web weaving game: ball of string (30 ft) for each child; teams of two; place each member of team opposite each other; best with 3 or 4 teams; tie the string to the first player, toss ball to team mate; wrap around them once and throw back to team mate.  First team to use all string wins.

Prizes: 2 boys, 6 girls

Schedule:
  • make pinata - 10/2
  • decorate - 10/28

Party day:
10am: decorate

3pm: pick up cupcakes
5pm: make mummy hot dog, order pizzas

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