Halloween Party!

The kids always anticipate one of Miss JaNae's parties - and the Halloween Party was no exception.  We had so much fun - and got to experience a lot of fun crafts and games that were totally new.  We started our day with the pledge and show n share - and then got done to some party fun.

First - we had a costume parade.  The kids are always happy to show off their costumes and it is fun to see what they want to pretend to be.  It is especially fun that we had so many "matches" this year.  Costumes that looked like they were planned together - even though they weren't!

Once we finished our costume parade it was time to get down to our party fun.  The kids divided up into small groups and went to the many different craft and game stations.  We had cookie painting, bracelet making, spider ring toss, candy corn pitching, and a guessing game for the kids to do.  They got prizes and or got to keep their craft from each station.

Most of the prizes were non-edible.  Pencils, erasers, bracelets, kaleidoscopes, tattoos, stickers, bubbles and activity books.  But the bracelets were candy - and we ate our painted cookies with our witches brew at snack time.

When we finished all our activities we calmed down with a cute Halloween story from Pirate Trish, and then we welcomed a special guest.  Witch Julie (she was a teacher last year) came to make us witches brew!  It was so funny watching the kids faces as she added swamp water, squished toads, crushed bones, and dragon breath.  When she asked who wanted to taste it they all had the silliest gross-out looks on their faces.  I tried to get a picture - but they disappeared too quickly because they were trying to be polite I think.  They finally agreed to try it when they realized it smelled an awful lot like root beer.  Yummiest witches brew I had ever tasted!

Thanks to all the fun teachers who helped with the party.  The kids had a great time and it was a definite success!