I was up at 3 and out of bed just after 4:30. Maelie was up from 3:00 - 4:15 so I couldn't get out of bed until she feel asleep again! Otherwise she would have got up too! As soon as I was up I started making armpit hair! (shredded wheat with a chocolate mixture, found online). It turned out really tasty! Chocolate is a great way to get fiber in... hide the fiber in the chocolate LOL. I kept on going full-prep and eventually was done at about 3:30 pm! I even had time for a bath is Epsom salts and a shower .. and still was done by 4 pm.
I didn't get to get as many pictures as I would have liked of course because sometimes I would lose my camera along the way!
Maelie wanted to dress up as a zombie, but once she had a knife in her bloody shirt, she decided to not put make up on. She said it would just be too complicated to take it off. When one girl arrived, she said "wow Maelie, did you have a little problem working in the kitchen?" LOL So I think this could end up being a chef-gone-wrong costume :) Of course, Maelie had to be very dramatic at it!!
She had also been fixing up her mannequin to look a little spookier! The neck area was covered in a plastic bag, with papier-mâché and then skin colored paint & blood! It actually looks pretty realistic in person!
The table before the main food was there....
Here is the obligatory picture once everyone is there. They have just grown so much since grade 1!!
We did a couple games before supper. It's just different doing games at age 11 compared to when they are 6 and all little!
I sent them on a picture scavenger hunt on the street... It gave me enough time to start everything in the oven and on the stove!
These were so cute! A gummy work in red jello and a gelatin eyeball in green jello.
Usual cheese fingers! and I added a few bugs (raisins with almond wings)
We have fries with blood, Halloween pasta, hot dog worms, mini pita pizzas, cupcakes, rice crispy pumpkins, nachos, chips, veggies, bat wings, armpit hair, devilled eggs, and candy and chocolate! LOL They seemed to be enjoying themselves and ended up pretty full! It was really cute at one point when they ended up going down memory lane talking about kindergarten and how LONG ago that was...!!
After supper they played more games...
Maelie's favorite ended up being this one. Bill custom made it for the party.... A long piece of wood with holes and golf tees. I added plastic eyeballs and the kids had to knock them down with the Nerf guns!! It was difficult but some people were able to get a bunch! You would have thought Naomie was a hunter... she got the most! This is a game that Maelie will be able to play with her friends when they come over too.
Naomie had to leave just a bit earlier as she had a birthday party to attend! Poor her ! Part Friday and 2 on Saturday! LOL
Our last activity was making Goo. It's a good sit down activity and I am just so used to making goo by now that I don't have to check the measurements anymore. I had small Ziploc containers for them to take their goo home with them.
We enjoy goo... it never gets old!!
Parents started arriving so they all packed up and collected their last treats....! I tidied up and as best I could because there is nothing I hate more than waking up to a horrible mess after a party. Once satisfied, I popped 2 Advil and went to bed! LOL
This was the end of the annual Halloween party as we know it.... once in grade 7 (Secondary 1) it will be different for sure.. they won't need organized games, and perhaps just having a few friends over will be best. I know I won't be able to completely stop because I enjoy making goodies and hosting the kids.
As long as Maelie is happy and wants me around to do fun stuff... I will :) And when she is tired of it... well I will have to borrow other people's kids!!!
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