Haunted Happenings

The majority of families in our area do not celebrate Halloween. I assume that this is similar all over Australia, but perhaps not. Nevertheless, we can't resist an excuse to dress up, so most years we host a bring-a-friend Halloween Party.

Each girl brings along a plate of food to share. It's great to see how creative everybody gets: eye ball cakes, spider cupcakes, orange and purple jelly and more.

Ghost lollipops

Tombstone cupcakes - not sure what website these were printed from. Any ideas?

The week before usually sees the Guides creating skeletons, spiderwebs and paper pumpkins to decorate the hall. Cardboard tombstones are a favourite of mine and they are simple to make with cardboard boxes being cut to shape, spray painted silver and then written on with a Sharpie. 

Their creativity really shows with the use of book characters (Voldemort, Leslie - Bridge to Terabithia), silly puns (I.N. Sane, Justin Pieces) and creating amusing backstories (Popstar - trampled by a mob of screaming girls who broke into his hotel).

Activities and games include:

• Wrap the mummy (race to cover a team mate in toilet paper)
• Halloween themed piñata
• Piece the skeleton together relay race (using laminated skeleton pieces)
• Craft - pipe cleaner skeletons
• Halloween hangman relay race (using words like pumpkin, witch, goblin)

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Do you celebrate Halloween in your unit?