At the end of October, we hosted a Halloween party for Adley's little playgroup friends. It was so cute to see all the little ones' costumes when they arrived!
We started off the party with a game. Each of the kids got a set of "ghost" paper cups to stack up and then try to knock down with a ball.
We used the same paper cup for another game-- candy corn tossing, or in Adley's case, a little bit of candy corn dropping...
...and lot of candy corn eating!
Next it was craft time. Each of the kids used markers, crayons, stickers, and eyeballs to decorate a paper chain of pumpkins.
Then, Sarah read a fun pumpkin story to the kids and did a pumpkin fingerplay. The kids wanted to hear the fingerplay over and over again!
Our last activities were outside. It was such a gorgeous sunny day! I had drawn pumpkins in a big loop around our driveway for the kids to walk on. Then I gave the kids special directions for how to move along the path of pumpkins-- hopping, spinning, walking backwards, running, stomping, sliding, etc.
By far, the kids' favorite activity was this next one-- Halloween-themed sensory bins! Each bin contained dyed rice, black plastic bats and spiders, measuring cups, spoons, and tweezers. All of the kids absolutely loved playing with these bins and were entertained for quite a long time!
Our very last activity was practice trick-or-treating. Each family group took turns standing inside, ready to hand out candy while the rest of the kids stood outside and knocked on the door.
It was great practice for the littlest kids to knock on doors, wait patiently, and then learn how to say "trick-or-treat." Sharing candy with friends was a good learning step too! ;)
Of course, the kids were all thrilled to receive a bagful of candy.
What a fun Halloween celebration with these friends!
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