Tuesday, November 3, 2009

A Touch of Spookiness ....... BOO!

The lead up to Halloween has been pretty exciting at our place. I made invitations for my friends - some of which, disappointingly, didn't even reply ... hmmm. I bought lots of special lollies this year - all in the halloween theme, and we added to our halloween collection with lots of new and gruesome stuff.

On Friday last Craig had the day off work and we set up together inside. There was lots to be done. We put lots of black plastic tablecloth which we had cut into strands on the ceiling to give an eerie effect! We also hung it on our back window for a darker effect!



I set up two tables this year ago. One with orange & black - mainly for food. My red & black table was decoration only.





This year, as all the kids are older, I labelled all the food with little table cards. Hehe, that was fun! I made matching lolly bags too with all the kids' names on their own - which I didn't get a photo of unfortunately.




Craig took all the kids trick or treating. And some of us big adults, even went trick or treating together hehe. Here is a photo of my boys, and a photo of most of the kids.





And just to finish off a few more photos, here is a collage. Thanks to all our family and friends who came along - it wouldn't have been the same without you xx

7 comments:

Tanya said...

How cool Al! LOVE all the decorations and food and costumes. Looks like you had a ball. I can't wait to do this sort of thing with my boys when they get older.

Jules said...

It was a FUN night Al and Craig - you both did an awesome job hosting the party......

skrapkatz said...

Wow Al, this all looks fantastic , I bet your boys had a great time

Rona x

Sandra said...

Oh wow Al I'm totally amazed. You guys did a fantastic job, both food and decorations alike. Did Craig really take all those kids trick or treating? BWE. Did anyone pass out having that crowd come down their pathway lol?

And lookit you luv... yer looking a bit haggard like for a Princess and all. I'm having a bit of a mutley at that pic of you in the bottom corner of the collage... looks like you have your stash of grog there in the pot and you're not going to share with anyone lol.

Truly fabulous indeed... you've done yourself proud. The boys will remember this for a very long time to come. Can't wait to see them scrapped. ;)

Lyndal said...

Looks FANTASTIC Al - my DS had a ball at the Halloween party he went to this year too :)

p said...

very cool.
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Debbie said...

WOW!! Looks like you spent a lot of time setting up Al. Looks fantastic... can't wait to see the photos scrapped.