Halloweenish Happenings

It's about that time again...I have been letting the cobwebs grow and generally neglecting the housework. All for a purpose you must understand. We have little ones to scare entertain.  So last night was that night. I unearthed all the decorations and set about making the house as spooky as deemed necessary. By the time the fake cobwebs needed to go up I had run out of puff so called next door for son in law to assist. Phew...

In the morning I had had two little helpers make a spooky pumpkin patch scene with me out of a cat pouch box...

Not a bad effort thanks to my lovely Cricut doing the intricate cuts. They were happy with the glue sticks and plastic needle to thread the hanging witches and bats up then stick with masking tape to hold in place on top of the box. The late addition of a couple of battery tea lights really lit up the scene. Next stop either a firework display or if too busy next weekend it will be onto a Christmas scene. Either way I'm sure Kitty and Wilbur won't mind eating more pouches to empty the boxes!

The children, and strangely the adults were eager to try the dehydrated snails (popcorn) and fly juice (water). For the main meal we had witches fingers (sausages), baked toad, (potatoes), newt brains, (baked beans), and breaded frog legs, (southern fried chicken). Dessert was fallen clouds, (meringues) and spookily decorated cakes.

After tea one child nearly fell asleep until the main lights, which had remained off before tea suddenly came on and were red...very strange. The young wizard was able to use his wand and magically change the colour of the lights...we had orange, blue, green, purple...I must say the lights which I bought last year and are colour changing ones and come with a remote control have been a big hit both years. I hope to get many more years of fun out of them before someone cottons on to the fact that I am using a remote to do the changing!

Last night' spooky dining hall. If you look carefully you may just make out skeleton Sid on the rocking chair!

Blessings, J. x