We bought about 3 kg of Halloween-themed sweets which I put in a large wicker basket covered with black netting with a bat pattern on. Then I hung orange and black balloons on our mailbox at the front of the drive.
This year we kept our door closed so that the children had to knock and say trick-or-treat when we opened it. Last year we just kept the door open which wasn't as exciting for the kids. The children started arriving at 4.45pm and finished at 7.30pm.
My 92-year-old mum sat on a chair in the hallway, excited to see all the costumes and watch the children's reactions. Mum kept a tally of how many children visited. She counted 167 in all 👀👻🦇
I had a great time handing out the sweets. The children were all very polite, asking how many sweets they were allowed to take and saying thank you. I loved seeing their costumes and how excited they were. One dad brought his baby (less than a year old), dressed up for Halloween, and took a sweet lol. Some of the children had made their costumes themselves, but the majority had been bought or made by parents.
One boy was dressed in a huge inflatable dinosaur outfit. But the outfit had an air leak, so his friend held onto the dinosaur tail to get more air into the body, but when he let go, the neck and head deflated and fell to the ground. It was funny to see, but I did feel sorry for the kid. I gave him extra sweets for his effort.
I asked the children if any of them had a trick prepared, only one girl had who did 4 cartwheels for extra sweets. Then another boy said he could do backward flips but was too tired and another said he could ride a scooter.
The children liked the decorations that I had made and inspected them closely. One boy told his friend that this is the spider woman's house because I put plastic spiders out this year and last year. So now I am known as the Spider Woman 🕷🕸
The Halloween-themed sweets were very popular, especially the red eyeballs and vampires blood lollipops. One young girl asked if the eyeballs were real. She looked rather worried, so I told her they were made of jelly but she could pretend they were real. She was very pleased with my answer!
I can't wait until next year's Fright Night. Mum was so happy she said it is better than going out. She thought that some of the costumes were scary, but most of them made her laugh. And she really enjoyed counting how many children came.
I hope you had a fun weekend too.
Hugs, Rose xxx