Class Fall Party

So tomorrow is Em's class Fall Party. I'm in charge with another mom that's really busy. I chose to entertain the kids with a carnival theme. The other mom is bringing tablecloths so I made some table decor. It was relatively cheap because my mother gave me two huge bags of items from years past. So I bought candy that I was buying anyways for the trunk or treat. I took four small pumpkins my mother gave me.

I filled them with bite size candies.

I then put the mini candy bars sticking out the opening in the pumpkins. You can also puncture the candy with craft sticks to help give height. My original idea was using full size trick-or-treat pumpkins and full-size candy bars.

For a preschooler craft I wasn't very crafty. I bought a pre-packaged candy corn foam craft kit. I also bought jewelry string and glow-in-the-dark paint.

I painted the tops and bottoms of the corn so the necklace will glow in the dark.

The local Micheal's (hobby store) had a huge halloween sell. I saw several foam games and picked up a candy corn toss for under $3. Cheaper and quicker than making my own toss game.

I have the other mom bringing contents and boxes for a guess what's inside game. Ewwwwww such fun with giggly preschoolers. Some ideas for this "game": cooked, cold spaghetti - guts, grapes - eyeballs, small, uncooked pasta shells-toenails, jello-brains, little weenies - fingers or toes, uncooked spaghetti or a wig - hair.

I also have a mom bringing some small pumpkin. I have a decorated trick-or-treat pail that I'll fill with water. I plan to label the pumpkins with 1-4 and float them in the water. Kind of like the floating duck game at the fair. Everybody wins! And the kids get to practice their numbers. For the last game I borrowed Em's bowling set. I printed out and colored different monsters to tape on the pins. Monster Bowling!

To send them home I made cute little treat cups.

Once again this was relatively cheap because of all the stuff my mother gave me. She gave me a dozen books, there's eight in my daughters class, dozen toy spiders or spider rings and a dozen halloween mini notebooks. I bought the cups, activity books, stamps and stickers in the dollar sections at stores. The crayons I had on hand for party bags. I divided up the boxes and wrapped three colors in raffia. I placed the activity book and halloween book curled on the outside then put the little treats in the middle.