My sister, brother-in-law, and nephew throw a fabulous Halloween party just about every year, and the one they hosted last Sunday evening was no exception.
Their house—decorated to the hilt with candles, pumpkins, holiday lights, cardboard skeletons and ghosts, and a homemade model of a haunted mansion—was warm, cozy, and inviting. What a joyful time we had talking, laughing, and watching the children, who ranged in age from about 10 months to 10 years.
My nephew had set up a haunted house in the basement, with cobwebs, a skeleton, a ghost, a blacklight, spooky music, and phosphorescent dots all over—thanks to a poked and shaken glow stick. Out in the front yard, stood a cluster of several weathered-looking, styrofoam gravestones.
After bowls of delicious chili for supper, there were treats to eat, such as cake, brownies, and several varieties of candy.
The children took home even more treats. They each got a treat bag that contained a sheet of stickers, two monster fingers, two sets of fangs, a bat ring, a stackable push pencil (familiar to any child of the 1980s), an eraser, a small drawing pad, a glow stick, and a "boo" swirly straw. There were also "popcorn hands" to take—clear plastic gloves filled with popcorn, with a candy corn at each fingertip. Lastly, each child got a small pumpkin, which they could have carved during the party.
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