HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Happy Halloween!  It's party time!

I took a picture of each of the kids as they arrived.

Iron Man...

 Olaf...

 Elsa...

 Elsa...

 Spiderman...

 E couldn't wear a costume to school, so I bought him this fun shirt!  He loved it!

 Minnie Mouse...

 Dorothy...

 Optimus Prime...

 Dinosaur...

 

 Captain America...

  

For our Halloween party I set up stations and let the kids roam free.  They had a blast!  I have a blast watching them and snapping pictures!  It is a fun day, and I feel so blessed to have so many great kids to celebrate the day with!

Here we have a egg walk balancing game with skeleton hands.  They also can play hide 'n' seek with the golden egg!

 Ping pong ball toss!  The kids also have fun stacking these upside down!

 We had lot's of orange balloons and Halloween plastic cups.  The kids could stack the cups and knock them down, or play catch the balloon with the cup!

 Last minute I made ghost bowling!  I wrapped the tp rolls with plastic tape and drew a ghost face on each roll!

 Toss the lighted glow necklace on the witches hat!

 Orange and green homemade play dough with Halloween cookie cutters...

 Imaginary "Trick or treat!"  I give the kids pumpkin pails and laminated pieces of play candy!  They LOVE this!

 Toss the spider on the web and make it catch!

 I pulled the light table away from the wall and added Halloween themed gel window clings to the mirror!

 

 Mini Halloween eraser sorting with tweezers for fine motor development...

Halloween Tic-Tac-Toe...

 

 Time to play!!!!

 

 These kids danced their heart out!  We listened to a classic Halloween dance party CD!

 "Trick or treat!"

 Dancing with the skeleton...

 "I got candy!"

 I caught her stacking chairs on her own!  What a way to take initiative and help the teacher!  She is such a sweetie!!!

 Pure joy...

 "BOO!"

 They built with blocks for a while...

 J made a holder for his shield!

 P made worms with the playdough!

 B spent the majority of her time in the playhouse room pretending different things.  Funny...just spoke to her mom about how much she loves to pretend things! :)

 Future scholar here...Even my littlest was caught sorting on her own!!!  

Love the independent learning!

 N's new favorite game...Tic-Tac-Toe!

 While we waited for the pizza to be delivered some of the kids passed out generous treats and we played numbers 1-20 Bingo with candy corn!

 We played blackout Bingo...Here were the winners...

 We watched a Clifford Halloween movie as we ate our pizza!  We LOVE picnicking on the floor!

 For a treat we had a licorice eating contest with NO HANDS!  

I love watching the kids do this every year!

 N won, but S was a serious contender!

 Nap time!  Nothing cuter than kids sleeping in costumes!

 The Frozen crew!!!  Olaf loves warm hugs!

 How adorable are those squinting smiling eyes!?!

 A lost her second top tooth today!!!!

 We took our group photo after E and A got home from school!

Take 1...

 Take 2...

 Take 3...

 Cupcake time!

 I had to give the big kids a chance with the licorice eating contest.
Those are some competitive faces!

 Love seeing the big kids tracing Halloween pictures at the light table.
I loved doing this when I was a kid!

 Our four superhero boys!  Show me your power moves boys...

There you have it!  I am so thankful for all the memories made!  

Hope you will have as much fun as I will looking back at these photos!

What an awesome week!