This will be my last Spooktober post and all good things
must come to an end. I’ve learnt over the last few weeks to appreciate
Halloween and it has become a lot more fun (rather then just that American
Fad)!
I would love to say that I have become acquainted with
Halloween this year, but that wouldn’t be exactly true.
Keeping in the traditions of Halloween Trick or Treating
isn’t exactly huge in Australia (well Melbourne anyway) but there has
definitely been more and more of it happening over the past couple of years.
For me I have massive trust issues with my children knocking
on complete strangers door as I just don’t know who’s door they are knocking
on. Even with adult supervision you just never know. With the things you hear
on the news these days, there are some real crazies out there that are capable
of incredible harm on others.
Every single year without a doubt the girls beg me to take
them trick or treating and when I say no they try their luck on Dad- of course
failing miserably.
So this year I tried my best to rack the brain of how can I
make this fun for the girls, but a safe fun? And I came up with an idea-
Trick Or Treat Treasure Hunt
What I wanted to do was create a series of little clues and
hints that would have the girls run around the house looking for the next clue
(and of course a treat with each clue).
The girls absolutely loved this and worked together getting
through the little puzzles and rhymes I left hiding in easy to find places of
the home (pretending to be ghoulish creatures).
Of course at the end you need a treasure chest prize that
really wows them…. And this is where I thought of my master plan! It would be
hidden in the bathroom, which I had to make sure none of my other clues would
even remotely make them think to look in the bathroom.
When they eventually got to the last clue that lead them to
the bathroom they opened the door and it was their very own Halloween Party
bath.
As our bathroom is in the middle of being renovated I
thought this added quite the spooky touch.
All I did to create this was get glow sticks and put them in
the bath- I got some food colouring and used it in their bath for the spooky
colour. I also made them their very own spooky bubbles and hung spider webs,
which I got from the Reject Shop for something as tiny as $2.50 I think,
They absolutely loved this idea and the best news? I haven’t
been asked once if they can go Trick Or Treating- WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER
:p Speaking of dinner I better go get cooking.
For more decorating tips I highly recommend heading to https://cruisetips.carnival.com.au/carnival-fun/halloween-decorations-to-die-for/
