Preschool Party

My daughter is in a mother run preschool group and we had a Halloween party last week.  Here is what we did:

Ghost story/Craft

Tell a story about a mother ghost who goes to the store to get white food (ghosts only eat white food) and tells her children to not eat anything while she is gone.

The first ghost eats a strawberry and turns pink.

The second ghost eats a blueberry and turns blue.

The third ghost drinks orange juice and turns orange.

The fourth ghost eats broccoli and turns green.

The fifth ghost thinks if he eats ice cream that is white he will be fine but it was chocolate chip ice cream so he turns speckled.

The mother ghost come home, scolds her ghosts, and feeds them white food so they turn white again.

Then we colored plastic spoons so they could retell the story.

 Halloween dance party with instruments.

 Toilet paper mummies.

 Sugar cookie decorating.

 Pin the nose on the witch.

 Story time corner.

 We ended with musical rugs.  In my version you don't get out if you don't get a rug you have to share until all the kids are wedged onto one rug.

 The aftermath.

Scary Face Punch

We had a Halloween party with some friends and I thought it would be fun to make punch with a scary face.

Juice dyed green.

Sorry I didn't get a picture of the finished product but it was awesome.  

Ingredients:

Lemon-Lime Soda
White grape juice
another juice of your choice like apple juice
green food coloring
assorted candy like gummy worms, gummy bears, licorice, etc.
assorted fruit like lemons, limes, and apples

I used a silicone cake pan and froze some juice in it.  Once that was set I made a face out of candy and fruit.  Then I froze it again.  A few hours later I poured more green juice on top of that.  Don't worry if you can't see the face perfectly.  When you pour on the soda the juice will dissolve quickly and the face will appear again.

Once you are ready for the party place the frozen face in a punch bowl and pour more juice and soda on top.  The kids and adults loved this.

Eye Ball Pretzels

We had a Halloween Party with some friends and I had fun making spooky treats.

Halloween Pretzels

Ingredients:
One package pretzels
One package plain M&M's
One bottle red gel frosting
1 bag white chocolate melts

Lay out the pretzels on two sheet pans lined with parchment paper or Silpats.  Melt the white chocolate according to package directions.  Put a dollop of white chocolate in the middle of each pretzel.  Then place an M&M in the middle of the white chocolate.  After it has cooled and set squeeze on the red gel.

My kids loved helping out with these.