It's our final year of preschool and tonight was our final Trunk or Treat night! By set up it was in the mid-70's and very sunny. A little windy for the decorations, but not too bad and not rainy! Success.
I found this fabulous backdrop on Amazon for the clearance price of $5.99. We practiced earlier this week with magnets and it worked perfectly. Not so perfectly tonight with the wind. Luckily the husband brought masking tape and we made it work.
Last year we spent a lot of money on candy. And so did the other "trunks". I decided to purchase books through out the year - sales on Amazon or the kid's Scholastic Book orders and put together between 50-60 books for kids to select instead of a candy bar.
I was the Book Fairy, and invited children to our trunk to select a book! Grampa was a grampa who let them select a little can of playdough.
There were lots of terrific trunks and I thought I would share with you.
A note on this Sesame Street trunk. Mom is a former member of my 4H club and a former student in my Sunday School. They had a variety of treats including a social experiment. Kids could pick a potato. And my grandson picked a potato.
This mom is an art teacher who was painting faces. She was very popular! She used to be in my 4H club, too.
An action shot of the facepainter and the Book Fairy.
The preschool also offered a hotdog dinner in the shelter along with cookie decorating. (I baked 72 cookies on Monday). There were activities in the play yard and here are a few photos.
He was shooting spiders into the net.
My talented daughter made these great shirts for the Momster and Dadcula along with my Book Fairy Shirt. I had ordered a similar shirt last July but it seems to be lost in a warehouse out west and I finally gave up and requested a refund.
My grandson wanted to be a Lego which was easy enough to make (plastic disposable bowls attached with super glue to a piece of foam board). My granddaughter's request was Red from the newest Disney Descendants movie. After studying the costume online, I decided to order the pieces from an inexpensive website. The pleather pants and jacket were beyond me.
In addition to my Book Fairy Skirt, I was also requested by one of my middle grandsons to create a "Bottle of Mustard". Simple, but effective, he was happy with it.
Whew. Tomorrow the temperature is dropping 25 degrees and we are supposed to get high winds and rain for trick or treat. We will be handing out treats at my daughter's house while they take the kids out, but I am thinking turnout will be low with the weather.
WOW! I so enjoyed seeing all of the cars decorated and the costumes. You are an Amazing, stupendous, fabulous and talented Grandma. I am so terrible about having an imagination. Our church had a trunk or treat Sunday afternoon but we never take part because I have no imagination for costumes or decorations. Hence my pumpkin on my blog with holes in it! :-) Maybe I'll use your post for inspiration next year! Your book fairy costume is wonderful. So much fun! Thanks for sharing it with us.
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Betsy
Oh what Fun and what great Trunk Decorations, I LOVED your Bargain Book Backdrop, looked like a Library from a Haunted Mansion, the Book Giftings was a Brilliant Idea and I liked your Book Fairy Costume too, so Creative.
ReplyDeleteSo many creative people out there! Looks like everyone had fun.
ReplyDeleteIt's gotten much colder here and it's very windy! The last two days were gorgeous...
looks like a fun time would be had by all at that event. My kids never did the trunk or treats. Me and my brats (lol) are products of the door to door trick or treating. The fun times we had with that, and lots of walking, at least with the trunk or treat events there is less walking! Most times I dressed up and took my kids out. After they were grown and out, I dressed to answer the door. I love Halloween.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea! You live in a fun community. I love the costumes, the mustard is hilarious!
ReplyDeleteWow Trick or Treat sure has changed over the years. I never really knew what a trunk or treat was, thanks for the explanation.
ReplyDeleteWe don't do much out here with only 5 little ones on the ridge. They go to town and do the activities there.
It is too far of a walk to try and get to the 4 homes on the ridge and valley.
So cool!
I loved your skirt, that turned out awesome. Very creative!
I LOVE the book fairy idea!!! That is awesome!
ReplyDeleteSuch a neat post! Book Fairy, Love it! Turning the pumpkin into a porcupine looks like fun for everyone. Fabulous trunk decorations!
ReplyDeleteWow what a great event!! Everyones decorated trunks were so neat! Thank you for giving out books!!
ReplyDeleteI am blown away! You have the best pictures in the blogverse you know... loved your costume Miss Merry, and the yellow mustard one was just plain awesome. My gosh how do you find time to do all this!
ReplyDeleteHere’s a thought. Do you think it’s time to boycott Amazon and all of Bezos’ businesses? The decision to prevent the Washington Post is a straight affront to democracy.
ReplyDeleteI agree except it is a Catch 22 in a small rural community. Years ago (I have lived here almost 7 decades) we had a Main Street of small businesses where we could make purchases. When Walmart came to town, most businesses closed since they could not compete with the prices. When Walmart added a grocery section, we lost the two independent grocery stores who couldn't keep up either. We have zero stores to purchase clothing or books except . . . Walmart. Unfortunately it's which evil do I want to pick.
DeleteThis is so much fun. It was super generous and wonderful of you to pass out books instead of candy. I love it! Kids get way too much candy at Halloween.
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