Mom & Tot Halloween Party!

About 6 months ago, a friend and I started a Mom & Tot playgroup in our ward. All the moms who are home during the day get together once a week to chat and let the kids run around. It has been a great way to get out of the house, have fun with friends and meet new women in our ward! Plus the girls love getting to run around at the park or play with friends inside on rainy days. Today for our activity we put together a fun Halloween party for all the kids! I have to say I was a little overwhelmed being in charge, but there were so many wonderful women helping out that made my job so much easier. We had an awesome turnout (a total of 24 kids!) and I think everyone had a really great time. Our fun (and laughs!) are best shown in the pictures...

We played "Pin the Stem on the Pumpkin". This is the kids coloring their "stems" to personalize them (mostly scribbles of course)!

My favorite part is that we didn't even blindfold the kids and still not one of them put it where it's supposed to go! Notice the little stems all over the pumpkin...not on top. :)

Then we played "Musical Witches" where the kids walked around on witch hats to Halloween music (they loved the "Monster Mash"!). When the music stopped they were supposed to find a hat to stand on and whoever was on the purple hat got to pick a prize. Once again...not many kids had a clue what was going on! What the heck, they had fun parading around in their costumes and dancing to the music anyway!

We also tried a "Ghost Sucker" craft. We handed the kids suckers and tried to help them cover them with a napkin to make a ghost. Do you know what happens when you hand a bunch of two year-olds suckers and tell them not to eat them? This...
(Makayla ripping off the napkin to try to get to the sucker)

and this...

The moms just had to laugh as we were trying to make a cute craft in the midst of tears. Finally we gave each of the kids a sucker to eat while they decorated another sucker to take home. Eventually we made these...
(the orange one is Kenna's, I thought she did a pretty good job!)

Then we made "Owl Cupcakes". It ended up being somewhat of a sugar overload for the kids, but I thought they turned out really cute!

Kenna was pretty proud of her owl! What a cute fairy princess!

Some of the fun...

Overall, it was a great time. And while I came home with two very tired, hyper, and hungry girls (not to mention I was ready for a nap!), I'm already looking forward to next year!