We had a great time last night. Last year I found party plans for a Halloween "amazing race" type party. I wanted to do it last year but had our little Jenna on Oct 9th, so we did it this year. I recruited my friend Dahlene and we began planning, remaining anonymous. Everyone wore costumes to earn extra points. So, there were a whole bunch of crazy costumed adults sprinting through town last night. We started at the church with cauldrons for each team and the clues led them to other locations from there. Each team had to find their colored "brew ingredient" at each location:
- find a hollow pumpkin in a large pumpkin patch, clue inside
- guess the movie the American Film Institute voted the scariest at a local video store to receive a skeleton
- pull Ziplocs containing a toad, glow sticks, and of course a clue, out of a pond
- find spiders hanging from a bridge on a walking trail
- find a tree trunk that looks like an owl to get eyeballs
- follow ribbons in a riverbed to find snakes in the grass
The final clue was a map without street names and only a house number that led to the "Grand Witches Council" at Dahlene's house where we tallied points, ate homemade chili, hot chocolate, cider, and homemade rootbeer around a bonfire. Then we announced ourselves as the witches and awarded the golden broomsticks to the couples of the winning team.
We had so much fun watching our team, and others in passing, deciphering clues, working through frustration, trying to guess the hosts, and really having fun. They have already tried to recruit someone else to plan the party for next year! I loved planning this party and really would recommend it to anyone interested! Here is the link: http://www.meckmom.com/2007/09/06/wanda-witch-the-ultimate-halloween-party/
She also has some other great things on her site, so be sure to browse around. If there is anyone in the Kaysville area who is interested, I would be glad to share our clues and details about what we did.
We had so much fun watching our team, and others in passing, deciphering clues, working through frustration, trying to guess the hosts, and really having fun. They have already tried to recruit someone else to plan the party for next year! I loved planning this party and really would recommend it to anyone interested! Here is the link: http://www.meckmom.com/2007/09/06/wanda-witch-the-ultimate-halloween-party/
She also has some other great things on her site, so be sure to browse around. If there is anyone in the Kaysville area who is interested, I would be glad to share our clues and details about what we did.
My only regret is that I forgot my camera, of course!
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That was so much fun! Thanks for inviting me to help out. What a great time it was!
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