We went with a Suess theme this year for Trunk or Treat. The kids and I had a lot of fun figuring out how we could make Dr. Seuss get 'tricked' for Halloween. We made up new Halloween names for a bunch of his books. Like Mc'Ghoul'igot's Pool for McElligot's Pool, and 'There's a Zauldron in my Cauldron' instead of There's a Wocket in my Pocket, 'Horton Hear's a Boo' instead of Horton hears a Who. Allison one night took a piece of paper to bed and wrote several of her ideas. I loved it! She came up with 'Oh the Places Bones Go' and 'One Fish, Two Fish, Bat Fish, Boo Fish'. I draped a piece of big black fabric over some cardboard and then we put up pictures of Dr. Suess characters which have all been 'tricked' in some way. Sally's body turned into a skeleton. The boy in Cat in the Hat has a pumpkin head. A Dr. Suess Fish has 3 heads. The Cat in the Hat - actually has a witch's hat. You get the idea.
We had a trunk-or-treat Friday night at the school and then Saturday night at church. Anthony had each trick-or-treater finish a rhyme to earn their treat. The best part was seeing Carter and Allison get into the game. They would look through the Suess books for good rhymes and them read them for the trick-or-treaters to finish. By the end of the night, the trick-or-treaters had died down, and Carter was going up to anyone he could find saying, 'Hey - do you want some candy? Here - you have to finish a rhyme.'
In case the pictures aren't quite clear - Carter was Horton, Alli was the Cat in the Hat (I've been on a face-painting kick - trying to figure out how to do it . . . and she was my first attempt. I was pleased with how it turned out. She loved it and went around the house saying, 'I'm such a beautiful cat!') Anthony and Carter were Thing 1 and 2. I had extra fabric paint from Fab Friday and so I painted them matching shirts. I got a blue feather boa from Hobby Lobby and hot-glued it onto beanies for their hats. Carter was supposed to be Sam-I-Am and so I made this cute red hat for him and cut up one of my old yellow shirts. But come Friday he wanted to be an elephant - so we made him Horton, and I got to wear the Sam-I-Am costume.
We also had Suessical music playing in the car. Fun night!
2 comments:
Oh, my!! A walk down memory lane. It is like going back 20 years a reliving good memories. Enjoy the good times they fly by!
So fun! I love how clever it all is! And Horton and McGhouligot's pool were like a mini pumpkin walk. Made me happy reading about your amazing display and costumes. Thanks for sharing!
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