It's just a bunch of Hocus Pocus. Awww, another Halloween has passed. This year was fun--the witch kitchen that covered my porch for a month was super fun to set up. The theme this year was very well known, so a lot of kids knew it coming in--it's sometimes harder when you have to
explain the theme to kids (aka, Indiana Jones, the Temple of Doom). Started the day by finishing up my eyeball pumpkin--which tested the limits of my painting ability, but which ended up looking cool. Sam did a fantasia demon (cherabog?) pumpkin (with a wee bit of help) as well as some pumpkins with mr. potato head parts and cookie cutter shapes.
We Sanderson sistered up with some makeup (final looks completed
after we scarfed down some pizza). I had lots of help this year--Sarah and Sam dressed up as the rest of the Sanderson sisters, and Mondo made cameos as Billy Butcherson and scared a few kids hanging out in the graveyard. We ended up with 162 trick or treaters, far more than I figured given the freezing cold temperatures of the previous few days. We had a lot of people mention that they came from several streets/neighborhoods away just for this haunt, which was super sweet. All of the little details were a hit--the spell book that vibrated at sound/touch, the projector with the spiders crawling all over the window, the spooky cauldron that you had to reach your hand in for a treat. Sarah and I sat on the porch wrapped in blankets near the end, a space heater warming our feet and hot chocolate cupped in our hands to keep warm and got to just enjoy the atmosphere of being dressed up witches in a witch kitchen. Very fun all around.
It's just a bunch of Hocus Pocus. Awww, another Halloween has passed. This year was fun--the witch kitchen that covered my porch for a month was super fun to set up. The theme this year was very well known, so a lot of kids knew it coming in--it's sometimes harder when you have to explain the theme to kids (aka, Indiana Jones, the Temple of Doom). Started the day by finishing up my eyeball pumpkin--which tested the limits of my painting ability, but which ended up looking cool. Sam did a fantasia demon (cherabog?) pumpkin (with a wee bit of help) as well as some pumpkins with mr. potato head parts and cookie cutter shapes. 
We Sanderson sistered up with some makeup (final looks completed after we scarfed down some pizza). I had lots of help this year--Sarah and Sam dressed up as the rest of the Sanderson sisters, and Mondo made cameos as Billy Butcherson and scared a few kids hanging out in the graveyard. We ended up with 162 trick or treaters, far more than I figured given the freezing cold temperatures of the previous few days. We had a lot of people mention that they came from several streets/neighborhoods away just for this haunt, which was super sweet. All of the little details were a hit--the spell book that vibrated at sound/touch, the projector with the spiders crawling all over the window, the spooky cauldron that you had to reach your hand in for a treat. Sarah and I sat on the porch wrapped in blankets near the end, a space heater warming our feet and hot chocolate cupped in our hands to keep warm and got to just enjoy the atmosphere of being dressed up witches in a witch kitchen. Very fun all around. 
