the spooky party was a hit...

Once again Byron invited friends over for his "annual spooky party" which is held on Halloween but he does not call it Halloween, he calls it his Spooky Party, even though they all enjoyed spooky candy from America where they do celebrate Halloween. Whew...that was some run on sentence LOL

Here are some shots of the set up and decorations as they were not so keen this year for me to take lots of action shots (oh the difference 1 year makes!).

Of course it doesn't look that spooky with all that daylight (damn you daylight savings, though we love you every other minute) but when the sun goes down it gets dark, really really dark and that's when it gets spooky.

This floor decal may not have scared the kids that much, but it freaked me out every. single. time. I walked out the back door.

The bread for the sausage sizzle; see how the little burnt crust looks like mouse poo...loved telling the kids that.

Skull water; we had some bottles left over and I was packing them with lunches...got some strange looks as people considered what sort of "designer" water this was!

The orange candles had little lights in them and they gave off an erie glow as soon as it got dark - which was just the look I was going for.

Spooky lolly bags...an eyeball, fangs, a chocolate ghost and some gummie teeth.

OK, they let me have one group shot.

 

Some of my accessories on the night (I know, should wear them everyday) and just incase you were wondering where I got those old creepy wrinkled skin gloves...alas that would be my own hands. Now that is really spooky. Ha!

Comments

[elizabeth]

Yay for Aussie Spooky Parties! I'm so glad we were able to contribute this year... and that rat/vent thing totally gives me the willies, even across the ocean.

[Libby]

Looks like an awesome party. LOVE the decorations - so different to my cutsie Halloween ones :-).

Libby