Is this Halloween party too scary for 8-year-olds? - Page 2

[meemee]

Originally Posted by limabean 


Haha, sorry!

well apparently scary and gross is the key here. i suspect gross more than scary. 

dd and her friends are now actively searching the internet for snot and booger looking food. 

and now all 34 classmates bomb me when i pick up dd as to how to make the snacks more ewww. its turning into a joint effort. yup. that's 5th graders for you. 

[phathui5]

My kids would love it.

[kayleesmom]

op: after the party could you stop by and put a update as to how the party went? i am interested to see what a hit it will be. i am sure it will be awesome.

[limabean]

Originally Posted by kayleesmom 

op: after the party could you stop by and put a update as to how the party went? i am interested to see what a hit it will be. i am sure it will be awesome.

Back to update: I ended up using the food labels, and it was so much fun! There were 11 kids there, ranging in age from 3 to 10, and they all had a great time and thought the foods were funny (the 3-year-olds didn't know what the labels said). I also ended up doing a "touch and feel" box, with four compartments for them to put their hand in and try to guess what they were touching. It was eyeballs (peeled grapes), worms (cooked spaghetti), maggots (cooked rice), and witches' teeth (feed corn). They were all giggly and grossed out while they were doing it -- it was really cute! 

So yep, total hit. 

ETA: It was SO not scary, either. DH even said that he could totally see that it was just all in fun once everything was done and he saw the kids' reactions.