Halloween Hijinx

Today was a big day in Dewson Afterschool-land. Like most Fridays, we ended up at Trinity Bellwoods for some outdoor play, but unlike most Fridays, we met up with not one, not two, but three other groups in our community (in costume, no less!).

While the teachers set up the multi-station Halloween activities, the children had free time to play in the playground. I was impressed at how well the older kids got along with the younger ones, inventing games like this monkey bar obstacle course seen above.

Leah and April introduced our activity, which involved splitting up into new teams (Hurricanes! Cyclones! Volcanoes! Earthquakes!) and visiting different Halloween-related stations in the park.

One of the stations involved being blindfolded and sticking one's hands into various substances, like brains,

eyeballs,

and even a human heart surrounded by guts. Few were brave enough to touch all of them.

 

One favorite activity was the magic potion table.

Other activities included a Halloween Obstacle Course, Skeleton Scavenger Hunt, and Attempts to Eat Apples from the Tree.

Here are some more pictures from today:

We celebrated a very Halloweeny birthday too. Have a safe and happy Halloween weekend, everybody!