The rain stopped around noon so I was able to set up the table and all the lights, and the various treats (candy, knitted mice, bookmarks, pendants, Googly Bugs, glowsticks, and bubble wands). Got my first Trick or Treaters around 4.30, last one at around 8 when I went out to start bringing things in because the rain had returned.
It's been very windy out — I lost my witch's hat at one point and had to chase it, with my giant spider attached. A fellow witch lost her hat too.
I started with 30 goody bags of candy, had to make up another 10, and I have 4 left. It was a VERY busy night, lots of fun, the knitted mice were a big hit again, especially with one little girl who came back specifically to ask if I made them myself. She got an extra mouse for that ;)
Had lovely comments from a lot of people, parents and kids, so I feel I succeeded in my goal to do something that made people, kids especially, feel happy after everything they've endured over the last year and a half. Hopefully I made up a little for last year not being a great Halloween.
Taking everything down in drizzling rain and with the wind gusting strong enough to knock me off balance wasn't easy, especially once most of the lights were down and off. I could have done with an extra hand to hold my torch while I was untying things, but I managed in the end. I seem to have lost a battery-operated tealight though. Someone probably snuck off with it thinking they were on offer too. It doesn't matter, I've got lots of them,
Now I must dig out my mouse pattern and start making mice for next year... Just not tonight.
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The rain stopped around noon so I was able to set up the table and all the lights, and the various treats (candy, knitted mice, bookmarks, pendants, Googly Bugs, glowsticks, and bubble wands). Got my first Trick or Treaters around 4.30, last one at around 8 when I went out to start bringing things in because the rain had returned.
It's been very windy out — I lost my witch's hat at one point and had to chase it, with my giant spider attached. A fellow witch lost her hat too.
I started with 30 goody bags of candy, had to make up another 10, and I have 4 left. It was a VERY busy night, lots of fun, the knitted mice were a big hit again, especially with one little girl who came back specifically to ask if I made them myself. She got an extra mouse for that ;)
Had lovely comments from a lot of people, parents and kids, so I feel I succeeded in my goal to do something that made people, kids especially, feel happy after everything they've endured over the last year and a half. Hopefully I made up a little for last year not being a great Halloween.
Taking everything down in drizzling rain and with the wind gusting strong enough to knock me off balance wasn't easy, especially once most of the lights were down and off. I could have done with an extra hand to hold my torch while I was untying things, but I managed in the end. I seem to have lost a battery-operated tealight though. Someone probably snuck off with it thinking they were on offer too. It doesn't matter, I've got lots of them,
Now I must dig out my mouse pattern and start making mice for next year... Just not tonight.