Hannah Center II

Our Pumpkin party at the Hannah Center went very well! I think all of the kids enjoyed the new activities that we had for them. When we got there, we started off with snack time. They really liked the Halloween trail mix and white chocolate covered pretzels that Kristen made. Then, we had them make their own pumpkin by coloring a paper plate and cutting out shapes for the eyes, mouth, and stem. By the end of the craft time, we could see that the kids were getting antsy and they had a lot of energy from the snacks. We had originally planned to do the "gross food guess" after crafts, but someone wisely decided to change the order of activities and do the outside games so the children could release some energy. The broom stick race and other games outside went really well and the weather was great. I think the kids enjoyed the gross food guess and some of them had done it before so they had a general idea of what it was like and what body parts to guess. I was concerned that some of the children would be afraid to reach into the bag when they couldn't see what was inside, but everyone seemed to enjoy it. There were some shrieks of excitement when they felt the soggy pretzels and mashed bananas! The next activity was a mummy wrapping game with toilet paper. The kids really seemed to enjoy this and they made great mummies! After this activity, parents were beginning to come to pick up their children so we finished with coloring pages. The activities all went really well and everyone seemed to enjoy the pumpkin party!
~Josh Heber