Lunch and Tea Time before Halloween weekend

Today, I went to have lunch with the moms. We have three new moms with us today. We were just having lunch and chat until tea time. The kids were just playing at the play structure and have fun.

After lunch, I prepared some activity for the kids. Originally, our group was thinking of making a mask and just wore the costume for Halloween Weekday Party. However, one of the mom (the leader of the gang) went to UK for vacation, the party was canceled. So, I improvised. I checked online for this ghost lollipop craft. Basically a very simple activity for the kids to have fun.

This morning before we went for lunch, I thought we could still wear the costume and made the ghost lollipop. However, the new moms didn't know about this plan, so we have to accommodate them and just stick to the ghost lollipop activity. The kids had fun and we might have another real Halloween party this coming Friday. We might carve Jack-O-Lantern for real. I am not sure if it would happen. Let's hope so...

If you are interested in the simple ghost lollipop, here are the instructions and the link. (http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/lollipop_ghost_craft.htm)

You will need:
White tissue paper (we used facial tissues)
Lollipop
Fine-point black pen (or small black stickers)
Double sided tape

Instructions:
Cut a 12cm square of tissue paper.
Put a small piece of sticky tape around the lolly stick and remove the backing (this is quite fiddly so adult help may be needed).
Fold the tissue around the lollipop and press down so it sticks to the tape.
Use black pen to draw on a face (be careful as the ink will spread). Alternatively, make your face out of stickers.

I did some changes to the instructions.

1. Instead of cutting tissue paper, I used the whole piece of Kleenex. Fold them twice to form a small square and make sure the folded lines were visible. When I opened the folded Kleenex, I had a target point in the middle of the Kleenex where the top of lollipop would go.
2. Put a small piece of sticky double side tape on top of the lollipop and whole round of tape around the side of the lollipop.
3. Peel off the backing of the double side tape. (Taking out the backing of the double side tape was a bit troublesome for the younger kids, so the moms had to join in)
3. Turned the lollipop upside down. Pressed the top of the lollipop to the center of the Kleenex.
4. Along with the Kleenex, turned the lollipop around and wrapped the Kleenex around the side of the lollipop.
5. For the eyes and the mouth, I used black ink (could be just any water color too) and cotton bud.