We've got a big day ahead of us. Starting with Krispy Kreme Halloween donuts. Serious business. Then, we are braving the Giants parade with the babies! - I know, we are crazy. But I feel like it's a good kind of crazy ;) And tonight we are getting together with friends for a Halloween party and our kids' first time trick-or-treating.
I saved my favorite Halloween play idea for this last countdown post. It's my favorite because it's so simple, but it's so fun with Calvin because he really gets a kick out of it... it's Pumpkin Hunting!!
At Easter, Calvin loved hunting for eggs. So I just knew he'd love hunting for pumpkins too! And he does!
I bought 5 little pumpkins (Calvin calls them "baby pumpkins") and while Calvin was napping, I hid them around the living room.
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| Henry found one! |
After Calvin got up from his nap (and went potty... and had a snack... and I put Henry down for a nap...) he started his pumpkin hunt! I put a basket on the table in the middle of the room for him to collect the pumpkins in.
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| Check out that bed-head! |
Once he found all five, he wanted to play again, so I made him go into the kitchen (which in our apartment is really the same room, just on the other side of the couch) while I hid the pumpkins again. This was the hardest part! He kept peeking while I was trying to hide them! #cheating
Here is an awesome-hilarious-adorable-kind-of-long video of our second go at pumpkin hunting. I did say that he loves pumpkin hunting... I never said he was good at it ;)
Cracks me up every time I watch this!!
We played Pumpkin Hunt over and over again this week and I definitely ran out of sneaky hiding places in our living room!
I think this would make a fun party game for a small group of kids if you used a few more pumpkins. You could even do something like mark them with numbers to correspond with prizes.
Happy Hunting and Happy Halloween!!
Here are more posts from this series of Halloween-themed play ideas:
Monster Bowling
Funny Felt Monsters
Perfect Pour Pumpkins
Spooky Sensory Bottles
Spiders in Shaving Cream
reminds us of Boo hunting for critters he brought into the house. the bean is so cute! thanks for that! happy halloween!!
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