Costume Party!

The class project to save pumpkins from
being carved turned pumpkins into book
characters. T-Bug picked Wonder Woman!
I love how she thinks and the resulting
creativity.

October has been drama-filled for me: illnesses; a new car; a car accident; a costume party; a bridal shower; and, a trip to Urgent Care to stitch up a finger mangled by an emulsion blender. I enjoyed some of those events much more than others, so I'm going to focus on those.
My granddaughter "T-Bug" celebrated her seventh birthday with a costume party. 
As we were planning her party I asked her what she envisioned happening. She described confetti cannons announcing her entrance into the room! She's my Pinterest-Girl! Big ideas on a small budget. I counseled her to aim a little lower and we began planning. 
Her other grandmother had already received the cake order:

A Jet's fan like her dad, T-Bug requested two cakes:

 

A football and a helmet.

Grammy outdid herself with the two requested and a
pumpkin too!

T and I created our centerpiece using a vase filled with
mallowcreme pumpkins, Peep ghosts, M&M's, candy body
parts and black roses. Mysteriously, some of the candy went missing
before the party.

We added a few more spooky treats and viola, "It's a Party!"

In addition to plenty of cake and ice cream, healthy treats were
like a bowlful of eyeballs (grapes) and fingers (carrot sticks) were
offered. Our mini pumpkins (created using magic markers on tiny
clementines) were the absolute favorites. Baby L decided to put glasses
on her pumpkin as a salute to GiGi!

Colorful straws for

bottles of water decorated with duct tape.

My glow-in-the dark mouse

and Jello-brain added a note of creepiness.

We didn't like the way our spider deviled eggs turned
out. Next time we will buy smaller olives. In spite of
that every single one was eaten.

The birthday girl told her mom, "Thanks for the best party EVER!"

Hope you have a blast handing out treats tomorrow night. Silently pray blessings on the heads of the children who come to your home. It's a treat that will bless you.