Exhausted!

I slept in until 6:15 this morning. Ever had one of those days where your muscles feel like noodles?

Yeah. Me too.

But the carnival last night was so much fun! I had so many Moms tell me what a nice party it was and how nice that it was just a simple and fun carnival for kids. EXACTLY what we wanted!

I am sitting here, munching on chocolate graham cracker cookies and resting my exhausted muscles. For the love of Petes Dragon! Even my abs are sore! I didn't think I did that much yesterday, but apparently shoveling all that sand for the "bone pit" did my poor abs in! I was grateful when packing up all the stuff we decorated with and all the games that were there, some kind husband of my friend took the shovel out of my hands and shooed  me away. I didn't even have to lift those buckets of sand into the horse trailer and empty them back into the obliging wash......another co-worker said he needed sand and took it saying he would return my buckets later. YAYNESS!!!

The place looked great and the trees were absolutely perfect. I got a few shots as we were setting up, but once the party began, there was no time to take photos. So these will have to do....

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This guy was my favorite....his face was absolutely PERFECT! Unfortunately I did not get a good photo. That dang sun was in my eyes and I couldn't see my phone....

I made these photos the original size so you could see the detail. In painting, I chose a dark gray paint and then air brushed a black paint over details to give shading and texture. All paint used was flat. CHEAP flat latex from Home Depot that could be tinted to the shade of gray needed.

 

This guy greeted everyone as they walked in with his perpetually surprised look. His bony dog was set to howl every time someone walked by.....

This guy.....was not happy with his face. I will redo him next year. But I loved the way they all turned out! Not bad for a first try. The Activities Director and I are already planning next years' event and we plan to start months ahead of time so that we HAVE the time for details such as these. Live and learn is a good moto when you are planning a kids event.

 

So thanks for stopping by and looking. Hopefully you will find something valuable here that you can do for your own Halloween celebration. If you need specific details on how tos, just leave a comment and I will be sure to answer!

 

Happy Halloween, my friends!