Photo by Amy Robb
Another great party! This year's theme was prognostication (see our crystal ball invitations here).
We cast runes at the party, with surprisingly off-color results
In addition to our awesome fortune telling machine, we had three areas set up for tarot card reading, palm reading, and Ouija board. Then at midnight we held a (very informal) seance.
We did tarot reading in the playhouse:
Lilli taught herself card reading in the days before the party and did an excellent job as our chief card reader.
The Ouija and seance tent:
Skull, a bundle of white sage for smudging away evil spirits, and some framed photos of seances from the early 20th century
I got the pattern for making the seance table from How to Haunt Your House.
The palm reading station and hookah lounge, in the far back corner of our yard:
Where Cliff proved to be an expert palm reader.
Michelle as the Bride of Frankenstein (with Donovan)
A blurry picture, but it cracks me up
Sam as a modern prognosticator, a NYSE trader
Beatrice and Melanie admiring the fire pit
Lilli as a Magic 8 Ball
Monty as Carnac the Magnificent
Melissa as Melizza the Fortune Telling Machine
The kids' favors were little gold pouches filled with candy and toys and tied up with a "Lucky Penny" tag.
The adults' favors were cards with fortune telling fish attached.
Yes, I'm already thinking about the next Halloween party, but meanwhile we still have pumpkin carving, trick or treating, and a party at Beatrice's school left to enjoy this week. Happy Halloween!
We had such a great time Summer! And we can't wait for next year!!!
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