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Had a good Halloween this year.
a year ago
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Did pretty good this year. Got to use the lanterns and strobes I got on mark down from last year. A bit worried that I got too small a candy bag to give out this year. Before I was able to fit 2 of the big named brand candies and 8 smaller cheapo brands, this year the bags could only fit a single big piece and 3 smalls. Luckily had enough candy to fill 200 of them. Bought a few extra dum dum and tootsie pop mini bags just in case though.
Started to get set up around 5pm, synched a pair of Bluetooth speakers to play this.
Put on my hooded cape and plague doctor mask on and waited for a while. Waited out there for a while till the first kids showed up around 6. Handed 3 bags per kid and then it got dark quick. Ditched the mask, pulled out a pair of lightsabers I got on sale at ownasaber.com and got quite slot of kids at various intervals.
One cute toddler seemed fascinated with the lightsabers and reached out for one and I let him hold onto one. He was adorable holding the blade of it and bopping him mom with the handle. Ended up making him cry when we had to take the saber from him and tried to give him a glowstick in return. Didn't spook or scare any kids last night oddly. Many of them were either fascinated by my lightsabers or the lightning ball I had on the table. Quite surprised that many of them never seen one before and it was neat to see their reactions when they touched my ball. The kids that were interested in my sabers enjoyed themselves when I let them hold onto after I changed the red blade to a more heroic green one. Fought a few of them, let them win of course. Some parents took pics with the dad holding the red, the kid the green, and me in the back like the Emperor. Turned the blades blue and put the Revenge of the Sith soundtrack on while I let two brothers duel. It was fun to watch last night.
But I think the best was thanks to the Scooby show soundtrack I had going on. Lots of the parents paused and looked around before realizing they heard that theme song somewhere before. But those meddling kids didn't seem to notice at all. Oddly enough, I did have a single Scooby show up last night and gave him some snacks.
Ran out of candy shortly past 9, put down my stuff and called it a night. Watched that 3 Stooges collection I put up earlier and here we are. How was your Halloween?
Started to get set up around 5pm, synched a pair of Bluetooth speakers to play this.
Put on my hooded cape and plague doctor mask on and waited for a while. Waited out there for a while till the first kids showed up around 6. Handed 3 bags per kid and then it got dark quick. Ditched the mask, pulled out a pair of lightsabers I got on sale at ownasaber.com and got quite slot of kids at various intervals.
One cute toddler seemed fascinated with the lightsabers and reached out for one and I let him hold onto one. He was adorable holding the blade of it and bopping him mom with the handle. Ended up making him cry when we had to take the saber from him and tried to give him a glowstick in return. Didn't spook or scare any kids last night oddly. Many of them were either fascinated by my lightsabers or the lightning ball I had on the table. Quite surprised that many of them never seen one before and it was neat to see their reactions when they touched my ball. The kids that were interested in my sabers enjoyed themselves when I let them hold onto after I changed the red blade to a more heroic green one. Fought a few of them, let them win of course. Some parents took pics with the dad holding the red, the kid the green, and me in the back like the Emperor. Turned the blades blue and put the Revenge of the Sith soundtrack on while I let two brothers duel. It was fun to watch last night.
But I think the best was thanks to the Scooby show soundtrack I had going on. Lots of the parents paused and looked around before realizing they heard that theme song somewhere before. But those meddling kids didn't seem to notice at all. Oddly enough, I did have a single Scooby show up last night and gave him some snacks.
Ran out of candy shortly past 9, put down my stuff and called it a night. Watched that 3 Stooges collection I put up earlier and here we are. How was your Halloween?
doesn't matter anyways, family insists on no-contact trick or treating since the covid hit.