Spooktacular fun as we host Halloween party for children

Residents and staff brewed up a wicked Halloween treat to welcome a party of visiting children

The spooky goings-on featured ghostly games, dressing up and scary-looking cupcakes.

The youngsters, all children of team members at the home and aged up to ten years old, had great fun meeting residents including Trevor Clark, who appeared in costume as a ‘voodoo doctor’.

And in games devised by our Companionship Team Member Jo Vardy, they played along in mixed teams with residents.

The most popular proved to be ‘Pass the Eyeball’ and ‘Eyeball Pong’, in which competitors had to bounce ping pong balls along a table and into the eye sockets of fake skulls.

In the midst of all the fun, Chef Isabella Corbo brought out some homemade cupcakes adorned with delights such as ‘Jelly Eyeballs’ and ‘Brains’.

Jo said: “Everybody loved it and had a fantastic time. The interaction between the residents and the children was brilliant. The children were amazed at our decorations, spooky lights and Harry Potter-style handmade floating candles, all 40 of them, which we had in our cauldron. Each child left with a Halloween bauble filled with sweets and a big smile.”

Trevor said: “I had a lot of fun getting into the voodoo doctor’s costume,” while fellow resident Pam Roberts said: “It was lovely to see the children.”

Earlier on Halloween, Brook View residents enjoyed meeting an assortment of animals including a snake and an owl brought along on a visit by Creature Teachers.

Jo added: “Our lounge was full to the brim with residents keen to be involved. I was impressed that so many of them were brave enough to hold the snake.”