Hi all
For the past 3 years i have organised a halloween party at our village primary school. I am in a rural village in the Peak District UK (so Halloween is not as big over here as in the States - but is getting more popular each year - although trick or treating is frowned upon by many as scary for older people).
In the past the school halloween party has to take place a week before the 31st due to school holidays. Last year the 2 pubs in the village also put on Halloween events - fancy dress events, plus a childrens film and craft activities in one of the pubs. These tool place on the weekend of the 31st...
Now i would like to propose to the school and village that we put on a whole community Halloween event over the halloween weekend which brings together the school event and the pub events alongside perhaps an outdoor ghost walk, scavenger hunt event. The idea would be that adults and children participated and raised money for the school and other village charities. My aim is to bring the different age groups together to celebrate halloween, rather than the kids doing one thing and the adults another.
My idea would be that adults and children met in one of the pubs and were told the beginnings of a story and given a map of the village. They buy tickets to participate.
They are then put into groups and go off with their lead storyteller to follow the map to the next venue. Groups could be formed with different age groups so the story could be more scary for older groups than younger groups. They go off on their ghost walks around the village stopping at various community venues, village hall, sports hall etc and go inside each venue for a halloween themed activity - craft activity or apple bobbing, or challenges etc or just another part of the story....
and end up back in one of the pubs or village hall for a halloween movie.
I would need to get a number of adults to be dressed up storytellers....
It would be best if the pub hosted the film screening in one room so the kids were entertained whilst the adults spend money at the bar (thus bringing in money to the pub in exchange for hosting the film screening). Although we do have 2 village pubs at opposite ends of the village so need to make sure they both benefit from more customers on the night.
what do you experienced states side halloween experts thinK??
do you know of any examples of community halloween events i could copy?
Can i use this thread as a base to plan this event? i really need your help..
thanks
art
For the past 3 years i have organised a halloween party at our village primary school. I am in a rural village in the Peak District UK (so Halloween is not as big over here as in the States - but is getting more popular each year - although trick or treating is frowned upon by many as scary for older people).
In the past the school halloween party has to take place a week before the 31st due to school holidays. Last year the 2 pubs in the village also put on Halloween events - fancy dress events, plus a childrens film and craft activities in one of the pubs. These tool place on the weekend of the 31st...
Now i would like to propose to the school and village that we put on a whole community Halloween event over the halloween weekend which brings together the school event and the pub events alongside perhaps an outdoor ghost walk, scavenger hunt event. The idea would be that adults and children participated and raised money for the school and other village charities. My aim is to bring the different age groups together to celebrate halloween, rather than the kids doing one thing and the adults another.
My idea would be that adults and children met in one of the pubs and were told the beginnings of a story and given a map of the village. They buy tickets to participate.
They are then put into groups and go off with their lead storyteller to follow the map to the next venue. Groups could be formed with different age groups so the story could be more scary for older groups than younger groups. They go off on their ghost walks around the village stopping at various community venues, village hall, sports hall etc and go inside each venue for a halloween themed activity - craft activity or apple bobbing, or challenges etc or just another part of the story....
and end up back in one of the pubs or village hall for a halloween movie.
I would need to get a number of adults to be dressed up storytellers....
It would be best if the pub hosted the film screening in one room so the kids were entertained whilst the adults spend money at the bar (thus bringing in money to the pub in exchange for hosting the film screening). Although we do have 2 village pubs at opposite ends of the village so need to make sure they both benefit from more customers on the night.
what do you experienced states side halloween experts thinK??
do you know of any examples of community halloween events i could copy?
Can i use this thread as a base to plan this event? i really need your help..
thanks
art
