Akili Li wrote:ha ha ha, I don't know as the kids register anything besides, "Is it candy? No? Ah, that's sad I wanted candy". But the parents certainly enjoy it.
Yeah, it's hard if you don't have other people around to help encourage this stuff! I could totally have been doing craft things on my own this year but without the company I just wasn't!
And Halloween is the *PERFECT* time for people who can't sew or carve because if it turns out all wonky and lopsided and odd you can just say it was on purpose, because
HALLOWEEN!
You are free to steal any or all of these ideas, too, if you want to start doing the same thing.
We can have a chat thread and consult with each other planning our next crafting party and reporting how it went and stuff!
Oh dear heavens I have *yet* to come up with a successful option for providing refreshments/food. The time we tried potluck meant that everyone brought bags of crisps and the crumbs got into the crafting goods and it was just sad. The time I tried to make things ahead all by myself I stayed up the night before and was so tired I didn't get any crafting done. The time we all put in for takeout was okay but too expensive. Half the time I just gave up and said "eat before you come".... there must be a better way.
Maybe I should do one of the crafting events as a joint "let's all build gingerbread houses" option and then we can just eat the failures? But that only solves one....
anyhow brainstorming notions with someone else would honestly be a relief.
I imagine the parents would certainly enjoy it, yes! And I'm really not crafty, nor motivated, so I doubt that I'd ever make it a permanent thing, but it could totally be a one-off thing I'd do with my family for Christmas? Certain parts, that is. We've accessorized costumes for themed Christmas parties before, after all. :D
And the crumbs! No! D:
Before covid, we'd arrange a baking weekend where we would all make cookies/desserts for the Christmas holidays, multiple batches of different kinds each, and divvy 'em up equally, so everyone would have 4-5 different types of cookies/brownies/others that would last about a month lol. You could try something like that? Don't know if it qualifies under the "crafting" umbrella though, haha!
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