Halloween is my favorite day of the year. It's hard not being in a country that celebrates it but I do my best each year to help my Australian friends embrace it, just as much as I do.
For our 3rd, but not annual Halloween party, we decided to move away from the spooky and ghastly for a un-Halloween Party with an Alice in Wonderland theme. Guests were asked to dress in costumes "from their childhood" (cartoons, TV shows, movies, nursery rhymes, books, etc).
I had a hard time finding decorations so most of it was handmade by me!
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The Queen: She likes 'em red wreaths |
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White roses painted red |
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Red Mexican paper flowers |
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Quotes from Alice in Wonderland |
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The Queens Card Soldiers |
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"Fat boy" teapots (handpainted) and The Mad Hatter's Menu |
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"Take Me" orange and black (chocolate) candy bar |
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'Eat Me' cupcakes |
Inspired by Eloise's pirate ship tent, our living room was decorated with a Peter Pan theme.
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Peter Pan, Wendy and John flying |
Sing-a-song-of-six-pence:
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My pie felties were so fun to make! |
Litte Miss Muffett sat on the toilet...
We were The Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts and Alice. I made the Queen of Hearts and Alice costumes. Adult tutu's are so fun!
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Our little Alice |
I was sad MissE missed out on going to a pumpkin patch, maybe next year... We found carving pumpkins at Woolworths but for $25 each! They discounted them to $12 on October 30 so we were able to have some pumpkin carving fun!
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What's in there? |
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Eloise and her 'Daisy' (In the Night Garden) pumpkin and 'Itsy Bitsy' pumpkin |