Witches, Goblins, and Ghosts – Oh my!
Thursday, November 3rd, 2016
Halloween is the time when scary skeletons, spooky ghosts and wicked witches roam the world. All of the Giraffe centres enjoyed the build up to Halloween last week, and the children and staff certainly got into the spirit of the festivities!
The children were delighted to dress up for the whole day for their Halloween parties. For some of the younger children, it was their first time wearing a costume! They seem to have really enjoyed the fun and festivities 🙂
- Baby Skeleton in Griffeen
- Little Lamb!
- Skeleton Princess in Griffeen
- An adorable Bat
- Tigger in Rathborne
No tricks, just treats please!
Many of our centres participated in Trick or Treat for Temple Street, combining their fancy dress party with a Fundraiser to raise much needed funds for the Children’s Hospital at Temple Street.
- Princess Witch in Rathborne
- Superman, Spiderman and a Pretty Witch in IFSC
- Bunnies and Princesses in IFSC
- Monster in IFSC
- Halloween Fun at IFSC
- Spiderman and his Witch Friends in IFSC
- Scary Fella in Griffeen!
- Turtle & Princess Griffeen
- Princess in Griffeen
- Cat Girl in Griffeen!
- Jedi in Griffeen
- Pumpkin Dress Park West
- Scary Wizard Park West
- Pirate Parade
- Wizard Cut-out in Clonsilla
- Superman!
- Aww! Vampire and Pirate in Clonsilla
Joining in on the fun
The children weren’t the only ones enjoying dressing up though! Many of the staff turned out in costume for the day and some even ran competitions for best costume.
- Laura, Denise & Mireia in Navan
- Halloween Fun in IFSC
- Samantha & Nathalie in Navan
- Sarah in Navan
Pumpkin Carving Competition
One of the highlights of the week was a friendly competition between the centres for the most creative pumpkin carving! An astounding 13 finalists were chosen and then it went to a public vote on our Facebook page. The children were encouraged to help carve their own pumpkins, tracing faces, painting the skin and scooping out the insides to make the pumpkins hollow.
- Scooping out the pumpkin in Lucan
- Preparing the Pumpkin in Central Park
- Scooping Out the Insides. Navan
- Drawing Minnie Mouse Face in Navan!
- Scooping Out in Central Park
Congratulations!
This year’s winner was Giraffe Rathfarnham for this incredibly creative pumpkin display! Well done to all the staff and children who helped make this spooky pumpkin display. The centre will be awarded a fantastic prize of new equipment for all the children to enjoy.
Rathfarnham
Here are some of the amazing pumpkin designs from other centres. Thank you to everyone who voted for our creative designs!
- Griffeen
- Leopardstown
- Lucan
- Harcourt Rd.
- Clonsilla
- Central Park
- Stepaside
- Park West
- Milltown
- Northern Cross
- Navan
- NCI
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