At the small parish in a rural town where we often attend Mass, a group of families decided to get together an All Saint's Party for October 31. Though we let the whole parish know they were invited, it ended up being just our little homeschool group of families and some grandparents attending. Nonetheless, we had a great time and really enjoyed the fruits of our preparatory efforts, which helped the children focus on the Saints and the Holy Souls more than a normal night of trick-r-treating would have done.
So here are the pictures of the evening which included St. Cecilia's Musical Chairs, St. Peter's Fishing Pond, Our Lady Queen of All Saints Ring Toss, Saints Bingo, Saintly Virtue Race, decorating goody bags and glass candle jars, enjoying lots of homemade treats and snacks, and ending the night with the singing of the Litany of the Saints.
Oh, I almost forgot the surprise of the night was the horseback rides provided by one of the parishioners. The kids loved it.
The two St. Kateri's: Maria Victoria and Suzanne. My mom altered and decorated a t-shirt for Maria's costume. I made her headband and even got her to let me braid her hair which stayed in all night. Suzanne is holding Solanus who is dressed as an Holy Innocent. I know, that was definitely a no-effort costume. :)
Daniel impressed everyone with his St. Juan Diego costume. He drew Our Lady of Guadalupe with some of his oil pastels. It turned out really well and he figures he has his costume for the next ten years of All Saint's Day.
The little Lily of the Mohawks.
If you click to enlarge this picture you can see it better though it is a bit dark. It is one of the few photos I have of Juan Pablo in his entire St. Edward the Confessor costume that we made out of a men's turtleneck and some scraps of material from the thrift store. The crown is poster board spray-painted gold with hot-glued jewels and ribbon. I might have him dress up in it again to get a good picture.
Some of the adults dressed up, too: left to right we have St. Hubert, St. Gianna Molla, St. Damien of Molokai (on his day off), and St. Juan Diego.
Here's most of the kiddos.
Here's the musical chairs.
The Saintly Virtue Race turned out to be a great "Big Kid" game. Behind you can see St. Peter's Fishing Pond.
Emmanuel is "clothing the naked like St. Martin of Tours" in the Saintly Virtue Race.
The jar-decorating table. I found the idea on another blog and prepared the tissue strips in the week before by painting them. That night we just modge-podged them on. We lit the tea lights in them for the Litany of Saints and it looked quite nice.
The Litany of the Saints.
So here are the pictures of the evening which included St. Cecilia's Musical Chairs, St. Peter's Fishing Pond, Our Lady Queen of All Saints Ring Toss, Saints Bingo, Saintly Virtue Race, decorating goody bags and glass candle jars, enjoying lots of homemade treats and snacks, and ending the night with the singing of the Litany of the Saints.
Oh, I almost forgot the surprise of the night was the horseback rides provided by one of the parishioners. The kids loved it.
The two St. Kateri's: Maria Victoria and Suzanne. My mom altered and decorated a t-shirt for Maria's costume. I made her headband and even got her to let me braid her hair which stayed in all night. Suzanne is holding Solanus who is dressed as an Holy Innocent. I know, that was definitely a no-effort costume. :) 
Daniel impressed everyone with his St. Juan Diego costume. He drew Our Lady of Guadalupe with some of his oil pastels. It turned out really well and he figures he has his costume for the next ten years of All Saint's Day.
The little Lily of the Mohawks.
If you click to enlarge this picture you can see it better though it is a bit dark. It is one of the few photos I have of Juan Pablo in his entire St. Edward the Confessor costume that we made out of a men's turtleneck and some scraps of material from the thrift store. The crown is poster board spray-painted gold with hot-glued jewels and ribbon. I might have him dress up in it again to get a good picture.
Some of the adults dressed up, too: left to right we have St. Hubert, St. Gianna Molla, St. Damien of Molokai (on his day off), and St. Juan Diego.
Here's most of the kiddos.
Here's the musical chairs.
The Saintly Virtue Race turned out to be a great "Big Kid" game. Behind you can see St. Peter's Fishing Pond. 
Emmanuel is "clothing the naked like St. Martin of Tours" in the Saintly Virtue Race.
The jar-decorating table. I found the idea on another blog and prepared the tissue strips in the week before by painting them. That night we just modge-podged them on. We lit the tea lights in them for the Litany of Saints and it looked quite nice.
The Litany of the Saints.
Comments
I was waiting for this post on your blog,"the saints day" It is so nice to see you again and over again. God Bless you.
Nice job Daniel with the picture of our lady of Guadalupe.
Etel