Raphael House's 2010 Annual Harvest Festival was a great success. More than fifty families came to join in the fun; people from all walks of life came, including Spider Man, princesses, fairies, and even giant bananas!
This year's festival was an attack on the senses. The ghoulish entryway led to a scrumptious feast of tea sandwiches, cupcakes, and cauldron of liquid luck! (aka lemonade). Whoever dared to travel onward, encountered a friendly popcorn dealing gnome before entering the games area, where the real treats were.
Around the room were various games to enjoy with the family, including Ned's Head for the little ones, which is a game that helps develop sensory skills. Children dipped their hands into the Ned's GIANT head to find things like a giant ant, a used cotton bud, an alien, and more!!! (all fake of course).
Our next game, pin the heart on the skeleton, had children practicing their surgical skills while blindfolded. The next games developed children's imaginations by having them dip their hands into buckets of oily boiled eggs for eyeballs, jumbled jell-o for BRAINS, and spaghetti for WORMS!!!!
Our photo booth, which magically transformed kids and adults into a friendly witch and vampire for pictures, was a nice respite from all of the gross out games. The bag toss, also a nice break from the sensory games, was a great hit and had every child who played it kept coming back for more. We ended the evening with a visit from Mother Goose, and a rendition of many of her well-known nursery rhymes.
Thanks to our wonderful volunteers, this event ran smoothly and was a ton of fun. Until next year....
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