Headless Horseman Party
Wishing you were hosting a Halloween Party? Try this one:
Every October our friends like to host a reading of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. They pre-order a bunch of copies (enough for 1 copy per 2 people), set up enough seating for 20 to 30 people and serve every fall-flavor dessert you can think of.
All the guests take part in the reading — each person reads 3 or 4 paragraphs and turns move around the circle in order. By the time everyone in the circle has read a couple of times the story is finished.
It is surprisingly entertaining to hear your friends read aloud — funny to see who can't resist breaking into an accent or who has the instinctive ability to emphasize anything even slightly off-color. Some people are really good at reading aloud and others (read: me) are relieved when their turn is over.
An especially creepy event for New Yorkers, because Sleepy Hollow is just a 15 minute drive from here.
Cobweb candle instructions.
posted by Gabrielle of Design Mom at Thursday, October 19, 2006
7 Comments:
My 12-year-old gets a part this year in place of trick-or-treating. It consists of 12 girls in halloween constumes eating pizza and candy and watching a spooky movie. Any movie ideas for this age? We had chosen Nightmare Before Christmas but it is being re-release this week in theaters.
That sounds so very very fun! Great idea!
It's campy and old, but you can't beat Disney's "Watcher in the Woods." If your kids can get past the 70s hairdo's, it is a pretty spooky (if harmless) tale about a girl named Karen who keep seeing a blindfolded girl in the mirror. NAREK.
Disney's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" is also spooky and old, and I believe, stars the kid from "A Christmas Story."
Watcher in the Woods is my favorite scary movie. I loved it as a kid! I'm going to miss reading the sleepy hollow reading this year, I wish someone would take it over.
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what i meant to say was this holiday will not be the same without the headless horseman party
such a great idea! I'll have to remember this one :)
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