On Thursday, Oct. 29, the Children’s Center held its annual Howl at the Moon event.
Children who attend the center and some from the community came to the event sponsored by the Children’s Center and the Adult Student Center.
This was the fourth year Howl at the Moon has taken place.
“We kind of change it up a little bit, but it’s pretty much the same,” Wanda Gregory, coordinator of the Children’s Center, said.
Children heard a safety speech about trick-or-treating, listened to Halloween music and made crafts.
Children lined up to get their faces painted. Kimberly Pelle, coordinator of the Adult Student Center, painted ghosts, spiders and pumpkins on the children’s faces.
Nicole Tackett, 8, said this was her second year coming to Howl at the Moon. She said she likes it because you get candy and get your face painted.
Pelle said she thinks adults enjoy Halloween as much as the children do.
“I love Halloween. I’m a big kid myself,” she said.
One of the crafts activities was making masks the children could color and wear during the event.
Abby, 4, said she liked making the masks so she can scare someone.
The children also made ghosts out of suckers and tissues, picture frames and bags that had Halloween characters on them.
Some of the children said they enjoyed making crafts and dressing up in their costumes.
“I’m Captain Hook,” Martha Wood, 4, said.
Wood said she dressed that way because “Peter Pan” is her favorite movie.
Other children said they liked dressing up in scary costumes.
Evan, 7, said his favorite things about Halloween are skeletons and his skeleton costume.
Children also got to stick their hands in boxes and guess what was inside them. They got to touch what seemed like fake eyeballs and fingernails, but were actually olives and candy corn.
Howl at the Moon isn’t the only event the Children’s Center and the Adult Student Center host
every year. In December, they will have a Parents’ Night Out to give people a break from parenting.
“Right before finals, we watch the kids and let them do some Christmas activities, so the parents can either go Christmas shopping or they can study for their finals,” Gregory said.
By KATHERINE
PITTELKO
Staff Writer
kpittelk@ius.edu