Boo!

Halloween started for my family with two teeny, tiny witches. We made them tiny black felt tunics and they wore a tiny, black, pointed plastic hat (which they pulled off repeatedly causing the elastic strap under their chin to snap them in the face). The next year brought the two brightest crayons in the box. Again, they wore a homemade tunic (red and black this time with the Crayola logo) and a red cone shaped hat. Again, they refused to leave the hat on and ended up with a few more elastic snaps to the face. The third year, they did their own thing. One was a pink butterfly and the other was a bumblebee. Neither one ended up happy with their own choice, so they both sobbed through the entire Halloween preschool parade. By that night, they had swapped costumes and everyone was happy. They didn't have any hats to bother them this time, but the wings drove them nuts!

After that it all gets a little blurry, but I know there were years for clowns, cowgirls, Asian peasants, black cats, pioneer girls, Nutcracker ballerias, and most importantly, CHEERLEADERS! They didn't just yell "trick or treat" at the neighbors; they did a whole "Rise and Shout" type routine.

Here are a few other Halloween memories:
1) getting lost in the corn maze and having to call in the corn cops
2) the girls making a really cool cemetery cake
3) working in the gym Haunted House (TP mummies)


So, here are a few Halloween ideas for the Provo/SL area: --Many of them have online coupons.

Haunted Houses, Corn Mazes, Pumpkin Patches, etc.

Big Foot Corn Maze (Pleasant Grove) – http://www.bigfootcornmaze.com/
192 North 2000 West
Pleasant Grove, Utah

Castle of Chaos (Salt Lake) – http://castleofchaos.com/
3300 South 120 West
Salt Lake City, Utah

Cornbelly's Corn Maze (Lehi) - http://www.thanksgivingpoint.com/
Thanksgiving Point
3003 Thanksgiving Way
Lehi, Utah

Crazy Corn Maze (West Jordan) – http://www.utahmaze.com/
8800 South 4000 West
West Jordan, Utah

The Dreaded Grove (American Fork) - http://www.thedreadedgrove.com/
American Fork, Exit 275
Turn west, towards the lake. Travel for about 1 1/2 miles.
American, Utah

Goatman Flats Haunted House (Orem) - http://goatmanflats.com/
October 29 -31, 2008 from after dark - 10:30 pm
1400 North 600 West
Orem, Utah

Haunted Forest (American Fork) – http://hauntedutah.com/
I-15 to exit 276
Turn towards Utah Lake (west) and go a quarter of a mile.
American Fork, Utah

HeeHaws (Pleasant Grove) – http://www.heehawfarms.com/
538 South 2000 West
I-15 to exit 275, turn east then take the first left (2000 West).
Continue straight until you reach the entrance to Hee Haw Farms.
Pleasant Grove, Utah

Liberty Land Spook Alley (Lehi) - http://www.libertylandfuncenter.com/
October 2 - 31, 2008
Liberty Land Fun Center
1320 North 300 West
Lehi, Utah

Nightmare on 13th (Salt Lake) – http://www.nightmareon13th.com/
300 West 1300 South
Salt Lake City, Utah

Scream Asylum (Provo) - http://www.thescreamasylum.com/
600 South University Ave.
Provo, Utah

South Ridge Farms Pumpkin Patch (Santaquin) – http://www.southridgefarms.com/
300 West 900 South
Santaquin, Utah

Vineyard Garden Center Pumpkinland (Orem)
435 South Geneva Road
Orem, Utah

Wheeler Historic Farm Pumpkin Patch (Salt Lake) - http://www.wheelerfarm.com/
6351 South 900 East
Salt Lake City, Utah