Lincoln Park District Halloween FunFest
serves a twisted trick or treat for area children
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[October 30, 2019]
LINCOLN
- As darkness fell upon the city, the ghosts and ghoulies came out
to play on Thursday evening. And where better to gather than the
Lincoln Park District, a place where play is the name of the game
for young and old alike?
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The annual Halloween FunFest at the Park District saw
hundreds of children with their parents or other adult family
members going from booth to booth collecting treats for tricks.
The premise of Trick or Treat is that children go out on Halloween
night and knock on doors seeking sweet treats. If the treat is not
delivered promptly, then a ‘trick’ is delivered upon the home.
However, at the park district the practice is twisted just a bit.
Instead of tricking for a lack of treats, kids were expected to
perform tricks in order to earn treats. All around the indoor tennis
court at the recreational center, tables were set up with various
games. Children played the game and earned a treat from the bowls
filled with candy.
Most of the games centered around the ring toss concept, with games
such as tossing the rings onto the legs of the spiders. Other games
were adapted forms of bag games, where kids threw something through
the hole on a large board. The most fun of those games might have
been the toilet paper toss where the roll of paper went flying from
the kids’ hands into the toilet seats on the large board.
The Logan County Paramedics had a new game this year,
a touch and feel game where kids put their hand inside a black box
and tried to identify the “bone” in the box.
There was also the ever popular key search by the
Logan County Crime Stoppers. In this game, the kids dig through the
sawdust in a coffin full of bones. They find a key then move over to
the large treasure trunk to see if their key will unlock the lid. If
it does, they have their choice of prizes stashed inside.
Feeding eyeballs to the large green monster was a
returning game again this year, as was the costume judging.
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New this year was a Spider Web Selfie Wall, where everyone could use
their cell phones to take pictures of themselves or many of the
parents used the wall to take nice shots of their kids all dressed
up for Halloween.
The crowds came early this year and at every table, there were
lines of kids waiting their turn to perform a trick and receive a treat.
And of course, no one walked away empty handed. Even if the children didn’t make
the target, land a ring on the spider leg, or knock down all the candy corn in
the candy bowling, they still got a treat from the table.
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In addition to all that, Park District staff were on hand at the door and
everyone got a treat bag as they came in for the evening.
Once again this year, it was a great evening of safe trick or treating for area
children and a wonderful time for family.
[Nila Smith] |