It's quite creepy because the park is so dark and there are bands playing as the lanterns parade through the park, then they all gather together for the finale which usually involves setting a big lantern on fire and setting off lots of fireworks (although Scott was disappointed and thought there could have been more fire this year haha). You can see some better photos here. As you can see, there are some amazing lanterns on show!
We also had a murder mystery party on Friday with Scott's family and decorated the house for halloween:
Vomiting pumpkin to greet the guests - lovely!
Skull garland hanging up
And some pumpkins and a spooky view from our 'gothic manor' as part of the murder mystery! The murder mystery party was really good, Scott's brother wrote it all himself. We did one last year too and at first you feel a bit stupid but then get into the swing of pretending to be your character! Great for people who miss high school drama classes ha. I was NOT the murderer, despite the victim being my rich husband who was 30 years older than me. Not suspicious at all...
What did you all do for Halloween? Trick or treating, zombie walk, halloween party or just tried to avoid getting your house egged?
We have a similar event in our town but for Christmas, it's a different theme every year and we have carol singing and mince pies in the town square afterwards - sounds corny but it's lovely!
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you're making the most of your new house, it looks gorgeous!
I've never played Murder Mystery but it sounds like so much fun! Glad you had such a lovely weekend. The lantern parade looks really eerie and majestic xx
ReplyDeleteI took part in a lantern parade at a festival once, they are such a wonderful sight!
ReplyDeleteI love your vomiting pumpkin!
ReplyDeleteI stayed in and watched Hocus Pocus like I do every year. Love that film
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Oh Wow that is so cool! I will make sure I go next year! Thanks for telling me about it :)
ReplyDeleteThe decorations are also awesome, loving the vomiting pumpkin!
The murder mystery party sounds like fun! I always want to do something for Halloween, but my friends don't seem all that into it. Mehhh. I'll let this one slide!
ReplyDeletea murder mystery party? what a nice idea for halloween :)
ReplyDeleteI went to a murder mystery dinner once, but a party must be much more amusing :)
Ohh a murder mystery party for Halloween, what a cool idea! The pictures from the event look really cool too, I wish there was more stuff like this where I live xx
ReplyDeleteI had a costume party for preschoolers at the library. We went trick-or-treating for the first time. My little one is so independent now, he made me stand on the sidewalk while he went to the houses and knocked. We also visited the Fire Station and sat in the fire truck.
ReplyDeleteThat parade looks like amazing fun to go to. I would love to see something like that in person. I didn't do too much for halloween, we just stayed in a greeted trick or treaters. But I did have a little fun earlier in the month with a halloween themed costumed 5k ( it was a lot of fun).
ReplyDeletewhat pretty lanterns! and a murder mystery party sounds like great fun!
ReplyDeletelooks like you had a fab halloween x
ReplyDeleteThe lantern parade looks amazing! And the murder mystery party sounds fun too. Whoever drew the gothic window did a good job!
ReplyDeleteAw, those Halloween lantern photographs are beautiful! I'm sad to say I've never played a Murder Mystery role play in my LIFE but I KNOW I'd love it... always loved Cluedo. x
ReplyDeleteThose lanterns were very cool! I bet it was spooky in a dark park too.
ReplyDeleteWe love the murder mystery evenings. We normally do them at new year.
The house looks decorated fantastically.
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Oh my, the skeleton is awesome and scary all at once! :D
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Wow this looks like so much fun! The window is genius! x
ReplyDeleteThis looks absolutely amazing, I've never seen a lantern parade but certainly would love to <3
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Wow, this seems so beautiful and fun!!!!
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oh the latterns, I've been waiting to see your photos since you first mentioned it, I am not disappointed, it looks amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteA murder mystery party sounds such a good idea for halloween, love the chalkboard wall too!
Awww the Lantern Festival looks amazing. I fully intended to go this year and then literally just... forgot. I just forgot about it! Foolish.
ReplyDeleteI did one of those murder mystery games once, it was a really good laugh. Although, the one I was in was a pre-made shop-bought one - how cool that Scott's brother actually wrote yours!
Also, vomiting pumpkin? Genius. x