Halloween Classes

It is almost Halloween, so this week has seem some very spookey classes! The children have been learning about ghosts and goblins and other gruesom Halloween words.

As a Halloween creepy craft, the children prepared Marshmallow Frankensteins. They dipped marshmallows in green food colouring, then used melted chocolate to make the hair and mouth, and stuck candy eyes on using the chocolate. It was then finished off with some pretzel bolts.

Halloween Party

Today was the children's Halloween party. We had almost 200 kids come to join us in an evening of tricks, treats and scary stories.


The event began with a play put on by the English-speaking staff that told the story of how the Jack-O-Lantern got its name and was narrated by our guest story teller in Japanese. The storyteller also did her own story and told many spooky tales all through the night.


Afterwards the children were free to enjoy all the stalls and activities. The Haunted House was as popular as always and created a few screams. The new events included a science corner where they could make a tree grow icicles, play with slime, make a head foam at the mouth and experiment with air. The treasure hunt was also popular, but a bit much for some with some tricky clues.


The regular events were the pumpkin carving, craft and cooking. This year the children made their own candy-floss. Thanks to all our helpers it was a very successful night.

Halloween Party

Every year the Halloween party at Zenrinkan is a huge event. This year was no exception with over 150 children coming to enjoy our spooky evening.
Maybe the highlight of the night was the Haunted House. Decked out with dead bodies, decapitated heads, a full size coffin and mannequins that came to life before their very eyes. There were a lot of tears, but everyone said it was the best thing about the evening.
In other parts of the building were a treat or treat game, face painting, pumpkin carving, making black cat hats, dancing, and a relay game involving balancing eyeballs on spoons. And after a hard night of fun, it was off to the witches' kitchen for a sit down and some snake pizza.