Halloween 2018

Cruft Manor has Halloween traditions: Every year, we give out full size candies, made a listing of all costumes, and make a timelapse movie.

~200 Full Size Candies, ready for the trick or treaters!

I let the kids choose their favorite candy themselves. This can sometimes lead to a prolonged choosing process and debate. The moments of “OMG” and “wow” are wonderful as they realize the candies are full size.

Michele carved pumpkins and made this one in honor of the new bee hive we are keeping in the backyard.

As has become tradition, I made a timelapse movie of handing out candy to the kids. This year, I started when the first trick or treaters appeared a little after 6 PM.

The time-lapse takes place over a little more than three hours that is reduced to just over ninety seconds for your viewing pleasure. My old GoPro is still shooting 4x3 and I need to move to 16x9 next year.

When people come to the door, I ask every person what they were dressed as and wrote down their answers. I am careful to ask what they are, accepting their answers rather than interpreting what I see.