Halloween in CP 

Halloween Events 

Kyra Henriquez, Sophia Zhu

Oct. 30 2025

As we all know, Carle Place is a small town, geographically at least. However, it’s not small in involvement, friendship, and community. Each year, our school hosts multiple events for Halloween to allow students to become more involved, volunteer, and interact with younger kids. Most of these events require students to dress up, allowing older kids to relive the magic of cheesy costumes and friends, like when they were younger.

On October 26, our school parking lot was filled with tables and elaborately decorated car trunks for Trunk or Treat, an annual Halloween and service event. Trunk or Treat was organized by the National Honor Society and Civic Association.  Each club from our school has the opportunity each year to set up a table to provide kids with candy and toys, while also advertising their club. The event brought together students, teachers, and families for a safe and fun Halloween celebration. Clubs like SPARC, Key Club, and Unity set up decorated tables, while parents and students set up car trunks filled with candies, chips, toys, and other exciting items. A notable decoration could be seen at the National English Honor Society’s table- a toilet?! Students from Cherry Lane and Rushmore, with their families, came dressed in creative costumes, from witches and princesses to movie and TV show characters. Each club and family showcased their spirit and creativity through music, raffles, and elaborate adornments featuring specific themes, such as “Wednesday,” “K-Pop Demon Hunters,” “Pac-Man,” and more! 

Those who stuck around after Trunk or Treat  enjoyed volunteering tweeting with Tri-M and the Arts and Ed Booster Club to host Halloween games for young kids in our community. Also, an annual event, Halloween Hoot, was hosted this year in the MSHS multipurpose room rather than the usual location of the Rushmore Gym and Cafeteria. The night before the event, the room was decorated with balloons, posters, games, and fun prizes to be won. Kids came dressed in their favorite costumes and enjoyed activities like Halloween Pictionary, Kiddie Axe throwing, Duck Match, Bean-Bag Can Toss, limbo, cup-stacking, miniature bowling, and more. Participating in these games earned the kids tickets based on effort, accuracy, and good sportsmanship. At the end of the day, these tickets could be traded in at the prize table. This event was a success due to the adults who set things up and the high school volunteers who ran each table and helped decorate. Thank you to all involved in this frightfully fun day ;)

Bean-Bag Can Toss: Kids attempted to knock down 10 stacked cans by throwing bean bags. Only 4 people knocked down all 10, though many came back wanting to knock down more each time.  The game was so fun that many kids revisited- clearly a fan favorite. Yay! One ticket was earned for each can knocked down, as well as bonuses for being kind and helping reset the game for whichever kids came next.

Halloween Pictionary: The kids drew something that was on a card picked at random, and the student volunteers had to guess what they were drawing, and vice versa. 

Axe Throwing: In real life, an extreme and fun activity that could maybe be a bit dangerous. However, this was nothing but safe and fun. Participants could try hitting the bullseye with 3 “axes”. The stakes- glory. High enough stakes for kids—- we don’t need missing fingers at a family fun event. 

Duck Match: An underrated game, it requires kids to close their eyes, pick two ducks, open their eyes, and see if they had a matching pair. Unfortunately, sometimes little kids misunderstand instructions and think that “close your eyes” means “dunk your face in the duck pool”. The high schoolers running this table were met with quite a shock, as it became news to them that they were running a “Bob for Ducks” stand, or at least that’s what one of the kids believed.

Miniature Bowling: A classic game that most have played with their family, we downsized bowling to include tiny candy corn bowling pins and had two alleys set up for the kids. A pretty self-explanatory game, but enjoyable nonetheless.

Limbo: Another classic at parties, dances, and family reunions, “How Low Can You Go” has a different standard when you are already 4 feet and under. 

Cup Stacking: Kids competed to stack and un-stack cups as fast as they could. A worthy challenge for the all-too-eager kids.

Trunk or Treat

Halloween Hoot