The Colonial Hills Civic Association

Let’s all give a Hip Hip Hooray to Event Chair Brittany Smith, who made the 2025 Halloween Party the Best Ever! Brittany gathered all of the candy for the 125-150 trick-or-treaters, and selected some amazing crafts for kids of all ages — even big kids enjoyed making the Bat and Witch Cauldron Shaker Ornaments and the Halloween Pendant Necklaces, not to mention the Fuzzy Doorknob Hangers, Ghost Kid Magnets and Halloween Spider Glasses. In addition to crafts, kids tried their hands at rolling the Giant Dice, Halloween Plinko and the Spooky Ball Toss, where everyone was a winner!!

Thanks to our CHCA VP/Events Alan Miroslaw who posted and publicized this event, we were able to staff not only the craft table and games but also had 9 candy stations with treats!! I want to thank each and every volunteer who participated in making this Halloween Party a success — this would not have been possible without you!!! And speaking of volunteers, we are looking for a Co-Chair for the Halloween Party for 2026 — please consider throwing your “broom” into the ring for this wonderful volunteer opportunity.

Finally, please join me in giving a HUGE thank you to Cynthia MacKenzie and CYMACK Real Estate for providing 150 pumpkins to create Colonial Hills’ very own Great Pumpkin Patch!! Not only did Cynthia transform Selby Park into Pumpkin-Ville, but she provided all those fantastic Trick or Treat Bags, along with a spot for photo ops, complete with hay bales and gorgeous mums.

Halloween 2025 is In the Books!! Thank you, Colonial Hills, for bringing your trick or treaters and joining in the fun of this annual event!!

(And please enjoy the photos with these captions – please click the “Continue reading” link below to see these pics which have the descriptions given below – photographer credit: CHCA Webmaster, unless credited otherwise to Barbara Schwartz-Lilly)

_01 The Pumpkin Patch
_02 The Crafts Table
_03 Preparing the Games Table
_04 At the Games Table – Credit: Barbara Schwartz-Lilly
_05 At the Games Table #2 – Credit: Barbara Schwartz-Lilly
_06 Showing their Pumpkins – Credit: Barbara Schwartz-Lilly
_07 At the Games Table #3 – Credit: Barbara Schwartz-Lilly
_08 The Crafts Table #2 – Credit: Barbara Schwartz-Lilly
_09 Little Pumpkin – Credit: Barbara Schwartz-Lilly
_10 Showing their Pumpkins #2 – Credit: Barbara Schwartz-Lilly
_11 Bouncy Dice Game
_12 Spooky Ball Toss
_13 Collecting Treats
_14 Collecting Treats #2
_15 Giant Spider and Event Chair Brittany in Background
_16 Enjoying the Party
_17 At the Fire Truck
_18 At the Fire Truck #2
_19 Trucks, Pumpkins, and Prez Leslie (Back to Camera)