West Moors care home welcomes kids with Halloween activities

The spooky goings-on at Colten Care’s Brook View in West Moors featured ghostly games, dressing up and scary-looking cupcakes.

The visiting youngsters, all children of team members of the home aged up to 10 years, had great fun meeting residents, including Trevor Clark who appeared in costume as a “voodoo doctor”.

Resident Trevor Clark in his voodoo doctor costume (Image: Colten Care)The children played games devised by companionship team member Jo Vardy, playing in mixed teams with residents.

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Favourites included “Pass the eyeball” and “Eyeball pong”, in which competitors had to bounce ping pong balls along a table and into the eye sockets of fake skulls.

In the midst of all the fun, Chef Isabella Corbo brought out some homemade cupcakes adorned with delights such as ‘Jelly Eyeballs’ and ‘Brains’.

Jo said: “Everybody loved it and had a fantastic time.

“The interaction between the residents and the children was brilliant.

“The children were amazed at our decorations, spooky lights and Harry Potter-style handmade floating candles, all 40 of them, which we had in our cauldron.

“Each child left with a Halloween bauble filled with sweets and a big smile.”

Trevor added: “I had a lot of fun getting into the voodoo doctor’s costume.”

Meanwhile, fellow resident Pam Roberts said: “It was lovely to see the children.”

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Earlier on Halloween, Brook View residents enjoyed meeting an assortment of animals including a snake and an owl brought along on a visit by Creature Teachers.

Brook View resident Freda Warner holds a snake brought along on Halloween by Creature Teachers. (Image: Colten Care)Jo added: “Our lounge was full to the brim with residents keen to be involved.

“I was impressed that so many of them were brave enough to hold the snake.”