Kids Corner — Scavenger Hunt, Cooking And Halloween

By Susanne Knese

September–October 2018

Olive and Van Meara find neighborhood scavenger hunt clues.

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Holy Cow! Olive and Van Meara trolled our neighborhood and found all our clues in last edition’s Scavenger Hunt . . . they even found the dog statue in Kingsbury Square! Great job and thanks to their “paparazzi” dad Sean for the photos!

I don’t know about you, but my daughters love all the kids’ cooking shows on television!

The crazy desserts. Cooking with random ingredients. Culinary delights, all of them! So here is your chance to shine . . . many of you grow your own produce in your gardens OR just enjoy cooking and baking in your kitchen.

I challenge you to make your greatest creation, email me a photo of you with your delicious results and the recipe to share with your neighbors to be featured in the November Times. Categories are Best Decorated Dessert, Salivating Entrée and Halloween Themed Snack. PLEASE ask your parents to help as we want to keep you safe in the kitchen!

Submissions for November Kids Corner need to be submitted to kidscorner@sdtimes.org by October 10th!

This is YOUR corner, so make it what you want! Send in a pic of your creations! OF COURSE we can’t forget that Halloween is coming . . . . and since the next Times does not come out until November here are some little tidbits to keep you safe. • Trick or Treat during the designated hours of 6:30 – 8. • Only go to homes that have a front porch light on! • A long standing tradition in St. Louis is asking kids for a trick, joke or song then are rewarded with goodies . . . so get ready to charm! • Children should be accompanied by an adult; older children should be in pairs or groups. • Look BOTH WAYS when crossing streets . . . drivers are speeding through our streets looking at houses, not the road. • Hold a flashlight or even a glow stick when trick-or-treating so you can see others and they can see you. • Wear well-fitting masks, costumes and shoes to avoid blocked vision, trips and falls. • Very tempting but do NOT eat opened candy, especially if you found it on the ground! Yuck! • Please be careful out there and have FUN! Don’t forget to bring your children to the annual Halloween Party at St. Rochs, organized by Art Santen for more than 40 years, aided by Dan Hudspeth, President of Rosedale Neighbors and board member of the SDCC.

The party starts at 5:30, with entertainment and costume judging in the St. Roch gym on Waterman.

The great tradition of neighborhood trick or treating starts right afterwards at 6:30.

The 2017 Halloween winners, from left, rear: Jonathan Taylor, age 7, attends Mallincrott Elem, “Trash Truck”, Isaac Upchurch, age 8, attends Mallincrott Elem, “Sir Lancelot”, Aiden Yount, age 9, attends St. Roch, “Damaged Clown–Joker”, Cal Kreuter, age 12, attends St. Roch, “Colonel Sanders”, Kai Logan, age 9, attends St. Roch, “Emoji”, Gillian Markarian, age 9, attends St. Roch, “Day of the Dead, Lamuerta”, Autumn Turner, age 6, attends So. City Community School, “Tiger Mosquito”, Alex Upchurch, age 6, attends Mallincrott, “Hedi Lamar”.

In front: MiKah Mosley, age 2, “Pebbles”, Mae Huy-Myers, age 3, “Astronaut”