On Monday, October 24 there was a massive line coming out of the Programming Space! What could it have possibly been for?  Well, all the students waiting in that line were coming out with a great friend ready for Halloween!

Stuff-a-Bear had students waiting in line for what seemed like forever, but it was worth it because 200 students got to walk away with a new stuffed animal. Everyone stuffed their own animal and picked out a costume for their new stuffed friend so they were all ready for Halloween!  Each student got the chance to pick their own friend from a collection of animals such as a ducks, giraffes, elephants, hippos, rhinos, dolphins, moose, and what SCOPE called an “alidilesaurus.”  They weren’t sure whether it was an alligator, crocodile, or dinosaur, so they combined them all.  The choices were fantastic, and students didn’t know which animal they wanted more.

After they picked their friend, they could pick their Halloween costume.  The costumes varied from astronaut, fairy, bumble bee, and of course police officer.  For those that didn’t want a costume, they could get a special SCOPE Halloween t-shirt just the right size for a little friend!

Of course, what would a friend be without some stuffing?  That was the last step in the process. Students placed a heart into their friend and then stuffed them full of stuffing.  Before leaving, students got a birth certificate and gave their new friend a name.  Some were funny and some meaningful, but to each their own because each name was different! It was definitely worth the wait in the line for a new friend!

These guys had great costumes for Halloween; what about you?