So, give 2 boys a business selling jewelry and skulls, and what do they come up with?
Pirates, of course!
I’m no good at the pirate speakification or this whole thing would be in character. We get there, and are still setting up when the fuss began. The boys in the school are taking a liking to the skulls. Both the plaster variety, and the super limited edition “crystal” skulls (they had 6, clear resin). So hot were the crystal ones, they attempted to upiddy the price. But the powers that be put a cap on the price at $20. (fake money, folks). They did look especially fine with the color changing battery operated tea lights lighting them up from behind.
So, still straightening things out, the barterin began. And the “oh crap, we need to make change?!?!” moment occured early.
The crow actually speaks, but it was too loud to hear it. The Shrunken heads and various other crap dug out of my halloween collection added in for some decorations.
Kyle running his sales pitch.
Jen’s got some better pics of the deal. I’ll pilfer some pics once she posts em.
Strolling around, there were several pet rock shops, several pen/pencil creatures, a number of dollar store toys, a couple of marshmallow shooters, a number of contests, and LOTS of food.
But, popular, were the 2 Guitar Hero stands.
No word who got the high score prizes.
My personal favorites, however, were the fortune teller. A cute little gypsie with a full getup and a magic 8 ball. Fortunes for $1 a question. She had a pretty good act for a 9 year old, too.
And, the magician. Or rather, the child who was promoting the magician, selling magic wands, a book, and magic acts.
Of the acts, I saw a lot of kids buying a petrifying water trick. Such an original concept has to be acknowledged, but I made sure to pay for the fire magic trick. It was no disappointment. We exchanged a little information, who knows, perhaps there’s a future in working together on a halloween project.
Now, there’s 2 weeks to prepare for Sale Day 2. How could we pass up the right fine banner sitting in the grande ole yard sale known as the Swap Meet this morning?
YARRR!!!