Penny’s By Plaza Flowers

Voted Best Florist In Philadelphia

Penny’s By Plaza Flowers is a family owned and operated floral design firm. We provide local same day and express flower delivery service anywhere in the Norristown, Pennsylvania area. Our firm has been voted “Best Florist in Philadelphia” on numerous occasions and we operate multiple floral design centers in the Norristown area. Our Plaza Flowers location is located at 417 Egypt Road, Norristown, PA 19403. The Penny’s Flowers location is at 263 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, PA 19038.

Decorate your home with festive Halloween floral products from Penny’s By Plaza Flowers!

Goodness And Light Bouquet

Halloween games, traditions and covid safe activities

Bobbing for apples or “dooking” as the Scots call it, has been around for centuries. Apples are placed in a large tub of water. As they are floating children take turns trying to grab the apples with their teeth. Another method is to hold a fork between the teeth while kneeling on a chair and try to stab the apple. Still another old tradition was to hang syrup coated scones from strings and have the children try to eat the scone without using their hands to touch it. These date back for centuries but not as popular as they once were.

More for adults, in Ireland and Britain, a long standing Halloween tradition was to predict the future partner or spouse of someone.  This was done by peeling an apple in one single strip. Once complete the apple peeling was thrown over the shoulder. It was expected that when the peeling fell to the ground it would spell the first letter of the name of someone’s future spouse.

Another old tradition in that part of the world was to roast hazelnuts on an open fire. The person roasting would name one hazelnut for themselves and one for the person they wanted to be with. If the hazelnuts jumped away from the heat it was a bad sign that they should not be together. If the hazelnuts roasted quietly together it was good sign that the two people were meant for each other.

Modern day games are creative and fun for children and adults. Plus some may be safe for smaller groups depending on CDC guidelines. Here are just a few ideas for fun Halloween games:

• Witches’ Hat Toss – Most people love ring toss. In this game you can use witches hats instead of rings.
• Spider Web Walking Game – A web is created using painters tape on the floor. Kids have to stay on the web and collect prizes left at various spots.
• Do It Yourself Halloween Bubbles – Let kids chase bubbles and bring them as party gifts instead of candy.
• Halloween Bowling Game – Decorate empty tin cans like Halloween ghosts and ghouls. Then kids can roll balls to knock them down

There are numerous other games for Halloween. In order to provide a guideline for activities that are safe and those that are strongly advised against, the CDC has published a specific list:

These lower risk activities can be safe alternatives:

• Carving or decorating pumpkins with members of your household and displaying them
• Carving or decorating pumpkins outside, at a safe distance, with neighbors or friends
• Decorating your house, apartment, or living space
• Doing a Halloween scavenger hunt where children are given lists of Halloween-themed things to look for while they walk outdoors from house to house admiring Halloween decorations at a distance
• Having a virtual Halloween costume contest
• Having a Halloween movie night with people you live with
• Having a scavenger hunt-style trick-or-treat search with your household members in or around your home rather than going house to house

Avoid these higher risk activities to help prevent the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19:

• Participating in traditional trick-or-treating where treats are handed to children who go door to door
• Having trunk-or-treat where treats are handed out from trunks of cars lined up in large parking lots
• Attending crowded costume parties held indoors
• Going to an indoor haunted house where people may be crowded together and screaming
• Going on hayrides or tractor rides with people who are not in your household
• Using alcohol or drugs which can cloud judgement and increase risky behaviors
• Traveling to a rural fall festival that is not in your community if you live in an area with community spread of COVID-19

Penny’s By Plaza Flowers has a super talented floral design team that will create the perfect flower arrangement to decorate your home this Halloween.

Fleur de Soliel

Penny’s By Plaza Flowers is a family owned business founded in 1983 by Dottie Drummond. Dottie had a keen ability to leave her customers delighted with service and stunning Flowers.  Since inception Plaza Flowers has offered this same level of service Dottie ingrained into the business and future generations of  Plaza Flowers family members. Seven day per week service for the entire Philadelphia region existed then and still does today.

Wonderful Flowers and gifts prepared by the professional Penny’s By Plaza Flowers folks can be found at any time which keeps loyal customers coming back. As a result of their outstanding service, Plaza Flowers has been voted and awarded numerous commendations such as,  as “Best Florist” by several regional publications, Pennsylvania’s “Florist of the Year” and has been ranked as a “Top Florist” by three national wire services. We have been selected to design flowers for thousands of weddings, three presidential inaugurations, and the GOP 2000 Convention in Philadelphia.

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