Our #HEXBUGHalloween Party! {with a HEXBUG Giveaway!!!}

Have you seen HEXBUG Micro Robotic Crea­tures?

These toys are AWESOME! Engi­neer­ing meets biol­ogy, mak­ing sci-fi like toys that are PERFECT for boys! They cer­tainly resem­ble bugs in appear­ance, but where they get par­tic­u­larly buggy is in their move­ments. Seri­ously, JUST like real bugs! The lit­tle nanos (seen in the above pic­ture) move in a way that seems a cross between cock­roach and scor­pion! And, the effect in the dark with their “glow-in-the-dark” exoskele­ton backs looks SUPER cool (and also rem­i­nis­cent of our desert scor­pi­ons under black light).  Here’s a lit­tle footage of our nanos play­ing in one of their habitats.

Pretty cool, huh?! So, need­less to say, when I was asked to host a #HEXBUGHal­loween party, we absolutely said yes. And, instead of some­thing for just the kid­dos, we decided to make it a Fri­day night party for a bunch of our friends! We added a few dec­o­ra­tions since the Hal­loween play­date–espe­cially since we just got my grand­par­ents’ piano the night before the party! So, the piano got dec­o­rated with our fun light-up spi­der, we added a spi­der wreath & spooky tree to the front walk, a spi­der web on the tile in the front entry way (that the adorable baby is play­ing with a HEXBUG larva on), and lots of bats (cut from card­stock) on the walls, win­dows, and tables! Then, of course, we had to have a whole table dis­play­ing the awe­some Hexbugs! The Zom­bie Bugs really added to the Hal­loween feel!

And, how cool is this?! Know­ing the theme of the party, one of our friends came over decked out with “bug hair”!!! Notice the HEXBUG in there?! Sooo clever!

For food, we decided to make it a Hal­loween themed pot-luck and ended up with TONS of spook­tac­u­lar eats (and that pic­ture doesn’t even show all of it!)!!

There were worms in the mud, worms on a bun, dev­iled eye­balls, caramel corn, pop­corn balls, a candy corn kitkat cake, a haunted grave­yard cake, spi­der & bat pasta bake, plus the spi­der cheese­ball and other fun black olive cre­ations!We even made the bub­bling swamp slime really bub­bly with some dry ice! The kids got SUCH a kick out of it!

After din­ner, it was HEXBUG time!!!! The kids were SO excited to choose a Nano and Zom­bie bug! Then, they got to try them out on the tracks!!!

Every­one thought they were SO cool–espe­cially when we turned out the lights to see the bugs and track glow­ing in the dark (I tried get­ting pic­tures of that, but just couldn’t get my cam­era to focus in it in the dark). It sure was fun though! The kid­dos played and played and played! The only issue was the exoskele­ton kept pop­ping off the Zom­bie bugs, which some were frus­trated with (and could poten­tially pose an issue for the lit­tle babies around putting things into their mouths). So that was a bum­mer! But, other than that, the lit­tle HEXBUG crea­tures were a BIG hit!!   The boys didn’t want to stop play­ing even after the party was over! Want to try them for your­selves? Or, maybe get a great gift for a lit­tle guy ages 3+? (they would make excel­lent Christ­mas presents and the Nanos would be GREAT stock­ing stuffers!) Well, here’s a chance to snag some for FREE!!!!!

GIVEAWAY!! Has ended!

One lucky Mom Endeav­ors reader will reader will win a HEXBUG prize pack that includes (1) HEXBUG Larva, (2) HEXBUG Glows in the Dark Nanos, (2) HEXBUG Hal­loween Zom­bie Nanos (seen in the pho­tos above), and (2) HEXBUG Bat­tery replace­ment packs (an approx­i­mate $60 value)!!!

WINNER

Con­grats to Angie! Hope you have/know some lit­tle boys who are going flip for these fun Hexbugs!

To Enter:

1. Just leave a com­ment telling me what real-life creepy crawly most freaks/grosses you out! (For me, that’s a tie between black wid­ows & cockroaches!)

Get extra entries (leave a sep­a­rate com­ment for each):

Give­away will end on Novem­ber 6th at 10pm PST. Win­ner with a valid entry will be selected at ran­dom using random.org and be noti­fied via email (win­ner will also be posted on this post). They will have 48 hours to claim their prize before a new win­ner is selected.

Dis­clo­sure:  I was pro­vided with all the HEXBUG prod­ucts to host the party from HEXBUG and Mom­S­e­lect. As always, all opin­ions and expe­ri­ences are my own.