Spooktacular Breakfast

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Come join the Staff Senate for a Spooktacular time

Let's get spooky, Bearkats!

Staff Senate invites you to join the annual Spooktacular celebration for breakfast!

October 31, 2025, from 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Location: LSC Orange Ballroom

Join your colleagues for scary good food and compete for a chance to win prizes for the most spooktacular individual costume and group costume. There will also be a photo booth on-site to capture all of the fun and for you to snap a social media-worthy picture! We even conjured up a way for you to participate if you can't attend in person.

Support the Campus Food Pantry & Tripods Thrift!

Help us stock the shelves by bringing any of the following items as your entry fee:

  • Pantry staples: Pasta, pasta sauce, canner fruit, canned proteins (beans, chicken, tuna)
  • Breakfast items: Cereal, granola bars, Pop-Tarts
  • Condiments: Ketchup, mustard, mayo, etc.
  • Toiletries: Shampoo, soap, toothpaste, deodorant (All go to Tripods Thift!)

See the image below for more items that can be donated to the Food Pantry!

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ADA accommodations may be requested through staffsenate@shsu.edu.

Costume Contest Rules and Registration

GENERAL

  • Staff Senate members can participate in the contest; they just can’t judge the contest that they enter 
  • Can enter either in person OR virtual contest- can’t enter both 
  • Virtual contestants will be judged separately from the in-person  
  • Contestants can participate in more than one category (ex. Can enter individual, group, and pumpkin decorating contest) 

IN-PERSON

Categories: 

  • Spookiest (Individual Winner) 
  • Best Group (Group Winner) 
  • Most Creative (Judges Choice) 

Rules: 

  • Register to participate by 8:50 am at the Welcome table 
  • Individual and/or group costume contest 
  • The costume contest will begin promptly at 9 am. 

VIRTUAL

Categories: 

  • Spookiest (Individual Winner) 
  • Best Group (Group Winner) 
  • Fan Favorite (Judges Choice) 

Rules: 

  • Participants will submit an entry form with photo; entry should include name(s) of participants, entry category, department name and contact information.  
  • All entries must be submitted by 9 am to be eligible 

PUMPKIN DECORATING

IN-PERSON

Category: 

  • Staff Favorite Pumpkin 

Rules: 

  • Pumpkins can be carved or painted to be entered into the contest 
  • Register to participate by 8:30 am at the Welcome table 
  • Each pumpkin will be assigned a number  
  • All pumpkins should be picked up by 10:15 am or they will be thrown away. 

VIRTUAL

Category: 

  • Staff Senate Favorite Pumpkin 

Rules: 

  • Pumpkins can be carved or painted to be eligible for the contest. 
  • Participants will submit an entry form with photos; entry should include name(s) of participants, entry category, department name and contact information  
  • All entries must be submitted by 12:00 pm on Tuesday, October 28 to be included in the contest  

Questions? Concerns?

Please contact Staff Senate at staffsenate@shsu.edu if you have any questions.