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Fourteen Halloween Books for Kids

October 1, 2018 By Laura 14 Comments

Fourteen Halloween Books for Kids

Oooh, I do love reading at this time of year. From now until New Year’s, there are all sorts of themes and holidays to celebrate…and we have books for almost all of them. We’ve already shared our favorite fall books…here are some of our favorite Halloween books (and oh, yes — the day after Halloween we […]

Filed Under: Kids' activities, seasonal Tagged With: autumn, halloween, kids, kids activities, kids reading

These Luminaria Make Great Halloween Decorations

September 27, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

These Luminaria Make Great Halloween Decorations

For a long time, we didn’t really decorate out front for Halloween. By the time I figured out everyone’s costumes, and got all the candy, and helped with school parties — Halloween decorations sort of got lost in the shuffle. But these luminaria are something I can set the kids making, and end up with some […]

Filed Under: crafting, Kids' activities, seasonal Tagged With: autumn, fall, halloween, kids, kids activities

3 Things to Do With Leftover Halloween Candy

November 3, 2017 By Laura Leave a Comment

3 Things to Do With Leftover Halloween Candy

Halloween is over. This always inspires quite a few dilemmas around here. -Dilemma #1: how early does one begin playing Christmas music? (the correct answer is 9pm on October 31, when trick-or-treating is finished) -Dilemma #2: what do we do with all this candy??? My favorite solution is, of course, to eat most of it. But when […]

Filed Under: seasonal Tagged With: autumn, fall, halloween, kids activities

How to Make a Mater Costume from a Cardboard Box

October 24, 2016 By Laura 1 Comment

How to Make a Mater Costume from a Cardboard Box

I was going through old Halloween pictures today, and I stumbled on my favorite costume in the history of ever. It was the year my three-year old was obsessed with “Cars,” and especially Mater, so naturally I had to make a Mater costume that year. I’m terrible at sewing, and woodwork, and drawing, and painting…but this? […]

Filed Under: crafting, seasonal Tagged With: autumn, fall, halloween

Spooky Halloween Popcorn

September 21, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

Spooky Halloween Popcorn

OK, so — y’all know me. I don’t do scary. No haunted houses or scary movies or ghost stories. I only made it through “Stranger Things” with all the lights on and my husband sitting next to me. But I do love funny and quirky, so that’s what we do for Halloween around here. Today, I’m over at See Vanessa Craft, […]

Filed Under: recipes Tagged With: dessert, fall, halloween, recipe, recipes

Halloween Drinks for Kids

October 30, 2015 By Laura 34 Comments

Halloween Drinks for Kids

Kid-friendly Halloween parties are the best. There are so many opportunities to be creative — with crafts, and games, and food, and Halloween drinks, and (of course!) costumes. I myself am a huge scaredy-cat…so I don’t really do scary parties or horror movies or…y’know… anything that’s going to give me bad dreams (which is everything. […]

Filed Under: recipes Tagged With: autumn, fall, halloween, kid, kids, kids activities

Big Green Monster, a Caramel Corn Recipe — and a Giveaway!

October 4, 2015 By Laura 1 Comment

Big Green Monster, a Caramel Corn Recipe — and a Giveaway!

This is one of the kids’ favorite books. My son has loved it since the day I first read it, shouting along with the story — “Go away scraggly purple hair!” and all the rest. So when Laura Kelly invited me to participate in a Halloween popcorn box blog hop, I set the kids to […]

Filed Under: crafting, recipes Tagged With: dessert, fall, halloween, recipe, snack

5 Easy DIY Halloween Costumes

September 10, 2015 By Laura 6 Comments

5 Easy DIY Halloween Costumes

  I love baby costumes. Babies aren’t yet old enough to tell you to stop dressing them ridiculously, so you can go a little nuts (which is, of course, one of the perks of being a parent). These are all simple DIY Halloween costumes — the chicken requires a teeeeeny bit of sewing, but that’s […]

Filed Under: seasonal Tagged With: halloween, kids, kids activities

Let Them Be Them.

November 4, 2014 By Laura Leave a Comment

  So last Halloween, I had a crew of minions, a Gru, and a Lucy. This year, I wanted to do another family theme. With four kids, there are so many possibilities! The Chronicles of Narnia children (though I changed my mind when one of the kids suggested I be the witch), the three little […]

Filed Under: 31 Days Tagged With: halloween, kids

DIY Halloween Costumes

September 29, 2014 By Laura 4 Comments

(This post contains affiliate links) I think the kids have decided what they want to be for Halloween already. We’re DIY Halloween Costume People — I’m too cheap to buy costumes, so things must be made or foraged from around the house here. Last year, we went with a family theme…and it kills me that […]

Filed Under: crafting, Kids' activities, seasonal Tagged With: halloween, knit hat, knitting, knitting pattern

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