10 Monster Craft and Treat Ideas for Halloween I was working in the lab, late one night when my eyes beheld an eerie sight.....it's almost time for witches in the air, pumpkins in the patch and of course our Monster friends doing The Mash! Just in time for some Halloween Fun, I've rounded up a mash of Monster Crafts and Treat Ideas for you! They'll be a Graveyard Smash! 10 Monster Craft and Treat Ideas Toilet Paper Tube Monsters Healthy Fruit Monsters This Candy Corn … [Read more...]
Monster Mash Halloween Round Up
Celebrating Halloween with Minted.com
Based on the looks of all the kids faces this morning as they clung to their parents shivering at the bus stop, I would say that Fall is definitely in the air! Did it ever turn chilly fast! With Thanksgiving and Halloween just weeks away, it's time to accept the new season and prepare for our favourite Fall activities. Apple picking, the Thanksgiving fair, pumpkin carving and of course Halloween! Because we live some distance away from our family I've always snapped lots of pictures of the boys … [Read more...]
Skeleton Craft for Kids!
Save your boxes and paper towel tubes to make this huge Skeleton Craft! Halloween Skeleton Craft Back in the day, way before I had kids of my own, I worked as an Early Childhood Educator. One Halloween I made this awesome Skeleton craft with my preschool group, after seeing it in a magazine (I think!, it was a long time ago!) Now that my kids are a little older, I knew this would make the perfect project for my boys this Halloween! What You … [Read more...]
Halloween Handprint Ghosts
These Halloween Handprint Ghosts are fun for toddlers! I was cleaning up my boy's closet a couple of weeks ago and found this old piece of art work I did with them when they were smaller. Yes, it's hard to believe, even for me, that I managed to find the motivation to do crafts with my kids when they were 3, 16 mo and 4 mo but apparently I did! It must have been the lack of sleep making me crazy! lol Anyways, I thought I would share this handprint craft with ya'll today … [Read more...]
Anytime Costumes- Little Franky!
The bad news?? Summer's ending and Fall is already in the air. The good news?? Halloween is just around the corner!! Even though I am not a fan of dressing up myself, I love picking out costumes for the boys to wear! It's so fun to scan sites like AnytimeCostumes.com and see all the different costumes to choose from. The possibilities are endless! Monsters, Super Heros, Animals, Rock Stars, Renaissance...it's so hard to pick just one! I was looking for a costume for my middle guy … [Read more...]
Halloween Treat – Boo-tiful Jello Cups
Okay Halloween has come and gone, so this won't help you much in terms of ideas to use, but I wanted to share anyway because it was a quick and super easy recipe that was fun, fun, fun for the holiday! Try modifying this with red or green jello and make snowman whip cream cuties!!! I got this from the Kraft What's Cooking Magazine - Fall 2010 edition Boo-tiful Jello Halloween Treat What You Need 3/4 cup boiling water 1 pkg. (85 g) Jell-O Orange Jelly Powder 2 cups ice cubes … [Read more...]