mom • crafts • crafts • holidays
by Ali Kalis on October 30th, 2018 | No Comments »
Halloween—BOO! It’s time to sharpen your carving knives and get ready for pumpkins, costumes and treats—Halloween is here! Each year, about 36 million trick-or-treaters hit the streets. This year, let’s pledge to add green to our orange and black, and give our usual Halloween preparations and activities an eco-friendly…
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crafts • holidays
by Carolina on October 26th, 2018 | 2 Comments »
After spending days or weeks creating perfectly hand-crafted costumes for our children, we moms often end up going trick-or-treating in our yoga pants. If we're feeling particularly festive, we might add a witch hat to create a "costume".
This Halloween, spend a couple minutes on yourself, creating your own trick-or-treat…
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mom • family fun & traditions • family fun • family fun-traditions
by Jennifer Scheffel on September 27th, 2018 | No Comments »
Halloween Activities—When I was a kid, Halloween meant all-night sugar highs, handmade costumes, and outdoor neighborhood trick-or-treating … ah, the good ole days! Treats were mainly candy, and the tricks … well, let’s just say, toilet papered trees caused many parents distress! Today’s fall traditions include family-themed costumes,…
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holidays • kids crafts
by Carolina on September 20th, 2018 | No Comments »
Sometimes dressing up for Halloween is as simple as a pair of sweatpants, a colored shirt, and a fun animal mask. Or your favorite outfit, topped with a fun Halloween mask. Here are three simple animal masks that you can make using just paper, glitter, and glue. Glue the finished…
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family fun • family fun-traditions
by Karen Heffren on September 6th, 2013 | 1 Comment »
My favorite fall tradition is our annual family Halloween costume theme. What originally started as just me and my husband dressing up with our boys has turned into a big family affair. When our second son was born, we thought (as many parents do) it would be cute to…
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