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Posts tagged “Halloween”

Best Halloween Movies For Kids

If you're looking for a great way to keep your kids entertained while catching up on housework after all your Halloween costumes, crafts and decorations come to a close (or while sorting through the...

Make This Halloween Garland Tomorrow

There is still time to get the house ready for Halloween. This DIY garland is stylish, easy and inexpensive - a triple threat!...

Sock Bats: Great Last Minute Holiday Project!

This time of year it can be hard to know which end is up when it comes to the sea of spectacular holiday crafts. There's so many to chose from, but one of our recent favorites are these easy to make...

Pumpkin Stamping

If you like to carve your pumpkins with the kids (or already have done so), here's a great way to squeeze out another project....

Invisible Lollipops

We don't see many trick-or-treaters on our street so we like to hand out extra special treats to the few that do come calling. These invisible lollipops found over at Martha Stewart might be making t...

Look! Easy, Last-Minute Halloween Costume

So you can't figure out what your child should be for Halloween, eh? And you feel as though you're running out of options. Allow us to throw a simple solution your way -- keep it in the back of your...

Pumpkins Don't Have to be Orange

We love a traditional jack o' lantern as much as the next big kid, but this year we're longing for something different. Try something bold like black and white to stand out among a sea of orange this...

How To: Make Your Halloween Flashlights Brighter
(For Under $10)

As our little ones traipse about the neighborhoods on Halloween, it's always a good idea to have them carry a flashlight. Larger and brighter ones can be too heavy to carry, but watch the how-to vid...

The Lil' Vampire Pacifier

Normally we bring you thoughts on decor—from fabulous chairs to bunk beds, we cover it all. But this morning we had to break away from that mold a little to share with you these Lil' Vampire ...

How To: Glowing Eggs For Halloween

Halloween is full of all sorts of spooky and unnatural things and as we're gearing up for the big day at the end of the month, we've been working on ideas for the best Halloween party this side of th...

How To: Make Your Own Spider Web

This idea we spotted at This Vintage Chica has shot to the top of our must-do list. Inspired by the plentiful spiderwebs around her home at this time of year, Eren and her children made simple nail bo...

How To: Mummy Dogs

Do we have words to describe the awesomeness of these hot dogs? No, we don't, but we'll try anyway. Using just franks, mustard, and store-bought biscuit dough (or you can make your own), you can whip ...

Haunted Halloween House Project

Are you in the midst of decorating your home for Halloween? If you're looking for an easy project for this weekend, check out these haunted Halloween houses....

Easy No-Carve Pumpkins
BHG.com

Who says everyone has to carve a pumpkin? You can start your own family tradition and do something a little different like this "junk 'o lantern" made from items around the house, and perfect if some...

Look! Easy Halloween Decorations

File this one under "Why Didn't We Think of This Before?" In a revelation that seemed so obvious, we felt silly for not doing it earlier, we decorated our home for Halloween with chalk....

Look! Double-Duty Cookie Costume

Is your child's Halloween costume going to wallow in a closet for a year and then get passed off to a sibling or neighbor? Amber fulfilled her son's wish to be a "Big Cookie!" for Halloween and als...

How To: Make a Cannibal Jack o' Lantern

We're sad that we just discovered this idea on the Etsy blog today. Between last-minute costume stitchery and related Halloween fooferaw, we haven't got a spare minute. But if you do, perhaps you'd li...

Free Halloween Cards from The Black Apple

Throwing a last-minute Halloween gathering and need invitations? Or maybe your kids would like to send cards to grandma and grandpa with photographs of them in all their Halloween finery. Emily Ma...

How To: Make Canned Halloween Monstrosities

Disclaimer: This craft may not exactly be suitable for younger children (or even some older ones, for that matter), but it's so great we had to post it. These jarred specimens of evil scientist projec...

Skellie Bunnies

Many of you coveted these adorable bunnies after seeing them in Sonny's nursery tour. We've tracked down Theresa, their creator, and found out that not only is she selling them in her Etsy shop, but y...

Look! Halloween Gingerbread House

Why wait until the winter holidays to bust out your gingerbread skills. Giving new meaning to the phrase "eye candy" is this incredible Halloween-themed gingerbread house. ...

How To: Halloween Votives

Cindy of Skip To My Lou made these easy Halloween votives from baby food jars with her 3-year old daughter. They're a great project for kids too young for pumpkin carving and also a clever and fest...

Williams-Sonoma Kids' Halloween Party Tips

A party with a house full of children can be downright scary -- and we're not even talking about the Halloween factor, either. If you're brave enough to host a kids' halloween party, we love the grea...

Roundup: Hallowe'en Posts

With Halloween only a few weeks away, we thought it would be a good idea to round up some of past Halloween posts in case you were looking for some spooky inspiration. With everything from candy alte...

Halloween Pancake Molds at Williams-Sonoma

Make your Halloween or Day of the Dead brunch extra-spookalicious. Younger kids will love that their usual boring round pancakes have been replaced with faces. Older kids will love strategically pouri...