halloween 'ghosters'

Both kids like Halloween- not surprising as they've always enjoyed dressing up and eating lollies. We went trick or treating the year before last which they loved so we will go again this year. I don't like the trick aspect. We actually go 'treat for treating' as I make/ buy them things to give out.

This year we made ghosts again, a couple of years ago I used ribbon and white fabric. This year I used loom bands and tissues and M and T drew the faces.

Elsa shoes

Not very original I know- but M has decided that it would make her happy to dress up as Elsa this Halloween. I'm not sure what we're going to do yet, maybe a BBQ with friends, maybe trick or treating- but I guess it's important to have the right shoes he he.

To make Elsa shoes you will need:
A pair of slip on shoes ( that I got for $3)
Leftover bathroom paint ( a light blue)
Glitter paint (bought for $2.50)

Cuuuuutee!

Now I have to work on T's request for a 'Batman Box Troll' costume ; )

halloween treats

I know Halloween has been and gone but I thought I'd share this easy peasy snack of ' eyes' we made for a friend's party. They would be fun for a monster themed party or you could file it away for next year. They taste yum.

1) Squash a white marsh mellow ( for the white of the eye)
2) Use a round food cutter to cut a circle out of a slice of kiwifruit and place it on the marshmellow ( for the iris)
3) Put a chocolate button on top ( for the pupil) 

trick or treating... well treating

The kids are very excited about trick or treating this year, to them it's dressing up and eating lollies and that was about what it meant to me until I did a bit of reading on the web.. ha, web...

Anyway, I've contacted some mums that live walking distance from our house so we'll go and knock on their doors dressed up and say "trick or treat" but there will be no tricks. The whole thing is pretty bizzare and I've never really thought much of halloween. If it continues to be popular in this house in future I'll find some way of teaching them the history around it and the meaning behind its traditions.

All dressed up and waiting on the doorstep to go..

We made some extra 'ghost' treats too, just Chuppa Cups covered in white fabric, tied with ribbon and a face drawn on : ).

BOO!

I love this pic of the kids dancing at their aunty and Uncle's halloween party.

Some super cute home made costumes I found online.

some others here:

http://modernkiddo.com/4th-annual-modern-kiddo-best-homemade-costumes-parade/

halloween favours

We're going trick or treating Wednesday night, the kids think halloween is about dressing up and visiting other people's houses to get lollies. I'll have to do some reseach about halloween, its history and traditions, just in case this fascination continues. I don't really love it- but they do.

I've contacted some mum and dad friends that live walking distance from our house and asked if we can call in. To thank the children we're going to visit, I thought we could make some spider favours. We used the pom pom making method from this post http://beckypiesky.blogspot.co.nz/2012/07/easy-peasy-pom-poms.html but used 4 pipe cleaners through the middle to make the legs- spooooky eh : )

spooky scene using felt scraps

M and T have an interest in halloween this year. They've asked to go trick or treating because on a miserable day a few weeks ago they watched this movie:

and saw dogs dressed up for trick or treating lol

We've got a felt board that they both like playing with so I thought I'd make them up some 'spooky' halloween characters with some felt scraps I had. Some and glued ( like the eyes and mouths) and some aren't ( like the heads and legs) so that they're interchangeable.

T likes the "ghosters"

I don't really get halloween so I did a bit of 'research',  here's some reading

http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/a-brief-history-of-halloween/

http://voices.yahoo.com/a-short-history-halloween

http://www.historyofhalloween.net/

http://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/holidays/halloween1.htm