Happy Halloween!

Yes, I know, Halloween was Monday...
But better late than never right. :)

Here is my little "Olivia."

And my "Minnie Mouse," hamming it up!

And Molly and her cousin getting ready to head out Trick or Treating!

They even got to help pass out candy at Grandma and Grandpas.

And Molly was SO proud of the ghost lunch she helped make to match her ghost shirt, that she asked if I would take a picture of it for my blog. So, I had to happily oblige. :)
(string cheese, hard boiled egg, marshmallows, green yogurt, carrots, and ranch dip)

Candy Jars!

It's a little hard to see from the picture, but since I had out my glass etching stuff the other day, I had to etch these fun candy jars. :) I used cheap little jars from Hobby Lobby and etched C-A-N-D-Y on the fronts. I figured I can change the candy each season and keep using them. I'm thinking I can use red and green M&Ms for Christmas.

The letters look much darker in real life, but in this picture I think you can see the glass etching a little better. (Yup, Randal is going to start hiding the glass again, he's worried I may etch everything, it is SO addicting.)
This fun idea was inspired from Random Thoughts of a Supermom. Check out her fun jars! :)

Super QUICK and EASY Halloween snack!

Somedays I am definitely more motivated to come up creative snacks and crafts, and other days I want something super easy, and quick but still fun! So... here is the QUICKEST and EASIEST Halloween treat ever. All you moms might think it's lame, but let me tell you, the kids LOVE it!

Are you ready for this... just stick a Halloween Peep on the end of a sucker stick! That's it, my kids were thrilled (granted they were probably thrilled for the sugar, but still). :)

And, I avoided the sticky fingers this way! :)

Gotta love it!

Harry Potter Party!

Since the amazing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 movie just came out! I thought it would be a perfect time to show you the Harry Potter Halloween Costume party we had. I'll have to get a picture soon of the invites so you can see the fun wax stamp we used.

We made a common room with Gryfindor and Slytherin tables.

Decorated with fun signs used in the movies, We had a wall with Umbridge's Decrees on it too, but I didn't get a picture.

The Leaky Cauldron was a lot of fun. We even made Butter Beer(adult and kid version), Polyjuice Potion, and Pumpkin Juice. For food we had a lot of fun Hogwarts style snacks, including chocolate frogs!

Randal was Professor Quirell. For all you babywearing moms, yes... that is my Moby Wrap on his head. :)

Everyone who came had the best details to their costumes. They were truly amazing. Our friend who dressed up as Luna Lovegood had these great Quibbler's to hand out.

We all got sorted into one of the four houses, and that was the team you were on to complete your O.W.L.S (Harry Potter Trivia).

TEAM GRYFINDOR ( Arabella Figg, Trelawny, Luna Lovegood)

TEAM RAVENCLAW (Ron, Lavendar Brown, Professor McGonagall)

TEAM HUFFLEPUFF (Harry, Hermione, Professor McGonagall)

TEAM SLYTHERIN (Tonks, Tonks!)

Even Cedric Diggory came to the party, complete with his Hufflepuff scarf and Potter Stinks button.

Happy Halloween!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN...

From a pirate and her parrot!

Molly picked a pirate to dress as this year... Arg, Mateys!

So we made little Miss Nora, the pirates parrot. :)

We headed over to Grandma and Grandpa's neighborhood to Trick or Treat with our cousins. In our area, since Halloween is on a Sunday this year, everyone passes out candy on Saturday night instead.

And we carved pumpkins with our cousins, Dominic (the cow), and Maisy (Sleeping Beauty). We had such a fun Halloween party! Seriously, the kids were amazing and had SUCH a great night!

Halloween Printable Bags

Molly has to bring in a treat for the Fall Festival at preschool tomorrow, but since we got a big bag of candy on sale with a coupon, she didn't need to bring the whole bag into school.

So, I saw this great Halloween bag printable over at it is what it is, and just printed it out on a brown lunch bag. Seriously, SO EASY, and SO CUTE! I think it looks awesome, and is filled with little bags of skittles for Molly to pass out to her class tomorrow. Then I just hole punched two holes in the top and put a ribbon on to hold it closed.

Candy Corn Mittens!

I love how these Candy Corn Mittens turned out. I think they are so adorable for this time of year, and am already thinking I need some red and white candy cane ones for winter. :)

The idea for these mittens came from T. Matthews Fine Art, they also have a great free printable pattern on how to make these. My mother-in-law made ours from her favorite mitten pattern (yup... my knitting talents end with a straight scarf, lol).

So, I had to have a pair for the baby!

And another pair for Mollycakes!

Oh, what the hey... a pair for myself too. :)

Spider Headband!

OK, are you ready for some serious cuteness...

I made this fun spider headband for Molly to wear to her Fall Festival at school next week. But, since Molly was in no mood to be nice today... or smile in a picture for that matter, Nora got to be the model. :) She loves the camera, and is just to stinkin' cute in that headband, I am thinking I may need to make another one for her!

The idea and tutorial on how to make these awesome headbands is from the blog My Modish Mood. Head over there and see how easy it is to make your own. The only things I changed were that I made my spider smaller, and I folded over the bottoms of the pipe cleaners so the ends weren't sharp, since it was going on a baby head. :)

Linking this to:
ABC and 123 Show and Tell #30
Crafty Tuesday at My Mad World

Felt Pumpkins!

We saw this fun idea to make felt Jack-O-Lanterns over at Serving Pink Lemonade. Molly was so excited to play with it, I didn't even get a chance to put it on our felt board first, but she had just as much fun giving it different faces on the dining room floor.

I cut out a lot of different shapes for eyes, noses, and mouths. Molly even had me cut out 3 more pumpkin shapes so she could has a mommy, daddy, kid and baby pumpkin. So fun. :)

Super fun and easy craft!

Halloween 2009 Recap

Here are a few of my favorite Halloween Projects from last year! Click on the links to see the posts and tutorials. :)

Pillow Cover Tutorial



Bat Lamps



Modge Podge Wood Letters



And just because it's so cute... Spider Hand Prints

Halloween Paper Dolls 2010

At The Idea Room I saw this fun link to make Halloween Paper Dolls from Gwenny Penny! They are so adorable, so I printed them out right away. Instead of using them as paper dolls, I laminated the clothes and put magnet on the back so she could dress up the boy and girl on the refrigerator. Head over HERE to get the link to print the PDF.

Molly loves them, the girl is always dressed as a princess. :)

Last year for Halloween we made these paper dolls.
Head here to see these ones. :)

ENJOY!

Ghost Hot Chocolate!

This week we made this fun hot chocolate with a peeps ghost in it. I saw the idea in the Taste of Home Halloween magazine while waiting in line at the grocery store. Seriously, it was the LONGEST line ever. :) They had a hot chocolate recipe, but I just used my favorite hot chocolate, and added a Ghost Peep to the top. Molly loved it, especially after it melted, the only thing left in her cup was the eyes and mouth.

Candy Corn Chocolate Suckers!!!

I picked up this candy mold from Hobby Lobby when it was on sale awhile back. I totally forgot about it, until I was getting my fall decorations out on Sunday. So, of course, since I am super inpatient... we already made some. So fun!

I did check and they still have the molds at Hobby Lobby for $1.99 this year if you want to pick one up for your family. They even have a 40% off coupon this week, HERE.

ENJOY! We sure did. :)

Terra Cotta Coasters!

I made up some new coasters today, to prepare for the Halloween decor to come in a few weeks. I've made tons of tile coasters and love them, but when I saw how to make these coasters from Sweet Charli, I just HAD to made some. They are so clever, and I couldn't pass up the idea.

I spray painted 4" terra cotta coasters I got for super cheap at lowes, with black spray paint. Then I cut out circles of fun Halloween paper to fit in the centers. (who am I kidding, I didn't cut them, I used the Silhouette I won from the Idea Room!!!!, I am SO lucky!!) Then I modge podged the circles onto the centers. Once they were completely dry, I sprayed them with sealer, and glued cork circles to the bottoms.

So easy, and SO many options of paint colors and paper.

I see many more of these in my future. :)

Chalkboard Stones!

So, my friend Karen saw that Pottery Barn came out with there Halloween stuff, and sent me the email. Most of you know I LOVE FALL and everything that goes along with it, so this is right up my alley. Now, I don't shop at Pottery Barn because it is not in the budget, but I do LOVE to get ideas from there.

So when I saw the chalkboard Halloween rocks they had, I knew I could make them with things I had around the house, and I think I got pretty close. I may even like mine better, since I didn't have to pay for them, hee hee. :)

(Here are the ones I made!)

First, I found my spray primer, chalkboard spray paint, old newspaper, and a bunch of flat rocks I swiped from my in-laws landscaping!


Then I sprayed both sides of the rocks first with the spray primer, and then with two coats of chalkboard paint.

After they dried, I decorated them with chalk! (I use the chalk ink markers I had from decorating Nora's room, they are AWESOME!)

They were so cute, I decided I could write different words and pictures on them so I could display them now, and then change them for Halloween and all the different seasons.

I need to find a cooler vase or way to display them though. :)