Delicious Recipes to Keep my Family of Four Happy and Full
Halloween will be here before we know it. I mean…October 1st is in 2 days! How in the world did that happen? If you are like me, you are already thinking of some great Halloween crafts you can do for fun or to add some Halloween into your decor at home. I’ve got 39 Halloween crafts that are the perfect starting point for making your house spook-tacular.
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This post for making your own witch pumpkin originally appeared over at See Vanessa Craft as part of her 20 Crafty Days of Halloween.
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Happy Thursday! After you are done checking out my Fall Porch Tour this morning, please be sure to come visit me over at See Vanessa Craft where I am part of the 20 Crafty Days of Halloween.
My daughter is totally obsessed with the mustache trend. Despite throwing a baby shower that featured mustaches, I don’t really get the whole excitement behind the trend. Yeah, it is funny but mustaches on everything just seems odd. Oh well, clearly my daughter {and most of the rest of the world} thinks it is cool so what do I know? When we were working on her trick or treat bag for this year, she spied one of my Martha Steward adhesive stencils in the shape of a mustache. The rest was history and her stenciled trick or treat bag was born.
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October has hit. Panic has set in at the Just Us Four house because the kids don’t have Halloween costumes picked out yet. Typically, we have our costumes in hand by early September so we get the pick of what is available. I am totally blaming PBK for this lapse in Halloween preparation since their catalog is usually what prompts me to order costumes. This year, I am thinking our late decisions on what to be will leave us with a lot less choices. So, like any good mom/blogger, I went cruising the interwebs and found 20 DIY Halloween costumes that could serve as back-ups…or first choices if DIY Halloween costumes are your thing!
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Each year, around mid-October, our neighborhood explodes with Halloween. Entire blocks transform from regular houses into spooky haunted houses or fun places covered in pumpkins and candy corn. We like to get a jump on all of this fun by making a few Halloween recipes and then Boo’ing our neighbors.
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Halloween is one of those holidays where decorating can go in two very different directions. Some people focus on the spooky and scary {think lots of skeletons and black} while others go more for the fun, non-scary stuff {candy corn and pumpkins}. We have two young kids so you can guess which way we tend to lean. This year, H is getting to the age where she likes to really be involved in just about everything that I am doing. So, we decided to focus some of our Halloween crafts on things she could easily help with like this candy corn pennant banner.
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I was never really into Halloween decorating until I moved into our current neighborhood. In our townhouse, we always put out pumpkins and passed out candy to any trick or treaters that came by. When we moved into our current house, all that just seemed to be way too low key considering all the decorating that was going on around us. So, slowly, we’ve been accumulating decorations at the after holiday sales to add to our collection. Of course, it helps if you can make some of your decorations too so I created this spooky eyeball wreath this year.
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Artificial pumpkins are one of those craft items that you can do so many things with…carve, cover, paint, etc. The list really does go and on. Last year, I used some washi tape to decorate one for part of my Halloween decorations. This year, I decided to create some chalkboard paint pumpkins so my kids could decorate them over and over again between now and Halloween.
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Before I got sick, I had started working a Halloween tulle wreath for this year. It was stopped suddenly thanks to my pneumonia but I managed to finish it up over the weekend while I lounged on the couch recuperating.
I started with a straw wreath form that I wrapped in black duct tape.
Then, I cut black and orange tulle into strips.
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