With a 2 year old and a 3.5 year old at home, I knew that carving pumpkins would be more work for me this year than anything, but I couldn’t deny my son the excitement of this ritual that he’s heard so much about in books and seen on Halloween tv specials. He’s not very good at drawing yet, either, ... Read More »
My 4-year old recently decided he wanted to have an Incredible Hulk Costume for Halloween! As I’m not a fan of buying entire costumes or spending a lot of money, we decided to make his own. How hard could it be? As usual, we did a quick Pinterest search for some Incredible Hulk Costume inspiration (and ignored the “Hulk Hogan” costumes) ... Read More »
I always loved going Trick or Treating as a kid – well, as long as I could get away with it, to be honest! My reasons for loving it were pretty much the same as the average kid: 1) It’s SUPER fun to dress up and go out in public! (We don’t do that enough as adults!) 2) CANDY. I get ... Read More »
Several weeks ago now, we attended Blissdom Canada, a blogging & social media conference. Target Canada was our super awesome wardrobe sponsor & kept us clothed for all of the many events. One of the events that I shopped for was the Throw Back Thursday party (sponsored by Kahlua) – can I just say, what an awesome theme for a ... Read More »
We did some last-minute Halloween treats today – Pumpkin / Jack-o-Lantern Rice Krispies Treats! My little man is not yet 3, but I’m doing my best to get him helping me in the kitchen with something almost every day. He doesn’t do a lot yet – dumps measuring cup-fulls of ingredients into the mixing bowls, helps me stir things together, ... Read More »
Now I’m sure that most people have already carved their pumpkins on the weekend. For me, procrastinating paid off- instead of carving with four boys on indoors on a cold rainy day, we took our pumpkins outside and carved them in the beautiful sunshine today! And left the mess outside! Here’s a quick tip that we’ve been using for years to ... Read More »
I first saw this cake on a pin from A Merrier World, and have been looking for an excuse to try it out ever since! We went to Sarnia to visit my mother in law for her birthday last weekend, and since we’re the only kids left in the province, I try to make her a cake. Everyone likes having ... Read More »
I learned how to make these chains years ago when I worked at the library, and we needed to decorate for Halloween. The other kind of loop paper chains get kind of boring after a while, and these ones look really neat. They’re pretty easy to make, and would look great in a classroom or in your windows! All you ... Read More »
This last costume came together rather easily. We had the black cape from a few years ago. We had just gotten the batman t-shirt from a friend. So all we needed was a batman mask. I did a Pinterest search for some ideas. The one we ended up liking was a broken link, so we just had to ... Read More »
As I had mentioned earlier in my #KINDERmom post, our boys are obsessed with Superheroes. Today as we started putting together Halloween costumes, I found myself on Pinterest looking for inspiration for some accessories for our Superheroes. I don’t want to have entirely store-bought costumes, but I also don’t have the energy to make four complete costumes myself. So we ... Read More »
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