Hopefully since the sign says "please" AND "thank you" it will be a deterrent for those obnoxious teenagers who always clean out the unsupervised candy bowls.
Showing posts with label halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label halloween. Show all posts
October 28, 2013
Printable Trick-or-Treater Sign
If you're one of those brave people that leave your bowl out for trick-or-treaters to get their own candy without ringing your doorbell first, then you might as well put a cute sign with it. So here you go, a free 8x10" printable trick-or-treater sign:
Hopefully since the sign says "please" AND "thank you" it will be a deterrent for those obnoxious teenagers who always clean out the unsupervised candy bowls.
Hopefully since the sign says "please" AND "thank you" it will be a deterrent for those obnoxious teenagers who always clean out the unsupervised candy bowls.
October 8, 2013
Bat Wing Soup Printable in GREEN
Because you asked nicely, here it is in green:
Just click to download, and enjoy this 8x10 Halloween print!
Just click to download, and enjoy this 8x10 Halloween print!
October 4, 2013
Free Halloween Printable: Bat Wing Soup
This 8x10" Halloween Printable will be gracing our wall all month long. It can be on your wall too - - just click to download it for free.
October 29, 2012
Free Printable Skeleton Cupcake Wrappers
In case you're in need of some last minute Halloween cupcake wrappers, then try these:
Just click the picture to download these free skeleton cupcake wraps. And have a Happy Halloween!
Just click the picture to download these free skeleton cupcake wraps. And have a Happy Halloween!
October 26, 2012
Free Printable Halloween Bingo
Get our free printable Halloween Bingo game with four bingo cards, a set of calling cards, and instructions. It's lots of fun to play and we guarantee that your kids will probably kind of like it, maybe.
October 24, 2012
DIY Perry the Platypus Halloween Costume for under $10
My 6 year old really wanted to be Perry the Platypus for Halloween. I thought this was an awesome idea, so I made it happen, for under $10.
First things first, I hit up our local thrift store for any fabric in the right color. I had my fingers crossed that I could find an sheet or blanket, but I happened upon two adult sized sweaters, which worked out fabulously. I also purchased an orange baseball cap for Perry’s bill, and I already had felt to use for eyes. also pictured slightly: a green fedora that I painted brown, because I could not find a brown fedora in an acceptable price range.
The arms for from the long sleeved sweater were turned into pants. I also trimmed down the sweater vest to fit my child, and used the extra fabric from the sides to add small sleeves to the vest.
For Perry the Platypus’ head, I built his face around the collar of the sweater. (If you found a hoodie, that would be great, but I didn’t, so, you know, I improvised.)
I added a third rectangular piece to the back of the collar so it could fit over our rather large heads.
I made sure to stitch the ball cap to the head piece so that A) we wouldn’t lose any pieces and B) it’s easier to put on one thing than two.
The last thing I did was make the tail and shoe covers. Using an old orange sweatshirt, I cut off one arm for the tail, and used the remaining fabric for feet. I attached elastic to the backs of the shoe covers for stability.
And that is how we came to have one pretty happy, Perry the Platypus trick or treater in our midst.
October 23, 2012
The Letter G and Opposites for Preschoolers
This week we're going to keep doing Halloween stuff for our preschool activities. Because it's fun. So we're covering the letter G (for ghost) and then doing a matching opposites game.
So that's what we're doing this week!
 | We're going to watch this awesome "Gimme G" Storybots video over and over and over. And then we're going to print out the letter G tracing page and letter G coloring page from storybots.com |
 | We're going to make one of these ghosts out of a paper plate and hang it up. Idea courtesy of Kaboose. |
 | I saw the idea for this paper bag ghost craft on Oriental Trading, but I didn't want to have to order supplies, so I just threw together a printable for it instead. It has a cute poem on it and you can make the ghost say, "Boo!" because the mouth goes up in the flap of the paper bag. Also we made a boy and a girl ghost. Because my children require it. |
 | Since I also want to cover opposites, we're going to print out this sheet of opposites flash cards and play concentration with them. Then we're going to walk around the house pointing out other opposites until my preschooler gets the idea (or I get sick of pointing to things...whichever comes first). |
So that's what we're doing this week!
October 17, 2012
The Letter S for Preschoolers
So I took a few weeks off of worrying about preschool. It's because we moved. And that is my excuse - it is a good one. This week we're just casually getting back into it, and we're covering the letter S and doing a review of colors (my daughter knows most of her colors, but it never hurts to go over them again).
• We'll be playing with the Skeleton paper dolls I posted yesterday.
• We're going to put together this articulated skeleton, because he has a crazy face and I love him. You can download the skeleton for free at Origami and Stuff 4 Kids.
• We'll be going on a walk to gather brightly colored leaves and then we're going to make animals out of them after we name the colors and all that good stuff. (If you want a better idea of what I'm talking about make sure to check our "Things of Pinterest" tomorrow, because it's all about art you can make with leaves!)
• We'll be printing the tracing page and coloring page for the letter S from my new favoritest of all time websites Storybots.com. This website is amaaaaaaaazing. It's super cute, fun for kids, has great videos, and it's from the creators of jibjab, whom I already adored. The website is new so they're still working on some of the videos and stuff, but you can get the corresponding app in which you can put your kids' faces into cute story books and make reading even more fun! My whole family loves it!
And that's what we're doing this week! Hopefully now that we're mostly out of boxes we can keep up our preschool schedule each week, so check back next week!
• We'll be playing with the Skeleton paper dolls I posted yesterday.
• We'll be going on a walk to gather brightly colored leaves and then we're going to make animals out of them after we name the colors and all that good stuff. (If you want a better idea of what I'm talking about make sure to check our "Things of Pinterest" tomorrow, because it's all about art you can make with leaves!)
And that's what we're doing this week! Hopefully now that we're mostly out of boxes we can keep up our preschool schedule each week, so check back next week!
October 16, 2012
Skeleton Paper Dolls Printable
We loooooooooooove Halloween. It's creepy and fun. I made these boy and girl skeleton paper dolls for my kids to play with this week, because skeletons are also creepy and fun (and these ones are sort of cute, too).
You can download these paper dolls for free, and you'll get:
• boy and girl skeleton kids
• t-shirt and jeans outfit for each
• pajamas for each
• pumpkin costume
• mummy costume
Just remember that all of our stuff is for personal use only, no redistribution allowed. And if you love us make sure to share that love on facebook, pinterest, or, you know, where ever. Thanks!
You can download these paper dolls for free, and you'll get:
• boy and girl skeleton kids
• t-shirt and jeans outfit for each
• pajamas for each
• pumpkin costume
• mummy costume
Just remember that all of our stuff is for personal use only, no redistribution allowed. And if you love us make sure to share that love on facebook, pinterest, or, you know, where ever. Thanks!
October 9, 2012
Halloween Round-Up
It's no secret that Halloween is my favorite holiday. I mean, I just LOVE everything about it. (Okay, well, most everything.) Costumes, candy, tricks... I just think it's a super fun holiday to celebrate.
And we have our share of Halloween crafts, treats, and printables on this site, so this is our friendly reminder post that is going to round-up all of the Halloween goodness!
And we have our share of Halloween crafts, treats, and printables on this site, so this is our friendly reminder post that is going to round-up all of the Halloween goodness!
1) Halloween lunch note jokes | 2) Halloween poem printable | 3) Boo printable | 4) witch parking printable
1) Halloween Party Printables | 2) Halloween crayon box | 3) monster bookmarks | 4) spider eyeball topiary | 5) monster bash party printables
Happy Haunting!
October 28, 2011
Free Printable: Halloween Box
With this printable you can fold your own Halloween box that ends up being the size of a Crayola crayon box. And you can put mummy extremities in it. Or, you know, candy or something.
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To Print
- Download the file using the pink “Click Here To Download” button or by clicking here
- Your computer will automatically download the file
- The image is now on your computer ready to print!
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October 26, 2011
TP Roll Monsters printable and tutorial
October makes me think of monsters a lot, but I don't think that they're really something that has to be specific to Halloween as long as they're not all Frankenstein-y but more generic regular-monster-like. Like this:
And now, let me tell you how you can make your very own TP Roll Monster with your kids.
First, you need to go to the bathroom. And wipe yourself. And blow your nose. Then repeat. Until you have a naked TP Roll. Or 6.
Then you need to download the monster parts.
And then you need to print them. I suggest printing them on cardstock, if you have it. We actually didn't have cardstock so this tutorial will also include steps for if you don't happen to have cardstock either.
Once you have the parts printed, gather your supplies.
You'll need the TP Rolls, scissors, glue, tape, stapler, pipe cleaners and a piece of cardstock of any color. Oh, and also get your kids. And if you want, get some crayons or markers.
Then stab your scissors through your TP Roll on both sides.
Then shove a pipe cleaner through the holes.
Then cut out your hands and feet and glue them to the cardstock. (This is to reinforce them, since I knew my kids will be playing with these and I didn't want them to fall apart TOO quickly.)
Then cut out the hands and feet again, as well as all the other parts. Glue your eyes, nose and mouth to the TP Roll. And you can draw on the roll with a crayon or marker if you want. OR if you want to get all crazy fancy, you could have painted the roll before doing anything else. (Except then you'd have to let the paint dry and I personally don't like two-session crafts with my kids, especially when it involves TP Rolls, you know what I mean?)
Next, staple your hands to the ends of the pipe cleaners.
And fold the pipe cleaner over the staple in the hope that it will stay on longer.
Then tape your feet on. I put tape on the front and inside the tube, for extra sturdiness. But, obviously, you shouldn't be expecting these to live for centuries. It's made out of a TP Roll for heavens sake.
The last thing you need to do is take a picture of the finished TP Roll Monsters and add the first dorky caption that enters your mind.
And THAT, dear friends, is how to make TP Roll Monsters. And my kids did most of the cutting. And it was awesome.
And now, let me tell you how you can make your very own TP Roll Monster with your kids.
First, you need to go to the bathroom. And wipe yourself. And blow your nose. Then repeat. Until you have a naked TP Roll. Or 6.
Then you need to download the monster parts.
And then you need to print them. I suggest printing them on cardstock, if you have it. We actually didn't have cardstock so this tutorial will also include steps for if you don't happen to have cardstock either.
Once you have the parts printed, gather your supplies.
You'll need the TP Rolls, scissors, glue, tape, stapler, pipe cleaners and a piece of cardstock of any color. Oh, and also get your kids. And if you want, get some crayons or markers.
Then stab your scissors through your TP Roll on both sides.
Then shove a pipe cleaner through the holes.
Then cut out your hands and feet and glue them to the cardstock. (This is to reinforce them, since I knew my kids will be playing with these and I didn't want them to fall apart TOO quickly.)
Then cut out the hands and feet again, as well as all the other parts. Glue your eyes, nose and mouth to the TP Roll. And you can draw on the roll with a crayon or marker if you want. OR if you want to get all crazy fancy, you could have painted the roll before doing anything else. (Except then you'd have to let the paint dry and I personally don't like two-session crafts with my kids, especially when it involves TP Rolls, you know what I mean?)
Next, staple your hands to the ends of the pipe cleaners.
And fold the pipe cleaner over the staple in the hope that it will stay on longer.
Then tape your feet on. I put tape on the front and inside the tube, for extra sturdiness. But, obviously, you shouldn't be expecting these to live for centuries. It's made out of a TP Roll for heavens sake.
The last thing you need to do is take a picture of the finished TP Roll Monsters and add the first dorky caption that enters your mind.
And THAT, dear friends, is how to make TP Roll Monsters. And my kids did most of the cutting. And it was awesome.
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October 24, 2011
Candy Corn Pizza Snack
'Tis the season of Candy Corn, but you don't always have to eat it in the actual candy form. These are super duper easy to make, plus they're cheesy and cheesy always equals YUM.
To make Candy Corn Pizza take a premade pizza crust and slice it into triangles.
On each slice, place white cheese at the tip, orange cheese in the middle and yellow cheese at the end. I had a hard time finding really yellow cheese, so I just used Colby Jack, and it didn't end up like I wanted, but still tasted fab.
Heat up your slices on a cookie sheet in a hot oven (450ยบ ish) for 5-10 minutes. Just keep your eye on them so they don't burn.
Serve with pizza dipping sauce (lazy people like me will open up a bottle of spaghetti sauce and call it pizza dipping sauce).
I found this idea here.
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October 19, 2011
Get in the Spirit: Five Great Halloween Books for Kids
I am an avid reader, and I do everything I can to pass that love on down to my kids. Naturally, this means that I pick up books about all sorts of holidays and seasons, because what better way to get in the mood then by reading all about your favorite days? Here are some of our Halloween favorites:
2. A Halloween Mask for Monster by Virginia Mueller – What can I say, Monster needs a Halloween costume, but his masks are too scary. He tried to be a girl, and a boy, and even a dog, but all of those masks were just too scary. What does Monster finally decide to go as? Himself!
3. Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley – When my oldest went to kindergarten, this was the first book he checked out of the school library. Then he renewed it every time he had library for the next two years. It’s definitely a family favorite, and your kids will get a kick of telling the big green monster to go away!
4. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak – It’s not really a Halloween book, but it has wild things that roar their terrible roars and gnash their terrible teeth. Max sails across the sea and becomes King of the Wild Things, but is that really what he wants?
5. The Little Green Witch by Barbara Barbieri McGrath – A spooky take on the classic Little Red Hen. The Little Green Witch’s friends don’t help with any of the unhousework, and she has to hang the cobwebs and tend the pumpkins all by herself. When it’s time to eat the pumpkin pie, the little green witch has a surprise for her lazy friends.
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