Category Archives: Halloweeen Activities

Do Good With All That Halloween Candy

Halloween is just around the corner and all our houses are about to be inundated with more candy than should be consumed in an entire year, let alone one night. If you’re already getting a tummy ache just thinking about … Continue reading

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Backwards Trick or Treating

put a plastic trick or treat pumpkin on the kitchen shelf to gather lost and found items to be put away

If your little ones are like mine, Trick-or-Treating is too much fun for just one day. My four year old is so into it, that we don’t have to use candy. She likes it so much that she’ll do it … Continue reading

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Trick-or-Treat Service Drive

Consider organizing a neighborhood Service Drive this Halloween. A week or two before Halloween, deliver a flyer and paper bag on your neighbor’s doorstep, indicating you are Trick-or-Treating for a specific item — Cans, Books, Hygiene items, or Stuffed Animals, for example. Continue reading

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The Ghost Family’s Halloween Safety Rules

Teach your kids important Halloween Safety Tips with this cute rhyming story of 6 wise ghosts. Continue reading

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Fall Favorites Basket Exchange Party

Three years ago, my very best friend had the most ingenious idea for a autumn inspired party. Both she and I share a love of this time of year, but living in Arizona didn’t offer much in the way of … Continue reading

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What About…Last Minute Halloween Crafts?

It’s October 27th and there are just 4 more days until Halloween!  Are you searching for last minute activities to do with your kids?  I am!  I’ve perused other people’s blogs and other websites in search of some great ideas … Continue reading

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Halloween Phantom

Have you been hit by the Halloween Phantom yet?  If not, start it going around your neighborhood!  Just print this poem, make two plates or baskets of goodies, drop both the poem and the goodies off on two of your neighbors’ … Continue reading

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Class Halloween Party–Guts & Stuff Tactile Station

  Helping with your elementary school aged child’s class Halloween Party?  A popular activity for the Halloween parties at our school are the gross-them-out tactile station.  Basically the idea is to have the kids feel something that you suggest is … Continue reading

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Puppies to Frankenstein–Now What?

halloween literature

Sure, I couldn’t help but enjoy my first 2-year-old in his puppy costume, having a blast rolling his pumpkin around the condo.  There are some very charming elements to Halloween.  But as the years have passed, most of my kids … Continue reading

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Apple Season + Autumn = Caramel Apples!

Growing up, every autumn our school would send around order forms for caramel apples.  We called them taffy apples.  I LOVED them and lived for them.  My favorites were the ones with peanuts covering the apple.  Mmmm…delicious.  I never really … Continue reading

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