We don't have a lot of store-bought Halloween decorations for our house because we prefer to make them. Here's an easy, fun, and occasionally messy way to make spiderwebs for decoration! To make them you'll need: White yarn (or black if you want to make your spiderweb shadowy) Simple flour and water paste (mix four and water together to make a paste) Paper Pen Wax paper Scissors Start by drawing a spiderweb on your paper. We made ours a corner spiderweb but you can make a full round one. Yes, I realize that I drew my lines wrong above. We figured that our half-way through making our web! If your children are a little older, you probably do not need to draw a spiderweb first. Cover your paper with wax paper to prevent sticking when you glue it together. Dip pieces of yarn into your paste mixture and put them on the wax paper following the lines you drew. Make sure to press together the places where your yarn meets. Wait till your spider web … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
Cotton Swab Skeletons–Pinned it, Did it!
I saw this pin on Pinterest and could not resist. What a perfect craft for Halloween and we had everything on hand! We used: Cotton swabs (or as Tottie calls them--"ear waxers" Glue Wax paper (to prevent glue from getting all over the table Unfortunately, the photo in the pin did not link back to a website for directions so we had to guess how to make it. Not too complicated though, we simply followed the photo... This craft was a little more difficult than I thought it was going to be. Getting cotton swabs to stick together with glue is not as easy as it looks! Cutting the cotton swabs was fun though! They are hard to cut (at least ours were) so when we snipped them, the small end flew across the kitchen! Tottie thought it was funny! Hint: Make sure to let your skeleton dry completely before you try moving him! He's fragile and can easily come unglued! Our skeleton vs. their skeletons. We only made one because Tottie got frustrated and I didn't want … [Read more...]
Nine Awesome and Unique Halloween Treats
We've scoured the internet in search of awesome, unique, and fun Halloween treats. Below you'll find nine of our favorites from our search! 1) Shrunken Heads In Cider--Creepy is all I have to say about this drink! 2) Cheese Witch Brooms--Cute and healthy! 3) Eyeball Donuts--Easy and fun! 4) Weiner Worms--Just plain gross! 5) Icky Intestines--I'm not sure anyone would actually want to eat these! 6) Mad Scientist Potion--Cool for kids AND adults! 7) Melon Brain--Genious and healthy! 8) Finger Food--A little too realistic for me! 9) Pumpkin Seed Brittle--Um...Yum! What awesome Halloween treats have you made? … [Read more...]
Simple, Beautiful Sun Catchers
Last month Tottie and I made Fall Sun Spiral Sun Catchers. Today, Nutty and I bring you simple, yet beautiful sun catchers that older kids can make! To make them for yourselves, you'll need: Fishing line (shhh...don't tell my husband that I stole some from one of his fishing poles!) Small mirrors (6 per sun catcher) Beads (6 per sun catcher) Hot glue gun (or similar glue) 1) Make sure you give yourself plenty of fishing line. You'll need a longer string than you think because you'll have to put a hanging loop at the top. 2) Start by tying two beads at the bottom of your string. 3) Next, glue two mirrors back to back a little further up the line making sure your line is in the middle of your string. (Click on the photo to enlarge it if need be) Your sun catcher should look like the photo below. 4) Repeat steps 2 and 3 two more times moving further up the string. 5) Make a loop at the top to use for hanging. *Helpful hint: Put a dot of glue on each … [Read more...]
Apple Nachos–Pinned it, Did it!
Apple Nachos were one of the very first things I pinned when I opened my personal Pinterest account over nine months ago. As with almost everything I pin, it has just sat on my board waiting to be made--until now! As the original site says, there is no real recipe for this tasty treat. It's simply whatever you think would be good with apples! I had left over caramel, chocolate chips, and cashews from yesterday's chocolate caramel popcorn (which did not last long in our house by the way) and we added apples and peanut butter. Yum! What a great way to add some fruit and a little bit of hidden protein to your child's diet! … [Read more...]
Chocolate Caramel Popcorn
Warning: there is potential for making a large, ooey-gooey, yet yummy and fun mess while making this tasty treat! We get gourmet popcorn delivered to us at work all the time from families or doctors we work with. One day we had chocolate caramel popcorn and it was SOOO yummy! I thought to myself, "I could make this at home!" So Tottie and I tried... We used: Microwave popcorn (because I'm lazy). We used the buttered kind but it would probably be better with plain popcorn. Caramel bits Milk chocolate chips Cashews (because they are my favorite nut) We popped the popcorn in the microwave then spread it, along with the cashews, in a thin layer on wax paper lined cookie sheets. Next, we melted the caramel in the microwave. (Be careful when you do it because you can easily burn it if you are not watching!) Then, using a spoon, Tottie drizzled the caramel all over the popcorn and nuts. We had a problem with the caramel though...it hardened again quite quickly … [Read more...]
