I’m a bit ashamed to admit this, but Halloween is my kids’
favorite holiday. I personally prefer
Christmas, but for some reason, be it the dress up, candy, and running around
in the dark, they look forward to this day all year. There’s
one problem with this: trick or treating
is cancelled (and rescheduled) this year.
They endured all this counting down and waiting just to wait some more.
It’s not the end of the world, I know, but I wanted to do
something to make today special. After
all, it’s not “Halloween” that we celebrate, but a day that is a little extra
special, with fun things to do and yummy treats.
So, here is how we celebrated Halloween this year without the trick or treating!
Our soundtrack of choice today was the Pandora station “Halloween
Party.” It was pretty terrific, minus a
few selections we fast forwarded…Monster Mash, Flying Purple People Eater, and
Thriller seemed to keep us moving all morning!
This morning, the boys woke up to pumpkin banana pancakes
and chocolate milk, which is a treat! As
good as breakfast was, we rushed through it because the boys spied an
interesting addition to our doorway:
Yup! That’s masking
tape! We played a super fun gum that I
dubbed “Feed the Spider.” If you look really hard, I stuck two plastic spiders
to the tape. We took turns tossing pom
pom balls (usually used for crafting) at the web. They received 1 point for every stick, and a
bonus of 5 points if they knocked the spider off the web. Our game consisted of 5 rounds, with a winner
declared at the end. This was a VERY
popular game…we played for over an hour!
While I rocked the baby to sleep for her morning nap, I
pulled out the Scooby Doo hidden picture book I snagged at Target for $1. All three little heads huddled around the
book searching for the bad guys.
After Little Miss was sleeping soundly in her crib, it was
tattoo time. I found a box of over 100
Halloween tattoos for $1 at 5 Below…what a wonderful find! After searching for just the right body décor,
we spent the next ½ hour applying them
to legs, tummies, and arms.
Onward to the kitchen!
We did a super cute (and super quick!) craft: ghost feet!
We painted the bottom of our feet white and pressed them on black
construction paper. They had no idea how
these footprints were going to “turn into” ghosts. Once we added the dots for
eyes and an open mouth, it all became clear!
After cleaning off our feet, the boys resumed playing Feed
the Spider while I made some lunch…sadly, it wasn’t themed : ( However, we did have Halloween jello jigglers
as a special post-lunch treat!
Everyone’s resting now.
But in just a few short minutes, my house will be bustling again. I have my home made pizza dough rising for
dinner, mini caramel apple pies assembled for dessert, and my popcorn popper
ready for some fresh kettle corn.
This evening’s agenda:
build a fort, watch some Halloween specials, and munch on kettle corn.
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