Category Archives: halloween

Country Ghost Party: Recipes

Halloween Dinner Ideas: Boo Biscuits with Orange Butter

Need some good Halloween dinner ideas? Here’s our favorite recipes from our Country Ghost Party. For our main dishes we served ever-popular homemade mac+cheese and my personal favorite a ghostly white chili! I whipped up this simple macaroni & cheese recipe. Debbie (whom you may know as Dr. Debbie), makes the most scrumptious and kid-friendly…

Country Ghost Party: Decor + Food Table

AreYouScaredGhosts

Wow. I just went through all the pictures from Harrison’s Spooky Country Ghost third birthday party! There’s a lot to share, so I’m dividing everything up into a couple posts. Today we’ll talk about the Decor + Food Table, tomorrow we’ll cover the Recipes then come back next week for the Games + Activities! Per…

Spooky LIVE GHOST Invites

ghost party invitation grouped

We recently celebrated Harrison’s third Birthday with a party. As you might guess, parties cause quite the commotion around our home, and my boys like to brainstorm party themes. Of course, since my kids are… well… kids, they change their minds frequently. Last Halloween Harrison fell in love with ghosts, and he has been talking…

Behind the Scenes at Sonoran Living Live

all on set

If you follow us on Facebook, you probably saw a few behind-the-scenes shots we posted from our craft demonstration on Sonoran Living Live on ABC 15 here in Arizona. The opportunity to share our Supermom Moments online with you is definitely fun, so when we were invited to share our Real Crafts featured in Raising…

Spooky Spider Match Worksheet

Halloween Counting Free Worksheet

The last cut, sort and glue worksheet I made for Harrison was a big hit in our home, so I decided to make a similar one with a Halloween twist: Spooky Spider Match. I printed it, gathered the supplies (crayons, scissors and glue), and set it out for Harrison to complete while Liam does his…

Mummy Parade

Mummy Parade Easy Door Decoration #halloween #spooky

My oldest daughter Attalie actually came up with the idea for this craft based on Aimee’s adorable Mummy t-shirts from last year. Your little goblins will enjoy creating an eerie Mummy Parade door garland to greet trick or treaters. The treat for you is it uses only supplies that are probably already in the cupboard!…

Halloween Crafts Round-up

banner on hutch

Since it’s officially October, I just wanted to share a quick reminder of our favorite Halloween ideas from last year: { Printable Spooky Banner } { Paper Spiders } { Pin the Heart on the Skeleton Game } { Poison Ivy Bath Salts } { Festive Homemade Oreos } { Mummy T-shirts }

Monster Grocer

Neck-Bolt-Tightener

I was recently browsing Pinterest looking for party favor ideas for my annual Halloween dinner party, and I came across the very clever Hoxton Street Monster Supplies, East London’s premier purveyor of everyday goods for the living, dead and undead. According to their website, they stock a pharmacopoeia of different types of fear, a complete…

Ghost Finger Puppets

ghost finger puppet tutorial

Last Halloween little Harrison became obsessed with ghosts. Between playing ghosts, tracing ghosts and booing like ghosts, I think we had our share of spirited fun. As for an update: here we are a year later putting together the finishing touches for Harrison’s ghost-themed third Birthday party later this week. Anyway, as part of our…

Are You My Mummy?

DIY Mummy Shirts

I was just remembering these adorable Mummy Shirts that Aimee shared last year. I never got a chance to make them for my girls, and was thinking of outfitting baby Modette’s black onesie with a Mummy and maybe even adding a cute pink bow, so it’s clear that she’s a girl Mummy. What do you…