Think Ahead Thursday: Halloween
My little "bear" at 2 months old last Halloween.
I wanted to write this post for last week but it seemed like it was inappropriate to think about Halloween before we thought about fall. So, I held it off a week. By now you have seen the grocery and drug store shelves filled with Halloween marketed candy. I have even seen costumes and decorations appearing on store shelves.
It seems rather crazy to me to be thinking about Halloween at the first of September, after all, it is still almost 2 months away. However, I realized that many of you crafty people like to do things like make your costumes and such. (I bow to you that have the gift of sewing, I will stay in the kitchen). So, I thought we might start talking about costumes, crafts, and food ideas so that we can start thinking ahead (and buying ahead) the supplies we need as they go on sale.
Here are a few resources I have wrangled up. Do you have any additional resources you would like to share? Posts from last year and what you did for Halloween, whether it be a costume, party, favors, or food (leave a link below). Feel free to share your posts from Halloween last year! All of these will be super helpful to those of us that aren’t sure where to begin.
Posts:
Costumes:
- Family Fun: Costume Ideas
- Mommy Poppins: Homemade Halloween Costumes
- Make Your Own Halloween Costumes
- Halloween Costumes for Kids and Easy Costume Ideas
- Where to buy:
- Halloween Costumes – Amazon.com
- SAVE BIG on Halloween Costumes, Accessories, & Decor! – Meijer.com
- Kid’s Costumes – CostumeCity.Com offers kid’s safe costumes.
- Wide selection of Halloween costumes at discounted prices – CostumeDiscounters.com
- Halloween Costumes – Amazon.com
Crafts/Games:
- Apples 4 the Teacher: Halloween Activities and Games
- Making Friends: Halloween Crafts for Kids
- Craftbits.com: Halloween Project Ideas
Foods:
- Family Fun: Food Ideas
- Born Modern Baby: Creepy, Creative Halloween Recipes for Kids
- Craft Jr: Halloween Rice Krispy Treats
- Hershey’s Trick or Treat Recipes
How fun!!! We started a tradition of going to the pumpkin patch with friends last year…Our 2 year olds will have a blast this year (last year they didn’t really notice it!!)…although the 2 babies (between the two families) will not sure what to do with it all!! I had a pot of chili in the crockpot ready for us when we got home that night!! We’ll do that again for sure! \nAlso-my sister started a pumpkin carving tradition and we’ll join her for that again too. Max might be more interested this year!! For costumes…both boys got brand new skeleton gymmies (jammies) from gymboree and will be wearing those while mommy and daddy pass out candy!!! Simple and easy!!\nI love the idea swap!!!
I made the cutest costume last year for my little guy. He was not quite 1 yet, but with a head of blond hair-he just looked like Charlie Brown. So, I died a T-Shirt yellow and then sewed on some zig-zag stripes. Paired with a pair of black sweatpants, he looked just like Charlie Brown. People were just blown away. It was fairly inexpensive and only took an evening of work!
My fave costume that I made for my oldest son when he was about 7 – took a cardboard box and cut holes for head and arms, cut out the bottom so he could slip it over his head, glued 6 empty “cool whip” containers on the front and sprayed painted the whole thing red. He was a giant Lego! And we used an empty Legos bucket for his treats. Everyone we saw loved it! Very easy and economical.
What a great idea!! All my boys are Lego fanatics.I think I’ll ask them if they would like to make these for our annual Halloween dinner at the Spaghetti Factory. We don’t trick-or-treat but the kids still like to dress up for our dinner out. Plus boys, boxes, and spray paint sound like they were made for each other.