This week we decorated our courtyard for a Slimer party. The washable slime decoration was also perfect for Halloween! Now we have a slimed entrance ready for trick or treaters! It's easy to decorate with washable slime and just as easy to clean up. The "slime" is actually just washable sidewalk chalk paint. How to decorate with washable slime Supplies: green RoseArt Washable Sidewalk Chalk Paint (affiliate link) paintbrush water Mix the chalk and water according Read More... {Read More...}
JELL-O Zombie Donuts Recipe
Zombie donuts are a perfect treat for Halloween and to celebrate the premier of your favorite zombie show. JELL-O Zombie Donuts are ooey, gooey chocolate treats oozing green zombie guts. Are zombie guts green? Who really knows but these donuts are! JELL-O Zombie Donuts Recipe Ingredients: Lime JELL-O Green chocolate melts Green sparkle gel White cake mix (prepared according to box instructions) Fold the lime JELL-O into your prepared cake mix. Pour the Read More... {Read More...}
SeaWorld’s Halloween Spooktacular 2016
Fall is a favorite time of year with great weather and many outdoor festivals. It's also time for some of our favorite events including SeaWorld's Halloween Spooktacular®. We have been attending the Halloween Spooktacular in San Diego for many years and love seeing the additions to the event each year. It's also a great reason to create DIY marine animal costumes! SeaWorld's Halloween Spooktacular is every weekend through October. The fun is a great reason to attend but it's also a perfect Read More... {Read More...}
Boo It Forward Halloween Party Plan
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser, MARS. All opinions are mine alone. #BOOItForward #CollectiveBias Halloween is a favorite holiday and we love seeing our neighbors get festive with decorations and treats to share. This year we are surprising our neighbors by BOO’ing It Forward and hosting a party. American Greetings® party supplies, our favorite MARS and Wrigley candy and Dr Pepper monster cans made it easy to create a BOO Kit to deliver to Read More... {Read More...}
Maleficent Flittle blue fairy costume
When I think of the original Sleeping Beauty, fairies definitely come to mind. But the plump colorful fairies we remember from the original are not the ones making an appearance in Maleficent. Instead, the movie features three pixies with eclectic costumes. With my six year old daughter dressed as Maleficent, the baby in a baby Aurora costume, and my husband wearing his Maleficent crow costume, it only seemed fitting I make myself a Flittle costume. Because we all know the pixies as iconic Read More... {Read More...}
Easy DIY Octopus Costume
I have to give all the credit to my daughter on this costume. As the SeaWorld guest kid blogger, she always plans a fun costume idea for our visit to the Halloween Spooktacular. This year she was really excited to make her own octopus costume. The easy DIY octopus costume was all her idea. She was able to make the entire costume with just my supervision. Easy DIY Octopus Costume tutorial Supplies: long sleeve shirt three pairs of leggings, one pair must fit for actual leggings Read More... {Read More...}
Maleficent Baby Aurora Costume Tutorial
Our family always has fun themed Disney costumes for when we attend Mickey’s Halloween Party. This year my six year old daughter decided she was dressing up as Maleficent and I couldn't be more happy because her baby sister made the cutest baby Aurora! Knowing we wouldn't be able to purchase anything similar to the beautiful dress and bonnet worn in the movie, we decided to make our own. I can sew but had no idea how I would create that magical baby costume. A few days later my mom was Read More... {Read More...}
Maleficent Crow Costume Tutorial
Every year Halloween becomes a topic of discussion in our home several months before fall. We travel to Southern California frequently and Mickey’s Halloween Party is a favorite event during October. From the time she watched as Maleficent interrupted Elle Fanning's birthday song at the 2014 Disney Social Media Moms Celebration, my six year old daughter has had plans to dress like the villain for Halloween. Her costume wouldn't be complete without her crow, Diaval. My Read More... {Read More...}
“My First Halloween” printable
Halloween is such a fun opportunity to allow your children to express themselves in costume. Over the past six years my older daughter has dressed up in a wide variety of costumes ranging from frilly princesses to sea animals. As her mommy, I'm not sure there is anything cuter than her very first costume. I remember her first Halloween and the fun I had dressing her as a kitten in a big fluffy costume with a poofy pink tail. This year we have family costumes planned but I couldn't pass Read More... {Read More...}
DIY Macaroni Penguin Costume
This Halloween we've already had a few events requiring family costumes. With a busy schedule at home and a month full of travel I quickly put together easy DIY family costumes. We'll be attending the SeaWorld Halloween Spooktacular wearing easy DIY macaroni penguin costumes. My daughter loves the silly orange and feather tassles adorning the top of the hoodies. Easy DIY Macaroni Penguin costume tutorial Supplies: black hoodie or hooded sweatshirt white Read More... {Read More...}
