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Halloween and the Escape Artist

Halloween can be a day with more tricks than treats if you share your home with a four-legged escape artist. Picture it: Halloween 2004. Moose, Lally, and I were living in New Jersey with my grandmother. My grandmother turned out the lights before I even got home from work, signaling trick-or-treaters that we were out of candy. Because we still had candy and I was bursting with Halloween cheer, I turned the lights back on. As soon as I opened the door for the very first trick-or-treater, Moose snuck out and took off. I dropped my candy bowl by the … Continue reading →

Three Quick and Easy Spider Craft Projects

Here are three quick and easy spider crafts for fun and decoration. All three need a minimum of supplies. They don’t take much time to complete, and as a plus they aren’t very messy either! Black Widow Take one chocolate flavored tootsie pop. Leave the wrapper on the candy. Wrap four black pipe cleaners around the stick of the pop to make legs. And there you have a spider. It’s that easy. You can glue on googly eyes to the body of the spider (the tootsie pop) or press on tiny eye stickers, too. Ordinary pipe cleaners work fine, but … Continue reading →

Ghosting or Boo-ing

Have you heard of “ghosting” or “boo-ing”? Apparently this is a growing custom in the United States and Britain. As far as I’ve seen, it hasn’t reached my neighborhood in Colorado. Yet. I’m thinking about starting it in my neighborhood but I have some concerns. Being “boo-ed” is a fun way to spread Halloween excitement among neighbors. What you do is get two treat bags or boxes and fill them with Halloween candy, treats, or prizes like stickers and plastic pumpkins. It’s important to include a cut out picture of a ghost or the word “Boo” in the package. This … Continue reading →

Frugal, Yet Festive Trick or Treat Bags

Trick or treating is what most kids wait for each October. Being able to go and ring a doorbell of a neighbor and receive a treat is a tradition no child wants to miss. But how do you hold all that candy? Is there a frugal way to create a trick or treat bag or bucket that can withstand the roughness of a child? There are a few frugal ways to create trick or treat bags that are not only practical, but loads of fun to make and really great to show off. Trick or Treat #1 Save your plastic … Continue reading →