When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, ‘tis near Halloween.— Unknown
More Halloween crafts, recipes, and decoration ideas than you can shake a broomstick at from pumpkin carving to whacky witch costumes and Halloween treats. Don’t forget Halloween fashions for your furbabies and check out the Halloween printables page for a cute collection of Boo Tags.
Someone please tell me how Halloween snuck up so fast? Seriously, I still have to get my decorations out of the attic! If you're in the same boat as me, and thinking maybe that trip to the attic may not happen this year, do yourself a favor -- stay off of Pinterest...
I think there's a cat problem in our neighborhood. Oh whoops. My bad. That's just my Girl Scout troop having our October meeting - with a black cat theme. I can't help myself - when it comes to a meeting at my house, I go into party mode and have to have a theme. I...
I went to the dollar store to find jars to put homemade Halloween gummies that the Cupcake made for her kids' craft exchange. And like EVERY time I go into the dollar store, I think of how I can repurpose something that they have there. It's terrible around the...
I’m a little obsessed with balloons lately. There’s nothing more festive than having a bunch of balloons wafting above your party table to set the mood. I can’t even imagine a birthday without them, or a clown for that matter. Mostly all that goes into balloons is...
This Super Martian Robot Girl Costume from Yo Gabba Gabba was easy enough to make in one evening for Halloween or any dress-up party.
MONSTER COOKIES! Preschool was an eye-opener for us, the move to “big girl school” with uniforms and recess with older kids. Each of the brightly colored preschool classrooms had a theme for the school year, and Princess Cupcake’s teacher chose monsters. It was...
Martha, Martha Martha. How could you come to Dallas for a book signing on the ONE day that I am giving a presentation in Phoenix? Seriously, I thought I was your favorite blogger from Martha Stewart craft week? Am I not??? I am feeling shunned. Just when I was about...
In our house, we like our crust with a little bit of pie. Basically, we’re a pro-crust family. So when I saw these on cookies & cups: I knew they were the perfect project for The Princess Cupcake and me to make. And so easy too. See? All you need is refrigerated...
These Spider Rice Krispies are a big hit for Halloween or any kids’ party. Kids love them plus they are easy enough for the little monsters to make.
Of any kind.
That’s why I told the Princess Cupcake we were making Rice Krispies treats first. Then I told her they would be spider ones.
Driving to school on Tuesday: Me: Hey cupcake, do you want to make pumpkin truffles tonight? Cupcake: YEAH!!!!! YEAH, YEAH, YEAH! (FYI: She has no idea what a truffle is) Thinking silence. Cupcake: Mom? How do we make pumpkin tuffs? Me: Well, we take Oreo cookies -...
As seen on Cookies & Cups! Recipe: Cream Cheese Pumpkin Pie filling Ingredients 4 oz cream cheese, room temp. 1 cup canned pumpkin 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 tsp salt 1 egg yolk 1/2 cup half and half 4 tbsp melted butter 1 tsp vanilla 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice Instructions...
"Hey Cupcake, do you want to try this Owl Smores Cookie recipe?" “YEA! S’Mores! YEA! S’Mores! YEA! I want to help. I want to HEEEELLLLLPPPPP” Bouncing child is whole-body shoving large step stool across the kitchen to get as close to the counter as a 3 year old...
I got rid of most of our Halloween decorations this year. When I went through our orange storage bins and pulled out paraphernalia one-by-one, Princess Cupcake told me she “no like that one,” so I tossed it into the Goodwill pile. I am on a major purge streak so it...
The problem with sending your child to a Christian School is that they do not endorse one of my favorite holidays of the year: Halloween. Major bummer. And as Room Mom, it is particularly frustrating to come up with the replacement holiday themed goodies for “Orange...
Everyday should be a party, but that would be EXHAUSTING! I do like to plan for a big bash though. Here’s a few ways that we like to level up holidays and celebrations!
