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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Mickey Mouse Halloween Party



Mickey Mouse Halloween Party

Every year during the month of October, our family gears up for our annual vacation to Disneyland to enjoy all the Halloween festivities the park has to offer. From the spooky-cute attractions and parades to the deliciously spootacular treats, we think it's the best time of year to be in Disneyland. 

To ramp up the excitement before our trip, I thought it would be fun to throw a Mickey Mouse themed party before we headed to The Most Magical Place on Earth! 

My daughter invited a few of her buddies over for a fun-filled afternoon with lots of yummy treats and activities. 

This adorable candy corn inspired Mickey pumpkin was so quick and easy to create. Using a ceramic pumpkin I painted stripes in orange, yellow and white...just like a candy corn! Then I used my  Cricut Machine to cut out buttons and Mickey ears. I glued them to the pumpkin and that was it! So cute, right?

Mickey Mouse Halloween Party


Make a festive Minnie and Micky banner using a  Cricut Machine (or you could alway trace and hand cut Mickey and Minnie) and string them to baker's twine. 

Mickey Mouse Halloween Party


Mickey Mouse Halloween Party

The kids loved this part of the party! I cut out Mickey ears using yellow vinyl and attached them to small plastic jars. I then filled the jars with white, yellow and orange playdough and tiny pumpkin cookie cutters.

Mickey Mouse Halloween Party

The kids loved cutting mini pumpkins out of the playdough and had a ball making their very own little pumpkin patch.
Mickey Mouse Halloween Party

Of course you can't have a party without some yummy treats! Leigh from Baby Gabey Cookies created these adorable Mickey and Minnie sugar cookies and threw in a couple spooky-sweet ghosts and jack-o-lanterns too!

Mickey Mouse Halloween Party

Mickey Mouse Halloween Party

Mickey Mouse Halloween Party

Mickey Mouse Halloween Party

The kids left the party with sweet orange gingham Mickey and Minnie goodie bags filled with Halloween treats and toys. 

Mickey Mouse Halloween Party

I hope you enjoyed this Mickey Mouse inspired Halloween party! 
Have a Happy Halloween!


For more Halloween inspiration, check out these fun party posts! 


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Monday, October 15, 2018

Willy Wonka Trunk or Treat with Oriental Trading


Disclosure: As a member of the Oriental Trading Fun Squad, I received compensation and/or products in exchange for my styling and crafting services. Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.


Every year our neighborhood hosts a trunk or treat party and we love seeing all the fun themes and creativity that goes into decorating trunks for the big day.  The kids love running from trunk to trunk gathering up all those yummy goodies and the adults love hanging out and visiting each other.

This year our family chose to decorate our trunk with a Willy Wonka inspired theme. From lickable wallpaper to Wonka vision glasses, you're bound to find some fun ideas for your Trunk or Treat party!

Everything from decorations to Halloween handouts in this post are from  Oriental Trading so it's easy to find all the supplies you need in one place. They have THE best selection of  Halloween Trunk or Treat SuppliesBe sure to enter Oriental Trading's Trick Your Trunk Contest where you could win a $50 gift card! Just think of all the trunk or treat supplies you could get with that!


This Wonka inspired Trunk or Treat was so much fun to put together. Check out the rest of the post below to see how to recreate it yourself!

The first thing I did to create this magical Wonka factory was to pin an Amethyst Plastic Tablecloth to the inside of the trunk. I then created a balloon garland (here's a great tutorial on how to DIY a balloon garland) and instead of using only balloons, I also added a several Solid Color Hanging Paper Lanterns to the garland to give it a fuller look without needing to blow up a lot of balloons.

Using my Cricut Explore Air 2, I cut out several golden tickets and paper candies to attach to the garland. I also used my Cricut to cut out the letters to spell Wonka and attached them to the backdrop using glue dots. It all held together great throughout the evening!




Here's our very own little Veruca Salt demanding "I WANT IT NOW" with a golden ticket and swirly lollipop in hand. To create this look, I found the red dress on Amazon  and sewed black buttons down the front of the dress. I attached a peter pan style collar around the neck that I cut out of white fabric and then a black ribbon tied around the waist finished the costume off.

Let's all sing along! 
DADDY!  I WANT IT NOOOOOW! 

Kids loved picking out these funky Shutter Glasses in a variety of colors. I set a few glasses out and placed some inside a jar with a sign that said Wonka Vision Glasses. It was so fun to see all the kids walking around with their Wonka glasses on! 


Candy filled Golden Eggs were a huge hit with the kids and they were all relieved they were "good eggs" when they came by to pick out their treats. 



 Large Cherry Flavored Swirl Lollipops turned into Twirly Whirly Wonka Pops and the little trunk or treaters were so excited over these giant rainbow lollipops!


Ok, so this is definitely NOT lickable wallpaper (so be sure to remind the kids!) but I wanted to incorporate the fruity wallpaper into the trunk or treat somehow. So, I came up with the idea of attaching Fruit Slice Putty to white foam board. I think the kids preferred this idea over lickable wallpaper because they were able to choose a fun fruit slice putty to play with and take home! 



Instead of fizzy lifting drinks, I thought fizzy lifting bubbles would be just as fun and what kid doesn't love blowing bubbles? Bubbles filled the air at our trunk or treat festivities and were a huge  hit with the little ones!


I hope you enjoyed this Willy Wonka inspired Trunk or Treat idea! I'm sure Mr. Wonka himself would feel right at home surround by all these colorful treats and goodies! 

 Be sure to head over Oriental Trading for all those awesome  Halloween Trunk or Treat Supplies and don't forget to enter Oriental Tradings Trick Your Trunk Contest



If you'd like to download the Willy Wonka printables I used for this post, you can download them HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!


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Spring Brights Bubble Bottles

Fruit Slices Putty

Amethyst Plastic Tablecloth

Rainbow Polka Dots Hanging Decoration

Solid Color Hanging Paper Lanterns

Large Cherry Flavored Swirl Lollipops

Shutter Glasses

Metallic Golden Easter Eggs - 12 Pc.

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

5 Halloween Activities for Kids with Oriental Trading FUN365

Disclosure: As a member of the Oriental Trading Fun Squad, I received compensation and/or products in exchange for my styling and crafting services. Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.

  Prepare for a wicked good time at your Halloween party with these 5 Halloween Activities for Kids on the Oriental Trading FUN365 site! From a good old fashioned candy jar guessing game, to hands on creative crafts, you're bound to find an activity kids of all ages will enjoy!