Bugs & Kisses

A tradition I love when Halloween rolls around is "booing" the neighbors. If you're not familiar with being booed, this is how it works:

To boo someone, you sneak onto their doorstep at night and leave a small basket of tricks and treats, Then...ring the doorbell and RUN! 

Then once you've been "boo'd" you put a sign on your window saying you've been boo'd, and do it to 2 more houses. There are dozens of "You've Been Boo'd!" printables on Pinterest you can use.

It's a ton of fun and our family looks forward to it every year.

This year I thought it would be fun to leave some bugs and kisses for the neighbors and Oriental Trading Company has the perfect containers and creepy crawlies for this project.

Put some Hershey kisses and creepy spiders inside the containers. Tie on a ribbon and attach the "bugs and kisses" printable to the lid of the container. 

And there you have it! You are now ready to " Boo!" your neighbors. 

We're excited to boo the neighborhood with these cute and creepy gifts! Be sure to check out Oriental Trading Company for all the Halloween supplies you'll need to boo your neighbors too.

Supplies used:
Round Storage Containers
Plastic Spiders
Bugs and Kisses Printable
Ribbon
Hershey Kisses

This review is based strictly on my opinion. I was provided the sample free of charge by the company to provide my honest review. No other type of compensation was received. All ideas and opinions are my own.

Boo-tiful Bangles

With Halloween creeping right around the corner, these boo-tiful bangles are the perfect accessory for any Halloween party. Check out these fun and festive candy corn and pumpkin bracelets that are so easy to make, it's scary! Oriental Trading Company has so many cute  Halloween beading supplies, you're bound to find something spooktacular to make. 

For a cute presentation, add the pumpkin beads to a small favor tube and wrap cording around the top of the tube. Thread one candy corn bead through the cording and attach the "boo-tiful bangle" printable.

My daughter and her friends had a blast making their own little Halloween bangles and are so excited to wear them to school and to parties! 

Simply string the beads through the cording and tie the ends together. So cute and easy!

And there you have it! Quick and easy bracelets to wear to all your spooky soirees. 

Be sure to head over to Oriental Trading Company for all your Halloween needs! 

Thank you for stopping by! 

Supplies:
Small Favor Tubes
Glass Halloween Beads
Boo-tiful Bangle Printable
Jewelry Cording

This review is based strictly on my opinion. I was provided the sample free of charge by the company to provide my honest review. No other type of compensation was received. All ideas and opinions are my own.

Trick or Treat Party

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Trick or treat! 

Halloween will be here before you know it and if you're planning on throwing a spooky soiree, I've got some fun ideas for you! With Oriental Trading Company being the ultimate Halloween party headquarters, it's easy to find everything you need under one roof. 

 How perfect are these black picture frame cutouts, polka dot hanging fans and honeycomb balls that were used for the backdrop?! I added my own spooky words to go inside the frames...eek! You could also use these fun frames for a spooky photo booth!

The incredibly talented Jen T. by Design created the most spooktacular invitations for the party. I love the pop of mint she used on the invite along with the traditional orange and black. 

The DIY ceramic pumpkin trio made a darling centerpiece to the party table. I painted one pumpkin in pistachio mint and the other in jack o' lantern orange by DecoArt. For the small pumpkin I attached Halloween decals and painted the stem black. Super quick and easy!

One of my favorite products from Oriental Trading are the short jars. They're perfect for party favors and so fun to decorate and add your own twist. I attached mini pumpkin buckets to the top of the jars and added tiny pennant flags from Jen T. by Design. So cute! 

Popcorn is a must at any party and these popcorn boxes were so fun to add our own little spookiness to. I used the Halloween decals again for this project and added the creepy cute faces to the boxes. And of course, filled them with yummy popcorn. 

Here are the short jars in use once again...I just can't seem to get enough of them! For these favors, I glued candy corn treat containers to the tops of the jars, added a bit of ribbon and an adorable trick or treat tag from Jen T. by Design. Fill them with candy corn and you're all set! 

The marbled marshmallow fondant cake was adorned with candy corns and mini pennant Halloween flags. This was my first attempt at making a fondant cake ( so don't look too close!) but at least the kids seemed to like it! 

For a fun activity, the kids got to paint their own pumpkin banks. They were so excited to paint AND have a cute pumpkin bank to take home! Be sure to click here for your free paint a pumpkin printable to attach to your ceramic pumpkins. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and be sure to check out Oriental Trading for all your Halloween party needs! 

Halloween Invitation, Straw Pennants, Trick or Treat Favor Tags - Jen T. By Design

Deco Art Acrylic Paint in Lamp Black, Jack O' Lantern Orange and Pistachio Mint

Supplies from Oriental Trading Company

Black Picture Frame Cutouts

Orange Polka Dot Hanging Fans

Mint Honeycomb Tissue Balls

DIY Decorative Pumpkin Set

Ceramic Pumpkin Bank

Mini Orange Striped Popcorn Boxes

Halloween Mason Jar Halloween Decals

Mini Pumpkin Buckets

Candy Corn Treat Containers

Short Jars

This review is based strictly on my opinion. I was provided the sample free of charge by the company to provide my honest review. No other compensation was received. All ideas and opinions are my own.

Boho Antler Slat Sign

 I love the boho chic style that's so popular right now. From dream catchers and lace to wildflowers and feathers. I adore it all. I wanted to update my daughter's room a bit with a touch of whimsy by making this fun boho antler sign to go in her bookcase. This was a fun and easy project and I love how it turned out.

Supplies for Boho Antler Slat Sign: 

Horizontal Slat Sign

Foam paint brush

Sanding block or sandpaper

 Trail Tan and Light Ivory paint available at The Wood Connection

Felt flowers Mint Envy

Start by painting the entire slat sign using the trail tan paint and allowing the sign to dry completely.

I don't have a cutting machine so instead I created a stencil by finding an antler image online, printed it on cardstock and cut it out. I then added a bit of glue to the stencil and attached it to the slat sign to keep in place while I painted. 

Add a thin coat of ivory paint over the sign and antler stencil. I wanted a worn and distressed look so I painted light brush strokes across the sign so the tan could still peek through.

After the sign has dried, remove the stencils. Using the sanding block, sand across the sign and on the corners just to give it a little more of an aged look.  

Attach felt flowers to the sign and you're finished! It would be fun to change out the flowers for the different seasons. Pretty pumpkin spice oranges and yellows for autumn or rustic currant and pine green for winter. Wouldn't this be a fun and festive sign for Christmas?!

I hope you enjoyed making this sign as much as I did. Thank you so much for stopping by and be sure to stop by The Wood Connection to check out all their darling fall projects!

Eating the Alphabet - Children's Book Club

 It isn't always east to get our kids to eat their veggies, right? For our children's book club this month we chose to read Eating the Alphabet. It got the kids interested in trying new fruits and vegetables as well as teaching uppercase and lowercase letters. Plus, we had a ton of fun with all the fruit theme favors and crafts from Oriental Trading!

The cutest little banana pens you ever did see were given out at the book club. I don't think the kids can ever go back to using a regular pen now that they have a banana to write with! 

Adorable fruit erasers were a huge hit at the book club. The stems can be pulled off and put back together which the kids thought were awesome.  I love party favors that are cute but also practical and won't end up in the trash. The kids can bring these fun erasers and pens to school when they start back later this month.  How cute is that tiny pineapple?!

I put all the sweet little favors in these darling berry cellophane bags and attached a tag I made using Canva. 

Along with trying new fruits and veggies, we also did a fun and quick craft.  The kids decorated orange slice craft kits which were the perfect activity for our book club. The little guests loved coloring and gluing seeds onto their orange slices. 

As we read the book, we made a list of  the fruits and veggies we haven't tried yet. The book was a great tool in teaching the younger kids letter identification and the older kids loved learning about fruits and vegetables from all around the world.

I hope you enjoyed our children's book club!

 Thank you so much for stopping by!

Products used from Oriental Trading:

Orange Slice Craft Kit

Fruit Erasers

Banana Pens

Berry Cellophane Bags

This review is based strictly on my opinion. I was provided the sample free of charge by the company to provide my honest review. No other type of compensation was received. All ideas and opinions are my own.  

Pancakes and Pajamas Party

                                                                           Hi friends!
I wanted to share a fun party I did for the Eighteen 25 blog last month.
Our daughter has been BEGGING for a sleepover and honestly, I'm just not quite ready for the whole slumber party thing.  I met her halfway and suggested the next best thing....a pancake and pajama party! We invited her little friends over on a Saturday morning in their jammies to watch cartoons, nibble on pancakes and play games.

I made the invitations using the small fun size cereals and covered them with these darling retro inspired cereal box papers.

I cut the paper to size and attached the paper to the front of the boxes and tied bakers twine around the box. I also tucked a tiny wooden spoon through the bakers twine because you simply can't eat cereal without a cute polka dot spoon, right?!

The inside of the invite had the details of the party on this cute nostalgic paper. How fun are those retro TVs?

Each child received a cereal invite and party hat to wear. Pretty sure this was the first time any of the kids had received a box of cereal as an invitation. ;-) 

Remember when you had to wait all week to watch your favorite cartoons on Saturday mornings? No? Ugh. Guess I'm just old. Anyway, here's another shot of the retro inspired party hats. The kids loved wearing their silly Saturday morning breakfast hats while watching cartoons.

I poured orange juice in little bottles that had fun Saturday morning sayings attached to them. Who doesn't love breakfast?!

Of course we had to have pancakes at our pancakes and pajamas party! I made stacks of itty bitty pancakes for the kids to enjoy. Even with all the sticky faces and spilled orange juice, we had a blast and it was the best un-sleepover we've ever had! 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Supplies used:

October Afternoon Saturday Mornings

Wood spoons

Assorted cereal fun pack