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Easy DIY Costumes: Snow White

Easy DIY Costumes: Snow White

October 24, 2018

One of my daughters loves princess dresses. She has for years. She would wear a princess dress everywhere and as she grows she still loves to dress up. One thing she has never liked about dressing up: if the costumes aren’t “soft”. Even when we do to Disney World, she loves all the gowns but has to wear soft clothes… Read More

Filed Under: Birthday Party Ideas, Disney, DIY Costumes Tagged With: DIY Costume, princess, Snow White

DIY Group Costume: The Little Mermaid

DIY Group Costume: The Little Mermaid

October 20, 2018

Disclosure: We partnered with Primary.com for this post. All ideas, costume designs and opinions are my own.  Up on the shore they work all day Out in the sun they slave away While we devotin’ Full time to floatin’ Under the sea Here’s a fun group costume for friends or a family: the cast of The Little Mermaid! These DIY… Read More

Filed Under: Disney, DIY Costumes, Uncategorized Tagged With: Ariel, Disney, DIY Costume, Flounder, Little Mermaid, Sebastian, Ursula

Best Places for Apple Picking In NY, NJ and CT

Best Places for Apple Picking In NY, NJ and CT

October 19, 2018

By: Lyla Gleason Now that the school year is underway, its time to get excited for our favorite fun-for-all fall activity…apple picking. The tri-state area is full of Pick-Your-Own orchards with apple trees in every variety, farm and animal adventures, delicious treats and plenty of fun-filled outdoor activities the whole family can enjoy. Whether you’re stocking up on apples as… Read More

Filed Under: Fall, Halloween, US Travel Tagged With: Apple Picking

DIY Classic Halloween Costumes

DIY Classic Halloween Costumes

October 19, 2018

We love making costumes in our house. This year my oldest was really into helping me with all the costumes and had a lot of her own ideas. We started talking about making some Halloween classics: ghost, vampire, Frankenstein, etc. She had a lot of good ideas and we thought it would be really fun to let her and her… Read More

Filed Under: DIY Costumes Tagged With: DIY Costume, Frankenstein, vampire, witch

3 Fun Halloween Paper Plate Masks

3 Fun Halloween Paper Plate Masks

October 17, 2018

Halloween is a few weeks away and today we’re sharing fun crafts for kids and our favorite Halloween outfits from Mini Boden. These 3 Halloween paper plate masks are frightfully fun! These masks are fun for Halloween parties and classroom activities too. We made a black cat mask, a pumpkin mask and a ghost mask. Here’s how we made each… Read More

Filed Under: Halloween, Uncategorized Tagged With: Halloween crafts

DIY Group Costume: Peter Pan, Wendy, Michael & John

DIY Group Costume: Peter Pan, Wendy, Michael & John

October 15, 2018

Second star to the right and straight on ’til morning…..   Today we are sharing one of our favorite DIY group costumes yet: Peter Peter Pan, Wendy, Michael and John. Peter Pan is one of our all time favorite stories, so the kids had a wonderful time helping me make these costumes and then playing Peter Pan in them all… Read More

Filed Under: DIY Costumes, Uncategorized Tagged With: DIY Costume, group costume, Mini Boden, Peter Pan

New Jersey Pumpkin Patches

New Jersey Pumpkin Patches

October 11, 2018

  October is my favorite month. The weather is great and there are so many reasons to be outdoors: like all of the New Jersey pumpkin patches! We visit them on the weekends and even during the week for less crowds. I guess from all our pumpkin patch photos people can tell we visit quite a few and are often… Read More

Filed Under: Halloween, Tips & Tricks, US Travel Tagged With: Family travel, New Jersey, pumpkin patches, pumpkin picking

Easy DIY Costume: The Addams Family

Easy DIY Costume: The Addams Family

October 9, 2018

Disclosure: We partnered with Primary.com for this post. All ideas, costume designs and opinions are my own. They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re all together ooky, The Addams Family! Today i’m sharing our DIY Addams Family costumes for kids. I think this might be my favorite group costume yet. A couple years ago we did Mickey &… Read More

Filed Under: DIY Costumes Tagged With: #chirpingDIYcostumes, Addams family, DIY costumes, Halloween

Halloween Books for Kids: 2018 List

Halloween Books for Kids: 2018 List

October 3, 2018

By: Jordan of Jordan & Co It’s time for Halloween books for kids! Well, friends- October ramps up my most favorite time of year when it comes to children’s books…Holiday Picture Books! I’m so excited to continue my fun “Monthly Book Picks” tradition again this year by adding a few new finds each month. Call me a sucker, but I… Read More

Filed Under: Book Lists, Halloween Tagged With: books for kids, Halloween books

DIY Alice in Wonderland and The Queen of Hearts

DIY Alice in Wonderland and The Queen of Hearts

October 1, 2018

I think this is the most fun yet we’ve had working together to make a DIY Halloween costume. The girls are getting old enough to help with ideas and love working on these with me. The best part of these 2 costumes: you probably have a lot of the supplies already. We made this DIY Alice in Wonderland costume and… Read More

Filed Under: DIY Costumes Tagged With: Alice in Wonderland, DIY Costume, Halloween, Queen of Hearts

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