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One of the great things about crafting with the kids for over 10 years now, is that I have amassed a fair amount of craft materials. After we make a craft and the kids play with it or display it for a while I like to save any craft materials for a later date or recycle any paper or cardboard that we can't use again.  This weekend we put up our Halloween decorations, no surprise we go all out for the occasion. Hubby asked me to make a sign for the entrance of our  haunted graveyard. I went through my craft supplies and found this wood arrow. I used this for my gender reveal for Little Miss back in 2017. It was already painted in black chalkboard paint, I gave it a quick paint refresh to cover the words, then added the words 'ENTER IF YOU DARE' in gold vinyl.  I nailed the arrow to a piece of wood, sprayed the sign with a coat of weather proof spray and set it out to add to our decorations. It looks great and I am glad that I was able to...

 Well, I did it, I made a Halloween countdown calendar! I got started a little late, ideally, if you start on October 7th  it will take you to October 30th.  But if you start it later, you can eat more Chocolate all at once, which is not a bad thing! I picked up a couple of Advent Calendars from Walmart (yes, they're out already!) I chose ones with dark colors that I could easily change to Halloween themed. I chose simple Halloween colours, black, orange and yellow. Tip: paint very light layers and wait until the paint is dry before adding another layer, so you don't go through the cardboard.  I painted a simple pumpkin and a haunted house for the kids countdown calendars. I used the back of the paintbrush dipped in paint to add the numbers after the paint dried.  The kids loved their calendars, they were even surprised that the chocolates were in Christmas shapes so I guess I did a good job making them...

Halloween is big at our house! Over the years the kids have loved playing trick or treat with their toys and dressing them up in little costumes. These are two crafts that we made for the kids to play Halloween with their toys.  We made this trick or treat street set-up last year for Little Misses Little People. We played with this setup for a long time, definitely the whole month of October. It was easy to make and decorate. It is also easy to store (fold up) when you're not using it and it is recyclable when you're little ones are done playing with it.  This craft is a little older but it's a classic. We made these dress up masks for Little Man's Transformers. He was very much into Super Heroes at the time. We used egg cartons and paint to make these Super Hero masks. The egg cartons are the perfect size for little toys, it worked well for these Transformers but it would also work for Little People or other figurines.  ...

It's October! Halloween month! Halloween is definitely one of my favorite holidays, I love decorating for Halloween and the cozy spooky feeling of the season.  Over the years I have shared many Halloween craft ideas. This year I thought I would go over some of my favorite Halloween crafts that we have made over the years. The first one is Halloween Magnets . We still have some of these magnets, the little vampire guy magnet lives on our fridge year round.  I remember these magnets being a lot of fun when the kids were at the age to play in the kitchen while I was preparing supper. This craft adds a cozy fall feeling to the kitchen and since it is interactive, the scene is everchanging and a  This Halloween  photo booth  idea is a classic activity, it works for parties but also it's fun to do at home on a spooky Halloween night with the family. We made most of the props ourselves, combined with some costume accessories we had a lot of  picture op...