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How to Make Halloween Less Scary for Little Kids

By //  by Glynis Ratcliffe Leave a Comment

Halloween can be a bit of a dichotomy, when you have young children. They are old enough to understand the concept of dressing up to be someone or something else, and the understand that when they do this on Halloween and go to other people’s homes, they get free candy. Excitement! What they likely won’t understand is what scary characters and scenes have to do with it. Why the scary, decomposing dead people, Mom? Good question, kid. When your children are very small, trying to explain why we …

Filed Under: Family Fun, Halloween, Holidays Tagged With: fun costumes, fun halloween, halloween party, how to make halloween fun, little kids, making halloween less scary for little kids, not scary costumes, not scary Halloween decorations, not so scary halloween, taking the fear out of halloween

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Fun and Healthy Halloween Snacks for Kids

By //  by Life In Pleasantville Leave a Comment

Spooky Snacks the Kids Will Love! Is anyone else into the whole theme food idea?  I think it's fun to make snacks that reflect the nearest holiday!  The kids really enjoy them!  These fun healthy Halloween snacks are super easy to throw together! Healthy Halloween snacks may sound like a contradiction of words but healthy and Halloween can co-exist just fine.  Who said it has to be all about the candy?  Well yes,  Halloween does usually mean candy but candy doesn't have dibs.  I think the …

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Halloween, Holidays, Snacks Tagged With: banana ghosts, clementine pumpkins, Halloween, healthy halloween treats, healthy school snacks for halloween, snacks

Last Minute Halloween Costumes

Halloween Costumes for Last Minute Parents

By //  by Life In Pleasantville 6 Comments

Before we get this party started, let's make one thing clear: this post is a judgement free zone. I know; it is sort of hard to believe you forgot it was Halloween tomorrow, but here in Pleasantville we understand "busy" so no worries - we're not judging. Maybe your kids are too small to remind you of the holiday, or maybe they're big and you assumed they'd taken care of it on their own. Perhaps you thought your partner was organizing the costumes this year or you could have sworn you had …

Filed Under: Halloween, Holidays Tagged With: Halloween costumes, last minute Halloween costumes, quick costumes

Bye-Bye Halloween

By //  by Candace Sampson 20 Comments

    by Emily Cappo   The costume catalogs started appearing in our mail earlier this year, arriving even before school started.  I was annoyed, as I usually am, because I like to live in the moment and enjoy the season I’m in, rather than have to think ahead about the holidays and winter chill.  However, this year my annoyance was ratcheted up to another level.  I realized that only one of my three boys would even be interested in browsing through these catalogs.  The …

Filed Under: Family Fun, Halloween, Holidays, Just Visiting Tagged With: candy, costumes, Halloween, kids getting too old for Halloween, trick or treating

Doling out the Halloween Candy

By //  by Candace Sampson 2 Comments

So, it's heeeeeere. The great annual candy extravaganza, Halloween. I know my children will be racing from door to door tomorrow in at attempt to collect the most candy ever! After all, whoever gets the most candy wins, right? So the kids come home and you sort through the booty, looking for the tampered stuff and "testing" your favourites to ensure it's ok and what are you left looking at? A great big frickin' pile of candy, that's what. What are you going to do with it all? I let my …

Filed Under: Halloween, Holidays, June Cleaver Tagged With: Candace Derickx, doling out candy, Halloween Candy, June Cleaver, Life in Pleasantville, rationing halloween candy

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