Cheap Halloween Crafts with the Kids

Ok, so yesterday I showed you a table full of cereal boxes.  Today, I show you homemade and basically FREE Halloween decorations.  Keep in mind that our decorations are a work in progress and there's more to come. (Did I emphasize that enough?)  I mean who in the world puts out one witch's hat and one haunted house and calls that decorating for Halloween???? Certainly not me - daughter of Wanda Faircloth - queen of decorating for holidays!!!! (One day I'll post an assortment of pictures of Mom's decorating to prove my point).  

Now, on to the decorations!  

See how this

 turned into this...

and this!

How it went down.

1st - Remove clothes from Rylee as she likes to paint decorations as well as herself!

2nd - Disassemble cereal boxes so that you can paint the inside surface 

(the outside of them is a little too slick).

3rd - Draw patterns and paint

4th - Cut out and assemble 

* Note: for the witch's hat brim we gathered some ribbon using thread and then formed it into a circle that we then hot glued onto the hat. 

 

Goulish looking child in the back also made by me!  :)

Handing Out Candy

So this is how it went...

IT'S HALLOWEEN!

My favorite memories of Halloween aren't of the actual act of trick-or-treating. That was fun and all but the most fun came once my brother and I returned to the house with our stash! It was then that the bargaining began!! We would lay out all of our candy and start making deals! It was the most fun! Today I miss being young enough to trick-or-treat with my brother around the neighborhood but just for old times sake, "Hey Tice, if you're reading this, I'll trade you two Sweet Tarts for one Snicker's bar! Deal?"