OMG...this week has been crazy. We've started decorating for Halloween (check out my mess), which has got the kids all excited. Costumes are all organized...well, almost all. I just have a few touch ups for Zalis 'Angel' costume. Oh, and i need a dress for me...i'll be a Vampire this year. Or maybe an Evil Fairy...still not decided. And we all chose this week to get sick as well, each one of us in turn and then just when i thought i was all better, i got sick again. Gotta love my Ease-a-Colds for kids and adults. I swear by those things....and their all natural!
So trick-or-treating is not such a big thing here in Australia, but every year we get more and more kids coming to our door all dressed up. I have to admit, we have gotten a reputation in our street because of the efforts we go to to decorate our house, which by American standards would probably be quite poor, but by Australian standards where most don’t do anything, our house is pretty feakin cool, if I do say so myself. 2 years ago, mum even made a life-size paper mache witch which hung from our tree to look as if she was flying on a broom stick. However, it was REALLY windy that Halloween , a bits of her ended up flying off down the street… so ding dong, the witch is dead.
There are lots of easy cheap and fun decorating ideas you can do with your kids to get ready for Halloween night. Here are some of our favourites…
Tombstones made from cardboard
Ghosts made from balloons (will show pics when we make them, closer to the day)
Carved pumpkins
Styrofoam spiders (will show u how to make them tomorrow)
black tree centerpiece (will also show tomorrow)
oversized spider webs made from black yarn
So anyway...wanna sneak peak at whats happening here at my house?
I'll show you more pics after we are all done. Hopefully this year i'll remember to take them. I usually forget in all the excitement of the night.
Looks so awesome Z. How exciting, I love the way you go all out at Halloween.
Leanne :)
Posted by: Leanne Love | October 25, 2008 at 08:37 AM