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Happy Fright Night! Happy Halloween!
It's the month of spooks, ghouls, ghosts, witches...and all the other Halloween Delights! Time to plan your Monster Mash, costumes, Trick or Treat n ight, and everything else. Peppers and Pollywogs has lots of tips, ideas, and help for you to plan the best party on the budget and time you have to plan!
Check out the party and costume ideas and tips, turn your regular snacks into spooky ones, and create a Haunted House to creep out your entire neighborhood! Tweens love the Twilight book series that is soon to be a movie later this fall. Check out the Twilight Party Ideas for a great tween party during this month too. Want to see some of these ideas, check out PPTV's Halloween Ideas here.
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Our month kicks off with a great Hugawugs Giveaway. So soft and hugable,,,these books and stuffed animals are fun and educational too. They also inspire some party fun too. Peppers and Pollywogs' giveaways are moving to a weekly basis this month! So, be sure to check out the site each Monday to see what is new for you to enter and win.
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 Halloween Party Ideas
I know it is only the tail end of August and summer...but many of you may be planning Halloween parties...as we are only a few weeks out from the spookilooshish holiday...MY FAVORITE!
Of course, most holidays are my favorite...still, there is something about the Autumnal season...the black and orange colors, the trick and treating, the pumpkin carving...I am already finding the most amazing resources for you to access when you are planning during the upcoming weeks. Before you start, read seven tips for a successful halloween party.
If you are throwing a kids' party at home or at an outside venue and are looking for invitations, decorations, crafts, activities ( a treasure hunt, themes), spooky food or goodies, I have compiled a set of resources for you. I have also put together a set of Halloween party tip videos with these ideas.
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Halloween Costume Tips
So, will you have goblins and pumpkins around your home this year or perhaps Chicken Little? Whatever you decide for costumes for your Halloween bash, keep a few tips in mind when purchasing and/or making costumes for the trick o' treaters...
If purchasing costumes, wigs, beards, etc. make sure that t hey are labeled "flame resistant." Although the label does not mean these items will not catch fire, the label does mean it will resist burning and extinguish quickly.
Avoid costumes with baggy arms, billowy sleeves, pontoon pants, and made out of flimsy material so that contact with candles will be minimal.
If you are going to have costumes with swrdos, shields, etc. make sure they are soft and flexible.
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No Sew Costume Ideas
It's that time of year to think about Halloween costumes, especially if friendly too? Here ayou plan to make your own creations this holiday season. Looking for some No Sew ideas that will take hardly any time and are budget-re a few ideas that will take little more than a few costume props, pins, cardboard, etc. that look very creative for All Hallow's Eve this year:
Bunch of Grapes
Wear purple and green sweats or tights, etc. Blow up purple and green balloons and attach all over your body with safety pins. Wear matching makeup on hands and face to blend in.
Bubble Bath
Take a white laundry basket and cut out the bottom. (Try to find one that does not have holes in it otherwise tape a white cardboard piece to the inside of the laundry basket so as to show no holes.) Attach two stripes of material to each side of the laundry basket, connecting front and back for shoulder straps. Blow up white, lavender, pink, and pearl colored balloons and safety pin them to the basket for your bubbles. Wear all white underneath, and add a shower cap, slippers, and a washcloth or poof brush for added effect.
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Halloween Treasure Hunt Clues
Here are some Halloween Treasure Hunt Clues for your upcoming Halloween Party you can use regardless of where you hide subsequent clues. You must fill in the details based on where you hide your clues!
Happy Halloween To You,
Get Your Glo-Sticks to Look For The Clues
Don't Get Scared When the Ghosts Go Boo!!
Look Under ______ for Clue #2!!
Jump for Glee
When You Find Clue #3
Under the _____-
It Will Be!!
Are You Ready To Go,
Outside the Front Door,
Sitting On _____ is Clue #4
To The Back Yard We Go,
Under the ____,
Let's All Look Alive
As We Find Clue #5
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Halloween Spooky Snacks
Taking ordinary snacks and food ideas, you can call them spooky and gross-sounding names for treats that are perfect for your Halloween celebration this year. Whether you are sending them into school, serving them at your party, or taking them to the party you are attending...make sure to call it as it really is this month!
- Baked Skeleton Bones (Pretzel Sticks) see picture.
- Bat Brains (Popcorn)
- Bloated Ants (Raisins) - see picture.
- Boiled Lady Bugs (Red Jelly Beans)
- Braised Beetles (Milk Duds)
- Candied Spider Eggs (Gum Drops)
- Cheesy Owl Eyes (Puffed Cheese Balls)
- Chocolate-Dipped Houseflies (Chocolate-Covered Raisins)
- Compressed Cobwebs (Chex Brand or Similar Cereal)
- Crumbled Bat Wings (Blue Corn Chips)
- Deep Fried Fingernails (Bugles Brand Snacks)
- Dehydrated Dragon's Wings (Doritos)
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Twilight Party Ideas
 The Twilight series of books by Stephanie Meyer is quickly emerging as a phenomenon among the tweens and teens. The saga over the course of four books, the latest has just been released this month!, will hit the big screen on November 21st a full three weeks early than its original release date! This is the story of Bella and Edward that unfolds in Forks, WA. It's an unusual relationship in that Bella is human and Edward is a vampire...at once they are attracted to to one another and Edward also is interested in her scent...perhaps even how she tastes. It's full of intrigue and the movie is highly anticipated.
Given Halloween is almost upon us, Twilight would make a great theme for several parties: a book party, a birthday party, and/or a Halloween Bash.
So how can you create a perfect Twilight Party? Find inspiration with the ideas below!
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Well, as the weeks wind toward Halloween, perhaps your family would like to make its own spooky house this holiday season. Perhaps it will be for the trick or treaters to take a tour before they receive their treats (or tricks?) or to spook up some holiday fun the weekend before the big night in the neighborhood. Whatever your motivation, here are a few tips to bring the haunts alive:
*Decide upon the space you want to use. This could be your yard, your home or just one area of your house, i.e. the basement.
*Plan your entrance and exit and think through what types of spooks and scares you want to include in your plan.
*Get help~ to not only transform the Haunted House, but also to participate in spooking it as well.
* Don't forget to add eerie lighting, scary sounds, and darkness. Throw dark sheets or black garbage bags over the windows...no light will be able to get through.
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