Category: Halloween

Pumpkin Party

We had a “Pumpkin Party” today with fun food, games, and pumpkin carving. We got many of our activities from FREE Preschool Pumpkin Activities (shapes, counting, name) Homeschool Toddler and Fall Fun Pumpkin Preschool /Toddler Math & Literacy Activity Pack Worksheets ZIP . We also used some of the pumpkin pages of I SPY Halloween Alphabet Coloring Pages Fall Autumn Long & Short Vowels.

Pumpkin STEM

We used the Jack -o- Lantern STEM worksheet to measure, weigh, and count the seeds of our pumpkin. We also used the Pumpkin Life Cycle poster to learn about how pumpkins grow.

Pumpkin Carving

The kids wanted to help with the carving, so I found some kid safe scooping tools for them to use. I always use a drywall saw to carve my pumpkins, it makes it so much easier. After we carved a face and counted the seeds, we fed the insides to the pumpkins. Then Storm put our tiny white pumpkins inside the mouth of the jack-o-lantern and put our small flat pumpkin for the hat.

Then she wanted to weigh the pumpkin again to see if it was less now that we took out the insides. It was 2 pounds less!

Counting Pumpkin Seeds

I laminated this Counting Pumpkin Seeds page for her to place the correct number of seeds on each pumpkin.

Pumpkin Lunch

For lunch we had quesadilla cut into a pumpkin shape with my Wilton Pumpkin Cookie Cutters. We also had cheese balls, an orange, and a candy corn pumpkin all served on Jack-o-lantern plates.

Pumpkin Coloring

We got our worksheets from FREE Preschool Pumpkin Activities (shapes, counting, name) Homeschool Toddler and Fall Fun Pumpkin Preschool /Toddler Math & Literacy Activity Pack Worksheets ZIP . We also used some of the pumpkin pages of I SPY Halloween Alphabet Coloring Pages Fall Autumn Long & Short Vowels. I let printed out a few for the kids to choose from and they used an assortment of Twistable crayons, Erasable colored pencils, and Skinny markers.

Pumpkin Fluff

Ingredients:

  • 16 oz. frozen whipped topping
  • 5 oz. package instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 15 oz. can pumpkin
  • 2 teas pumpkin pie spice

Directions:

  1. Whip together the pudding, pumpkin, and pumpkin pie spice.
  2. Fold the whipped topping in with the pumpkin.
  3. Refrigerate for a couple of hours.
  4. Serve with apple slices, Vanilla Wafers, Graham Crackers, or Ginger Spice cookies.

Pumpkin Playdough

We used the Pumpkin Playdough recipe and printed out and laminated the Pumpkin Playdough mat for the girls. We used my Gourmet Food Coloring to make it more orange, and our Wilton Pumpkin Cookie Cutters to make pumpkins. I also found some Pumpkin Shape Playdough Cards for the girls to review their shapes.

Five Little Pumpkins

We read the Five Little Pumpkins poem and then the girls glued their pumpkins on the fence with the letters of their name on them.

Pumpkin Games

We played Pass the Pumpkin and also did the Pumpkin March. The kids continued to play the Pumpkin March over and over for at least half an hour.

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Family Teen Halloween Festivities

The kids are growing up so we tried some more activities geared toward teens this year! We carved pumpkins, had chili and caramel dip, roasted hotdogs and smores, then we finished with a Candy vs. Chocolate bracket.

Campfire

We let the kids roast hot dogs and s’mores. Storm really loved meeting the “big kids” friends that came over for the evening.

Fall Foods

  • Roasted Hot Dogs
  • S’mores
  • Carmel Apples (red, green, yellow apples) with mini chocolate chips, chopped nuts, and sprinkles
  • Hot Cocoa & Apple Cider
  • Chili with cheese, crackers and corn chips

Homemade Chili Recipe

Ingredients:

  • Chili Brick
  • 2 lb. ground beef
  • 3 cans of kidney beans
  • 1 can tomato soup
  • 1 Cup water

Directions:

  1. Brown the beef and drain.
  2. Mix all of the ingredients in a big pot and bring to boil.
  3. Lower heat and simmer until chili brick is dissolved, at least an hour, stirring occasionally.

Pumpkin Carving

The kids carved their own pumpkins with our pumpkin carving tools. I helped Storm care a lightning bolt in her pumpkin while the baby watched.

Candy vs. Chocolate

This was one of the kids favorite activities this year! I purchased a bit of each kind of candy and the kids all tasted them one by one and filled out their brackets as they went. Then we looked at them all to find the winner “Kit Kat”.

Storm Trunk -or- Treat

We decided to participate in the kids school Trunk-or -Treat at the last minute. We decided to use a STORM theme because I still had the props that I had made for her STORM birthday party that we could use. She dressed in her rainboots, raincoat, lightning bolt earrings, and umbrella. I also put her hair in pigtails, parting it in a zig zag pattern to look like a lightning bolt. I wore my “Storm Chaser” tee shirt from her birthday party.

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X-Men Trunk-or-Treat

This year it was unanimous that we wanted to dress as the X-men for Storm! I found most of the costumes at used clothing stores and made most of the other props.

X-Men Sign

Materials:

  • Cardboard
  • Scissors
  • Brown Spray Paint
  • Gold Sharpie
  • Cricut to cut letters

Directions:

  1. Cut a large oval and small circle from the cardboard.
  2. Paint both brown.
  3. Cut out letters with the Cricut and attach to the sign.
  4. Use the Sharpie to make a gold ring around the oval and circle. Make a gold X in the circle.

Mutant Pumpkins

I took the kids to the pumpkin patch to find pumpkins. They choose “mutant pumpkins” which were perfect for our Trunk-or-Treat theme of X-Men.

X-Men Trunk

I decorated the trunk to look like the gate/wall outside of Professor X’s school. Stone wall, vines, sign with address for the school, and some “mutant pumpkins”. We dressed as the characters in the 80’s Animated X-Men Series.

X-Men Costumes

Storm

I made Storm’s costume from an old white onesie and some yellow ribbon. I also made the red circular “X” badges out of some buttons. She is the reason that we chose to dress as the X-men this year!

Professor X

My 15 year old son dressed as Professor Xavier. We barrowed my mother-in-law’s wheel chair and I found a green suit and blue tie at Goodwill. It was a perfect find!

Jubilee

My son’s girlfriend dressed as Jubilee. We found all of her pieces to her outfit at Goodwill as well. The gloves are just yellow, rubber dish gloves. I made her glasses with paint pens and an old pair of sunglasses that I found. I made the earring from the red buttons that I used from Storm’s costume. People who watched the cartoon as kids knew exactly who she was!

Gambit

My younger son wanted to be Gambit, so I found a Gambit T-Shirt on Amazon. Then he used a large brown and a ski mask. The wig was from Goodwill sold brand new!

Phoenix

My step daughter wanted to be Phoenix, so I found a Phoenix T-Shirt on Amazon. Then she used a green tights and boots with yellow dish gloves. The wig was from Goodwill sold brand new!

Rogue

I dressed as Rogue and found Rogue T Shirt on Amazon. I wore green tights, an olive colored jacket, black headband, gold boots, and yellow dish gloves. I made the X’Men coms with red foam and a black sharpie, then we pinned the to our outfits!

Wolverine

My husband dressed as Wolverine. I found his Wolverine shirt on Amazon too. The boys also had some claws in their play stuff, but we lost one, so he just had 1 claw in this photo!

Princess Carriage Pumpkin Carving

I got a white pumpkin with 2 little pumpkins to make a Cinderella Pumpkin Carriage for Storm. I also used the gem stickers to decorate it.

First we cut of the top and pulled out the pumpkin insides.

She tasted the lid before replacing it.

Then I carved a coach door and windows.

Next I added some blue gem stickers to the carriage and some sliver gem stickers to the smaller pumpkins for the wheels.

Last I added a Cinderella crown to the top of the pumpkin.

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Star Wars Trunk-or-Treat

We have been dressing up for Halloween as a family for the past few years. Since the kids are getting older, this year we decided to participate in the Trunk-or-Treat event rather than attending it. We volunteered our trunk at each of the boys schools and also at our church. So we could use our Star Wars decorations more than once! Two of our event were moved in doors due to an early snowfall this year.

Star Wars Sign

Materials:

  • Black Poster Board
  • White Paint and Paint Brush
  • Print out a Star Wars logo
  • Glue
  • Pencil

Directions:

  1. Glue the Star Wars logo to the top of the black board.
  2. I used a pencil to free hand the words on the sign “May the Faith be with You”.
  3. Then I covered the pencil with the white paint.

R2D2 Pumpkin

Materials:

  • Oval orange or white Pumpkin
  • White and Grey Spray Paint
  • Blue, Black, and Red Sharpies

Directions:

  1. I spray painted the bottom half of the pumpkin white and the top half of the pumpkin grey.
  2. Let it dry VERY well, or the paint will come off with the Sharpies.
  3. Then I used the Sharpies to decorate the pumpkin to look like R2D2.

BB8 Pumpkin

Materials:

  • Large Round orange or white Pumpkin
  • Tiny Flat orange or white Pumpkin
  • White Spray Paint
  • Orange, Black, and Silver Sharpies

Directions:

  1. Spray paint the pumpkins white.
  2. Let it dry VERY well, or the paint will come off with the Sharpies.
  3. Then I used the Sharpies to decorate the pumpkin to look like BB8.

Star Wars Trunk

We decorated the trunk with a black table cloth hanging in the background. Then we hung white Christmas lights all around. We added some Star Wars Light Sabers with our sign and pumpkins. We passed out glow sticks instead of candy.

Star Wars Costumes

  • Chewbacca (My older son had a Chewbacca onsie costume that he wore).
  • Luke Skywalker (My younger son wore his Martial Arts top with a belt, some khaki pants, and wrapped some old white socks around this ankles. He also took one of his toy Light Sabers.)
  • Princess Leia (I braided my hair on the side and wrapped it over my head. I also wore a white button shirt with khaki pants and boots. I had a tan jacket that I wore too. My son gave me a toy gun as well).

Monster Birthday Cake

I made a Monster birthday cake for my friends 1 year old. I also made some cupcakes to match. I bake two box cakes and then decorated with my homemade buttercream icing recipe. I decorated the monsters with M&M’s, Candy Eyes, Candy Corn, and other small candies.

Buttercream Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup Crisco
  • 4 cups powdered sugar (2 lbs)
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 tablespoon milk (if thick)

Directions:

  1. Cream together the butter and Crisco with a mixer.
  2. Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
  3. Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.

Halloween Pumpkin Carving -13

Our family has the same Halloween tradition as many other families. We love to carve pumpkins together and try new ways for carving. We always start by going to the pumpkin patch to choose our pumpkins!

My boys are not a fan of getting sticky or gooey. Gutting the pumpkin is always the most unpleasant thing for them, but I keep encouraging them to try it!

This year I placed nails in the pumpkin and let T hammer them in to create the holes. He loved using the hammer.

J and I tried a more difficult pumpkin carving of the Dragon! The boys were very happy with how they turned out.

Carmel apples is one of the favorite fall treats in our house. T just LOVES “dunk”, his way of saying “junk food”. We also tried sweet roasted pumpkin seeds.

Batman and Spiderman this year! These 2 absolutely love to dress up in costumes. We have so many costumes for them to play with all year long. We never buy new Halloween costumes, they just choose from their large stash of costumes. Then after Halloween I buy clearance costumes to use as Christmas and birthday gifts.

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