Tag: halloween ideas

DIY Whimsical Grapevine Halloween Wreath

DIY, Home Decor

Hey! I’m baaaack! And in a new house for 2025! Since we moved this spring, I decided it was an ideal time to refresh the Halloween look for my giant front porch. This called for a new wreath. My old wreath was crafted six years ago and prior to children, so I had a lot of time to go slow on it – but this time I wanted an inexpensive, cute and easy wreath that didn’t require a lot of new materials with a whimsical, fun theme. Keep on reading to get inspired and see the final product and all the fun ways you can customize a grapevine wreath for your porch this season.

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Make Your Own Halloween Piñata

DIY, Home Decor

I’m back again with an easy, fun, DIY that can mostly be create out of things around your home!

My budget is tight this year, so I’m trying to get creative with ways I can upcycle things to make something new for Halloween without breaking the bank.

If you have cereal boxes or other thin cardboard, tissue paper, glue and tape you can create your very own piñata for decor or for your next Halloween bash!

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Ghoul Gak: Sensory Play for Toddlers

DIY, Educational, Family, Kid Friendly

Looking for a messy and fun sensory play for you and your kiddos this season? Whip up some easy ghoul gak!

All you need is cornstarch, water (food coloring optional) and some fun Halloween toys and accessories.

This stuff is so fun to play with because it’s a solid and a liquid and messy and just plain weird!

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Upcycled Halloween Planters

DIY, Family, Home Decor, Summerween

This past spring, I decided to put lots of beautiful planted flowers in old paint cans I recycled and decorated from my garage, which then of course inspired me to create a wonderland land of hand painted Halloween planters for the fall.

I decided to get started painting my goulish containers now so that I will have an abundance of pots for mums when the time comes to plant them ( because it is too darn hot to plant them in this Oklahoma summer heat).

The great thing about upcycling planters from containers is that you could also use smaller containers for indoor plants or herbs to decorate with and display now! I recommend using tin cans, paint cans, yogurt containers, etc.

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Mini Pumpkin Play Activities for Toddlers

DIY, Educational, Family

Happy October! It’s naturally my favorite time of year, and hopefully by incorporating pumpkins into our play time throughout the month, it’ll easily become my kids favorite time of year too!

I’ve put together some simple and easy fun activities using mini pumpkins that you and your toddler can do to celebrate Halloween and pumpkins all month long!

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“Spookley the Square Pumpkin” Shape Match Game

DIY, Educational, Family, Kid Friendly

I adore the book “The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin!” It is the cutest little tale about how wonderful it is to embrace the qualities that make you unique from everyone else, and they might even be the qualities needed to save the day!

If your child loves this book as much as our family does, then you can keep the story going with a fun little DIY “Spookley’s Pumpkin Patch Shape Match” game.

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Pumpkin Name Puzzle for Kids

DIY, Educational, Family, Kid Friendly

If you’ve got some orange construction paper and a writing utensil laying around, you can create this simple fun pumpkin name puzzle for your little one this fall!

This is a great activity to whip up quickly that’ll help your tot recognize the letters in their name.

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DIY Painted Stacking Pumpkins

Bargain Hunting, DIY, Home Decor

I am all about inexpensive decor this season. Plus, decorations for the outside get more of a chance to be displayed this season in my life with two toddlers and things that are not fragile get even more of a chance to make the Halloween decor cut! These plastic stacking pumpkins I found at Five Below for $5.55 had to go home with me because I wanted to paint them and give them a whimsical look on my front porch.

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