How was your Halloween? Are you children in sugar coma’s yet? Have your husbands ransacked the candy bags? My kids keep tricking me. They know I am easily distracted. When I am concentrating on something they ask me if they can have “…just one more piece?” I unknowingly say “yea, sure“. Totally taking advantage of their sick mama!
Seriously though, they haven’t tricked me too many times…but they sure keep trying!
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So far I have shown you a Sweet Cupcake, an Adorable Octopus and now I have an awesome Bride of Frankenstein!
(Ignore the shoes…we were not going full out on dressing up, had a lot of things to get done that day)
This costume is from the PBteen 2011 Halloween Collection (from Pottery Barn). There are fun costumes for Teen Girls as well as Teen Boys! They have everything from doughnuts and cupcakes to Frankenstein and the mad scientist and more!
The Bride of Frankenstein Costume is on sale for only $23.99! It comes with the wig and dress as shown. The dress is printed with stitch lines and can be layered over a long sleeved shirt and tights or leggings. The wig is made of the softest stuff ever! You just want to pet it and hold it! In fact I have…don’t judge me!
Again I must tell you how well all of these costumes are made! You may even find me wearing this costume around the house…It does after all match me right?
I received the costume featured above from PBTeen to facilitate this review. No compensation was received and all opinions are my own.
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Ok, the Cupcake Costume was super sweet on Emma right? But check out this super adorable costume on Lauren! It is the Octopus Costume, $39.99 from Pottery Barn Kids!
She loves the costume! Just like the Cupcake Costume you can wear this over a long sleeved shirt and leggings to make it warmer. Or you can wear it just over a shirt and leggings. Again, this is a very well made costume! I am so impressed with these kids Halloween costumes from Pottery Barn kids!
Lauren says “It’s so super soft!” She loves the way it feels! Two of the tentacles (where the arms are) have straps that fasten around the wrist so that your child can move the tentacles around.
She has been wearing and playing in this costume daily! Costumes are not just for Halloween! We have tons of make believe going on over here!
There’s nothing scary about this Pink Octopus costume! Sooo fun!
Be sure to check out the Green Furry Monster Costume, $44.99! Super cute!
I received the costume featured above from Pottery Barn Kids to facilitate this review. No compensation was received and all opinions are my own.
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Yes, another spooky photo! Be prepared for a lot of them this month! Have your kids decided what they are going to be this Halloween? Are you dressing up? Tell me!
I may go dressed up as a zombie this year with the girls. It isn’t that much difference than my everyday look anyhow. Should be easy…I already have the dark rimmed sunken eyes! I jerk weirdly so that should go well too. Zombies look like death…I got that covered.
Emma was coming for our brains!
Honestly, I don’t know why she wanted mine…it isn’t all that great anymore!
It’s day 2 of October! We are anxiously waiting for Halloween! I can’t believe all the creepy children running around in my yard!
There are Zombies, Vampires, Ghosts and more!
Today we went on a spooky walk down on the lake trails. There were Spiders and Lizards running everywhere. Sadly we didn’t see any snakes! We did see a cute little bunny, well it appeared cute from a distance…but the girls and I are convinced it was a vampire bunny!
Ohhhhhh…a scary scary Glamour Zombie!!!
October is one of favorite months! Why? Well because it’s the month my dad was born and without him I surely would not exist!
I also love it because of Halloween! I love Halloween! Crafts, decorating, costumes, parties and so much other fun stuff!
Today we went all out and designed a spooky October Calendar! We were sure to take a lot of photos so that you could make one too!
First thing we did was head to Walmart to pick up the supplies that we didn’t have on hand. Emma and I used this as an excuse to have some one on one time together. Go check out our fun trip on ThisMoment. Emma found a mask she had to model and then she found a fun house mirror that was on display.
Supplies:
The first thing you’ll want to do is the Glue and Water Color Paintings. This is a very easy and fun technique that my girls love!
For this part of the project you will need Elmer’s School Glue, Water Color Paper and Water Color Paints. Oh and a few brushes too!
First step in this technique is to figure out what you are going to draw. I chose to draw two Pumpkins. Lauren did some ghosts and bones. Emma did what was supposed to be candy…that didn’t work out too well!
Using the Elmer’s School Glue, draw your design on the water color paper. You’ll need to set this aside to dry completely.
Once the glue is completely dry you can paint your designs with Water Color paints. This is so much fun and you will see how the glue gives your art texture and depth. You do not have to stay in the lines, in fact I encourage you to paint beyond the lines so that the glue outline will show. You are going to be cutting these out later.
Once the paintings are dry you can cut them all out. I was super stoked on how well my pumpkins turned out. I used to paint all the time (and even sell them) before I got sick. It’s been a long time since I have done any painting! What do you think?
See how the glue lines add so much to the painting?
Next thing we did was paint the back side of the flaps on the board so that we could close them like doors. This part of the board is brown cardboard and printed with text. I used Flat Black Spray Paint to do this job quickly. You do not need to do the middle part on the back, only the flaps that fold in.
After the flaps were dry I used a pencil to sketch scary windows for the “doors”. Once I had it the way I liked, I traced the pencil lines with a Silver Sharpie. I love those things! After the windows were all drawn out I cut out the “panes” with an X-Acto Knife.
Next using Washable Paints (super affordable and sold at Walmart), we mixed up some purple paint. Do I need to tell you how? Just in case…Red and Blue make Purple.
Using this purple paint, the girls painted the window. It only shows slightly on the black, but this is part of the layering that we did to get the look we were going for. They can paint right over the Silver Sharpie lines.
While this dried we moved onto our next step. Bloody hand prints! I added a bit more red to our purple mix. Then got Emma ready…
Hands! Yes, paint a hand or two! And use them to print some bloody hand prints!
Bloody hand prints with no pain!
Next I went back to the window with Purple and White Acrylic paint to get the texture that I wanted. Paint with purple first and then with the same brush work the white into it.
I also used the White Acrylic to paint door knobs. Then using the Silver Glitter Paint I wrote “October 2011” across the top.
Next take the Elmer’s Glue Spots and adhere the Pumpkins to the bottom of the door. These Glue Spots were so easy to use! This is the first time we have used the Elmer’s Glue Spots. They are super easy to apply and stick like crazy! Make sure you have it where you want it before sticking it down!
Next cut a ghost shape from the card stock. This is going to be peeking out from one of the windows. We added Wiggly Eyes that we picked up from Walmart. They come in several sizes in one pack. We chose to use one large and one smaller eye. We used the Elmer’s Glue Spots to stick the eyes to the ghost. No waiting around for them to dry when you use the Elmer’s Glue Spots. We also added the eyes to the back of the ghost as well. This way when you open the door the ghost is turned back around to see you!
On the other window, hang your bloody hand prints using the Elmer’s Glue Spots. Then using card stock we made a witches shopping list. I used the same purple acrylic paint to paint the list. The girls used the Elmer’s Glue Spots to add Emma’s “candy” pieces to the list. It’s cool because some of them ended up looking like fingernails and eyeballs! We used the Elmer’s Glue Spots to glue this over the back side of the hand print page.
In the center of the board I drew a frame of bones. Within the frame of bones I added an October Calendar. Then using water colors I painted the bones.
The girls added their bones and ghosts using Elmer’s Glue Dots. They also added a border along the bottom with spider and pumpkin stickers.
Whew! That’s it! Here are the girls showing off their fun project!
Happy October! Hope it’s Spook-tacular!
This project has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Elmer’s #gluenglitter #collectivebias #CBias. All opinions are my own.
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H-E-B just got their Halloween Costumes! They start at only $10! Also, they have a coupon right now to get a free Jack-O-Lantern Candy Pail with the purchase of any costume. They have costumes for babies, kids, teens, grown-ups and even your dog!
Also, they have a Scary Good Costume Contest coming up on the H-E-B Facebook page, and somebody is going to win a $1,000 H-E-B gift card! Contest starts Monday, October 3.
Emma says she wants to be Daphne
Trying to figure out a way to just do this on our own instead of ordering, but then again the wig would probably cost as much as the full costume. Hmmm…maybe I could just use that colored Hair Spray stuff, or Kool-aid! What do you think? Help a mama out!
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