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12 printable Halloween Activities for Kids

This activity bundle has everything you need for festive family fun and simple party planning! Includes 12 different Halloween activities for kids with more than 50 pages of fun!

This activity bundle has everything you need for festive family fun and simple party planning! Includes 12 different Halloween activities for kids with more than 50 pages of fun!

Around here, October is the time for pumpkin patch visits, making fun costumes (or sometimes just buying them online), and rocking out to Monster Mash during living room dance parties. 

I LOVE all the memory-making of the holiday season, but all the hubbub of doing all the Halloween things can also leave this momma a *bit* tired. 

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Printable Halloween Memory Game for Kids

This free printable Halloween memory game is the perfect activity for kids who need something to keep them busy until trick-or-treat time!

Need a quick and easy activity to keep your kids happy today? I’ve got you covered! Try playing this Halloween memory game for kids. It’s a great (and simple) way to get into the Halloween spirit! Just print, cut, and play!

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Free printable Halloween BINGO game for kids

This free printable Halloween BINGO game is perfect for class parties, community activities, and for family fun at home. Just print & play!

This free printable Halloween BINGO game is perfect for class parties, community activities, and for family fun at home.

It’s October! The weather is getting colder, we have pumpkins on our porch, and my kids are busy planning out their Halloween costumes. The holiday season creeps up faster each year, doesn’t it?

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Halloween at home: How to make this year fun and memorable

Here are 14 simple ways to make celebrating Halloween at home just as much fun as trick-or-treating!

Here are some simple ways to make celebrating Halloween at home just as much fun as trick-or-treating!

This year has required us to do A LOT of things differently than we’ve done them in the past…including Halloween. Sometimes I get bummed by all the traditions that we can’t do this year, but I also have to remind myself that different can be good.

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Easy DIY Batman Halloween Trick-or-Treat Bucket

Make a custom Halloween trick-or-treat bucket for your kids in thirty minutes or less with this simple tutorial that (truly) ANYONE can do.Make a custom Halloween trick-or-treat bucket for your kids in thirty minutes or less with this simple tutorial that (truly) ANYONE can do.

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It’s almost Halloween!…Which means I’m up to my eyeballs in costume preparations around here. Halloween is NOT my favorite holiday (I just don’t like scary things), but I do love creating costumes for my kids….

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What to do with leftover Halloween candy…sweet learning activities kids will love

Now that Halloween is over, what are you going to DO with all those sweets? If you’re overwhelmed by the gobs of leftover Halloween candy in your pantry, try out these simple learning activities to give all that candy a new and noble purpose!  Now that Halloween is over, what are you supposed to DO with all those sweets? If you're overwhlemed by the gobs of leftover Halloween candy in your pantry, try out these simple learning activities to give all that candy a new and noble purpose!

How was your Halloween, my friends? Ours was crazy, but the kids had a ball. The boys went trick-or-treating THREE times (trunk-or-treat at church, party at Daddy’s work, and traditional trick-or-treating in the neighborhood), so they got GOBS of candy.

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DIY Halloween Slime Kit (with free printables!)

Looking for a fun and inexpensive Halloween gift? This DIY Halloween slime kit (with free printables!) is a perfect way to say “boo” to the neighbors or to send some last-minute love to any kids in your life–without adding to the crazy sugar rush of the season.  Looking for a fun and inexpensive Halloween gift? This DIY Halloween slime kit (with free printables!) is a perfect way to say "boo" to the neighbors or to send some last-minute love to any kids in your life--without adding to the crazy sugar rush of the season.Are you ready for Halloween? I’m knee deep in electrical tape and spray paint trying to create a proton pack for my four-year-old who is completely obsessed with Ghostbusters, even though he’s never seen it. He just loves the song (my 80s child at heart), and he thinks spooky things…like ghosts…are cool.

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16 Not-Too-Scary Halloween Books Kids Will Love

These 16 Halloween books are festive, fun, and just spooky enough to keep kids on the edge of their seats…but not enough to keep them up at night. just spooky enough to keep kids on the edge of their seats, but not enough to keep them up at night.

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Confession: I don’t really like Halloween. It’s my least favorite holiday of the year. I just don’t understand the fascination some people have for scary, undead, and/or gory things. I have far too vivid an imagination to be able to deal with anything frightening; even as an adult, I still get nightmares if I watch scary movies….

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How to Decorate Fun Halloween Treats in Five Minutes or Less

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Ready for Halloween? These festive Halloween treats can be made in less than five minutes, and they’re perfect for class parties, neighbor gifts, or trick-or-treaters!Ready for Halloween? These festive Halloween treats can be made in less than five minutes, and they're perfect for class parties, neighbor gifts, or trick-or-treaters!

It’s just about a week away from Halloween! Are you ready? I have one costume done (because I borrowed it), one partially done (because I have to get the parts I couldn’t borrow), and one not yet started. I guess I better get busy….

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The Great Pumpkin Race: A Halloween preschool activity

Help your preschooler learn to count using this simple printable preschool game. Race to fill up your pumpkin patch before Halloween arrives, and then race again to sell your crop.Help your preschooler learn to count using this simple printable preschool game. Race to fill up your pumpkin patch before Halloween arrives, and then race again to sell your crop.This game was inspired by a random impulse buy in Target’s dollar spot. I was there a couple of weeks ago with my two younger boys (mama NEEDED to get out of the house and Little Brother needed jeans for winter) when I was lured into the dollar spot by the promise of cute, inexpensive Halloween decor. Oh, Target…you’re a dangerous place.

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