Halloween 2015

Halloween has been and gone for another year. 

We had a chilled day at home with Halloweeny type food and then the boys popped their costumes on and went trick or treating. After a few streets Noah's little legs were tired and both their buckets were full. It was really fun to see the streets full of families and familiar faces from school.

Finn had a friends birthday party on so missed out on coming with us, so no photos of him. ;(

Here are a few photos from today......

So the lollies have been eaten, the makeup has been washed off and everyone is asleep.

How was your Halloween? Do you take the kids trick or treating?

Getting ready for Halloween!

Halloween is coming up soon and every year it seems to get bigger and bigger in our neighbourhood.

When Target approached me to check out their Halloween range I was interested to see what they had and what could be added to the spooky stuff we already had at home.

I picked out some solar pumpkin stakes for the front of the house, a Jack -O'-Lantern string of lights for the front door,  a Halloween sign welcoming Trick or Treaters, spider webs with spiders included, ghosts, rats, Halloween paper plates + serviettes, Halloween lollies (or should it be candy?!) and some costumes.

Trick or Treaters welcome!

The lightbox got a little bit of a spooky make over too.

I love doing a subtle nod to the occasion so each room got a little something to put us in the Halloween spirit. Noah was surprised to see cobwebs and spiders on the mirror ;)

How cute are these Halloween chocolates?!

Such a great bargain with 3 bags for $5. There are some larger pumpkins underneath with chocolate spiders inside. Yum!

Now my boys aren't really into dressing up but they knew they needed a costume to go Trick or Treating or there would be no lollies! 

Target had some AMAZING costumes (both kids + adults) but I grabbed something simple for the boys that could be worn with their own clothes.

Jasper was comfortable in a glow in the dark skeleton t shirt with horns and a pitchfork for extra scariness ;) Noah got the vampire costume but wasn't keen on photos so Jasper tried it on instead.

We usually do a little gathering for the boys and their friends before we go Trick or Treating and I knew these "body part" lollies would be well received. 

Lots of fun eating fingers, noses and brains!

I had also seen these "Mummy" sausages on Pinterest and thought I would give them a try.

They were too easy. I just sliced some arms + legs into a thick sausage and wrapped some puff pastry around it. Instant Mummy! Delicious when dipped into sauce (blood!)

The Halloween plates and serviettes were a cute touch.

Target has a huge range of fantastic Halloween items in store to get you in to a spooky Halloween mood. It really is worth heading in to take a look. The prices are great value too.

Do you celebrate Halloween? What's your go to costume?

Target gave me a Gift Card to shop their Halloween range.

All opinions are my own.

43/52 - The Halloween edition

A portrait of my sons, once a week every week in 2014

Noah - loved his first trick or treat experience. He kept up with the big kids.

Jasper - this trick or treating is serious business. Also keeping dracula teeth in is tricky!

Finn - Boo! Watched Scream for the first time. No nightmares!

The boys - they are not really into dressing up so a cape and horns was the best I could do!

Happy Halloween! Decorations, Food and DIY.

Happy Halloween!

We've popped up a few decorations to celebrate :)

We're going to a Halloween party this afternoon and some trick or treating tonight.

The boys are very excited! 

There are so many cool ideas on Pinterest for Halloween decorations and spooky food. One year I will do a party and use these ideas! Here are some of my favourites -

My decorations didn't cost a lot, all of it was from our local bargain shop.

You can get that spooky effect without spending a lot of money.

Have you decorated for Halloween?

Are you trick or treating?