Halloween 2021

 I thought we might have skipped Halloween this year and jumped straight into Christmas but the boys started talking about how much they love Halloween. So we decorated the house and dug out some costumes.  A few spooky touches throughout the house...

Celebrating Halloween 2020

 This years Halloween was all about decorating the house in our spooky stash of decor, dressing up and making some fun Halloween treats. I've popped some pictures of our Halloween below...

Did you celebrate Halloween this year?

Halloween 2018

We had so much fun celebrating Halloween this year!

Our youngest two boys were so into it and were counting down the days until they could go trick or treating. We got into the "spirit" by putting up a few decorations at home and the costumes were pulled out of the Halloween box.

I felt there were more houses decorated and participating in Halloween this year and there were definitely more kids in costumes trick or treating. It was a fun way to spend a Wednesday night.

It didn't take long before the boys buckets were filled with "candy" and we called it a night.

Do you celebrate Halloween?

Halloween Inspiration

Halloween is coming up on Monday and I know there are lots of Halloween parties happening over the weekend so I thought I would put together a few ideas for celebrating this spooky event.

We never go too over the top, just a few decorations on the front door and the light box changed up but it helps get the kids into the spirit. On the actual night the kids will get dressed up and we'll go trick or treating to a few houses. One day I will throw a Halloween party and go all out! 

There are so many cool decorations out there!

I've popped together a few ideas for Halloween that I love.......

Products found here......

Large Spider - Kmart

Tombstone - Target

Bat pillowcase - Cotton On Kids

Spooky Tattoos - Lark

Pumpkin costume for a dog - Kmart

Glow in the dark skeleton - Kmart

Black cat - Kmart

Ghost pants - Cotton On Kids

Boo slipper - Cotton On Body

You can also check out some cool Halloween games and food ideas on my Pinterest boards here

Do you have any plans for Halloween?

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.