Family Halloween Movies

Well hey there my lovelies.

We took a mental health day today after the girls slept in till about 9am! They are probably just exhausted from a weekend celebrating my sis but also just the rainy cold day that had us in slow motion. So, instead of rushing a ton we took it into stride and decided on a Halloween movie day! So I thought I would share some good ones to watch with the whole family this week.

1. Halloween-town on Disney+ (there are three in this series!)

2. Hotel Transylvania (There are 4 of them!)

3. Hocus Pocus!!!!

4. Twitches

5. Casper

6. The Adams Family

7. Frankenweenie

8. Coraline

9. Scooby Doo Happy Halloween

10. Monster Inc (always a favorite for Ami!)

11. Wallace & Gromit

12. Coco (is technically Dia De Los Muertos but still a favorite!)

13. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown classic!

14. The Nightmare Before Christmas, Zoe is obsessed with this movie.

15. We cannot wait to watch Witches!!!

Hope you get to enjoy a couple of them!

Natalie

15 Halloween Crafts & Activities For Littles

Halloween will be very different for us. With it just being to high risk for us, so we will be hosting our mom's and my sister for a little Halloween bach, costumes a MUST. And honestly there are so many great ways to make sure that Halloween is not canceled. Including some really fun activities to do this weekend and all the days leading up to Halloween weekend. And since you all wanted to see some these I have planned for the week, then I thought I'd share here.

1. Sensory Bins are always fun, this jack-o-lantern one is so good

2. Going to do this witch's potion for the girls.

3. The girls love picking up sticks on our walks so I may set this up for Ami this witch's broom week!

4. Pumpkin volcanos! Something fun to do with all the mini pumpkins we are using as decor.

5. Build a spider playdoh activity is a great quiet time activity.

6. Hand cut out monsters.

7. Halloween word search.

8. Giant TP Mummy, Ami is obsessed with a glue stick so this one would be awesome for her, we buy rolls of this paper and it's awesome for so many things.

9. My girls are very into experiments and these all look so fun, much better than eating all the candy, lol!

10. Popsicle stick and yarn spider webs!

11. This little handprint haunted house with a paper plate is just perfect.

12. Toilet paper monsters! We save all of ours for crafting.

13. If you have little beading fanatics like I do, this one with pipe cleaners is a great one.

14. Pasta skeleton craft looks so cute, love anything I can print and let the girls do solo.

15. Also loving this pasta pumpkin, painting the pasta and then glueing, perfect for the toddlers.

I also have this Pinterest board with so many other favorites!

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Here are a few snack ideas that look fun and we will for sure be making a little treat and cheese platters on Halloween at our house. And another post on costumes here, Fall books & Halloween books, and allergy friendly treats. Also, make sure and take a trip to the dollar store, dollar spot in Target and craft store sale sections for supplies that can be interchanged for lots of crafts, sensory bins etc. Stale rice? little bits of pasta left in 10 bags? All of it can be saved up and used. And even better if you keep all of the accessories organized and store for next year with your Halloween decor.

Fall & Halloween Books On a Budget

Well hey there!!! Ah the weekend is almost upon us, THANK GOODNESS.

Checking in with one of our favorites things. BOOKS. Books, are our love language. I use them for introducing new feelings, new subjects, seasons and especially holidays. So of course I was THRILLED to find a site that got us some incredible books at a great price. And with an extra 15% off until the 13th! Here are my Halloween & Fall picks!

1. Room On The Broom

2. Spookie Pookie

3. The Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything

4. Itsy Bitsy Pumpkin

5. The Nightmare Before Halloween

6. HAPPY HALLOWEEN, DANIEL TIGER!

7. Mouse Loves Fall

8. THANKSGIVING IS FOR GIVING THANKS

9. Over The River

10. Through The River In The Fall

11. Pumpkin Patch Blessings

12. HEDGEHUGS: AUTUMN HIDE-AND-SQUEAK

13. Happy Harvest : Precious Moments

14. Scarecrow Magic

15. Otis Gives Thanks

I am working on one more post for this week, because as I shop for loungewear I found some awesome sets that I know you will love, so stay tuned. And here is to a long weekend and some R&R (well as much as can happen in mama-hood.

xoxo

Natalie