October Crafts and Costume Design

I get carried away in October with the crafts. Here is a sampling of some things we made around here this month. First off we made Sugar Skull masks. The kits came from Paper Source. They turned out great. I think I'll frame a couple for my Halloween shelves next year. 

 

Delaney and I made a witches hat for her doll. These cardboard hats were $1 from Michaels and the perfect size for 18 inch dolls. We painted it with acrylics, then decorated with ribbon and glitter glue and a wooden owl (also $1 at Michaels). 

Finally, we made Delaney a LaLaloopsy Dollhouse costume. Our supply list consisted of her lalaloopsy dolls and their furniture, cardboard boxes, foam board, scrapbook paper, modge podge, patterned duct tape, and hot glue.

Yahoo Farms....Again and Again and Again

 It's that time of year again... Pumpkin Patch time. And we went back to Yahoo Farms. I love that place for little kids because it is so quaint, like a throw back to simple times. I probably even take all the same pictures every year, my kids a little bigger but the backgrounds all the same. I don't know what it is that I love so much about Pumpkin Patch pictures but they are always so brilliant with orange going on everywhere. 

Skeleton Snacks

I got this great idea from a Halloween Magazine (Halloween with Matthew Mead). I thought it was a perfect idea to send to school tomorrow for Kindergarteners. They were super simple but quite time consuming. These cute Skeletons have Tootsie Roll Pop heads, Box of Raisin bodies, Smartie legs, and Tootsie roll arms. All you need other than the candy is black paper, a silver Sharpie, a glue stick, and a hot glue gun to stick all the parts together.

October at the Beach

October is my favorite month anywhere but the beaches along 30-A in October are by far my favorite places to be. The weather is perfect. The water is still warm enough to swim. The sunsets are the most brilliant. And the crowds have died down. So here are a few pictures from our October adventures on the beach.