Halloween Crafts 2013 - with the nieces and nephews!

WOO-HOO...... next week is Halloween!! 

 

This is just a short post sharing some pictures from Halloween craft day 2013.  We had so much fun.....the kids are always entertaining.  I'm happy that next year we will have baby Vincent to share this experience with his cousins.

 

It was such a nice day out, I decided to do the crafts out on the patio.

 

Let the Halloween crafting begin...

 

 

This years pumpkin theme was "Swamp Thing"!  I'm glad I decided to do this craft outside...can you imagine the mess in the house.  It was so much fun seeing the kids get crafty with all the eyes and giving their creations hair cuts.  Silly kids! Baby Vincent got his very own swamp thing pumpkin too!! 

 

We also made mummy lanterns. Even made one for baby.  His is the 1st one with the googly eyes.

 

We or should I say my sisters were in charge of making the yummy Mummies, I'm in charge of adding the eyes!!  Well someone wasn't keeping time....we'll just blame my brother for that one.  They were still delish because there were none leftover.

 

 

Here are the kiddos inside, hands washed, shirts off....why, I have no idea, lol!  But they were all excited and ready to make their own pizzas.

 

 

 

Awesome afternoon with the people I love!

 

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Words and Pictures Wednesday....on a Thursday, lol!

** Well this was yesterdays post....I don't know why it didn't post. Oh well here it is!

 

 

Seems like this month is flying by just as quickly as last month did.  Here we are the 16th of October and I'm already wishing it was Thanksgiving already.....I blame the baby and Guy Fieri of the show Diners Drive-ins and Dives. I don't remember which day but the hubby and I were watching a rerun and they had the most delicious, the most mouth watering open faced turkey sandwich you have ever seen.  With all the fixings....okay I'm making my mouth water again, LOL!

 

Any who things are getting done.  This past weekend was Halloween Craft day with my nieces and nephews.  If you don't know I have done Halloween/Christmas craft day with them every year since they were little toddlers.  I remember when it was just the two nephews, now those same two are 9 and 8 years old.  Plus, next year I get to do crafts with our little boy!  I definitely can't wait for that day.

 

Planning is happening for the baby shower, almost 2 weeks away, eeek!! The invitations have been sent out.  RSVPs have been trickling in.  I think I've changed the registry up for the last time.  It was so over whelming. 

 

TheHubs and I will be getting the dresser this weekend. So we can finish up the nursery.  It's all coming together now.  I can't believe it, there will be a baby in there in a few short months.  Next month we will also have a maternity photo shoot done, I'm really excited about that, so is theHubs.

 

Well here are a few pics that I have to show you on the Pics and Words Wednesday......

 

This would be Ms.Betty FurPants, she believes she is human.  She is spoiled and thinks everything we eat she has to taste test. This is one crazy cat!

 

Fall has begun, which usually means so does baking....Sadly being pregnant, tired and even more tired - Anything that needs to be in the oven has to be easy.  So, sadly no baked goods from scratch right now. This momma is exhausted!!

 

Here is baby Vincent and myself... 26 weeks which means 6 ½ months.  My ankles look swollen but they're not.  I sprained my ankle pretty bad a couple years ago....it's never looked the same, lol!!

 

 

 

Pregnancy Questionnaire

How far along: 26 weeks

 

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 3.6 lbs.....

Maternity clothes: Definitely

Stretch marks: Nope

Sleep: I'm up to 5 pillows now...but I can sleep through the night without getting up to pee!!

Best moment last week: Just feeling him move around.

Movement: lots of punching and kicking! 

Food cravings: Spicy, Spicy, Spicy.....I can't get enough!

 

Food aversions:  lettuce & sweet or sugary stuff (boohoo) < still all the same!

 

Gender: BOY

Labor signs: I've started having Braxton Hicks contractions....I hope they stay light until it's really time. 

Belly button - in or out? still in

 

What I miss: Seeing my toes....they are officially gone from my view.

 

What I am looking forward to: My baby shower.

Milestones: Almost reaching the third trimester.  Time has flown by.

Thanks for stopping by!!  Have a fabulous week!

Halloween Crafts 2012

Here are some pics from my Halloween Craft day with my nieces and nephews.
We all had a great time.  I think their favorite part was rolling out cookie dough.

Painting Haunted Houses and Making Mummy Pumpkins

Rolling out cookies and making Mummies to eat! 

 Mummy Pumpkins, Cookies, and best cousins!  Oh and a photo bomb from my Peanut, Jake!! lol!



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A Halloween project!

Yay, for Fall! This is my favorite time of the year.  It's rainy today, but it makes it cooler outside.  

I didn't have time to finish any of my current projects that I have.  So I'm committing to ultimate crime - I am re-posting, lol! Ahhhh...I'm so sorry but I didn't have time.  I am constantly studying and I have another test on Tuesday.

So, here is a pic and a link for my Halloween Yarn Wreath.  If you don't know what yarn wreaths are you must live under a rock deep in the forest by the lonely trees. 

Halloween Yarn Wreath

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great week.

Linking up at the awesome parties on my party page and to these awesome pages:

Its So Very Cheri

The Dedicated House

Craft-O-Maniac

Sewing Barefoot

An Original Belle

The Blackberry Vine
Crafty Texas Girls
Today's Creative Blog
Naptime Creations
The Winthrop Chronicles
In Designer Jeans

 

 

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Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween! 

I do not own this picture

Everyone be safe and enjoy the night!! I can not wait to see all the neighborhood children and their costumes. Some of my nieces and nephews will be stopping by as well, I can't wait to see them!! 

What is the best/worst item you ever received while trick or treating?

My Best: A little black kitten, I was 4! 

I named her Kitty and I had her for a year.

My Worst: 10 pennies from the sweet old lady down the street!  

I probably received a total of 70¢ from her through the years...lol!

Yay.....It's Friday!!

Everyone have a safe and wonderful weekend!!  

Tonight is "Girls Night Out" with my sisters and my sister-in-law!!  We're going to go watch Paranormal Activity 3...lots of screaming and crapping of the pants going on!! EEEEEkkkk!!  I warned them, who ever sits next to me is gonna get their arm/hand squeezed or ear drums blown out!!  I'm a weenie when it comes to scary movies or weird crazy movies!!  So I'll post something on Monday about how it went.

I'm sure there's gonna be lots of Halloween parties this weekend so I can't wait to see the pics that everyone will post!!  Be safe!

Wordless-Wednesday Halloween edition!

Halloween Crafts 2011 

With nieces and nephews

Halloween Yarn Wreath

Hello to every one!!  I hope your are enjoying the cooler weather....I know I am! 

I really missed it.  Can you believe it's October already!  Before you know it, it's time to be passing out candy or any other goodies you pass out for this time of year!!

Happy Halloween

Today I will share my Fall Yarn Wreath, with the Halloween decor.  Since I just love Fall and I found this beautiful Paprika colored yarn on one of my FridayFinds, I used it for this wreath.  I then made the decorations to attach to the wreath instead of gluing everything on. This way when Halloween is done I can take it off and then attach the Thanksgiving/Harvest decoration. 

Easy--Peasy!!



Since I'm a cheapo queen, I refused to by a Styrofoam wreath! Even with a coupon. 
I was able to find some swimming noodles at the $ store. So I just cut about 3 inches off then taped it together.



Here I was at the home stretch.....after about 1 billion wraps I was done.  I'm glad because my yarn was starting to lose the neat yarn ball shape.  When I was done I secured the last wrap with a small dot from the gluegun.
Let's just say it was a big mess after I was done, the yarn kind of rolled off of the ironing board and just got worse. LOL! 

I couldn't decide what exactly I wanted to do, so I just took everything I thought I would use out.

After deciding what I wanted (burlap rosettes, crow, moss and Halloween sign).
 Took out a piece of felt that I would be gluing my decor to.



I rolled out my rosettes and glued a flat piece of backing, so they would glue down easier on the felt.



I should of done this before gluing anything to the felt....oopsies!! 
But, I was in a rush and doing multiple things at one time so it was missed.
I glued two chenille pipes to the felt, then glued a strip of felt over the pipe. 

I glued on the crow and now this is ready to go on the wreath.

I just twisted and folded them up.

Here is my Halloween sign.  I just glued the letters in a arc and it's ready to be tied to the wreath too!!!

I added a little moss and spiders and I'm done!!  I feel less is more!  Doesn't it look great!!

I hope you enjoyed my pics! 

With stuff that I had and stuff I needed to buy, this wreath cost me less than $10.00 to make!