Halloween Tombstone Treats: 20 Recipes to Dig Up Your Next Party

Spooky graveyard treats are part of the festive fun of Halloween. This collection of tombstone recipes will help you make delicious treats that both kids and adults will enjoy. From cakes to cookies, from candy to brownies, you’ll find creative ways to incorporate tombstones into your party food. Graveyard decor ranges from tombstones and dirt to skulls, bones and worms. Let your creative side take over as you make these innovative and edible recipes that will get you in the spirit of the season with their creepy and ghastly decorations. You’re sure to find the perfect recipe in this spook-tacular collection of Halloween tombstone treats! [Read more…]

Kid’s Halloween Party Treats – Easy Halloween Party Food Ideas

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Kid’s Halloween Party Treats – Easy Halloween Party Food Ideas

Intro: Halloween is almost here, and there’s nothing more exciting for the kids than throwing their very own Halloween party! When hosting a Halloween party, there is always the expectation for spooky, cute, and festive Halloween treats for all the kids to munch on. If you need some ideas or inspiration, then look no further! [Read more…]

Halloween Origami Craft – Frankenstein Treat Bag

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Halloween Origami Craft – Frankenstein Treat Bag

This Halloween, get your kids in the spirit of things by having them make their own Halloween origami craft – a Frankenstein treat bag! This Halloween party craft is great for kids and adults alike. With just a little bit of creativity and patience, you can turn this fun craft time into something really special! [Read more…]

Halloween Vampire Punch: A Deliciously Spooky Recipe

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Halloween Vampire Punch: A Deliciously Spooky Recipe

It’s Halloween! What does that mean? It means it is time to create some delicious Halloween themed drinks for your guests, including this Halloween Vampire Punch: A Deliciously Spooky Recipe. This punch will not only be spooktacularly good, but it will also have the added bonus of being healthy because there are no artificial ingredients in this recipe. [Read more…]

Candy Corn Jell-O Shots: The Perfect Halloween Treat

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Candy Corn Jell-O Shots: The Perfect Halloween Treat

With Halloween around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about what you’re going to make for your Halloween party. I love this Holiday because of all the delicious AND fun food that is associated with it! One of my favorite Halloween treats are these fun and festive Candy Corn Jell-O Shots: The Perfect Halloween Treat. They are made from a surprisingly easy-to-follow recipe. [Read more…]

How to Make Mickey Snowman Cake pops!

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How to Make Mickey Snowman Cake pops!

I am so excited to share this recipe with you because it’s SO easy! With the Holiday season quickly approaching, my time seems to be more and more stretched. I’ve found it difficult to make everything I love if I don’t begin very early or find super easy and fast recipes. The teenagers love to help come up with ideas and especially love to help execute these blog posts. They helped compose this post from typing to editing the photos; it was their first full project. We hope you enjoy this post: How to Make Mickey Snowman Cake pops! [Read more…]

New Year’s Eve/ NYE Traditions Around the World

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New Year’s Eve/ NYE Traditions Around the World

I absolutely LOVE New Year’s Eve! It’s the perfect time to round out the year & celebrate everything that has happened throughout the year! Celebrate triumphs and say goodbye to the misfortunes. New Year’s Eve is all about having fun and celebrating! Do you ever wonder how people from around the world celebrate for the New Year?! I know I certainly do! Today I will share with you a few traditions for New Year’s Eve from around the world. Some you may not have ever heard of and may find pretty interesting!

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Star Wars Ultimate Gift Guide and Free Printable Gift Tags

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Calling all Star Wars fans!

Take a look at our Star Wars Ultimate Gift Guide and Free Printable Gift Tags. It is packed full of great gift ideas for all those Star Wars fanatics in your life. If you have a hard time choosing just one, make a Star Wars gift basket and pack it full of goodies. You can even use this Star Wars Storage Bin as the basket. After you have crammed it full, wrap it with clear cellophane so all of the gifts are visible even before they unwrap the gift.

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Eat Drink Celebrate Repeat This Holiday Season with Babble Boxx #EDCRepeatBboxx

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Eat Drink Celebrate Repeat This Holiday Season with Babble Boxx #EDCRepeatBboxx

Every Holiday season I say that I will be fully prepared for the next, no more last minute loss of ideas. Every year I am running around last minute looking for last minute Hostess gifts. Let’s not forget that one thing we are missing but don’t know what it is yet. That’s me in a nutshell. This post is sponsored by BabbleBoxx.com and as a result I received the cutest package for review. I hope you enjoy reading Eat Drink Celebrate Repeat This Holiday Season with Babble Boxx #EDCRepeatBboxx

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The Perfect Holiday Gift Ideas for Every Disney Princess

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The Perfect Holiday Gift Ideas for Every Disney Princess

I’m happy this year our annual Holiday Gift Guide will be a little different. These changes came because we wanted to do some good. We were very selective with the items we added to our gift guide. The toys we accepted will be going to some very special and well deserving children. Children from our local Military Family support group. These children, as well as my own, have spent Christmases without a Parent due to being Deployed during the Holidays. Needless to say, we set the bar extremely high with what we wanted to recommend and gift to these children. I was besides myself when Jakks Pacific toys offered to send us items for The Perfect Holiday Gift Ideas for Every Disney Princess.

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