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Posted on Sunday, October 5th, 2008 at 12:29 am
6 Exciting Halloween Family Activities - How To Celebrate the Pumpkin Season and Include All Family Members
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Autumn and the Halloween season offer so many options for families to spend
quality time together - it's time to take a look at some things you can you with
your loved one's this Halloween season -
1. Visit A Local Pumpkin Farm. During the month of October, pumpkin farms usually have attractions like live music, hayrides, and crafts, not to mention the opportunity to hand select your very own pumpkin right off the vine.
2. Write A Halloween Story Together. This is a great activity to make an annual family tradition. The entire family gets to choose the characters, sometimes making inanimate objects like pumpkins and candy corn come alive. Once you create the characters, the setting and the story line, you’ll be surprised how much each family member wants to contribute to the story.
Save each year’s story in a scrapbook and read the stories from past seasons. It’s a great memory maker.
3. Watch Halloween Movies Together. Share an annual movie night together by renting “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” “Bednobs & Broomsticks,” “Monsters Inc.,” or “Nightmare Before Christmas.” Make some popcorn with orange popcorn salt. Serve it with an orange drink. You could even put orange or black light bulbs in the lamps just for the special occasion.
4. Go On A Nature Walk. Take a walk together through a hiking trail or park. As you walk, collect leaves, rocks, pinecones and other bits of nature to bring home and display in a large glass bowl. It makes a gorgeous and memorable centerpiece.
5. Have A Monster Mash Dance Party. There are many Halloween-themed CDs available during this time of year. Have an all-family Halloween Dance Party and dance to all the popular Halloween songs. Your kids will watch you dance and think they have crazy parents, but maybe without admitting it, they’ll also have the time of their lives.
5. Play “Clue”. Since Halloween is all about mystery, playing the game of Clue will reinforce the season and provide a lot of family fun at the same time.
6. Paint Pumpkins. Pumpkin Painting is the newest range in Halloween crafts. Carving jack-o-lanterns is a Halloween tradition, but the process is messy, dangerous and the jack-o-lanterns only last a few days after Halloween night. Painting Pumpkins is an activity everyone in the family can enjoy, even the littlest goblins.
By having each family member paint their own pumpkin, you will have a fun and memorable family of pumpkins to proudly display in your home or on your front porch.
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Curious Chef Medium Nylon Plastic Knife $5.53 Designed specifically for your kitchen helpers Curious Chef® has created a user friendly and functional line designed especially for your child. The medium nylon knife is one of the most versatile of the nylon knives as it just seems to be used for just about anything. This knife has a serrated cutting edge to ensure clean cuts and blunted tip for safety…. |
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Harold Imports Intruder Mesh Cutting Glove, Small $8.99 Whether chopping vegetables in the kitchen, cutting sharp materials in the workshop, or dressing game in the field, the Cut Resistant Glove by Intruder is designed to reduce your risk of injury. Its highly-advanced construction combines a cut-resistant stainless steel core wrapped in a hi-tech interwoven polyester and vinyl material. Protection that is comfortable to wear yet resistant to stains a… |
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Jamie Oliver Finger Guard $2.89 Prevent accidental cuts and spare your fingers some pain with Jamie Oliver’s finger guard. If you have unstable or shaky hands, or simply prefer to take precautionary measures, then this black guard is perfect for you; held in place by flexible finger loops, the guard rests over and protects fingers from kitchen knife edges. It works well with both right and left handers, and the hinged design all… |
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Paddle to the Sea (The Criterion Collection) $9.47 Paddle to the Sea, the short film named after the carved wooden toy boat it tracks through various waterways from Canada to the Atlantic Ocean, is Canadian director William Mason’s sweet homage to the 1940s children’s book. Like The Red Balloon, Paddle To The Sea folklorically portrays a toy’s journey, with a bit of added personification since the whittled boat contains a stoic Native American man… |
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The Martha Stewart Holiday Collection – Martha’s Halloween Ideas $10.99 Martha Stewart’s Halloween Ideas On DVD. Choose from 23 inspiring segments: Unique pumpkin-carving projects. Cute, simple costumes made from scratch, 6 frightfully fun decorations, Delicious Halloween treat recipes, 3 clever ideas for trick-or-treat bags, Tips for makeup that’s sure to scare. Case Pack 6… |
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Sign Carving With Your Router $26.31 Features include: •Runtime: 44 minutes•Runtime: 44 minutes… |
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Art of Appreciation Gift Baskets Boo! To You Halloween Candy and Snacks Care Package Box $10.88 We know where good little ghosts and goblins can find their treats this year! They’re tucked into our “Boo! Eeek! And Scream!” theme gift box – complete with a cute and cuddly plush ghost ready to make Halloween a little more fun this year. Open the lid of your care package to discover all the treats tucked inside: 8″ Plush Ghost, Haunted House Gift Box with Halloween Fun Stickers filled with Gou… |
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Best Witches Candy and Snacks Gift Tote – Halloween Gift Basket Make trick or treating extra fun this year with our “Best Witches” gift tote filled with goodies, guaranteed to make your little ghosts and goblins smile. Your gift starts with this great felt trick or treating tote bag with handles, great for trick or treating. Open the tote to reveal the Too Good Gourmet Best Witches Cookies, theater size Dot’s Halloween Candy Box, Witchy Warts Candy, Halloween … |
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Melissa & Doug Drawing Paper Pad – 4108 $0.79 Inspire their creativity with the Melissa and Doug Drawing Paper Pad! Each pad includes 50 sheets of premium heavy-weight white bond paper. Its great for pencils, crayons, markers, chalk, watercolor, or poster paints and can be used for sketching, drawing, and doodling!… |