Halloween Roundup!
At Busy Bee Lifestyle, you’ll find fun ideas for spooktackular Halloween parties, delicious Halloween treats and spine tingling Halloween gifts! For lots of frightening fun take a look at:
Host a Wonderfully Haunted Halloween Party for Kids: Mummy Mayhem!
Mummy Mayhem – Halloween is a terrific time to entertain younger guests – and while there are lots of spooky characters to choose from like ghosts, vampires or witches, the allure of a mummy themed party was just too hard to resist! Mummies can be so much fun without too much “scary” and so here goes! (More)
Add Some Fun with Halloween Stockings
Halloween Stockings – Just when I thought that I was done writing about Halloween, I remembered the fun Halloween stockings that I bought for my children last year at a Craft Fair! When I found these adorable stockings, I knew they would be a great way to bestow some small Halloween treats in a decorative and reusable way. (More)
This Halloween Try Booing
This Halloween Try Booing – Can Halloween get any more fun for kids? The answer is a resounding YES, especially if your family decides to participate in the new Halloween trend, “Booing!” Have you heard about “Booing?” I was introduced to this fun new trend a few years ago, when my family found a treat filled bag on our front steps a week or so before Halloween. Included with the treat was a short poem explaining the gift’s appearance, along with an “I’ve Been Booed” sign to hang on our front door, so that we weren’t “booed” twice! (More)
Halloween Gifts for Kids
Halloween Gifts for Kids – I know that the buckets of candy our kids gather on Halloween may seem like more than enough of a prize, but Halloween as a holiday keeps growing and growing, and as a result, there are so many fun new Halloween gifts in the marketplace that I just couldn’t pass them by! (More)
Halloween Night Buffet
Halloween Night Buffet – Every October 31st brings the usual assortment of “trick or treaters” to our home, but in addition to the little ghosts and goblins, my house is also the traditional site of a Halloween buffet dinner for friends and family! Despite the crazy chaos of Halloween night and trying to get the kids out the door, I prepare a simple, make ahead meal to share with the troops before they head out to collect their treats! (More)
Halloween Treats for School – Thinking Outside the “Candy” Box!
Halloween Treats for School – Last year, my son’s teacher banned school treats that listed “sugar”as the first ingredient. This forced me to come up with some creative party ideas! Many children today also have allergies to various food ingredients such as peanuts. Here are some of my favorite ideas for alternative Halloween treats for school. (More)
What to Do with all of that Halloween Candy!
What to Do with all of that Halloween Candy – Kids can’t wait and parents dread it: that “monster” sized pile of candy lugged home after a busy night of trick or treating! Collecting treats is clearly the highlight of the holiday and a parent’s effort to limit the consumption can be viewed as downright scary! Here are some ideas to reduce the amount of candy brought into your home and to share what does come home! (More)
Why We Carve Pumpkins at Halloween
Why We Carve Pumpkins at Halloween – Crafting plump, round pumpkins into Jack O’Lanterns is a Halloween staple in our corner of the world! And a tradition that I’ve always viewed with trepidation – and who wouldn’t feel the same way? Three small children, one large pumpkin and a giant sharp knife? This combination would instill fear in the hearts of even the bravest souls – which is why the job has always fallen upon my kind hubby! (More)
Host a Halloween Cocktail Party
Host a Halloween Cocktail Party – Who ever said that Halloween was just for the kids? Not me, and in fact, I think that Halloween is a terrific time to entertain adults with a cocktail party with lots of clever touches! In looking over the fun decorations and invitations available for this type of event, I devised both formal and informal plans for your next Halloween celebration! Will you ask guests to dress in costume? I wouldn’t do it at my house, but I’ll leave that decision up to you! (More)
Halloween Gifts for Grownups!
Halloween Gifts for Grownups – The hype around Halloween is so focused on the kids – with candy, costumes and even gifts like those I’ve recommended on Busy Bee (Halloween Gifts for Kids)! But just so the Halloween “staff” doesn’t feel left out, take a look at the fabulous, hand painted glasses offered at Wrapables! No matter what you’re favorite “poison,” there’s a glass for you!(More)
Halloween Candy for Grownups!
Halloween Candy for Grownups – Just in case you were convinced that Halloween candy was solely for the enjoyment of the little ones or if you happen to be the parent of those kids who guard their “candy stash” with their lives, here is the perfect solution! Take a look at this terrific list and just say “no” to the usual Halloween haul! (More)
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