Happy Halloween!

I hope everyone enjoys a fantastic Halloween!!  It's going to be a bit treacherous for our trick-or-treating tonight, as it snowed about 4 inches here over the weekend.  In October.  In Pennsylvania.  That NEVER happens!

This was the way our backyard looked at the height of our Cousins' Halloween Party:

Needless to say, the bobbing for apples was a no-go.  Since I never get to see my sisters' and sister-in-law's kids on Halloween, I had them all over on Saturday so they could show off their costumes.  It was fun, and kind of hilarious to see our mums and pumpkins covered with snow.  I still can't believe it.

Here are some photos from the party:

My newest niece, Molly.  She was a cute little cat!

My niece, Madison, was a pink poodle.  How adorable is that costume?

My nephew, Nicholas, was "blackmail."  Teen humor!

Gavin as a scary skeleton

My nephew, Joey, is missing his front teeth.  Perfect costume!

My nephew Reese.

My nephew Kevin was a hamburger.  His costume was a little cumbersome!

Nathan as a skeleton, with runny makeup!

Me, as Mary Poppins

Charlotte as Cinderella

More runny makeup!

My nephew, Caden, the dinosaur!

The cutest pink poodle ever!

DIY: Easy Halloween Costume

The kids turned down my idea of dressing like chimney sweeps for Halloween.  I was going to be Mary Poppins, with my three little chimney sweeps in tow.  Alas, they failed to share my vision.

Charlotte insists on being Cinderella.  My novice sewing skills couldn't handle that one, so a dress was promptly ordered.

The boys were a bit less opinionated.  With the promise of some black and white face-paint on Halloween, they agreed to be skeletons.

I picked up Hanes sweatpants and sweatshirts at Wal-Mart for $5 a piece.  Then, I bought 10 sheets of white felt.  Using stencils of bones, and some artistic license, I traced the bones on the felt and cut it out.  Then I used fabric glue to affix the felt to the sweatshirt and sweatpants.

If my children were in a cooperative mood, I would have gotten some shots of them actually IN the costumes.  No dice.

Here are links to the stencils I used:

Ribcage Stencil

Bones Stencil

Have you come up with any easy Halloween costumes?  Dish.

Free Printable: Halloween Cupcake Toppers

This is a repost from last year, but since I had about 2 followers back then, I thought I'd share it again!

For your next Halloween party...feel free to print these Halloween Cupcake Toppers.  Use a 2-inch circle punch to cut them out.  Enjoy!

To download the file, click here.