Halloween Traditions

I tried this year to start some simple traditions that we will hopefully continue each year for Halloween. Here's a few of the things we did the couple weeks leading up to the big day:

We decided to take some treats to our neighbors in hopes that we could chat with them and get to know them better. It worked! There was one Asian couple that didn't speak English very well. They kept wanting to give the kids candy and we kept trying to explain that we were giving them food. Hopefully they didn't think we were too weird when they uncovered the plates and found these eyeballs. This was my first time trying to make these gross little things. My friend had them on her blog and they looked fun. Lucy wasn't too impressed. I think her exact words were, "Those don't look like the ones on the computer." Thanks, Lucy.....thanks.

We made Rice Crispy treat snakes and cats.

Graham likes to make monsters instead.

Good times. I think my favorite part is snacking on the candy as we decorate.

We had a pumpkin pizza for dinner one night. No, it wasn't pumpkin flavored. We have homemade pizza at least once a week, so I just shaped the dough into a pumpkin. I know, I know.....I'm so creative.

We had Mummy Dogs the day before Halloween. I saw them on a website and wanted to make them. The kids weren't that impressed, but it was fun making them.

It was fun decorating my house this year, too. I'm ticked that I didn't take any pictures. I've never really gotten into it before. I found some sweet stuff at the $.99 store and the kids absolutely loved it! I cut out like 75 paper bats and taped them all over the house. It was really fun. Oh well. Maybe next year I'll get a picture and document it for posterity. Now they'll never know how incredibly cute my house looked on Halloween 2010.