Halloween Snack Mix

This is so easy! I feel in love with snack mix over the summer! My little girl loves all the different ingredients! It is so much better than giving her plain cheerios or pretzels! I love doing festive things around our house, it makes the holidays all the more festive! We made a 4th of July Snack Mix and it was a HUGE hit! We love to make a big batch, seal it in an air tight container and use it to snack on until its gone! It also makes a festive and expensive gift! I love the idea of sealing it up in a mason jar type container and adding a festive Halloween ribbon to it! So this is less of a recipe, and more of a suggestion. Add in whatever you like and omit what you don't.. it is just that easy!

Just mix all the ingredients in a big bowl and store in an air tight container!

Suggested ingredients:

Cheese Crackers

Salted Peanuts

Pretzels

Reese's Pieces Candy

Caramel Popcorn

Honey Nut Cheerios

Cocoa Puffs

Candy Corn

Mellowcreme Pumpkins

Source: Munchkin Munchies

Fall Scented Playdough

I love all the Fall scents! Our house has been covered in pumpkin spice air fresheners and candles! So what better than Fall scented playdough?? Making homemade playdough is at lot cheaper than buying it! Plus you can great scents like PUMPKIN SPICE, that you just can't find in any store! This is a great recipe and it is so easy to make! I love Learn Play Imagine, they always have great activities for kids of all ages and this is one of them! To make the playdough, you start off by making a base recipe and then add other ingredients for the color and scent!

Ingredients for the base playdough:

1 cup flour

1/2 cup salt

1 tablespoon cream of tartar

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

3/4 cup boiling water

Ingredients for Fall scents and colors:

Cinnamon

Nutmeg

Pumpkin Pie Spice

Ground Cloves

Apple Flavor

Liquid Watercolors (or Food Coloring): Orange, Green, Red, Yellow and Brown

To make the playdough:

In a mixing bowl, add the flour, salt and cream of tartar and stir.

Add the vegetable oil and stir again. 

Next, stir in the according color and spice for the playdough you are making. 

Finally, add in the hot water. Stir until the dough has cooled, then you can knead with your hands. 

Then, just store you playdough in an air tight container to make it stay soft! 

Color/ Flavor Combos:

Pumpkin Pie - Orange

Candy Apple - Green

Clove -  Red

Nutmeg - Yellow

Cinnamon - Brown

Source: learnplayimagine.com

Free Fall Printable

 

I am so excited about Fall this year! We have many fun activities and crafts planned to do with the family.. The only thing is that it's almost October and it's still hot outside! I'm ready for jacket weather! This fun fall printable adds to the festive decor in your house with the large pumpkin in the middle! Of course I am going to obsess over pumpkins this year! As soon as the pumpkin farms open around here, we will have some all over our house.

Go to Craft Girl to download and print your Free Fall Printable! A great way to display this is to add it to a nice frame!

Also, go print your Free Fall Bucket List and check off all the must do fall activities!

Girl's Ghost Tutu Halloween Costume

 

Ghost Tutu on Etsy for $35

I am tutu obsessed! I am constantly making my little one a tutu to wear! This is such a cute friendly girl ghost costume! 

Wouldn't your little one look adorable in this??

Fall Bucket List Printable

The new Fall Bucket List is here! 

Download it here!

This is a really fun idea for each season! This is a list of Holiday MUST'S. The time can seem to get away from us, and before we know it, it is Winter and Fall is over. Use this list to keep track of all the fun activities you want to do this season (make sure to take lots of pictures each time)! It will make your kids look forward to the upcoming activities even more! Simply print out your bucket list (card stock will make it more durable) and put it in a frame where you can use a dry erase marker to mark off each time you do a Holiday MUST! 

I am SO ready for Fall! This is going to be one exciting fall season for Mommy and Things. I am going to be posting TONS of yummy pumpkin recipes, DIY crafts, decoration ideas, fun ideas for toddler time, pumpkin decorating ideas, cute Halloween costume ideas, crafts to teach kids about being thankful and lots of fun ideas to do with your sweet family this Fall season! Fall is my favorite season! This year my little one year old is learning new words everyday and is so alert, it is going to make for a very fun time!

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What are you and your family MOST looking forward to this Fall season?

Baby's First Painted Pumpkin

So Halloween was coming up and I wanted to make a great 1st pumpkin for Emma. 

I had the idea to do a pumpkin with her initials on it and her hands and foot prints.
I'm not a big fan of carving pumpkins, its too messy and not little kid friendly. So I decided to paint her pumpkin so she could help with it! I love painting pumpkins, we will be doing this every year from now on.

What you will need: 

Ribbon

Base color paint (Pink)

Writing color paint (White)

Paint Brushes

Glitter Paint

Pumpkin

You can choose whatever colors and ribbons you want to use! All the products I used were bought at t craft store (besides the pumpkin). 

I started by painting the pumpkin pink and letting it dry, then I repeated until it had about 3 coats of paint on it. Next, I painted the stem of the pumpkin. I used a silver glitter paint that I found at our local craft store, but any color will do. Then, I took a pencil and very lightly drew the outline of her initial, the letter "E". I painted over the pencil with the white paint and tried to make all the lines even. I had to put a few coats of the white so that the pink wouldn't show through. Then Emma got to help. I put her in her high chair and painted her foot with the white paint. Then, I pressed her foot onto the pumpkin. I didn't come out perfect, so I took the paint brush and went over it, and put more coats on it. Then, I painted her hand and did the same process. Any mistakes can be fixed with more pink paint to touch it up. Once all of that was done, I added some polka dots to the back and princess swirls in the top around the stem, again doing multiple coats. Then I tied the ribbon in a bow on the top (picked out to match the paint). 

It was a great first pumpkin! It's something that even though she was only 9 months old, she had a hand (and foot) in making. :) She kept trying to pick it up, but we left it on the table out of her reach. She loved getting picked up to look at! 

You could also do a fake plastic pumpkin as a keepsake of your babies 1st pumpkin. The real pumpkins are a lot cheaper, though. Good Luck! :)

Happy Halloween Everyone! :)

Please comment if you used this as an inspiration for your own child's pumpkin, or post a picture of the completed project! Thanks for visiting! :)