Planning for Halloween 2009

Check out my other posts for other great ideas!

How to Make Your Own Halloween Decorations

This year's costume pick: TRANSFORMERS BUMBLEBEE & LADYBUG

As I stated in my other blogs, everything I do relative to gifts is spent with a lot of thought and care.  This goes the same for parties and special holidays.  Granted Halloween isn't really a "special" holiday for me but it is for my kids and I have great memories and more to come!

In preparation this year, I started looking for everything to have in order to hold an incredible, fun kid's party.

I will have the kids make some creepy creature sucker molds. They are inexpensive at $1.99 for two of the same molds. My daughters loved making these in the past and they are so easy to do.

Cupcakes are another fool proof way of making your party a hit with the kids if you have the patience for cleaning up the mess.  You can choose from spooky rings or monster hand picks and then choose sprinkles that look like bones.

Either use traditional cupcake liners or try something new like a laser cut or wrap around paper to add a little more character to the cupcakes.

All of the above supplies can be found at ShopBakersNook.com.

Halloween Express has so many wonderfully spooky decorations that you have to at least take a look!

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If you have big money to spend, they have a new giant spider that would probably make me cry if I saw it and didn't know it wasn't real.  It's 3' long with adjustable legs and light up eyes.

They have tons of costumes and many new one's for 2009.  I think I just found my little girl's costume.  Yes, little girl who has boy tendencies about her.  She will love to be the Transformers Bumblebee.

Who could ever resist this one?

I used to make my oldest costume's from her very first costume until she became old enough to know that I was embarrassing her with what I made.  I'll have to post some of those photos!

Don't forget to check out what adorablebabyclothing.com has for costumes!  They are running a special right now of $20 off of $100 purchase until 09/20/09.

This is the start of planning for Halloween so watch for more to come!


I admit, I'm an early shopper and can't contain my excitement for Halloween because I know how much my six year old loves it! I also learned last year that you don't wait until the last minute to go to your local costume shop as I had no idea how many people actually do dress up. My husband decided we should dress up and we got our costumes but again, I learned you don't wait to the last minute to shop.

My girl, who loves boy's toys, first wanted to be Boba Fett. She was Darth Vader one year and a Clone Trooper another year but when I found the Transformer's Bumblebee costume, she HAD to have it!

This morning, I did a search on all the popular costume shops and found the best deal at Costume Express.

Then I had to get the gloves and the new type of trick or treat bags that helps the kids get treats without having to try to open the bag.

Once I had her set, it was time to find the perfect costume for the two year old.  I searched and searched and couldn't find anything that I really loved so I went with the ladybug costume:

At least that's one task out of the way! 

Now, time to shop for candy to give away.  How do other parents deal with handing out the candy when both want to participate in the trick or treating experience?

The free shipping coupon is:

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Expires: 12/31/09

Invitation ideas are here.

Adorable Baby Clothes

I wanted to share an online store I found over a year ago and was amazingly surprised at the variety of products they have catering to all sizes of children clothing. Being that I had a preemie, I understand how difficult it is to find clothing that fits let alone adorable clothing! I'm also able to find clothing that fit both my girls in one shop with reasonable prices. The online store is Adorable Baby Clothing and even though the name states "baby," they carry such a variety of clothing to fit any child up to size 12.

Not only do they have everyday outfits, school uniforms, unique pajamas, dress up and accessories, but they have clothes for special occasions, baptisms or christenings. One of my other favorites are the products that are carried for personalization. If you are one of those mom's like me, you like to stand out and provide a gift that is unique and thoughtful and that is exactly what a personalized product does. I usually spend months planning a gift that shows how much they mean to me.

Given Halloween is quickly approaching, judging by the early display at the stores already, Adorable Baby Clothing has a variety of costumes and accessories. Last year, my two daughters were the bells of the "ball" with their matching Cinderella costumes that I bought at Adorable Baby Clothing. The customer service is exceptional!

If you are looking for something different, unique and wonderful or just everyday clothing, visit Adorable Baby Clothing!


*Note: I was not paid nor compensated for this review. I just love this store!