Need a little DIY fake blood for the walking dead in your house? This recipe is cheap and easy with only 3 ingredients. Your kids can make this gruesome blood for themselves. Your little zombies will have a great time making and eating it! We created this video so you can follow along and…
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Spicy Pumpkin Recipes You Will Love ( Even if you Hate Pumpkin Pie)
I do not like pumpkin pie. There I said it out loud. Does that make me un-American? No wait, that is apple pie. I don’t like that either. The fact is I don’t really care for pie. Wait! Don’t stop reading yet! Here are 10 tasty spicy pumpkin dishes besides pie. Pumpkin Spiced Granola is a yummy…
Mistakes to Avoid When Painting Pumpkins
We are pumpkin carvers. Painting pumpkins is a new adventure for the Joyous Family. Elijah, age 9, wanted to enter the elementary school’s storybook pumpkin contest this year. The pumpkins were displayed from Oct 15-31 too long for a carved pumpkin to serve–more on this in Painted Pumpkins Your Favorite Book. Plus the…
10 Inspiring Pumpkin Painting Top Video Tutorials
So much more than just carving! I picked YouTube’s Top Video Tutorials just for you! These are amazing “not carved pumpkins” that can last -maybe until the New Year. Painted, puffed, jeweled and sparkled pumpkins that are the super hero’s of Halloween and beyond. Leave a picture of your amazing creation in the comments…
Halloween Pumpkins Based on Your Favorite Book
Is there anything better on a brisk fall day than cozying up with your child and a favorite book? Reading to your child is such a gift of your time. As I tell my son, books can take you around the world, deep into space, and off into other dimensions in just one afternoon. Every…