Sharing the Halloween spirit with kiddos (+ a Target giveaway!)
Hi friends! This post is sponsored through my partnership with Bitsy’s Brainfood and includes an awesome Target giveaway!
Even though I think Liv has always *enjoyed* holidays, she really has the hang of it this year. She is looking forward to Christmas, her birthday, and won’t hesitate to tell you what she’s going to be for Halloween. (“You have to guess first!”) I’ve always been a fan of the holiday season, and find that it’s even more enjoyable and magical with a little one. It’s so much fun to share traditions with her, create our own, and share in the holiday spirit.
(Liv’s first Halloween as a little sushi roll.)
Since Halloween is on the way, here are some of the things we’ve been doing to enjoy this season:
Crafts
Martha Stewart I am not -in fact, if she saw my caramel apple abomination in the fridge she would die laughing- but I love doing simple crafts for each holiday.
Some of our favorites:
Mummy jars. Our babysitter got this at the One Spot in Target and brought it over to do with Liv. She said they have a ton of different Halloween characters.
Painting pumpkins. We had a pumpkin painting party when Liv was itty bitty, and last year, painted pumpkins on the patio.
This easy and whimsical bat craft.
Simple cut and glue work: I cut out the pumpkin, stem, eyes, nose and mouth, then gave her a glue stick and she put him together.
(Proud mama moment: Liv only needed help making the “V” and the “A” in her name. Blown away!)
Fun with food
Injecting some spooky spirit with these little mandarin orange “pumpkins” and banana ghosts
Cake batter rice crispies
We’re officially obsessed with this recipe, and added Halloween sprinkles to the latest batch
Decorating
For us, just dragging things out of storage is exciting!
While I don’t go too over-the-top with Halloween decor (Christmas is another story), it’s fun to have some Autumn-esque touches here and there.
Pumpkin patch
It doesn’t feel like fall until you’ve made it out to the pumpkin patch! There’s a nearby town called Julian that we’ve been wanting to check out, too. Not only can you pick your own pumpkins and apples, but word on the street is that they have the best pie.
Music
I’ve had way too much fun introducing Liv to “The Addams Family,” “Monster Mash” and “Thriller.”
Costume parties
Oh wait. That’s every day around here.
Books
Some of our favorite Halloween books:
Pinkalicious: Pink or Treat
Franklin’s Halloween
It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse!
Picking out treats!
Liv was SO excited to see her beloved Bitsy’s cookies at Target amongst the Halloween snacks, and that’s what we’ll be giving out this year.
(She insisted on having a pack to “test them out” haha.)
Not only are they nut-free and certified organic but it’s a nice way to switch it up from the overly sugary sweets. These cookies taste amazing, and are also a great way to get in some bonus nutrition through fruits, veggies, healthy fats and fiber. An awesome deal if you’re shopping for Halloween trick-or-treaters: the Bitsy’s products are 15% off this week via the Target Cartwheel app.
I think our trick-or-treaters will be very happy. 🙂
And now, it’s giveaway time!! Bitsy’s Brainfood kindly offered a $50 Target gift card to one lucky winner. Enter via the widget below and the winner will be announced one week from today.
Ready, set, go!
xoxo
Gina
This post is sponsored by Bitsy’s Brainfood. Thank you so much for supporting this blog and the companies who help support our family. <3
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Reese’s PB Cups are my favorite part about Halloween. 🙂
I love the book suggestions!
my favorite thing about Halloween is our tradition of eating pizza and handing out candy!
I love the costumes on Halloween!
I love all the chocolate.
Seeing all the spooky decorations in people’s yards or on their houses is my favorite part!
Carving jack-o-lanterns with my boyfriend is something I look forward to every year 🙂
I love carving a pumpkin and then roasting the seeds!
Dressing my daughter up!
My favorite thing about Halloween is decorating and carving pumpkins with my kids.
All the cute kids in their costumes and carving pumpkins!
Dressing up, definitely 😀 😀
Favorite thing about Halloween = dressing up!
My favorite thing about halloween is the activities for families that start to pop up all over town!
My favorite thing about Halloween is definitely the excuse to dress up as something silly!
the little sushi roll! that is so cute. love seeing littles dressed up, especially the really little ones.
I love scary decorations and Halloween crafts 😉
I love getting my child in her costume
I love dressing up my kiddos.
Dressing up my son for halloween is my favorite part…. oh and having an excuse to eat extra chocolate! 🙂
I would have to say that it is dressing up
My favorite thing about Halloween is seeing the different pup costumes
Roasted pumpkin seeds
My favorite thing is our church’s Halloween party. I love seeing all the families dressed up together. The best.
Going to the pumpkin farm!!
Love all the kiddos dressing up!!!! And spooktacular parties
Love halloween kiddie costumes…so cute. I’m still struggling to find a cute costume for myself…something creative but not too much $$$
I love picking out my kids costumes, and we have a annual family Halloween party we always look forward too!
i love when my kids help me decorate inside with my grandmother’s vintage decorations
My favorite thing is making my toddler’s costume!
I love the decorating for Halloween, and carving the pumpkin, and taking the kids trick or treating! So much fun!
I love doing themed costumes with my family, Halloween is the best!
I love seeing the homemade creative costumes. I always joke that I am going to give out toothbrushes. Bitsy’s Brainfood would probably be better received! 🙂
We love the costumes of course and decorating our house!!
Cute kids in fun costumes!
A local day care brings a busload of kids to where I work and they all look so cute in their costumes!
Since I am in that stage of life where I don’t go to Halloween parties and I don’t have kids yet, I really enjoy seeing all the kids costumes at trick or treat!
My favorite thing about Halloween is dressing up!
The best part about Halloween is definitely picking out a fun Halloween costume. I like to get creative and try to make my own costume every year.
The candy!
My favorite thing about Halloween is ALL the free candy of course! 🙂
i love dressing up! and giving myself a free pass on whatever processed sugary treats i want 🙂
I need to go to target and give these a try!
Dressing up and seeing all of the fun costumes on the subway Halloween night is definitely my favorite part.
I’ve tried the Bitsy’s gummy candy, it was yummy!! Would love to try the cookies 🙂
I love dressing up.
i love seeing the neighborhood kids dress up!
My mom’s birthday is on Halloween – that’s my favorite part. 😉
I love giving out candy to trick or treaters!
I like going to Halloween parties.