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Awesome Halloween Idea: Create An Eerie View Out The Window

Sarah — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:23:06 +0000

Love this idea from BHG.com on creating a “Dreadful View” out of the window by taking a regular graveyard photo and simply magnifying it.

Then paste onto wall or window to create a scary landscape effect.

If you are feeling creative and/or ambition, you can even take a picture yourself with your own digital camera and convert it to black-and-white, then take the image to a blueprint service to have it enlarged.

Use double-sided tape to attach the image to the window from the outside if it’s protected from the elements or simply tape from the inside.

If the window is unprotected, tape the photo to the inside — cutting it into individual panes if you have to deal with muntins (as seen here).

This is an awesome Halloween project to do with your children and involved no mess and almost no clean-up.

How’s that for easy breezy?

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Spooky Halloween Pumpkin Magic

Sarah — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:16:29 +0000

If you are tired of the same old orange pumpkins, this is the thing for you!

These puckish pumpkins with their paint-blackened rinds and orange-gold interiors, thumb their carved noses at traditional jack-o’-lanterns.

Martha Stewart’s Black Magic Pumpkins are the perfect alternative for the rebel inside you.

Just use a regular pumpkin, spray paint in black and carve away!

Click here to view the full instructions.

This idea would work great with our Gothic Bath article and is also an awesome and creative kids’ project.

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Fun Indoor Activities For Toddlers & Kids To Aid Development

Sarah — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:18:12 +0000

The leaves are turning, the wind is blowing and a ton of leaves are sprinkled all over our lawn, waiting for their yearly clean-up! It’s fall in New Jersey! That means I have to come up with countless activities to keep our active and busy 2 year occupied, entertained and happy.

Since putting her in front of the TV is not typically my style, I’m always on the lookout for intelligent fun toys for her to play with.

Some of our favorite indoor activities right now are art, finger painting, puppet shows and reading! This clever art easel from Moma can be used as a chalkboard, a white dry-erase board, and even a puppet theater. Great for toddlers!

Pretend play and art stimulate children’s imagination and strengthens their language skills and aids in proper social development. We enrolled Kayla in pre-school a few weeks ago, and they seem to be doing an art project every time I take her there. We are signed up for 3 times per week, 3 hours per day. The arts and crafts they seem to create are fantastic for their age. It’s awesome!

These cityscapes templates from the MOMA store could be a little too advanced for a child under 2 1/2 to trace around, but they can definitely occupy a 3-year old. A set of four, these templates feature iconic images from New York City, London, Tokyo, and Paris. For ages 3 and up.

So there you have it. A few ideas on entertaining your toddler indoors. Hopefully, you have prepared yourself for the winter months with tons of activities up your sleeve and a ton of patience!

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