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Halloween Fun ­ A Special Report by IloveHalloweenCostumes.com and
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         Halloween Fun




                By IloveHalloweenCostumes.com
                    And WaitingForXmas.com



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                             Welcome
Welcome to our special Halloween report and thank you for your
interest in WaitingForXmas.com.

The days in December leading up to Christmas are so fun and exiting
for a child, but the wait can also be pretty long. Now you can make
the wait fun, exciting and keep the kids entertained with new crafts,
activities and recipes every single day until Christmas Eve.

While Christmas is still a good ways away, Halloween is right around
the corner. And that's exactly why we put this guide together for you.
Halloween is such a great Holiday for kids. When else do they get to
dress up in fun costumes, pretend to be a princess or a superhero
and then walk around town collecting candy?

Halloween Was Made For Kids!

We hope you and your kids will enjoy the crafts, recipes, games and
decorating ideas in this report. If you are interested in making your
child's Halloween costume we recommend

                 www.ILoveHalloweenCostumes.com

It's a great ebook stuffed with over 90 easy-to-make Halloween
Costume ideas.




Nicole Dean & Susanne Myers




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Table of Contents

Welcome ............................................................................................ 2
Halloween Crafts ................................................................................ 4
  Ghost Hand Puppet...........................................................................................4
  Spider Webs......................................................................................................4
  Witch Broom Pencil ...........................................................................................5
  Cauldron Candy Dish ........................................................................................5
  Pumpkin Painting ..............................................................................................5
  Ghost Lollipops..................................................................................................5
Halloween Recipes............................................................................. 6
  Bloody Popcorn .................................................................................................6
  Bat Cookies .......................................................................................................6
  Pumpkin Pizza...................................................................................................6
Halloween Games .............................................................................. 7
  Mummy Wrap ....................................................................................................7
  Musical Tombstones .........................................................................................7
  Build A Spider Web ...........................................................................................7
Halloween Decorations....................................................................... 8
  Little Ghosts ......................................................................................................8
  Paint the Windows.............................................................................................8
Resources .......................................................................................... 9




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                          Halloween Crafts

"Is it time to go trick-or-treating yet?"

Waiting for sunset on October 31st can be tough for a child. Make the
wait easier (and more fun) by making some Halloween crafts
together. Of course you can start making these crafts a few weeks
earlier and use them to decorate the house for Halloween.

Ghost Hand Puppet

Kids love playing with puppets and there's hardly an easier puppet to
make than a ghost. All you need is a white paper towel, or a white
handkerchief, a rubber band and a black marker.

Ask your child to spread out her thumb and pinky, but keep the 3
other fingers together. Drape the paper towel over her hand and
secure the rubber band around the three fingers. This will be the
ghost's head; the thumb and pinkie form the arms. Draw eyes and a
mouth on the paper towel and the little ghost puppet is finished.

Spider Webs

What would Halloween be without spiders and spider webs? Make
these cute little spider webs with the kids and hang them in the
window. All you need are 3 craft or clean popsicle sticks and some
white or black yarn.

Take two of the craft sticks and glue them together to form a cross.
Glue the 3rd one right in the middle, forming a star shape. Tie one
end of the yarn around one of the craft sticks in the center. Start
weaving it over one craft stick and under the other. Keep going
around, forming your spider web. Make sure you leave at least 1/4th
inch of the craft sticks sticking out and secure the loose end by tying
it to one of the craft sticks. Glue a small plastic spider in the center
and hang your spider web up.



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Witch Broom Pencil

Witch broom pencils make a cute Halloween gift that doesn't involve
candy. You can turn any pencil into a witch's broom with a handful of
household items. All you need is a regular pencil, some small twigs
out of the yard, some string and a little glue.

Break the twigs into equal lengths pieces and line them up around the
unsharpened end of a pencil. Make it look like an old fashioned
broom. Secure the wigs with string, and then apply a thick layer of
glue to keep it all in place.

Cauldron Candy Dish

To make this cute cauldron candy dish, start with an empty round
plastic container (like a cool-whip container). Clean it, dry it, and then
paint it black. Paint three small wooden balls black as well. After the
paint is dry, glue the balls to the bottom of your plastic container. Add
a handle made out of wire if you'd like and your candy dish cauldron
is done. Just add some of your favorite Halloween candy.

Pumpkin Painting

Carving funny or scary faces into a pumpkin is a lot of fun, but it also
gets quite messy and small kids can't really do much since there's a
knife involved. Buy a few small pumpkins instead, or in addition to the
big carving pumpkin. Use permanent pens or acrylic paint to draw
funny faces on your mini-pumpkins.

Ghost Lollipops

Dress up the lollipops you are giving away for Halloween by wrapping
a white tissue or small piece of fabric over them. Secure it with a
piece of string or a rubber band. Take a black marker and draw eyes
and a round mouth on the ghost's face.




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                      Halloween Recipes

Bloody Popcorn

   · Popped Popcorn
   · Melted Butter
   · Red Food Coloring

Prepare your popcorn and melt your butter to go over the popcorn.
Add some red food coloring to the melted butter. Pour the mixture
over the popcorn and serve.

Bat Cookies

Make a batch of your favorite sugar cookie dough, or use a pack of
refrigerated dough from your grocery store. Roll out the dough and
cut out bat shapes. Use a bat-shaped cookie cutter, or cut them
freehand.

Melt some dark chocolate and brush it on the bat cookies. Of course
you could also dip one side of the cookie in the melted chocolate. Set
the cookies on some wax paper until the chocolate has a chance to
harden. After that they are ready to eat or store in an airtight
container.

Pumpkin Pizza

Start with your favorite pizza dough or a ready-made crust. Top it with
pizza sauce and your favorite toppings. Add a layer of cheddar
cheese on top. Then use slices of green pepper to make the ridges of
the pumpkin ­ you'll arrange them in ( ) shapes around the pizza pan.
Use pepperoni slices or red and yellow peppers cut to shape to form
the pumpkin's face. Bake as usual.




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                       Halloween Games
Are you hosting a Halloween party for the kids this year? Here are
some great Halloween games the kids will love playing.

Mummy Wrap

Grab a few rolls of toilet paper and match the kids up in pairs. Of
course you could also have them choose partners. Ask each pair to
pick, which one of them will be, the mummy and who will do the
wrapping. Then ­ you guessed it ­ have one of the wrap the toilet
paper around the other, creating a mummy.

You can either make it a contest of speed or one of creativity. For the
first, the team that has a completely wrapped mummy first wins. For
the second contest, the kids take as long as they need to and you get
to play judge and pick the best looking mummy.

Musical Tombstones

Musical Tombstones works exactly like musical chairs. Turn your
chairs into tombstones by covering the backrest of each chair with a
paper grocery bag. Use a maker to draw RIP on it.

Set up one less chair than you have kids playing the game. Have
them walk around the chairs while playing Halloween music. When
you stop the music, each child will try to sit down on a chair. The child
without a chair is out of the game. Remove one chair and repeat.
Continue playing until only one child and one chair are let.

Build a Spider Web

All you need for this fun game is a ball of black yarn and a few kids.
Have everyone stand around in a circle. Ask one child to hold one
end of the string and then toss the ball to another kid. Each child
holds on the string and then tosses it to someone else. Before you
know it you'll have a great spider web.


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Halloween Decorations
Decorating the house for Halloween has always been one of our
favorite family activities this time of the year. Here are simple ideas
you and your kids can try.

Little Ghosts

Cut square pieces of white fabric. Make a ball out of batting, some old
pantyhose or some tissue paper. Put it in the center of the fabric
square and wrap the fabric around. Secure with a piece of string. This
will be your little ghost. Use a black marker to draw the ghost's mouth
and eyes on. Thread some string or fishing line through a needle and
run a stick through the top of your ghost's head. Tie it off and use the
string or fishing line to hang it up.

These little ghosts look cute hanging in bushes and trees outside,
hanging in a window, or you can make a ghost mobile out of a few of
them.

Paint the Windows

Get some window paint and let the kids decorate. Have them draw
ghost and pumpkins and write "boo" on the windows. If actual paint
sounds too messy, go to your local craft store and pick out a few
sheets of Halloween window stickers and use them to decorate the
windows. There are quite a few static stickers available now that you
can use for years to come.




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                            Resources

Make Your Child's Halloween Costume
At www.ILoveHalloweenCostumes.com ­ you'll find over 90
costumes you can make with your kids. No sewing involved, only fun!

More Halloween Crafts
We recommend these free resources:
                      www.Kinderinfo.com
                             and
                 www.ShowKidsTheFun.com

Great Resources for Buying Costumes and Party Decorations

   Great Costume Accessories and Party Supplies - This site has
   every costume accessory imaginable for your child.

   Oriental Trading - Affordable crafts for any party.

   JoAnn Fabric's - Kids crafts, fabric for costumes and decorations.


Keep Your Preschooler Entertained
We recommend KidsActivityCalendar.com for educational crafts and
activities for your preschoolers.




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