This week’s pins will help you get pumped up for celebrating Halloween and the wonderful Harvest time! And in honor of all things spooky, fun, and healthy, this week’s edition of the Mindful Pins of the Week is a special double-edition. You can find Part 2 {Healthy Halloween} tomorrow!
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1. Batmobile from a Cozy Coupe If you have a child dressing up at Batman this year, you can make them their own Batmobile! Or adapt the idea to make a pink Cadillac to go with your daughter’s poodle skirt, a racecar for your NASCAR-obsessed child, or whatever else you and your little one can dream up. Used Cozy Coupes can be found on Craigslist for $20-30, and it doesn’t matter if the plastic is faded from the sun since you’ll be spray-painting it. What a cool idea!
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2. Glittery Spider Webs Need some inexpensive decorations for windows or tables that you and your child can make together? If you have some Elmer’s glue (or any liquid goopey-glue) and glitter on hand, you’ll all set! These would look great on front door or under your candy bowl.
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3. Cursive Skeletons If you have a child learning cursive, try this fun activity with him or her. It could also work with block text, although the resulting skeleton would look a bit less refined. And if the idea of cutting out each letter sounds as tedious to you as it does to me, why not use white paint on a black piece of construction paper and then fold it over on itself for a mirror image. Then add the legs, arms, and skull.
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4. Halloween Bingo Printable Game This is a fun idea, both for playing at home and/or passing out as a candy alternative to the ghoules and witches and princesses and super heroes who show up at your door. The image is printable and you can print up a bunch of copies right at home. I suggest printing on cardstock so they hold up longer than they would on standard printer paper. You could even laminate them if you are making them for yourself.
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5. Be Patient. “On Halloween, a lot of little people will visit your door. Be accepting. The child who is grabbing more than one piece of candy might have poor fine motor skills. The child who takes forever to pick out one piece of candy might have motor planning issues. The child who does not say ‘trick or treat’ or ‘thank you’ might be non-verbal. The child who looks disappointed when he sees your bowl might have an allergy. The child who isn’t wearing a costume at all might have SPD or autism. Be nice. Be patient. It’s everyone’s Halloween.” – From www.fvindiana.org
If you’re looking for costume ideas, check out our DIY Costume post and our favorite Etsy Costume Finds post. And here’s one more cutie-patootie costume I just stumbled across on Pinterest. It’s a toddler dressed as the Old Man from the movie Up!
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