tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49448282269045996322024-03-12T20:36:29.756-04:00Halloween, Harvest and October FunMarilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-12195463272142634672017-11-22T17:27:00.001-05:002017-11-22T17:27:07.328-05:00Parenting: Jobs for toddlers, preschool kids 2-6 to help at Thanksgiving holidayParenting is challenging at any time, but especially around the holiday season. Are your children more of a hindrance than a help at Thanksgiving? Do they tend to get a little greedy and entitled at Christmas? Be a good parent and put kids to work helping. Don't let them lounge in front of the TV watching Black Friday ads telling them what they must have and being waited on by already too busy parents. The perks are that children learn unselfishness, community spirit, and job satisfaction. Here are some holiday jobs for kids from 2-6. Each task has a job title (kids love titles--they make children feel like valued contributors. <a href="http://us.blastingnews.com/lifestyle/2017/11/parenting-jobs-for-toddlers-preschool-kids-2-6-to-help-at-thanksgiving-holiday-002182831.html">Parenting: Jobs for toddlers, preschool kids 2-6 to help at Thanksgiving holiday</a>Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-3590674996005936702017-08-24T01:22:00.000-04:002017-08-24T01:22:07.970-04:00Free printable Halloween masks, color your own masks for trick-or-treat costumes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J_HYtCULi_4/THhYo8-SDwI/AAAAAAAAHuU/cPiuDK91X5IM5ykEm3hnlHAQkVjI6LNSwCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="196" data-original-width="257" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J_HYtCULi_4/THhYo8-SDwI/AAAAAAAAHuU/cPiuDK91X5IM5ykEm3hnlHAQkVjI6LNSwCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/images.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Halloween isn't
just for little children. Adults can dress up too. Here are free printable Halloween
masks of Star Wars, politicians, celebrities, zombies and famous people. Use political masks in fun,
educational government current events activities. Or use your Halloween costume
to make a statement! Students will love making masks of world leaders,
politicians and famous persons. Teachers might assign students to stage mock
debates or elections. They could write speeches, debates or dramatizations of
historical events and wear masks. Use celeb masks for for creative writing
inspiration on satire, parody or essay writing. Use 3D animal masks in science.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Visit
Wonder How-To for 100+ </span><a href="http://halloween-ideas.wonderhowto.com/how-to/last-minute-halloween-quickie-100-free-printable-masks-0121735/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable
Halloween masks.</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> The site compiles
printables from all over. Print cool steampunk masks that are vintage tech fun.
Print Star Wars masks, Doctor Who masks and artsy creature masks. Wear your
Star Wars mask when you see the new movie! Print, cut and assemble awesome 3D
Halloween masks of animals. There are cool printable masks to color yourself.
Traditional Trick or Treaters will love the assortment of free printable </span><u><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">monster</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> masks. Print Frankenstein, witch, zombie, skeleton, mummy,
vampire, bat and more. There are Fox cartoon Halloween masks from King of the
Hill and the Simpsons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Star
Wars masks come from Filth Wizardry. Political Halloween masks come from Forbes
which published masks of those they deem the scariest people of the year.
Forbes features politicians, especially those in scandal, notorious
celebrities, world leaders, religious leaders and high profile criminals, and
prominent society figures for that year. Included are Donald Trump, O.J. Simpson, Sarah
Palin, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Martha Stewart, Ben Bernanke,
Hilary Clinton, Borat Sagdiyev, for example. You can access archived free
printable masks from 2002 to 2009. This list includes NewsGroper's free
printable political masks that are similar to MAD magazine illustrations. Print
masks of Barack Obama, Vladmir Putin, Ron Paul, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Fred
Thompson and Britney Spears.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-91561484914803692222017-02-01T18:09:00.001-05:002017-02-01T18:09:48.516-05:00Marilyn Manson weight loss, gay jokes. 'Salem' role stuns more than shock rockShock rocker Marilyn Manson is sporting a new look, and it's startlingly normal. Not surprisingly, the rock icon is against President Donald Trump. But the singer (born Brian Warner) does have more shocks under his leather and chains, too, including major sex appeal, weight loss, and an unexpected homophobic side. What's behind all these changes for the Pale Emperor? <a href="http://us.blastingnews.com/showbiz-tv/2017/02/marilyn-manson-weight-loss-gay-jokes-salem-role-stuns-more-than-shock-rock-001440875.html">Marilyn Manson weight loss, gay jokes. 'Salem' role stuns more than shock rock</a>Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-49255178436025632372016-12-13T19:28:00.001-05:002016-12-13T19:28:28.686-05:00Free printable Advent calendars, Advent wreaths, Christmas craftsAdvent is the Catholic Christian season leading up to Christmas which begins around Thanksgiving. Parents, start gearing up for the season after Halloween (All Saints Day). For four weeks, prior to Christmas, Catholics practice Advent values prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Each week focuses on hope, expectation and joy. Here are free printable advent calendars for kids to make, to guide Christmas devotions. <a href="http://us.blastingnews.com/lifestyle/2016/11/free-printable-catholic-christian-advent-calendars-advent-wreaths-christmas-crafts-001291927.html">Free printable Catholic Christian Advent calendars, Advent wreaths, Christmas crafts</a>Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-54472098864409931472016-11-02T16:27:00.001-04:002016-11-02T16:27:11.208-04:00Kris Jenner weight loss, plastic surgery, sexy Alice in Wonderland Halloween costume wowsAt the "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" costume parade, a surprise winner took first. Mom Kris Jenner wowed with her sexy Alice in Wonderland Halloween costume. Even Kylie Jenner who so impressed Christina Aguilera with her "Dirrty" look had to concede to mother. The "KUWTK" doyen flaunted weight loss, an impressive boob job and body by plastic surgery as a flirty Kim #Kardashian-style White Queen. <a href="http://us.blastingnews.com/showbiz-tv/2016/11/kris-jenner-weight-loss-plastic-surgery-sexy-alice-in-wonderland-halloween-costume-wows-001227329.html">Kris Jenner weight loss, plastic surgery, sexy Alice in Wonderland Halloween costume wows</a>Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-48093450718592541362016-10-27T16:58:00.000-04:002016-10-27T17:01:18.912-04:00Free printable Adult Masks for Halloween Costumes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EaOPmMdpnyo/TF78LLTUYgI/AAAAAAAAHfI/ihOZKikHW9wOL9o1mx9xmhUDWQdcwl6VgCPcB/s1600/24bf09d689eebbac.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EaOPmMdpnyo/TF78LLTUYgI/AAAAAAAAHfI/ihOZKikHW9wOL9o1mx9xmhUDWQdcwl6VgCPcB/s1600/24bf09d689eebbac.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Halloween
isn't just for little children. Adults can dress up too. Here are </span><u><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">free printable</span></u><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Halloween </span><u><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">masks</span></u><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> of </span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/star-wars"><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Star Wars</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">,
politicians, celebrities and more. These will be perfect for Star Wars: The
Force Awakens fans. Use political masks in fun, educational government current
events activities. Or use your Halloween costume to make a statement! Students
will love making masks of world leaders, politicians and famous persons.
Teachers might assign students to stage mock debates or elections. They could
write speeches, debates or dramatizations of historical events and wear masks.
Use celeb masks for for creative writing inspiration on satire, parody or essay
writing. Use 3D animal masks in science.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Visit
Wonder How-To for 100+ </span><a href="http://halloween-ideas.wonderhowto.com/how-to/last-minute-halloween-quickie-100-free-printable-masks-0121735/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">free printable
Halloween masks.</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> The site compiles
printables from all over. Print cool steampunk masks that are vintage tech fun.
Print Star Wars masks, Doctor Who masks and artsy creature masks. Wear your Star
Wars mask when you see the new movie! Print, cut and assemble awesome 3D
Halloween masks of animals. There are cool printable masks to color yourself.
Traditional Trick or Treaters will love the assortment of free printable </span><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">monster</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> masks.
Print Frankenstein, witch, zombie, skeleton, mummy, vampire, bat and more.
There are Fox cartoon Halloween masks from King of the Hill and the Simpsons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Star
Wars masks come from Filth Wizardry. Political Halloween masks come from Forbes
which published masks of those they deem the scariest people of the year.
Forbes features politicians, especially those in scandal, notorious
celebrities, world leaders, religious leaders and high profile criminals, and
prominent society figures for that year. Included are O.J. Simpson, Sarah
Palin, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Martha Stewart, Ben
Bernanke, Hilary Clinton, Borat Sagdiyev, for example. You can access archived
free printable masks from 2002 to 2009. This list includes NewsGroper's free
printable political masks that are similar to MAD magazine illustrations. Print
masks of Barack Obama, Vladmir Putin, Ron Paul, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Fred
Thompson and Brittany Spears.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-51853627691672267322016-07-05T12:28:00.002-04:002016-10-27T16:59:45.453-04:00Free printable spooky paper toys, creepy crafts, haunted Halloween fun and scary activities<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kBgx3JWLX14/SMs9eCRuVpI/AAAAAAAABAQ/eqOYOTy59rgMJpVI6WLy0LES32JmMy2_ACKgB/s1600/images.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kBgx3JWLX14/SMs9eCRuVpI/AAAAAAAABAQ/eqOYOTy59rgMJpVI6WLy0LES32JmMy2_ACKgB/s1600/images.jpeg" /></a>Do you love yourself a deliciously spooky Halloween? Yes, please!! Do you anticipate a terrifically terrifying trick-or-treat? Maybe you go all out on a ghostly decorations Hallow-palooza? If so, don't miss this website. <span style="line-height: 1.5rem;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.5rem;">(how's that for dark, and foreboding) redefines Halloween fun with a gigantic collection of vintage Gothic paper toys you can print free. There are free printable Halloween decorations featuring any kind of creepy thing you could want.</span></div>
<a href="http://ravensblight.com/papertoys.html" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4489e3; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5rem; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Ravens Blight</a><br />
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Print and make 3D haunted house, manor, chapel and train dioramas. Create a graveyard scene "peopled" by undead soldiers and a ghostly pirate ship with zombie pirates. Make paper models of a spectral carriage, a bullet-riddled gangster car and a medieval battle-hearse.</div>
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Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-61668969022914225832016-07-05T12:25:00.003-04:002016-10-27T17:07:04.098-04:00How to find Halloween corn mazes, pumpkin patches and U-Pick apple orchards <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iVXA2Xk_pAA/SKNE-6FD3DI/AAAAAAAAAd0/q2Pt0F6l77IMDYs1NlJtovnXiagEBB0CwCPcB/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iVXA2Xk_pAA/SKNE-6FD3DI/AAAAAAAAAd0/q2Pt0F6l77IMDYs1NlJtovnXiagEBB0CwCPcB/s1600/images.jpg" /></a>Looking for local pumpkin patches in your area? How about a corn maze to take the kids to? Maybe you want to see what Halloween events and activities are going on nearby? There's an easy way to locate all of those and and more autumn events, using this handy fall fun finder.</div>
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<a href="http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4489e3; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Pumpkin Patches and More </a>is a comprehensive database of autumn harvest venues organized by state. Click the link for your state. You'll be taken to a page of regional links. Find your region. From that link, you'll see a list of counties in your area, each with a list of Halloween activities--everything from apples to zombies!</div>
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Venues listed on the website offer such things as:</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">apple orchards</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">fall bakeries</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">beehives</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">children's activities</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">cider mills</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;"><a class="inline_link omniture-click-processed" href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/corn-mazes" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4489e3; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">corn mazes</a></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">costume contests</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">donuts</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">educational activities</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">fall festivals</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">farmers markets</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">field trips</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">hay mazes</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">hay rides</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">horse-drawn carriages</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">horse rides</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">haunted barns</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">haunted houses</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">nature trails</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">night time events (farms, orchards, pumpkin patches and corn mazes get a spooky evening makeover)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">orchards</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">pumpkin patches</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">petting zoos</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">pick your own pumpkins, apples and other produce</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">play lands</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">spooky barns</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">train rides</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">trick-or-treating</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">tours</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">U-pick apples</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">wagon rides</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;">wineries</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;"><a href="http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/ZombiePaintball.php#zombie" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4489e3; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">zombie paintball</a> (check that link for places to play that Halloween role-play game)</li>
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Write-ups provide venue addresses, phone numbers, maps and website links (if available) along with detailed explanations of what to see and do. If available, pumpkin and apple prices are listed along with any costs for events. The website lists varieties of apples and other fruits and vegetables that farms may offer seasonally. The website is updated regularly.</div>
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Scroll around for apple and pumpkin recipes, pumpkin carving templates to print, pumpkin choosing tips, Halloween facts, corn maze ideas and more. Visit this companion link for state-by-state<a href="http://www.pickyourown.org/" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4489e3; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> pick-your-own produce</a> farms.</div>
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Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-88666799413707338302016-07-05T12:20:00.003-04:002016-07-05T12:20:52.522-04:00Zombie Paintball takes Halloween freakfest to all boo levels! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VjhRO1BA23c/SMdUIxQJW8I/AAAAAAAAA6w/3K2LP1EPE2MNw_iCPL7wt_Z0YyP0w-p7ACKgB/s1600/images.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VjhRO1BA23c/SMdUIxQJW8I/AAAAAAAAA6w/3K2LP1EPE2MNw_iCPL7wt_Z0YyP0w-p7ACKgB/s1600/images.jpeg" /></a>Never mind Ebola, folks. There's an even greater threat, warned the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)--a <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/zombies.htm" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4489e3; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Zombie Apocalypse</a>! When the horrifying brain-eater invasion was (jestingly) forecast a few years ago, folks were advised to create zombie emergency preparedness kits.</div>
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This Halloween 2014, intrepid zombie warriors have discovered a new weapon for their arsenal against the undead: paintball guns. Zombie paintball is this Halloween's hottest (well, coldest, as in cold and dead) activity. What is zombie paintball? It's a LARP--live action role-play--survival game. People dress as zombies so others can practice their tracking skills. Paintball splats seem to stick to zombies and make them more visible.</div>
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<a href="http://fox17online.com/2014/09/26/surviving-a-zombie-apocalypse-with-paintball-guns/" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4489e3; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Zombie hunters got in some paintball practice</a> at West Michigan's Wurst Fest a few weeks ago, reported Fox 17. But the main event will, of course, be Halloween. All Hallow's Eve is the high point of the zombie (and things ghoulish) year. Zombies logically target Halloween for their Armageddon.</div>
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Worried that your zombie survival skills might not be up to par? Maybe you should try your hand at zombie paintball? Here's a list of places that offer <a href="http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/ZombiePaintball.php#listings" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4489e3; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">zombie paintball</a>. Click on your state to find events near you.</div>
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But beware--zombie preparedness doesn't come cheap. In Michigan, zombie hunts takes place at<a href="http://darksydeacres.com/" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4489e3; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Darksyde Acres</a> (Jonesville). For $5 you get to take 20 shots at the ghouls or $20 gets you 100 shots.<a href="http://www.fearthefarm.com/" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4489e3; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Fear the Farm </a>in Battle Creek, is the closest haunted venue to Grand Rapids with zombie hunting. Costs there are 75 shots for $20 and 150 for $30.</div>
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Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-2802352970097979102016-02-22T22:56:00.001-05:002016-10-27T17:09:52.439-04:00Free printable Laura Ingalls Wilder pioneer activities, early American history lessons<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5JBrKBupiX0/TQJy2LXnfFI/AAAAAAAAIqQ/6QT6_aMNDeYIqNc17QsScW7ttWCYWFWGwCPcB/s1600/512CDAXB5ZL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5JBrKBupiX0/TQJy2LXnfFI/AAAAAAAAIqQ/6QT6_aMNDeYIqNc17QsScW7ttWCYWFWGwCPcB/s1600/512CDAXB5ZL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If
you were a girl growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, you read and loved </span><u><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Laura Ingalls Wilder</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> and her </span><u><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Little House on the Prairie</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> book series. Maybe you were lucky to have the handsome boxed
set of Laura Ingalls Wilder books. Then you loved the Little House on the
Prairie TV series when it came out. Long before "Pioneer Woman" and
settler survival type reality TV shows, there was Laura Ingalls Wilder and her
stories about life in the 1880s midwest. Laura Ingalls Wilder fans will be
happy to know that a new movie based on the </span><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/little-house-prairie-movie-lands-859422" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Little House on the
Prairie books</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> is in the works at
Paramount.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">But
teachers and homeschool parents, you don't have to wait for that film. Now you
can bring early</span><u><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">American history</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> into your social studies lessons
with </span><a href="http://www.laurasprairiehouse.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable Laura Ingalls Wilder book
activities</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. Get </span><u><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> American history lesson plans book
activities from the seven books in the series. The series begins with
"Little House in the Big Woods" when Laura is five and was written
over a period from 1932-1943. But going in chronological order "Farmer
Boy"comes first. It's based on childhood memories of Laura's father
Charles Ingalls. Next comes "Little House on the Prairie", "On
the Banks of Plum Creek", "By the Shores of Silver Lake",
"The Long Winter", "Little Town on the Prairie" and
"These Happy Golden Years." "The First Four Years" (stories
from Laura's early married life). didn't come out till 1971 and I clearly
remember the big deal that was, and later when "West from Home" (not
part of the original series) came out in 1974.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
publication of these books sparked renewed interest in early American history
and pioneer lore. My mother first read Little House in the Big Woods to me when
I was near Laura's age in the story. Laura Ingalls Wilder had a gift for
story-telling to match her fascinating life. I purchased the rest of the series,
one by one and read them. I later read the Little House on the Prairie books to
my own children and used them in our homeschool. The Little House books make
perfect </span><a href="http://www.littlehousebooks.com/fun/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">American history activities</span></b><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">and social studies lesson plans on the life of
American pioneers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
website Laura's Prairie House calls itself the Definitive Laura Ingalls Wilder
and Little House on the Prairie. The site has dozens of </span><a href="http://www.laurasprairiehouse.com/crafts/index.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable American history and book
activities</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, crafts, recipes and
coloring pages. These books help social studies teachers explore the difference
between American pioneers and settlers. Pioneers were trail blazers who built
new towns and settlements. Settlers moved into these areas and settled them.
Laura Ingalls Wilder's family, both the her parents Charles and Caroline
Ingalls and her husband Almanzo Wilder were settlers and pioneers. They brought
customs and traditions with them from the New England towns they lived in and
they formed many new traditions based on the areas they settled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There are</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.laurasprairiehouse.com/education/bigwoods/index.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable Little
House in the Big Woods lesson plans</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, crafts, games and book
activities. There are free printable </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.laurasprairiehouse.com/education/littlehouse/index.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Little
House on the Prairie book activities</span></b><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">and free </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.laurasprairiehouse.com/education/plumcreek/index.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On
the Banks of Plum Creek printables</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. There are recipes for maple candy, johnny
cake, parched corn, cornbread, vinegar pie, horehound candy and other foods
Laura features in her books. Other sites feature more </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.cape.k12.mo.us/blanchard/hicks/Reading%20Pages/Little%20House/Little_House.htm" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Little
House free printables</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> You can print </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://littlehouseontheprairie.com/little-house-on-the-prairie-preschool-printables-free/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">American
history crafts</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, recipes, sheet music and lyrics from songs as well as complete episode
guides and links from the Little House on the Prairie television show. Laura's
Prairie Home features comprehensive biographical data on the </span></div>
Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-35364845400371743242016-02-15T14:08:00.001-05:002016-10-27T17:11:19.009-04:00Free printable paper hats, paper hat patterns, Hat Day paper crafts printables <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d76fkdA-X-k/SLL-J8crqTI/AAAAAAAAAmo/U2Z-qav1QTc7Sk1v624GDrrFO0yB-SeSgCPcB/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d76fkdA-X-k/SLL-J8crqTI/AAAAAAAAAmo/U2Z-qav1QTc7Sk1v624GDrrFO0yB-SeSgCPcB/s1600/images.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Lids, bonnets and berets, oh my--Jan. 15 is National Hat Day. So
if you've got a derby, don it! You don't have a hat? Well, make one out of
paper. When I was a kid, my grandfather, who was newspaper pressroom foreman,
showed me how to fold paper hats from newspaper. Can I remember now? No. But
fortunately, there's internet for printables galore! Here are free printable
paper hats, paper hat patterns and activities for Hat Day (or any day!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Enchanted Learning has all sorts of free printables for paper
crafts, hats, masks, games and learning activities. Print without a banner for
a $20 site donation. Access thousands of free printable lesson plans, classroom
paper crafts, charts, booklets, diagrams and activities. Check out this page
for dozens of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/papercrafts/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">free printable paper hat patterns</span></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">for Hat Day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">SS42 has lots of</span><a href="http://www.ss42.com/toys.html" target="_blank"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">free printable paper hats<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in several styles--baseball hats, hats with
monster heads (zombies, vampire, spider web and pumpkin). There are free
printable paper animal hats with noses and bills to go with animal costumes and
a paper bucket hat to design and color yourself for Hat Day. Here are<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://kidscraftzone.com/post/Free-Printable-Party-Hats.aspx" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">free printable paper hat patterns</span></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">like the pointy party paper hats that attaches with a rubber band.
Paper hat patterns make fun DIY birthday party paper crafts printables.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Paper Glitter has gobs of super adorable<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.paperglitter.com/2009/09/free-cute-kawaii-printables.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">free printable party supplies</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">, gift tags, labels for
treat bags, party invitations, envelopes, to-do lists, greeting cards, paper dolls
and yup, a free printable party hat to cut and paste. This site specializes in
Bible and holiday paper crafts printables. Click each holiday link for free
printable paper crafts including<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.teacherhelp.org/crafts.htm" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">paper hats</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. In "Curious George Rides a Bike" George shows an easy
way to</span><a href="http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/printables/fold_boat.html" target="_blank"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">make paper hat patterns or paper boats from newspaper.</span></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Missed Hat Day--no worries--you can declare any day Hat Day with
these fun printables.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-71164629086174818082016-02-02T20:12:00.001-05:002016-10-27T17:16:33.777-04:00Free printable Catholic saints coloring pages for All Saints' Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K9FaNiU-4Ug/TMGIVo6EKwI/AAAAAAAAIXA/L3TowXkW0dI34QguRBrWawDXNMKadXydQCPcB/s1600/thumbnailCAYETZ55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K9FaNiU-4Ug/TMGIVo6EKwI/AAAAAAAAIXA/L3TowXkW0dI34QguRBrWawDXNMKadXydQCPcB/s1600/thumbnailCAYETZ55.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Most people know that October 31
is Halloween, or All Hallows Eve. Fewer know that there's only a Halloween
because of the days that follow. November 1 marks the Catholic holy day of
obligation, All Saints' Day and November 2 is All Souls' Day (celebrated as Dia
de los Muertos or Day of the Dead in Mexico). Halloween was a pagan blowout
that anticipated the fasting of the proceeding holy day. Use these free
printable Catholic saints coloring pages, crafts and lesson plans to learn more
about All Saint's Day and Halloween.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">* Catholic Mom's<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.catholicmom.com/halloween.htm"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">All
Saint's Day activities page</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">has printable crafts and coloring pages
specific to that holy day, plus tips for celebrating a Christian Halloween.
Visit the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.catholicmom.com/catholic_kids.htm"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Catholic Kids home page</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">for free printable liturgical lesson plans
for CCD and religious education lesson plan. Each week's gospel is discussed
and age-appropriate activities linked: free printable puzzles, word searches,
study sheets, crafts, Bible verses, games and activities. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">* ABCatholic has a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://maximilian-media.com/home/activities/"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">free printable Catholic alphabet coloring book<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">with images of saints, Bible stories and sacraments. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">* Waltzing Matilda features
handmade<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.waltzingm.com/p/coloring-pages-month.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">free printable Catholic saints coloring pages</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">. The blog moderator has drawn images for
sacraments and liturgical use also. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">* Paper Dali is another mom blog
with homemade<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://paperdali.blogspot.com/search/label/Saints"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">free printable saints coloring pages</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">. Some are free and some must be
purchased.free her Etsy shop. Scroll around for the freebies. All are very
attractive and well worth the nominal fee. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">* Catholic Icing offers handmade</span><a href="http://www.catholicicing.com/all-saints-day-party-ideas-for-kids/"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">All Saints' Day printables and crafts</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">. Read through the blog posts and sidebar
menu for crafts, games and printables. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">*
JClub has<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.jclubcatholic.org/activities/Printables.aspx"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">free printable Bible and Catholic saints coloring
pages</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">*<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.ewtn.com/ewtnkids/home.asp"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">EWTN
(Eternal Word Television Network) Kids<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">offers free mass readings, prayer
activities, crafts and coloring pages for children. Users must create a free
account with user name and password. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-3348522013642247312015-12-18T01:33:00.001-05:002016-10-27T17:18:19.565-04:00Free printable Frankenweenie activities, Nightmare Before Christmas coloring pages for Frankenstein Friday, Halloween<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5ltRmn-NNDY/VnQ7rMQ3A_I/AAAAAAAAR6Q/4X56k6OBamM/s1600/43dee3e3fac2629de2abdefa7935abea%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5ltRmn-NNDY/VnQ7rMQ3A_I/AAAAAAAAR6Q/4X56k6OBamM/s200/43dee3e3fac2629de2abdefa7935abea%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
last Friday in October is Frankenstein Friday, so here are </span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/free-printable"><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Frankenstein monster crafts to celebrate! Why is there a
Frankenstein Friday? Good question--nobody really knows the nuts and bolts of
it. Maybe its just another way to extend the </span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/halloween"><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Halloween</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> holiday?
Or maybe its one more chance to dress up in silly costumes and not be shamed.
Or maybe it helps vent a temper of Frankenstein proportions by scaring the
liver out of little kids? At any rate, here are printable crafts for frankly
freaky Frankenstein Friday fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Start
by making your </span><a href="http://www.printablemasks.net/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable
Frankenstein monster mask</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. Choose one of the assorted Frankenstein masks: print, color
green (or purple if you're feeling different) and get your inner monster on!
Feeling female-frankie? Why not be Bride of Frankenstein? Print a mask of that
scary chick at the same place. Or maybe you're not up for that much fright. For
a safer option, print a picture of Frankenberry from the cereal box and make
that into a mask. Next bolt over to DLTK for</span><a href="http://www.coloring.ws/searchresults.htm?q=Frankenstein" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable Frankenstein monster crafts</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. There are </span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/coloring-pages"><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">coloring pages</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, 3D craft projects, games, puzzles, books and greeting cards for
Halloween. Why not confuse and amuse your friends by sending them a
Frankenstein Friday greeting card? You might start a howling fun holiday
tradition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">And
musn't forget Frankenweenie and his faithful pup Sparky on Frankenstein Friday.
Here are</span><a href="http://www.printablemasks.net/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable Frankenweenie coloring pages</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. Print and make a bunch of</span><a href="http://movies.disney.com/frankenweenie-2012/games-activities" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Frankeweenie crafts</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> from Disney. And now for a good-old-blowout of </span><a href="http://coloringbookfun.com/Halloween%20Frankenstein/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable Frankenstein monster coloring
pages</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. Coloring Book Fun as
some weird and quirky ones. Print Activities has got 25 </span><a href="http://www.printactivities.com/ColoringPages/Frankenstein-Coloring-Pages/Frankenstein-Coloring-Pages.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Frankenstein monster
coloring pages</span></b><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">to print. There are cartoon ones and a few with Boris Karloff in
his iconic Frankenstein monster role. Last but not least, is everyone's
favorite Frankenstein monster, Herman Munster. Here are </span><a href="http://printablecolouringpages.co.uk/?s=munsters" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">printable Munsters coloring pages</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> from an old coloring book based on the TV
show. Oh, and Anglophiles, don't miss the new movie "Victor
Frankenstein" it's a feast of favorite British actors!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-18223399680941222892015-11-16T15:42:00.001-05:002016-10-27T17:23:36.612-04:00Holiday parenting: Jobs for children to help with Thanksgiving preparations | Examiner.com<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Parenting</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> isn't
easy at any time but especially of the </span><u><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">holiday</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> season.
Are your children more of a hindrance than a help at </span><u><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thanksgiving</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">? Do they tend to get a little greedy and entitled around the
holidays? Here are 25 jobs for children to help in Thanksgiving preparations.
Good parenting means putting </span><u><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">kids</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> to work helping at
Thanksgiving, not just letting them sit around, watch TV and get waited on.
Perks are that children learn unselfishness, community spirit and satisfaction
of a job well done. And the whole family gets memory making and bonding time.
Good parenting also means making each child feel important. Each task has a job
title (kids love job titles--it makes them feel like valued contributors not
just idle spectators.) Kids can double up on jobs as some are done at different
times.</span><br />
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parenting: jobs for children under 3.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Artist
in Residence: Print off placemats and give her the job of working at her desk
(coloring in her highchair). This helper must color the Thanksgiving or holiday
placemats, one for each guest. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Official Thanksgiving taste tester. This is a
very important job as he must make sure the food is edible. Teach kids that in
days of old, the taste tester checked for poison in foods. Your child won't
have to do that (oh darn, say the adventure loving kiddies!).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pie
Crust Maker. Give him his own little blob of dough and a pot pie tin to make
his pie. He can cut the fruit and create his own. recipe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chief Dishwasher:
Give your little helper an old apron, some dish soap, water and some of the
less breakable dishes (not grandma's gravy boat). Soon she'll have your dishes
(and probably the floor) clean and sparkling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Greeter: this child welcomes
guests, takes coats and belongings and ferries food offerings to kitchen. He
also seats people (let him make place cards for each guest). Pet supervisor;
pets get nervous at holiday time. Little ones can pet and reassure them and
help them feel safe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Potato peel picker upper collects scraps from floor and
the pet feeder gives scraps to pet rodents or squirrels and birds outside.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Holiday
parenting: jobs for children 3-6 years old to help in Thanksgiving holiday
preparation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Miller uses the applesauce mill to make the applesauce. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
Dairyman shakes the whipping cream to make butter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Official Potato Peeler
preps the potatoes, white and sweet, for cooking. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Baker make the bread,
canned biscuits or croissants. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pumpkin Pie Mixer measures the ingredients and
blends for pumpkin pie. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Apple Slicer pares the apples for pie. Use a
plastic knife or teach paring knife safety. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Package Opener/ box crusher
gathers up recycling, collapses boxes, folds bags, cleans cans and removes
labels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chair
washer wipes down chairs before company comes. This is a great job for younger
children (whose eyes are actually young enough to see the dirt!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Table
Setter counts out forks, knives, spoons, plates, cups and napkins for all
guests (this is a great math lesson on sets, division and multiplication. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Potato masher: give this job to your mini wrecking ball (every family has one).
She can pound away at the potatoes and they will only get smoother and
creamier.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Holiday
parenting: jobs for children under 10.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Poet
Laureate: This child can write a poem of thanksgiving and welcome for guests,
family blessing, prayers, etc. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Pie Maker assembles to prepped food and
makes the pies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Onion and Celery Chopper preps onions and celery for
stuffing. She might also be the Bread Cuber who cuts bread into cubes and
supervises drying for stuffing. This person can also be the Stuffing Mixer who
mixes stuffing with hands and puts into turkey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
Scribe helps the younger kids make a "Giving Thanks" chain. Each
family member shares one thing they are thankful for on each link. The chain
should be as long as there are days from Thanksgiving until Christmas, Hanukkah
or Kwanzaa. Each day, remove a link and read. The chain gets shorter as your
holiday arrives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Beverage Server takes drink requests from guests and serves them their drinks
(with a napkin). She makes sure there are coasters on the tables. She might
also be the Spill monitor who helps to keep up with all the food, beverage and
cooking spills. Use your creativity to come up with more holiday jobs for
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Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-16270816417778314942015-11-02T20:22:00.001-05:002015-11-02T20:22:43.672-05:00Detroit had its quietest Devil's Night ever, fewer fires thanks to Angels' Night <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-71be8x7yArI/VjgMRXw_2aI/AAAAAAAARvQ/LfXz1no0uZU/s1600/ddbaedda05697145eef2a3ca98e2afe1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-71be8x7yArI/VjgMRXw_2aI/AAAAAAAARvQ/LfXz1no0uZU/s200/ddbaedda05697145eef2a3ca98e2afe1.jpg" width="200" /></a>Some communities dread the Halloween weekend, thanks the dangerous traditions of Devil's Night. During the Devil's Night weekend, including Halloween, revelers light bonfires and endanger other residents. But this year, Detroit marked a milestone for safety. WXYZ reported on Nov. 1, that the City of Detroit had its quietest Devil's Night ever and recorded far fewer fires thanks to Angels' Night. Detroit set a three-day record low for bonfires city-wide. What is Angels' Night? It's what happens when a vibrant, proactive city works together for the common good. Detroit residents were tired of living fear of wildfires on Halloween, so they organized Angels' Night brigades. And this new tradition paid off: the city recorded only 52 fires over three nights in 2015. That's 97 fires less than in 2014 and a whopping 758 fires less than the worst Devil's Night in 1984.<a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/detroit-had-its-quietest-devil-s-night-ever-fewer-fires-thanks-to-angels-night">Detroit had its quietest Devil's Night ever, fewer fires thanks to Angels' Night | Examiner.com</a><br /><br />
Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-8092363488988492682015-10-21T12:44:00.001-04:002016-10-27T17:29:15.089-04:00Free printable Halloween activities, crafts, coloring pages, worksheets, games <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Halloween<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is
creeping up and children of all ages, even the young at heart are getting ready
for the fun. In many schools,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">activities<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>are planned around Halloween. Educators know that when
children enjoy something and have fun with a lesson, they learn better. Here
are<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>free printable<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Halloween activities for school classrooms, homeschool or
scout troop. Use with old folks in nursing homes or anyone who needs some
Halloween printables.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Count down the days to Trick or Treat with dozens of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.makingfriends.com/halloween.htm" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">free printable Halloween activities</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/coloring-pages"><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">coloring
pages</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and crafts from Making Friends.com. Print
free craft projects for all sorts themes. Making Friends has a really holiday
activities, coloring pages, cut and paste, paper dolls, Trick or treat
wrappers,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">worksheets,
Halloween puzzles and mazes. Print word searches, crossword puzzles and word
games, perfect for Halloween language arts lessons. Print Halloween card games,
flash cards, dioramas, masks and pumpkin carving patterns and stencils.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Here free printable Halloween lesson plans, worksheets, games,
coloring pages, activities and puzzles. Use for Trick or Treat themed math,
reading, writing, literature, science, language, social studies and crafts. All
Free Printables has<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.allfreeprintables.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">free Halloween crafts, greeting cards</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">, party invitations,
decorations, cut-outs, coloring pages, masks, party invitations, name tags,
treat bags, pumpkin cut-outs, book marks, picture frames and lots more.
Puzzlemaker lets you create templates for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/?CFID=4444077&CFTOKEN=23f991d64e8162e2-462DC0F8-D7A1-7DC0-C4F78185B8EADF2C" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">printable Halloween worksheets,
puzzles,</span></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">mazes, jigsaws, dot to
dot, Soduku, crosswords and activities galore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Print Activities is another mega site for all your school and
family activity printing needs. Look for units, </span><a href="http://www.printactivities.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">printable worksheets and lessons focused around Halloween</span></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and trick-or-treat. Disney Family offers a plethora of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://family.disney.com/halloween" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">free printable Halloween Disney activities</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">, crafts and coloring
pages. Coolest Holiday Parties has<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://coolest-free-printables.com/print/halloween-coloring-pages/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">free printable Halloween party
supplies</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. You'll find cards, invitations, treat and punch bowl printables,
banners, place cards, name tags, wall hangings for a ghoulish party.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-78038242464890954262015-10-16T09:14:00.001-04:002015-10-16T09:14:45.532-04:00Cecil the Lion killer Halloween costume: Walter Palmer costume 2015's tackiest? <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GNuRrwHRRRI/ViD4LDo1M2I/AAAAAAAARlo/uQ413gWXMjQ/s1600/a48c2a7e0cdbad246711e7aed757c789.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GNuRrwHRRRI/ViD4LDo1M2I/AAAAAAAARlo/uQ413gWXMjQ/s200/a48c2a7e0cdbad246711e7aed757c789.jpg" width="200" /></a>Insensitive Halloween costumes get more popular every year. They almost outrank scary and sexy costumes--two of the best-selling categories. From a simple dress-up, Halloween has morphed into an adult event to make statements, press an agenda and mock others. This year the tackiest Halloween costume has several competitors. First is the "Call Me Caitlyn" costume of Caitlyn Jenner (formerly Bruce Jenner). Then there's a Cecil the Lion killer Halloween costume. Will a Walter Palmer costume--with blood-spattered dentist uniform and stuffed lion head--win 2015's tackiest? It's a close call.<a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/cecil-the-lion-killer-halloween-costume-walter-palmer-costume-2015-s-tackiest">Cecil the Lion killer Halloween costume: Walter Palmer costume 2015's tackiest? | Examiner.com</a><br /><br />
Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-87222047259512340372015-10-07T09:04:00.001-04:002015-10-07T09:04:55.862-04:00Burger King Halloween Whopper causes green poop: Black buns dye feces green! From the "really ewww" news desk, the new Burger King Halloween Whopper causes green poop. CNN reported on Oct. 6 that BK's creepy black buns make feces green according to some folks who've tried it. That's some treat, Burger King. It's more like a scary trick. Folks took to Twitter to announce their surprise at discovering they had green bowel movements after eating Burger King's Halloween Whopper using the hashtag #greenpoop. Have it your way? Not so much. <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/burger-king-halloween-whopper-cause-green-poop-black-buns-dye-feces-green">Burger King Halloween Whopper causes green poop: Black buns dye feces green! </a>Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-9150782347184382582015-09-16T21:57:00.001-04:002016-10-27T17:35:43.597-04:00Free printable world history coloring pages, vintage clipart, literature lessons <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pJY6SVPL4k8/TqXrE--NSnI/AAAAAAAAJMQ/a4aTp7YWy_g/s1600/index.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pJY6SVPL4k8/TqXrE--NSnI/AAAAAAAAJMQ/a4aTp7YWy_g/s200/index.jpg" width="149" /></a> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">September
is National Literacy Month. Reading is about more than just decoding text: it's
about engaging with books. A good way to do that is hands-on literature-based
activities. Here are </span><a href="http://karenswhimsy.com/reliquaries/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable world
history coloring pages</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> from
Karen's Whimsy. Explore world literature, cultures, people, time periods,
civilizations, works of art, literary and historical figures and events.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use
these to create </span><u><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">world history</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> lesson plans, holiday greeting cards and
literature lessons. Karen's Whimsy has free printable history colouring pages
from just about any art history time period: ancient, Gothic, classical,
medieval, renaissance, American history, Victorian, art deco, Edwardian.
Explore the art of different religions: Christian, Catholic, Orthodox, Hindu,
Buddhist, Jewish, Japanese, pagan, Islam, tribal, Shinto and more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Have
a fancy for fantasy? Print clipart, images and </span><u><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">coloring pages</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> of dragons, angels, nymphs, dryads,
mythological beats, literary figures, hero and animals. Perhaps you're
interested in a specific niche of history: animals, flowers, plants, music,
clothing, soldiers, architecture, weapons, military, travel, homes, </span><a href="http://karenswhimsy.com/halloween-clip-art.shtm" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">holidays</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, food. You can print coloring pages of them. There is an entire
section of free printable historical technology coloring pages and and<a href="http://karenswhimsy.com/gothic-architecture.shtm" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #4489e3;">cut and paste science crafts</span></b></a>, perfect for
STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) lesson plans. Teachers print
these crafts for extra credit or homework reinforcement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Print
coloring pages from ancient Greece, Rome, medieval illuminations, knights in
armor, dragons. Images are created frrom real works of art,sculpture,
buildings, churches etc. Students expand vocabulary with old term like: flying
buttress, seraphim, Romanesque, crenelations, Phoenician, greaves, to name a
few. Kids will absorb history and expand their vocabulary just by coloring and
discussing images.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-81815525376729735682015-08-18T22:27:00.001-04:002016-10-27T17:37:10.607-04:00Halloween candy alternatives: Shop BTS sales for 70 non-candy Trick or Treats <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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August back-to-school shopping. Shop BTS sales for non-candy </span><u><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Trick or Treat</span></u><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> giveaways. These are perfect for kids on
special diets. </span><a href="http://www.foodallergy.org/teal-pumpkin-project#.VcjsyflViko" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Teal Pumpkin Project</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> participants, use this list of treats for
diabetic candy-free alternatives for kids with food allergies and ADHD.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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or these items can be found for $1 per dozen or less. Shop for back-to-school
at Walmart, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, Target, Dollar General, Aldi and
Meijer. Check</span><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <u>Oriental
Trading</u></span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> catalog. Shop bulk
and clearance bins and shelves at party supply stores for inexpensive birthday
prizes. Look for tax-free days and free shipping on BTS purchases at Amazon and
other online vendors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Give
school supplies as Halloween candy alternatives. Give pencils, rulers, drawing
compasses, markers, mini-markers, mini stampers, crayons, glue sticks,
scissors, pencil sharpeners, tape, mini staplers, notebooks, books and folders.
Give craft supplies instead of Halloween candy. Kids love cheap craft sets,
activity booklets, mini paint sets, decorated pens, scented pens, gel pens,
play dough, goop, putty and colored pencils.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Give
birthday party prizes for Trick or Treat. Children's favorites are: adjustable
rings, navigational compass, key chains, fake fangs (very popular), slide
flutes, Chinese handcuffs, tops, mini kazoos, party poppers, noisemakers,
yo-yos, glow bracelets, slide puzzles, mini games, finger puppets, fake
fingers, finger gliders, mini puzzles, ring toss games, squishy eyeballs,
glow-in-the-dark insects, plastic toy animals, toy soldiers, toy cars, ball and
jacks sets, snap bracelets, prisms, bracelets, necklaces, puzzles, squirt guns,
squirt rings, whistles, kaleidoscopes, sticky hands, harmonicas, paratrooper
toys (with plastic parachutes attached) and growing creatures in capsules
(these look like pill capsules and when put in water, expand).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Need
super cheap Halloween giveaways for large crowds of kids? Give out balloons,
stickers, Band-Aids (seriously crazy popular), temporary tattoos, spider rings,
friendship rings, bouncy balls, bat rings, jumping spiders, Comparison shop and
you'll find cheap prizes cost about the same as candy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-61546242880857464562014-11-17T20:08:00.001-05:002016-10-27T17:39:06.963-04:00Free printable gingerbread house patterns, Christmas craft stencils <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Making holiday gingerbread houses
is a favorite family traditions. Not being very artistic, I'd cheat and get the
gingerbread house kit. But I've found a better way: free printable gingerbread
house patterns, recipes and templates. Now, people approach gingerbread house
making in one of two ways. The first is by painstakingly designing a work of
art--not to be eaten, let alone touched. Then there's our youngest son's
method: slap together a ramshackle gingerbread shed, lather in two inches of
frosting, cover every inch in candy and devour immediately. Whichever school
you subscribe to, you'll want these free printable gingerbread recipes,
templates and patterns.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Ultimate Gingerbread is dedicated
to the tradition of gingerbread house making. The site has dozens of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.ultimategingerbread.com/GingerbreadByDesign.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">free printable gingerbread patterns</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">, recipes tips, ideas, suggestions,
pictures. They even host an annual gingerbread house making competition. You'll
need to register and create a free account. The website has a support forum as
well, which would have really come in handy a few years ago when our
gingerbread house's retaining wall gave way.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Tipnut list 12<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://tipnut.com/gingerbread-ideas/"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">free
printable gingerbread house templates</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">. There are several different styles from Hansel and Gretel
cottage, manor house with dormers, frosted roof, etc. There are instructions
and tips, too. King Arthur Flour offers a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.kingarthurflour.com/baking/documents/gingerbread.pdf"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">free printable gingerbread house recipe and
instruction booklet</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">with cake and icing recipes, tips and
patterns. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Mein Lila Park is a blog that
links to free printable craft projects. This page lists<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://meinlilapark.blogspot.com/2012/12/free-printable-diy-paper-houses-free.html"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">printable paper houses to use for gingerbread</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">templates. There are gnome, manor, town
and farm houses. Many are already designed to be gingerbread houses. Botanical
Paperworks has a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.botanicalpaperworks.com/blog/read,article/373/free-printables-gingerbread-house-template-and-a-delicious-recipe"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">free printable gingerbread house stencil</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> with recipes. Sweetopia has another</span><a href="http://sweetopia.net/2011/12/video-making-a-gingerbread-house-free-printable-gingerbread-house-template/"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">free gingerbread template to print</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">. Patternsge has a detailed<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://patternsge.net/patterns-for-gingerbread-houses/"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">house pattern printout</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">. Stefan Jansson at Flickr offers another</span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/steffe/73800615/"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">printable gingerbread house</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Sugar Craft has a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.sugarcraft.com/PRIVATE/cakepict/gb/stone.htm"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">free printable old-fashioned gingerbread house pattern</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">. I've linked to the recipe page. Click
the word PATTERNS on the right under the image of the house. Gingerbread Heaven
offers</span><a href="http://www.gingerbread-house-heaven.com/free-patterns-for-gingerbread-houses.html"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">two free gingerbread template printouts</span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">. Be sure to follow the instructions
listed with the gingerbread house patterns for best results. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I encourage family gingerbread
house making for a bonding experience, but recommend that each person make his
own gingerbread house. This spares debates/arguments over design that can end
with the whole house on the floor! Not that my angels would ever do that! May
your holiday season be as sweet as a gingerbread house. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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is all about dressing up in Halloween costumes, right? So how about free
printable Halloween masks for kids to color, cut and paste? Perfect for
preschool, special education and school Halloween parties. For families who
don't do Halloween, I included links for generic masks so kids can still enjoy
craft fun. Masks are grouped by theme.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Various: Colorbook Masks </span><a href="http://www.colorbookmasks.com/bali" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable Halloween masks</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> in dozens of themes and styles. There are
tribal masks from Africa, Bali, Native American, Aztec, Mayan, Inuit, Asian and
more. Print animal, Mardi Gras, Harlequin, Tiki, calavera (skull) masks for Day
of the Dead. To find the masks, you have to create a free account and log in.
Click each mask image to get to different mask design pages.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Animals: Activity Village has lots of </span><a href="http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/animal-masks" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable animals masks</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Disney: Check Disney Family for</span><a href="http://search.disney.com/search?o=homepage&q=printable+masks" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable Disney Halloween masks</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. Print 3D masks of Winnie the Pooh, Ironman,
Disney princesses, Hulk, Captain America, Frankenweenie and more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Famous people: Forbes publishes </span><a href="http://www.forbes.com/2007/10/25/celebrity-halloween-masks-biz-media-masks07_cx_de_1025masks.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable masks</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> of trending famous people, politicians and
world leaders.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Scary: Check Ravensblight for</span><a href="http://ravensblight.com/papertoys.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable monster masks</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. The Hannibal Lector iron jaw mask is downright
horrifying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Samhain and fantasy: Phee Mcfaddel has </span><a href="http://www.pheemcfaddell.com/crafts/halloween/H06HalloweenMasks.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable fairy
masks</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> plus other
Wiccan-inspired designs. Some are rather eerie and some quite pretty and
floral.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Monsters, ghouls and zombies: Paper Marcos Front has </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocularinvasion/1434825244/in/set-72057594050299856/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable creepy
monster masks</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> and 3D paper toys.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Doctor Who: Visit BBC for</span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2B4kSLTHVY2h2QH1D3lWzQ7/masks" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable Doctor Who villains masks</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. Dress as Ood, a Silurian, one of the
Doppelganger twins, a Peg doll, a Weeping Angel or (creepiest of all) a monster
baby cherub.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Day of the Dead: How about </span><a href="https://happythought.co.uk/day-of-the-dead/mask-craft-calavera-templates" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">free printable
calavera masks</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">? Happy Thoughts will
email you free 3D skull mask printables if you submit your email. Here's
another </span><a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Calavera-Mask/step2/Color-Your-Calavera/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #4489e3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">printable skull mask
pattern</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> from
Instructables.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Many
of the masks print in black and white so children can color them. Making
homemade Halloween costume crafts means you keep antsy kids occupied
productively as they await trick-or-treat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-1186510283732197422014-10-21T17:52:00.001-04:002014-10-28T21:10:54.552-04:00Calavera sugar skull cookies for Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-diKcEl-WqmI/UnRVOM1XN-I/AAAAAAAANnk/o1RFxN8Efp4/s1600/picture313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-diKcEl-WqmI/UnRVOM1XN-I/AAAAAAAANnk/o1RFxN8Efp4/s1600/picture313.jpg" height="112" width="200" /></a> Looking to scare up some spooky-good Halloween treats? Or maybe you're throwing Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) shindig and need calavera (skull) cookies. Now you could do the (kind of boring and overdone) sugar cookies shaped like skulls. There are some hilarious Pinterest Skeleton fail cookie images to illustrate how not to do it! And let that be a lesson, too, that complicated isn't always better. Sometimes, you can improvise, like I did and make something better. Here's my scary-easy, wickedly yummy skull cookies. <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/scary-easy-calavera-skull-cookies-for-dia-de-los-muertos-day-of-the-dead">Scary-easy calavera skull cookies for Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) - Grand Rapids Holidays | Examiner.com</a></div>
Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-25858313218454273782014-10-08T12:36:00.001-04:002016-10-27T17:33:21.917-04:00Ghoulishly Gross Halloween Party Foods and Spooky Snacks for Trick-or-Treat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hosting a Halloween party? Want to scare up ghoulishly gruesome (but spooky-licious) snacks your little hob-goblins? These spooky snack recipes guaranteed will gross out the bravest guest. We'll organize them by Halloween creature. Play a blindfold touch and feel game. Have guests guess what foods are. Set out labels so guests know what creepy confections they ate.<br />
Ghosts<br />
--flesh: marshmallows<br />
--guts: marshmallow fluff or vanilla frosting<br />
--ghost guts cookies: pinwheel cookies<br />
--blood: milk<br />
--brains dipped in ghost blood: raw cauliflower dipped in ranch dressing<br />
Vampires<br />
--teeth: red apple wedges dipped in Hershey's Strawberry Syrup (blood)<br />
--bloody fingers : hot dogs with ketchup<br />
Haunted Jack-o-Lantern<br />
--pumpkin blood: orange juice<br />
Bats<br />
--teeth: black and orange candy corn<br />
--wings: grape fruit leather or prunes<br />
Mummies<br />
--brains: popcorn (being dried out, mummy brains are shrively and crumbled.<br />
--people mummies brains: make popcorn balls with marshmallows and red M&Ms.<br />
--cat mummy brains: popcorn and red M&Ms (Egyptians loved their cats and mummified them).<br />
--zombie Barbie brains: whole walnuts<br />
--wrappings: cotton candy<br />
--guts: assorted dried fruit<br />
--hearts and ears: pretzels<br />
Skeletons<br />
--fingers: mozzarella cheese sticks or pretzel rods<br />
--faces: yogurt-covered pretzels<br />
Witches<br />
--brains: broccoli<br />
--blood: milk and green food coloring, limeade<br />
--guts: pistachio pudding or guacamole (serve with tortilla chips called dragon scales)<br />
--eyes: green grapes or sliced kiwi<br />
--Witches' brew: mulled spiced apple cider. Have children watch as you describe and prepare. Heat monster blood (apple cide) with eye of newt (whole cloves), dragon claws (cinnamon bark), Slenderman eyes (lemon slices), toad eyes (raisins), dash of skeleton paste (butter) and ground scorpion (nutmeg).<br />
--Witch blood slushies: frozen honey dew melon or kiwi, blended with Greek yogurt and lemonade.<br />
Miscellaneous<br />
--Frankenstein --Nuts and Bolts: Chex Mix or Cheerios Trail Mix<br />
--zombie sandwiches (as in for, not made of): Sliced lunchmeat (brain cross-section) sandwiches with guts and blood (mustard and ketchup).<br />
--eye slices: sliced kiwi or cucumber<br />
--werewolf gut and blood sandwiches: PBJ sandwiches<br />
--toasted spider legs: chow mien noodles<br />
Serve these monstrously healthy snacks before trick-or-treat, to prevent tummy crummies from candy </div>
Marilisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00153163314905846386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944828226904599632.post-20361160441409517162014-09-23T19:32:00.001-04:002014-09-23T19:32:34.156-04:00Free Printable Catholic Saints and Christian Bible Coloring Pages for All Saints Day<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jAYmhMQfhlQ/TMGJbfH06DI/AAAAAAAAIXM/Meai6mJHJcc/s1600/thumbnailCAX1VHY0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jAYmhMQfhlQ/TMGJbfH06DI/AAAAAAAAIXM/Meai6mJHJcc/s1600/thumbnailCAX1VHY0.jpg" /></a>Catholic and Christian parents--are you looking for an alternative Halloween event for your children? Maybe you don't believe in all the spooky associations with the celebration? Maybe you want a more Bible based family activity? Well, you need look no further. The Catholic holy day of All Saints Day is celebrated on November 1 and November 2 is All Souls Day. Actually, All Hallows Eve (Hallowe'en) was a pagan lollapalooza that preceded the holy day. You could do All Saints themed activities to replace Halloween activities you're uncomfortable with. When our children were young, would dress as saints, go to mass and host All Saints Eve parties afterwards. <a href="http://www.bubblews.com/news/6425106-free-printable-catholic-saints-and-christian-bible-coloring-pages">Free Printable Catholic Saints and Christian Bible Coloring Pages</a> for your All Saints Day festivities.<br /><br />
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