Now that Fall is officially here, the major Fall and Winter holidays are not far behind. With just over a month until Halloween I know some of my friends are getting their Fall and Halloween decorations up in their yards and redecorating the inside of their homes, and of course buying all of the Fall scents like pumpkin spice, apple cider and the delicious aromas that accompany this time of year.
There are three main things we do as a family to prepare for Halloween. We decorate, go to the pumpkin farm as a family, and choose Halloween costumes for the girls.
We, the B Family, {that’s my family in case you didn’t already know}, usually wait until at least October 1st to get our decorations up, the fall leaf window decals, our adorable pumpkin votives that spell, “Fall” and of course anything cutesy within the Fall/Halloween theme, since my girls think most things this time of year are, “spoooooooky.”
As a family tradition, we always plan to go around Mid-October to a local farm, {the same one every year}. Each member of our family selects their very own pumpkin. Again, because our girls are tender spirited we are very mindful of how we decorate our pumpkins once we get them home.
For Miss A’s first Halloween, we painted her hands and placed handprints on the pumpkin, one year we used felt stickers to decorate, and this year, we have colored brads from Kmart to decorate our pumpkins with. What can I say, sometimes I stay traditional and other times I like to mix it up! But either way, knowing how we are going to decorate or what medium we’ll use definitely helps save us some time and is fun way to get creative and display our different creations each year too.
Speaking of creations, one of the biggest preparations we have to make when Halloween comes around is choosing a costume. If you don’t purchase a costume in time, one of three things could happen:
a. your child will get their costume in the mail on November 3rd and never forgive you
b. they will have to attend Halloween parties and go trick-or-treating in one of the few leftover clearance costumes that no one really wants
c. they’ll end up wearing their regular clothes and say they are a student, or a teenager {which surprisingly we get a lot of at my house. When this happens we make the trick-or-treaters do a dance or sing a song, they have to work for their candy at the B house!!}
Back on topic, this year Kmart is making costume selections a ton easier with their Kostume Kreator. This fun online tool allows you and your kiddos to browse through popular costume selections using various categories like fairy, scary, or superhero. You can add accessories that are also available at Kmart stores and Kmart online to enhance the costume, I personally love wigs. The most fun part though is that your kid {or even you} can easily upload an image of their face and be transformed as they find themselves with a custom background and their face on the costume they’ve created with the Kmart Kreator.
Miss A and I had fun browsing through the costumes and adding our own personal touches to fit her personality.
Here’s what we came up with:
Isn’t she adorable?? Now we have to make one for Lil’ C!!
Want to have some fun planning for Fall? Check out the Kmart Halloween section for some adorable decorations for your home and make sure you grab the kids and head over to the Kostume Kreator to pick your child’s Halloween costume or just to have some fun. Would love to hear how yours turned out!
Using Kmart’s Kreator is helping me create a fun and memorable Halloween for my family. Try it for yourself! Find all your Halloween needs at Kmart’s Halloween Shop.
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