Halloween is a bit of a contention in our house. I am not totally comfortable with frightening children as well as the begging aspect of trick or treat so I have come up with five ideas for family-friendly Halloween ideas. 1.Halloween crafts. All the fun. None of the sugar. What’s not to like. 2.Go pumpkin … [Read more…]
With Halloween just around the corner, it can be quite difficult to find things for small children to do. I wrote a piece a few years ago about me not being wholly comfortable with Halloween-probably stemming from my own childhood when my parents wouldn’t let me go trick or treating because of the begging aspect. … [Read more…]
I’ve seen loads of memes on social media this week about the fact when Halloween is over, Christmas will be in full throttle in the retail world. To be honest, that is how I feel. If you’re a crafter, you’ve probably been making Christmas things for ages anyway-just to get them done. Last month, I … [Read more…]
We did our pumpkin carving last week to coincide with a school competition which we didn’t win. I was so, hopeful until I saw the other entrants. Wow. Put it this way, I will be doing my pumpkin carving homework until next year.* One thing which did turn out though was what I used the … [Read more…]
After their popularity in previous years, Soreen has brought back its Toffee Apple Scream lunchbox loaves as well as a new Chocolate and Blood Orange flavour. We are a big fan of the original Soreen here in all of its forms so we were keen to give these new flavours a try. They are delicious, … [Read more…]
These are a grown up Halloween treat. Saying that though, Boo quite enjoyed them too. Ingredients Sweet desert pastry-enough for 12 tarts 1-2 desert apples* sprilised Toffee sauce. You could make dulce de leche but as I only needed a small amount, I just bought a small jar. Icing sugar to dust-I used Sugar and Crumbs, … [Read more…]
We don’t celebrate Halloween. You can read why here but despite Boo attending a Catholic school, it seems they turn a blind eye to the meaning behind it and are throwing a Halloween disco. Not one to deprive her, I decided bats were the least Halloween-like because we actually have them in our garden so … [Read more…]
I am still uneasy with Halloween. My post last year about not being comfortable about the begging aspect of trick or treat explains why but there are activities out there that don’t involve any trick or treating and we took part in one this weekend. I wrote in the summer about or local pick-your-own farm, Kenyon … [Read more…]
I am uneasy with Halloween. I don’t mind the dressing up per-say but it’s the trick or treating which I am the most uneasy with. You see, when I was growing up, my parents would never let me go trick or treating and, at the time, I was gutted. Why couldn’t I go and get … [Read more…]
