As a kid I remember there was always a dentist on my Halloween route. He handed out toothbrushes every year which would elicit groans from the kids and whoops of joy from parents. Most kids want to come home with a bag of candy but many children won’t get to experience the real joy of…
DIY Non-Scary Halloween Decorations
I know what’s you’re thinking: non-scary Halloween decorations? Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of the holiday? Not when you have small children. Miss O is 2 and finds most things to do with Halloween quite scary. She freaks out when we go into a store and they have big hairy spiders hanging from the ceiling…
Yo-Kai Jibanyan Costume with DIY Bell + Collar
Whether you like to make a DIY costume, do a little DIY to make an existing costume more special or buy it all off the rack, trying to get the Halloween costume right can a source of stress. But it doesn’t have to be…well unless you have an October 30 mind changer. We asked the…
6 DIY Halloween Costumes
We’ve had a busy Halloween season here at The Inspired Home! All of our kids requested something a little different this year so each of us flexed our crafty muscles and created a custom DIY costume for each of them. In case you’re counting, that’s 6 kids in total! The kids range from ages 2-7…
DIY Pikachu Pokémon Costume
A few days ago I shared my son’s Yo-Kai Watch Jibanyan costume with DIY bell. So when little Alma was trying to decide what to be for Halloween, big brother came to the rescue with the perfect costume idea -DIY Pikachu – for his l’il Sis. What can I say? Pokémon fever has hit hard our…
DIY Fall Planter
I had the opportunity to spend a portion of last week with my sister. I can say for certain both of us inherited my mom’s green thumb. We choose to use it in different ways. I love growing my own food, and my sister has a knack for splitting plants and seeing the long-term vision…