Life, Gluten Free

How to Boo Your Neighbor

A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon "How to start the BOO in your neighborhood" from Skip To My Lou. It was such a cute idea, Sophie and I knew we had to try it out. We picked a couple of neighbors and made up a BOO bag and a BOO bucket. I didn't get pictures of the BOO bag but it was very cute. It had casper on it and inside we put different goodies (pencils with eraser, necklace, stickers, a halloween craft, etc).

For the BOO bucket pictured above, we used some halloween-themed paper and re-used a halloween greeting card from last year to glue the poem to.

Front:

Back:

There are different poems to choose from but I decided to write one of my own. You are welcome to use it.

You've Been Boo'ed!

This bucket I filled with treats galore,

and I left it at your front door.

I ran with glee,

knowing what a surprise it would be!

You will find treats but no tricks,

it is only a friendly "BOO' from me to you.

If you enjoy it and want to employ it,

simply leave a "BOO" at a neighbors house

to surprise them with joy and be oh so coy.

Leave it at their front door, no one will suspect

it's a friendly "BOO" to say "I like you!"

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

It was so much fun and Sophie had a blast putting together the treats.

For the BOO bucket, we put in several things, including:

a bracelet

a halloween story book

stickers

a wooden wand that Sophie decorated

a balloon

inka chips

a collage by Sophie (using magazine cut-outs and washi tape)

a mini DIY pumpkin game

Have you ever BOO'ed a neighbor?

Do you want to? It's not too late, go gather some treats and get your BOO on!!

A Very Yeti Calendar

Meet our new friend. He's a yeti.

As soon as I saw this free printable at How About Orange, I put some cardstock into the printer and printed him out.

Thanks to Curiosity Group for offering him up for grabs. To print yours out for free, simply go to Curiosity Calendar.

It comes with really easy instructions and after you print it out, all you need is scissors and glue.

A scoring tool or knife is optional, though we did use a knife to trim some areas more closely.

My daughter's favorite part is the saying, which she has had me say so many times that I've gotten it memorized......

There once was a cat-loving Yeti,

Whose favorite dish was spaghetti,

'Til he went to nantucket

And looked in a bucket

And saw ice cream topped with confetti.

Other free 2011 Calendar Printables:

Journal of Home Education

Color it Yourself Calendar

Write-in Doodle 2011

DIY Paper Dolls

Thanks to one of my favorite crafty blogs - The long thread - I stumbled upon some really neat web sites that offer free printables. Since my daughter is recovering from pneumonia, I wanted to spice things up and make it extra fun around the house. We printed out some paper dolls and had fun dressing them up!

These paper dolls would make a sweet last-minute stocking stuffer too.

*Note: I did print these out on card stock, which I recommend doing so that they are sturdy.

Here's the links:

Wee Wonderfuls

Gnomie Paper Dolls

Plus we printed some lovely gift tags:

Orange You Lucky

Whisker Graphics

Paper Crave

And from The Toy Maker, we printed out these butterflies. Simply tape two pennies in the circles on the butterfly and ta-da! They will balance on your finger.

And then I found a web site called First School. I love it. There are so many great activities to print. Our favorite is the Christmas Tree Colors and Shapes Activity. I cut out the shapes and my daughter glued them to the tree, matching the shape to its place on the tree. We talked about shapes and colors. We also did the Santa Wreath Shape and Color Activity.