Throwback Thursday – Flavor Flave & The Mystery Gorilla

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Turn the clocks back to 2007, when Sharleen took after her alter ego – Flavor Flave, and a mystery gorilla roamed the office.

What was your favorite Halloween costume?

Memorable Halloween Moments

With Halloween right around the corner we decided to reminisce with some of our blogger friends on their favorite memories.

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Halloween 1980

Lolli from Better in Bulk is featured in the middle wearing the red and white “school girl” ballet costume.  “The memory is special because this was the one year each of us had the chance to pick out our own costume for our ballet recital instead of matching everyone else, I loved that outfit! I was only six at the time.”

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First Halloween Costume

Annie from MamaDweeb shared this special memory with us.  Lucy at the age of 2 years old truly enjoying her first Halloween costume.

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Spooky Man!

Brandy from Happily Blended submitted this photo of her son with his spooky carved pumpkin.  “Carving pumpkins together as a family creates very special Halloween memories and saving the seeds to roast is even yummier!

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Woodland Fairies

Emily from Baby Dickey dressed her children up as woodland fairies this year.  Matching sibling costumes are beyond adorable!

What is your favorite way to make memories for Halloween?

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  Bobbing for apples, taking a hay ride or going through a corn maze – we are sure you have a great fall memory to share.

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7 Must Capture Memories for Halloween

Fall Festivals
Hay rides, pumpkin patches and corn mazes…  Fall festivals are a breeding ground for memories.  Each year take photos of the kids sitting among the large pumpkins in the patch and compare how they’ve grown.  Capture cute videos of their first hay ride or finding their way through a corn maze.

Decorating Pumpkins
Whether your family prefers to carve pumpkins or paint them, decorating pumpkins is a big part of Halloween.  No moment is too small to preserve and having these special moments to look back on are a fun way to watch their artistic skills grow.  Let the kids tell you about their pumpkins and their choice of decoration on a video.  Not only will you be able to see their pumpkins change over the years you’ll be able to see the kids grow and their voices change between each video.

Bobbing for Apples
If you plan to host a Halloween party or gathering at your home you will want to have plenty of fun activities for your guests to do.  Bobbing for apples is a classic must-have party game.  Of course you need to capture this hilarity on video!  Bobbing for apples is great for kids and adults so make sure you set up two water bins for everyone to join the fun.

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Crafts
With each new season comes fun new crafts to make with the kids.  Not all memories are saved in photos and videos, some memories are made with your hands…. or feet.  Try this adorable craft with your kids and bring the messy entertainment to life by painting their feet like candy corn.

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Costumes
Playing dress-up is the best part of Halloween.  It’s the one day you can be anyone.  Kids get to pretend to be their favorite superhero or a princess.  Adults get to act like kids again and put on a costume.  You can look back at the memories of who wore the best costume, the scariest, the funniest or the most homemade.

Party Guestbook
When most people think of a guestbook they picture a wedding ceremony and tend to forget the importance of having a guestbook at all occasions. A creative way to document your memories is to have each guest sign your haunted theme guestbook with their name and what costume they wore.  If you host costume contests, include who won in the book.  Use your guestbook as a scrapbook from your party.  Other things to include are: favorite Halloween recipes, best costume of the year, how to make a craft or top hit party idea.

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Trick or Treat
What’s Halloween without trick-or-treating? Seeing your child toddle up to your neighbor’s door with the excitement of getting a treat all while being leery of the creepy Halloween decorations is priceless.  Videoing their first Halloween of them carrying a bag almost the same size they are is precious.  Let them show you how much candy they collected in their bag and have them tell you all about their experience on video.

Photo Credit: lilkidthings.com

 

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