From the Editor:

Welcome to K12Genie.com. October’s theme is “Family Fall Fun”. From rock climbing to Halloween decorating and cooking as a family, there’s plenty of fun this autumn.

-Fernando DeGuia, Founder and Editor

Table of Contents:

Articles

• 12 Movie and TV Character Costumes for Kids
• Halloween Decorations
• Halloween Decorating with the Family
• Pumpkin Pie and Pumpkin Seeds Recipe
• Homemade Applesauce
• Family Rock Climbing

BOYS

Batman: Dark Knight Kids Halloween Costume

Available in child sizes small, medium, and large. Please note that style of costumes may vary according to size.

From Amazon: $17.71-$24.42

Harry Potter: Deluxe Robe Child Costume

Includes Black robe with attached hood, burgundy accents, front close clasp and an embroidered Griffindor Crest patch on the front. This is an officially licensed Harry Potter costume. Available in Child sizes small, medium, and large. Glasses and tie not included. 100% Polyester exclusive of trim.

From Amazon: $25.95- $43.99

Iron Man Movie: Children’s Costume

Iron Man 2008 Movie Child costume includes jumpsuit and character mask. Socks not included. This is an officially licensed Iron Man, the Movie costume. Comes in child sizes small, medium, and large.

From Sears: $38.99

Power Rangers: Reversible Kids Costume

Costume comes with reversible costume with screen print design on each side and two plastic PVC masks for each color. Officially licensed Power Ranger Costume. Youth small 4-6 (Toy Prop not included).

From Amazon: $34.99

Toy Story: Woody Deluxe Child Costume

Body suit with attached vest and holster, boot spats with spurs, bandanna, and cowboy hat. This is an officially licensed ©DISNEY costume. Available in child’s sizes 4-6 and 7-8.

From Amazon: $23.53-$59.99

SpongeBob SquarePants

The SpongeBob SquarePants™ Deluxe SpongeBob costume includes a SpongeBob tunic and black shoe covers. The 100% polyester costume is perfect for Halloween!

From NickShop: $14.97

Girls

Hannah Montana: Pink Jacket Costume

Jacket, top with attached vest, pants, belt, and bracelets. Boots and microphone not included. This is an officially licensed Hannah Montana costume. Available in child’s small, medium, and large.

From Amazon: $25.00-$44.99

Dora The Explorer

The Dora the Explorer™ Halloween Sensations Dora Child Costume includes a pink shirt, orange shorts, and a purple backpack. If your little cutie is ready for adventure, this is the costume for her!

From NickShop: $14.97

High School Musical: Deluxe Cheerleader Child Costume

Our High School Musical Deluxe Cheerleader Child Costume includes dress and pom poms. No tennis shoes included. Available in child sizes small, medium, and large.

From Amazon: $16.68-$39.99

Scooby-Doo: Daphne Costume

Costume includes wig, light green scarf, magenta mini dress, boot tops. Available in Child sizes: small (4-6), medium (8-10), and large (12-14). This is an officially licensed Scooby-Doo costume.

From Amazon: $19.50-$34.99

Girl’s Dorothy Costume

This item will be a great addition to your Halloween. Available in child’s medium and large.

From Sears: $19.99

Scary Skulls on a Chain
Makes a great Halloween decoration. Comes with 6 attached skulls made of high density foam. Measures roughly 72″ across. Each skull measures roughly 3 1/2″ tall x 3″ wide. From Amazon: $14.99

Kooky Spider Witch with Light Up Eyes and Poseable Legs
For those with a taste for the lighter side of Halloween we offer this oddity. Six (black and orange striped) legged, boot wearing latex spider witch features a fur covered head, large light up eyes, witch hat and poseable legs. Measures 32″ high, 10″ wide and 8 1/2″ deep. Requires 2 ‘AA’ batteries (not included). From Amazon: $23.99

Haunted Halloween Door Cover
This package contains one (1) spooky Halloween door cover that measures approximately 30″ wide x 5′ high and is perfect for outdoor or indoor use!

From Amazon: $3.99

Disney Air-blown Vampire Mickey Mouse

4 feet Tall. Airblown Inflatable Yard decor. UL listed. Self-Inflates in Seconds. Lights up. Stakes and tethers included.

From Sears: $18.99

Pumpkin Family Garden Flag

A perfect addition to any garden or entry way. Made of the finest polyester to withstand all weather and is fade/mildew resistant. Each flag is 12.5″ x 18″. Our optional iron flag stand item #437299 is recommended to fly this beautiful flag.

From Amazon: $13.99

Halloween Stretch Spider Web

Made by Fun World, this 11 foot long spider web Stretches to 135 sq. ft. For indoor or outdoor use. Non-flammable.

From Amazon: $3.09

Halloween Pumpkin Window Decoration with Lights

Plastic pumpkin with 50 orange light bulbs and a 6.0′ electric cord. For indoor or outdoor use.

From Amazon: $13.99

Fake Tombstone with Skeleton Hands

Great outdoor cemetery display for your yard or use it indoors. Measures roughly 22″ high and 1″ thick. Realistic looking fake stone effects in a lightweight hard foam material. Easy to display with metal stakes on bottom to push into grass or dirt

From Amazon: $16.99

Happy Halloween Wooden Sign

Festive indoor Halloween sign made out of wood. 10.0 ” long and 16.0 ” high.

From Amazon: $9.99

Talking Tree Decoration

Measures approximately 7″ wide x 12″ tall. Made of hard plastic. Battery operated (uses 3 – “AA” batteries that are not included). Motion activated. The eyes light up and change colors (yellow to red to green) and the mouth moves. Can be hung on a tree or wall. Motion activated. Please Note: Item can be mounted on a tree or wall with a nail (not included).

From Amazon: $24.99

Happy Halloween Black Cat Sign

3D metal welcome sign that is fun, unique, and whimsical. Gorgeous details and rich hand painted colors. Hang on a wall, a fence, a door, or a stake. Size: 12 x 19 inches.

From Amazon: $31.87

Sparkle Ghost

Plastic and metal light up ghost that can be used indoors or outdoors. Battery powered and 16.0 ” in length.

From Amazon: $9.99

Happy Halloween Slate

• Made from hand cut, fine grained slate, a naturally weather resistant stone. Stenciled by hand in Maine. Sealed with a UV resistant protectant for years of indoor or outdoor enjoyment. Arrives ready for hanging with leather lacing. 8″x12″.

From Amazon: $22.99

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1. Lawn Bags

As a family, spend some time playing and jumping in piles of leaves. When you’re done, rake up the leaves and put them into Halloween lawn bags- your kids won’t even realize they are helping to clean the yard! Once you’re done, proudly display the Halloween lawn bags on your property.

2. Carve Pumpkins

Plan a family day-trip to go pumpkin picking. If you don’t have the time, you can always buy a pumpkin from your local grocery store! When you get home, carve your pumpkins by using a pumpkin carver tool or carving kit and then put your new Halloween decorations outside! At night, show off your carved pumpkin by placing a tealight candle inside of it. Remember that kids should always have adult supervision when carving pumpkins and using candles.

3. Decorate Pumpkins

If there are members of your family that are too young to carve a pumpkin, or simply don’t like the idea of cutting one up, you can always paint or draw on one. You can get creative and use a pattern maker or simply draw your own face on the pumpkin. Decorating mini pumpkins are also a cute alternative, and they make great gifts for parents,  family members, friends, teachers, and neighbors!

4. Scarecrow

Making a scarecrow for your lawn can be done in a number of ways. Part of the fun is working together as a family and sharing ideas in order to make your own unique decoration.

For the scarecrow’s head, you can use the Halloween lawn bag or pumpkin decorating ideas listed above.

For the body, you can use old clothes stuffed with leaves or hay. Tie the ends of the shirt and pants together with string to keep the scarecrow’s stuffing in place. Decide how you want to position it: perhaps sitting on a lawn chair, propped up on the porch, standing up with the use of a stick, etc.

Then have fun being creative and putting your scarecrow together—it can look as scary or sweet as you want. Consider putting a straw hat on it’s head, old shoes by it’s feet, and maybe even a Happy Halloween sign in it’s hands.

5. Ghosts

Everyone in your family can contribute and make their own ghost decorations! All you need are small white plastic bags, old newspapers or leaves, permanent markers, and something to tie around the ghost.

Crumple up a few leaves or pieces of newspaper into a round shape about the size of a tennis ball and place it into the bottom of a plastic bag. Twist the bag tightly around the newspaper or leaves in order to form the ghosts head. You can secure the bag by tying it shut or placing a rubber band, twist tie, string or ribbon around its neck.

If there are handles on the bag, cut them off and slice the unstuffed portion of the bag so that it is uneven and flows in the wind. Then draw scary or funny face on the ghost. If you are using a bag that has writing on it, draw on the side of the bag that is white. To display your ghosts, you can hang them from a tree or bush in your yard. Another option is to attach a few to a string and drape them across your house, fence, mailbox, garage, etc.

6. Tombstones

Before you actually start making them, spend time together preparing ideas of what sayings to put on your Halloween tombstones. You may want them to be funny or scary depending on your family’s preferences. Then figure out if you want to use cardboard, styrofoam, plastic, or wood to make the tombstones. Use a stencil to trace and cut out the shape you want your tombstone to be (parents should always assist kids when cutting).

Paint the tombstone gray and add cracks and other imperfections with black paint or permanent marker to make it look textured and worn out. Attach a stick to your tombstone and put it on your front lawn or prop it up against your house. If you really want to make it look authentic, get a coffin to place near your homemade tombstone!

7.       Other Suggestions

If you don’t know how to get your kids interested in participating in family activities, simply ask them to help you decorate the house for Halloween. Even if you are simply hanging up store bought decorations, it can be a fun bonding experience. It’s interesting to see what ideas you can come up with together as a family! Don’t forget that using your child’s Halloween artwork from school can make great front door and window decorations for your home. Check out our other Halloween articles to get even more spooktacular ideas!

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