Halloween is a time for crazy costumes, ghost stories, sugar-buzzed kids and all things that go bump in the night. While the average American is expected to spend over $70 on Halloween this year, you don’t have to break the bank to have a spooktacularly fun holiday. Here are a few tips to help you [...]

Kids love carving Hallowe’en pumpkins, but the clean-up can be a monster mess. Try these simple tips to keep the focus on the fun. 1. Great artists plan and sketch their paintings before they start work; encourage kids to do the same. Get out the crayons and markers and let them draw the pumpkin they [...]

  What better way to celebrate Halloween than to go and pick out a perfect pumpkin to carve, decorate, or use in some yummy autumn recipe? Going to a local pumpkin patch is not only a great way to find fresh pumpkins, but it can be a lot of fun for the whole family.   [...]

This week we’re featuring pictures of a Halloween icon – the Jack o Lantern!  We hope you enjoy our flickr carved pumpkin picks: photo credit: eyeliam photo credit: kumar303 “Jack Argh Lantern” photo credit: AlwaysSecondBest Here’s a pumpkin lineup with some cute ideas – I think I like the one with the bats best: photo [...]