Fall is in the air, so grab your pumpkin spice latte and let’s craft! We have great autumn kid crafts like 3D Paper Pumpkins and fall leaves, Minecraft inspired Halloween costumes and the best Pumpkin Patch in St. Louis!
Get ready for the awful Halloween jokes, because it’s Halloween in St. Louis! One of our traditions here is to make kids “do a trick” to get their treat on Halloween night. And by trick, we mean a joke! What? You mean other regions don’t do this? Boy, those kids have it easy… If you’re new …
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Get in the spirit of the Halloween season with these free printable coloring pages I made JUST FOR YOUR KID! It’s spooky fun! All the images available for free download are super cute and not too spooky. To access your coloring page, just right click the images you would like to download…and print your free …
Recycle those old jars into cool, kid safe, LED powered painted luminaries! We used recycled jars from the kitchen, acrylic craft paint, old brushes and LED tea light candles to make these awesome little pumpkin lights. What kind of Jar make good Luminaries? Any kind that’s big enough to hold a candle! I’ve collected quite …
Mitch plays Minecraft. A lot. Let’s leave it at that. Naturally, when we were kicking around ideas for a Halloween costume, he wanted to be something Minecraft related. And scary. Like a Creeper. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, go ask any kid. Minecraft Creeper Costumes are the BOMB When Mitch first wanted …
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The St. Louis Zoo is a top attraction for kids in St. Louis–and recently recognized as a top destination in the country, too. During those spooky days leading up to Halloween, the zoo really delivers family friendly fun for tiny goblins and ghosties. The Saint Louis Zoo updated it’s Halloween events for 2019. This year …
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Mitch wanted to be an Enderman for Halloween one year, so guess what this post is about? The previous year Mitch was a Creeper. I made him a pretty decent Creeper costume out of green felt, a green sweat suit and 12×12 box from FedEx. It took a while to hot glue all those squares …
There’s been a bit of a shake up in the great Pumpkin Patch the last couple years. One of our favorite farms shut down, two popped up and fizzled and another has split in two. But never fear! There’s still some great places to go get a holiday gourd without resorting to the cardboard bin …
After our beloved St. Louis Blues won the Stanley Cup I kept thinking, geez…this Halloween we’re gonna see some hockey costumes! Specifically: Stanley and Gloria! I searched the internet and didn’t come up with any really good tutorials. (I think I’ll work on one later!) I DID get a few good ideas, and there’s lots …