Budget Party – Under $15 Halloween Party

When Oriental Trading offered me some products for a Halloween blog post I was very excited. The real challenge was not wanting to buy EVERYTHING. So I set myself a challenge to spend as little as possible. (Crazy I know).

My first criteria with Halloween Decorations was that they were CHILD friendly. Even if my kids find blood and gore acceptable, I don’t. When I came across the BOO Bunch Range I thought it was perfect. I bought the following items below, which came in packs of 12 giving me loads of decorations for my very large room. I used two black table cloths (which I already had) to cover the table. I finished off the table with last years trick or treating buckets but you can buy some new ones and still be under $15. We were lucky enough to have a black wall so we used chalk to decorate it. We will probably add some more spiders and webs to the wall before the party too (using chalk).

Once you have added the food the table will not look so bare and it will add a new dimension. (I will add updated photo’s once the day arrives and the food goes out)

Boo Bunch Dangling Swirls – $2.99

Boo Bunch Cutouts $4.99

Black Table cloth $1.50

Jack O lantern tubs $2 for discount store

Add some extra Jack O Lanterns for a bigger party.

Oriental Trading supplied a $100 store credit for this review. I have some more exciting BUDGET party themes coming up soon!. Thanks Oriental Trading!

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I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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