you capture - halloween

So I think we should probably get this Halloween thing all wrapped up and You Capture this week was Halloween too. Perfect! On top of the swinging disco party I attended we also hooked up with some friends and their kids at a Halloween party/Haunted house at our church.



The kids had a blast with the Mummy contest (that's Abby all wrapped up beside the girl in the red costume), bobbing for apples, scavenger hunt and the main event.... the haunted house. Maya refused to go downstairs and Abby declared it soooo not scary, but we took a tour when the kids were done and we were all pretty impressed with the skeletons, bloody foot prints, dismembered body parts and the Mummy they had down there.



The main event of course was the trick or treating. Abby went as a rock star, originally she was a rock star vampire, but after 3 parties with all the black, the cape and the fake teeth she was ready to lighten things up a bit. So we threw together her funkiest outfit, sprayed some silver and red glitter in her hair, popped our sykping headset on her head and she thought she was Taylor Swift. Maya went as a witch, but without the hat because it kept sliding off her little head. Also she needed everyone to know she was a good witch!



This was the first year we've decorated beyond carving pumpkins. I hope to expand our display for next year.... I know right, who is this person.



For pumpkins this year I went with guy who lost an eye and....



Yoda! I hesitate to give away my pumpkin carving secrets, but Zombie Pumpkins has the best pumpkin stencils, hands down! They have some freebies, but you do have to pay to access the rest of the site and it is well worth every penny if you like having the best looking pumpkins on the street. And I do.



This year we also did some Halloween crafts with the kids, making lanterns out of glass jars. We took some glass jars once they were empty of their salsa, pickles and/or spaghetti sauce and painted some up to look like Frankenstein and some to look like pumpkins. Super cute, super easy and super cheap.



All in all a pretty great Halloween. How was yours?

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