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Black Cat Halloween Silhouette Halloween Decorating Idea

Looking to put the finishing touches on your home decorating before the big party?  Or, trying to keep the kids entertained before 5 pm trick-or-treating?  Here are a few quick decorating ideas perfect for you to do with the help of the kids.

Decorative Halloween Silhouettes – Download free stencil patternsand use them to trace colored construction paper to create easy window or wall decor.  This is a great project for little kids to help with.  Consider getting some contact paper to create your own wall decals or wall stickers.  The silhouettes featured above are from Martha Stewart crafts.

Painted Pumpkins - Whip out the washable paints and borrow an Easter Egg tradition.  Consider decorating with just black paint to keep the contrast high.  For a little more pizazz, consider glow-in-the-dark glitter for your pumpkins for a spooky nighttime effect.  Glow in the dark glitter can be found in most major craft stores.

Creative Costume Recycling - Dress unused costumes with old newspaper stuffed in plastic bags.  Sit your homemade critters in chairs on the front porch to greet your trick-or-treaters this evening.   

Halloween Door Decor - Create Halloween garland with black, white, and orange construction paper.  Simply cut 8.5″ x 11″ inch paper into 1 inch thick strips and glue or tape interlocking rings together.  Hang them from the top of the front door (on the outside) to add Halloween aura for your trick-or-treaters.

Spooky Tunes- Although more of an aura creator than a decorative idea but achieving the same result (i.e. an excitingly spooky Halloween home), go to itunes for some hip Halloween hits including.  There are a few play lists already created (The Basics, Next Steps, and Deep Cuts) that include favorites like Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Bobby Pickett’s Monster Mash.

Happy spooky kids decorating and be safe this Halloween!

The Alma Crib - a modern and stylish solution for small spaces

The Pack n’ Play is handy. And, it’s convenient. And, it’s pretty durable.  But, it’s just not all that cute.  Lucky for us, there is a new trend towards more modern-looking, portable cribs that are easier on the eye.

The Alma Crib – a high style, fold-up crib – is a perfect example of this.  It is cute AND functional – too often those words are in conflict with one another when it comes to home decor.  The Alma Crib was designed with the urban decorator in mind.  It is perfect if you have a small living space, are looking for a second crib at grandma’s house, or if you have a minimalist design aesthetic in mind for your nursery. The Alma crib can serve all of these purposes.

The modern crib has two mattress height settings.  A bassinet setting for a newborn and a lower height setting to be used for a child up to a two years old.  And, the colors are just marvelous!  They have white, grey, and brown cappuccino for a gender neutral feel.  And, they have a punchy lime green and orange for the more bold.

The Alma Crib is by Bloom Baby. Bloom Baby was founded by four dads who wanted to bring meaningful innovation and contemporary design to  baby products.  These dads also have heart for the environment.  Bloom Baby crafts their alma crib from solid birch wood from certified sustainable wood forests. The wood is independently tested to be free of wood PCP and other toxic wood preservatives.

Sold at retailers across the US, you can find it online at Baby Bliss for $400.  Pricier than a Pack n’ Play.  But, that much cuter.

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