A few photos of the decor we did for the costume party. Chrysi had the great idea to do a fall-ish, pumpkin theme, so I went and got some felt and decided to recreate that candy corn banner that I saw on Etsy the other day. It was such a simple project – all I did was cut up the felt into triangles and I used fabric glue to adhere it all. It was a good naptime project while Jude was sleeping.
With the leftover felt, I glued it all end-to-end, and then cut a scallop design, making a fun little runner (shown below). Ok, and aren’t those black rats hilarious? They were sticky – the kids had a lot of fun with them!
And what’s a fall costume party without a bunch of pumpkins? For $10, I bought 2 bags of small pie pumpkins and I had the idea that for the activity for the kids, we could decorate them. Kind of like Mr. Potato Heads. Except Mr. Pumpkin Heads. I bought a bunch of googly eyes, feathers, pompoms, glitter glue, and stickers and let the kids have at.
Couldn’t resist a few owls or funkins, either. 🙂  I glittered a Funkin for my mom with a big “D” on it.
Yay yay yay! Here’s my candycorn banners. I’m totally in love with them.
Mmmm, yummy.
In Mom & Dad’s living room. Their house looked so pretty and we were SO thankful that they let us have the party there!
Chrysi’s amazing pumpkin cupcakes! They were decorated gorgeously, and the cupcake itself was pumpkin and chocolate chips. I think these are my newest faves.
I brought over my Martha Stewart trick or treat banner from my mantle.
Oops, here’s the owls again.
I totally forgot to take pictures of the favors we did. Chrysi found these cool little buckets in the dollar spot area at Target and filled them with all kinds of goodies and some glow sticks.
Hilarious photo of my folks wearing the kids’ wigs.
Enjoying cupcakes. That’s Carolyn on the left – she’s ready to have that baby!
First round of “Happy Birthday” – to Noah!
Lighting the candles
When it was Jude’s turn to be sung to, he lit up like Christmas morning. It was absolutely precious.
Finally, in memory of my Grandmother Blanche, we of course had to have her popcorn balls. I love to make them every year at this time. I miss you, Grandmother! You would have loved this party!
I absolutely adore October. It is my second-favorite time of the year (spring being my favorite). The birthday month of my beloved Simon and sweet baby Jude, October is just so much fun. The weather is starting to turn chilly, and the pumpkin patches start popping up all over town. Plus, Halloween is at the end, and who doesn’t love that? Candy and costumes!
A few years ago, I saw some glittered pumpkins in the October edition of a Martha Stewart Living magazine. I thought it was a great idea, but never got around to making them. At Michael’s on Saturday, I found a Halloween glitter kit by Martha Stewart, and at 30% off, I was sold. It was the easiest project ever. I glittered my pumpkins in an open pizza box to catch all the excess glitter. A little bit messy, but super fun and the result is dazzling. They look gorgeous up on our mantel with the lights on them. I may have to glitter some more!
I also found this cute vintage-inspired “Trick or Treat” banner at Michael’s as well. I particularly love the little owl. Too cute! Oh, and you can also see my framed Cavallini Paris print. I am not loving the arrangement of my pictures right now, so please disregard the way they look. 
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