10/5/09

IDEA: Halloween Decorating Party!

Children are always excited about Halloween. Start the fun early by hosting your very own Halloween Decorating Family Party. There´s no need to prep ahead of time, all you need is your family! Take out last year´s Halloween decorations, and make some new ones of your own. Some easy ideas, that look professional, are:
  • Cut out bats from black posterboard
  • Cut out ghosts from white posterboard
  • Spiders made out of black paper plates and cardboard
  • Cut out Halloween coloring pages
  • Orange garbage bag filled with recycled paper or leaves and decorated with a jack-o-lantern face

The point is to have fun preparing decorations! Once you have everything you need, start putting everything in place. Get into the mood by playing Halloween music. I like the Nightmare Before Christmas CD, Monster Mash, Trick or Treat and other Halloween favorites. Set out a plate of cookies and grape juice to add to the setting. Most of all remember to do this with your family and have fun!

DAILY RECIPE: Chicken Rolls

4 chicken filets
4 slices of ham
4 kraft cheese singles
salt and pepper
1 egg
bread crumbs
Place a chicken filet on a plate. Add salt and pepper, one slice of ham and one cheese single. Roll up and moist in the beaten egg. Cover with bread crumbs and seal in a hot pan with a little oil. Repeat this with all filets and place in a baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes and serve.

TIP OF THE DAY

Get a variety from bedtime stories and do a mini puppet show for your child. With one puppet in each hand tell a short story and make bedtime lots of fun!