The candy delivery truck bringing the goods.
The finished products. In years past we have given out prizes to the Spookiest, Cutest, etc.
The moms always want to make their own Haunted House but we are too busy helping the kids. We decided it would be a fun date night with several couples making them.
The background is 6 by 10 inches with a 4 inch angle to the middle. We backed the pattern paper with black cardstock to give the paper more body. The orange rosettes are made from tissue paper. We cut a sheet of tissue paper into 2.5 inch wide strips. We folded them accordion-style and used double-sided tape to attach the two folds on each end. The letters are cut from glitter fun foam (we found ours in the Kids Craft sections at Hobby Lobby and Joann). We found a font that we liked and printed a pattern. Our letters are 4.5 inches tall. We then hung the banner on a strip of tulle.
This year I added the gems on every other flag. I bought these gems at Michael's. The price on the bag was 3.99 for 30. They rang up at .01. I felt a little guilty so I showed my receipt to the manager. She said they were on extreme clearance but if it stayed at .01 it would mess the whole system up. So she had to fix the price to 1.00. OK fine, I'll still take them. It was still a bargain!
To attach them, I wound wire around a marker two times, punched a hole at the bottom of the paper, and put the gem on the wire and then through the hole.
My banners hang on a curtain rod that I hung over my couch in the living room. But some of us hang them over windows or on shelves. You find the perfect place in your house.
this summer i made a chore chart for my kids. that way they would know exactly what they needed to do each day. it became a great routine that they stuck to all summer. we hung it on the refrigerator so we could all see what they needed to do and what they had accomplished. i bought the pockets at the dollar store. there was a pocket for the things they needed to do, one for what they had finished, and one for their big weekly chore. i printed words or pictures telling them what their job was. then i punched it in a circle shape and glued it to a popsicle stick. each child had about ten chores per day according to their ability and then two big jobs they were in charge of all week. the weekly chores were rotated each monday.
This is a new recipe we recently discovered from one of our favorite cookbooks. It’s delicious, and easy! Yes, EASY! It’s even great for serving large crowds. It would also be a great meal to make if you’re bringing dinner to another family. It makes enough to feed two families! Enjoy!
the guests were given safari passport invites. i printed safari stamps found on google images and then cut them out into file folder shapes. all of the edges were rubbed with brown ink to give it a rustic look
for some reason I love hanging things from the ceiling. it's kind of like a blank canvas. I made the vines by twisting brown kraft paper (like brown paper grocery bags) and the leaves were cut from green construction paper. 
the jungle grub
the kids decorated binoculars (two t.p. tubes glued together and tied with yarn). and then went on a safari to find little animals around the yard
it was definitely the best party so-fari!!!
