Fri Nov 02, 2007
Top Five Ideas for Leftover Halloween Candy
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Halloween Solutions Top Five
By now you’ve probably scammed all the really good stuff from your child’s Halloween bucket, and they’ve picked out their favorites. Or you’ve stored some chocolate in the freezer and stashed some away as treats for later. Now you’re left with candy your kid’s not crazy about or you don’t want him to have, and in a couple of weeks that’s going to start getting icky and sticky. You don’t have to watch it transform into one gooey glob. Here are our top five ways to recycle that unwanted Halloween candy from a list at
About.com.
1. Share your surplus, especially hard candies and mints, with a local nursing home or other organization.
2. Save the leftovers in a cool, dry place to stuff in a piñata for a birthday or holiday.
Oriental Trading Company has a variety of empty pinatas for $15.95.
3. Choose some colorful hard candies to decorate a gingerbread house at Christmas.
4. If you have too much chocolate (yes, there is such a thing), crush candy bars in a food processor and freeze for use as a topping for ice cream or add-in to cookie dough. If you really want to get creative, whip up a Butterfinger Banana Cake or Apple Candy Bar Salad. These recipes and others can be found at
cdkitchen.com
5. Get artistic. Make pictures with candy corn and other non-sticky candies (but don’t save them in your scrapbook).
And while you may not be buying candy for a while, here’s a tip I learned from a parenting magazine years ago. Halloween is the perfect time to buy your children a new toothbrush. They’ll need it now more than any time of the year, and you won’t forget when you replaced it. There are several plain and power brushes on sale at
Drugstore.com
.
Tell us. Do you have any uses for leftover Halloween candy that we didn’t mention?
Tue Oct 30, 2007
Top Five Children’s Halloween Books
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Thu Oct 18, 2007
Couple’s Costumes: Wear Them or Skip Them?
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Halloween Find: Spooky & Stylish Party Accessories
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Wed Oct 17, 2007
Halloween Find: Paint the Town this Halloween
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What: Circle of Friends Hair Paint
Why: Yes - you read that correctly – hair PAINT. For your kids. Before you decide we’ve gone nuts here at MomFinds…it washes out. Brought to you by the geniuses at Circle of Friends, these
hair paints are guaranteed to be the icing on the cake of any kid’s Halloween costume – and earn you the coolest mom of the year award. With five blendable paints from which to choose, you can create endless amounts of colors customized to match any costume. Create stripes, swirls, spikes and curly-q’s with your fingers, and allow the paint to dry before heading out for a night of magical trick-or-treating. When it’s time to clean up, just wash hair normally and voila! Your little trickster will transform back into your little treat.
Price: $1.25 each or $7.00 for the Hair Paint Kit of five colors
Find it: CircleofFriends.com
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Fri Oct 12, 2007
Halloween Find: The Cutest Baby Costumes at Lillian Vernon
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Children's Fashion Halloween
What: Adorable Halloween Costumes for Baby at Lillian Vernon
Why: My favorite part about Halloween is the reaction you get when you knock on the neighbor’s door. You’re taking their candy and they deserve something in return so instead of going for the scare, go for the laugh. As soon as I saw this
Little Tree Air Freshener
costume I started smiling. Just imagine the laughs you’d get with the real thing. I dare you to look at this picture and not giggle. And going green is the thing right now.
I also love this
Tootsie Roll
costume. Sweets for the sweet.
But the best thing about taking baby out for Halloween? They’ll get the smiles, but you get to keep the candy.
Price: Air Freshener, $19.98; Tootsie Roll $14.98, marked down from $24.98
Find it: lillianvernon.com
Deal of the Day: Halloween Finds for Under $5 at Children’s Place
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What: Halloween Finds for Under $5 at Children’s Place
Why: The Halloween decorations are going up and the invitations to all the Halloween parties are coming in. You’ve probably already picked out your kid’s costume (if not, better hurry), but there’s no shortage of scary tees and fun accessories that can make the season even more festive for your little goblin.
For just $3 (cheap!), you can get some spooky
Halloween Fashion Tights
for your little girl or this glow in the dark
black skeleton tee for your boy. Looking for a treat bag? Grab a pumpkin or
pirate treat bag for only $4.75. They’ve also got costumes, PJs, hair accessories and more, but they’re going fast.
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by Alyssa Satin Capucilli ($6.99): This adorable book lets you experience various Halloween costumes as you follow Biscuit and a little girl on their trick-or-treating adventures. 
by Don Freeman ($3.99): See what costume earns the beloved bear, Cordroy, some special honors on Halloween. 
by Julia Donaldson ($6.99): A generous witch is flying around and finds herself helping various animals along the way. The question is how much room does she have? 
($3.99): In this charming book, Lola is trying her hardest to make Charlie jump. But it seems like an impossible task. Will she ever make him jump? Read it and find out. 
