The Spark: Haunt Sweet Haunt

(Photo by toonbobo ) When I was a kid, we were the family that put up a homemade Halloween display every year, each more elaborate than the last. My dad built dummies out of junkyard scraps and old clothes, and animated them with small motors, pulleys, and fishing line. My mom and I designed tombstones bearing terrible puns and my friends' names in cheesy rhyming epitaphs . For most of October, our house was lit by garish green floodlights, and we dramatically increased traffic on ou

RSVP for This Tuesday’s #gno Twitter Party Sponsored by Cheerios

What are your favorite books from your childhood? What are story time rituals you have with your kids? What are tips for helping the reluctant reader? These are just a few of the topics we’ll cover in this week’s #gno party. Join in and chat with some great folks from Cheerios , some terrific children’s book authors and illustrators from the Spoonfuls of Stories team, as well as fantastic Mom It Forward moms. Don’t forget to enter to win Cheerios’ giveaway this week for 20 lucky winners

Halloween Party Favors

All you need are some plain wine bags and some basic craft supplies (construction paper, scissors, glue, pipe cleaners) to make these cute Hallween Party Favors from Woman's Day:If you use larger bags the kids can decorate them and use them as trick-or-treat bags. Or if you are a mean mom like me and only let your kids trick or treat at 10 houses then this size bag would work perfectly!

Silhouette Stationery and Cufflinks by Le Papier Studio

Designer and mom Vana Chupp launched Le Papier Studio in 2008. Her art is influenced by the family life. She captured the innocence of childhood with a unique line of personalized silhouette stationery and artwork. Her personalized silhouette party favor stickers are cute. With a choice of over 40 silhouette models, 10 colors and 14 fonts, the stickers can fit your kid party themes. For a little extra, she can custom made a silhouette based on a photo. Not just Paper Goods She rece

RSVP for #GNO to Chat About Creative Connections With Crayola This Tuesday on Twitter

Interested in strengthening your relationships? Want to know how creativity can help with that? Whether you are a spouse/partner, sibling, friend, and/or parent to young or grown children … or that fun stage right in between—to teenagers— tweet the night away with other Mom It Forward gals at #gno this Tuesday on Twitter as we talk about creative connections. What: Crayola Creativitycast on #gno (Click here to learn more about #gno!) When: Tuesday, August 11, 9-11 p.m. EST

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