Have fun at your next party with candy cups that look like Harry Potter’s Cauldron!

• Perfect for filling with small candies, bubble gum (Droobles!)  or mints
• Great for a Harry Potter-themed party, Halloween parties and more
• 6 Cauldrons per pack

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Step right up!  Who can hit the Pumpkin?!

What you will need:

• Plastic Pumpkin or Ghost Trick or Treat Bucket
• Miniature Candy Bars or other small, individually wrapped candies

How to play:

• Give each child 3 to 5 pieces of candy and have them toss them into the bucket
• Kids get to keep the candies that go into the bucket

Variations:

• The older the kids, the further from the bucket!
• Play this one in the dark with scary music and a glo-in-the-dark bucket
• Attack a piece of thin fishing line to the bucket and have someone hide behind a piece of furniture to “mysteriously” move the bucket every now and then
• Use Ping-Pong balls colored like Eyeballs instead of candy – they bounce and will make it more difficult!  Award candies for getting a ball to stay in the bucket

Make sure to have “consolation” candies on hand for those who miss!

Popcorn is a popular treat handed out on Halloween, and is always a favorite at parties! If you’re looking for more than just plain popcorn, perhaps you should visit  Popcornopolis. Popcornopolis is a premium gourmet popcorn retailer specializing in the best-tasting flavored popcorns, caramel apples, candied nuts and confections. They’ve even designed high-tech “cones” to hold their product which will guarantee their legendary “just-popped” taste.

Their best-selling items include Gourmet Zebra Popcorn, Best of Popcornopolis Gift Basket, 3-Way Popcorn Chocolate Lovers Tin, and Gourmet Caramel Popcorn. Plus, all of their “Create-Your-Own” items are wildly popular.

Visit Popcornopolis as you plan your treat giving this year.  Click the ad at the top this post to receive 20% off your order!

These are just a few of my favorite things about the Halloween Season:

• crisp, cool air and clear blue skies contrasted against blazing Autumn colors on the trees
• picking a pumpkin straight from a farmer’s field
• the Harvest Moon
• purchasing bags of candy while the good stuff is available and then trying not to eat it
• decorating the front porch with a jack-o-lantern and chrysanthemums
• watching the original “Halloween” on DVD for the umpteenth time
• seeing luminaries light up the pathway across the street
• receiving an invitation to a Halloween party
• driving around town to check out everyone’s Halloween decorations and voting on the best one
• making caramel apples (and eating more of the caramels than melting them for the apples)
• helping my kids with their Halloween costumes
• answering the door and seeing toddlers dressed as bugs and fairy princesses
• helping my kids check their trick or treat bags to see what they’ve brought home – hoping they’ve got something they’ll want to share with me.

What are some of your favorite Halloween memories and traditions?

Here is a Fall decorating idea that’s really too beautiful to hide under chips and dip!  Leaf It In Vermont has created glassware with real Vermont Maple leaves embedded right into their products.  Choose from platters and serving dishes to salad sets and even wooden serving trays.  Each item contains handpicked maple leaves which have been carefully pressed and preserved before being thoughtfully placed and then sealed in an epoxy-resin, suspending their natural beauty in time.  Just like snowflakes, which as we all know are never duplicated in nature, no two maple leaves are alike.  Each and every one of these products is truly unique and very beautiful!

Not just for serving food; some of the containers can also be used to hold coins, keys or craft items. Custom orders are welcome  and the company offers nationwide shipping.

Visit Leaf It In Vermont to view all their products and order your handcrafted maple leaf glassware today!

For many of us, Halloween can be a ghostly good time. Candy, costumes and frights in the night can be a lot of fun. Unfortunately, our pets don’t necessarily agree. For many of them it can be a very stressful night that causes anxiety.

• Make sure your pets have on identification at all times. With that front door continuously opening and closing for trick-or-treaters, there is a chance they could run out – especially if they’re spooked. A spooked pet is one that is not easy to control and unpredictable – they could hurt someone or become hurt themselves – something sure to ruin your Halloween fun.
• Give your pets a quiet, safe place to hang out on Halloween. Noisy parties, constant doorbell ringing or too many scary strangers in your home can be stressful to your four-legged friends and could even make them physically ill.
• Always try to keep Halloween candy, wrappers and decorations out of your pets’ reach. Chocolate and sugarless gum can be highly toxic to animals, and tin foil, cellophane, plastic candy wrappers, lollipop sticks and party supplies can be extremely hazardous if swallowed.
• Keep lighted pumpkins out of your pet’s reach. Pets can knock them over, and curious kittens especially run the risk of being burned.
• Keep all electrical chords and wires out of your pets’ reach. Halloween decorations are a great way to celebrate the holiday but can be harmful and even deadly to your pets should they chew on or ingest them. That awesome orange and black pumpkin garland looks really cool hanging over the doorway. On an x-ray film, probably not so much.
• Unfortunately, there can be tricks in addition to treats on Halloween. Keep your pets indoors so that they will not be the target of pranksters who might tease, injure, steal and even seriously harm pets on Halloween.
• Costumes are fun for people, but not necessarily for your pets. Don’t dress up your pet unless you know they enjoy it. Make sure the costume isn’t annoying or unsafe, and doesn’t restrict your pet’s movement, vision, hearing or ability to breathe or bark. Avoid costumes with small or dangling accessories that the pet could chew off and possibly choke on. Make sure that costumed pets are supervised at all times.
• It’s never a good idea to take your pet trick-or-treating. Dogs may become excited and uncontrollable, and if frightened may bite. For their protection, cats should be kept indoors at all times. Cats generally don’t make good door greeters anyway, and the ghosties and goblins who’ll be visiting your house on Halloween probably aren’t who your cat has in mind for making new friends.

Don’t forget your pets this Halloween – keep them safe and happy while you enjoy this spooktacular holiday!

Article Credit: North Shore Animal League

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