• Bat Themed Crafts for Kids - Halloween Fun - Our Little house in the Country
    Halloween,  Kids' Crafts and Activities

    Bat Crafts for Kids – Halloween Fun!

    Bat Crafts for Kids – Halloween Fun With Halloween just around the corner I have been trying lots of Halloween crafts with my children. These are some of our favourite Bat crafts! Our favourite bat crafts for kids Finger Print Bat Silhouette Craft for Kids by Crafty Morning Origami Bats by A Girl and a Glue Gun Clothespin Bat Craft by No Time for Flash Cards Hanging Bat Craft for Kids by Buggy and Buddy Bat Crafts for Preschoolers by Crafts on Sea Paper Bag Bat by I Heart Crafty Things 10 Super Fun Bat Crafts by Artsy Crafty Mom Bat Books for Kids by Fantastic Fun and Learning Pine…

  • 5 Halloween Party Games - Family Friendly Fun - Our Little House in the Country
    Halloween,  Seasonal Inspiration

    5 Halloween Party Games for all the Family

    Party games always add to the fun of Halloween!  These 5 games have been family favourites for years and years! As Halloween draws ever closer, only 2 days to go, all my kids can talk about is Halloween, costumes, ghosts, goblins, trick or treating and dunking for apples!  Over the past few days we have been talking a lot about our favourite Halloween party games, so, today I am sharing out top 5 Halloween games – no doubt you are familiar with most! Our Top 5 Halloween Party Games: Bobbing or dunking for apples:  When I think of Halloween games, this immediately comes to mind!  Filkl a basin with lots…

  • Halloween,  Kids' Crafts and Activities

    90+ Halloween Activities, Crafts, Books, Tips, Tricks and Treats for Younger Children

    It’s almost Halloween which can be such a fun time of year for the family.  However, sometimes it can  be a little scary for little ones.  With that is mind, I reached out to my amazing fellow members of the Kid Blogger Network for their tips, treats, activities, crafts, costumes, apps, books and ideas for younger children.  I think you will love this collection of amazing ideas! Halloween Treats: Lollipop Spiders – My Little 3 and Me Mummy Hot Dogs – Crystal’s Tiny Treasures Frankenstein Cookie Pops – Life At The Zoo Spooky Orange Faces – Danya Banya Cheese Monsters – Danya Banya Monsters: Monster Craft Creative Art Activity –…

  • Monster Madness - Cardboard Box Monsters - Halloween Craft for Kids - Our Little House in the Country
    Halloween,  Kids' Crafts and Activities

    Cardboard Box Monsters – Halloween Crafts for Kids

    Monster Madness has taken over Our Little House in the Country. These cardboard box monsters were so much fun to make! A favourite book of ours at the moment is Scaredy Boo by Claire Freedman & Russell Julian.  Doodles (5) has been very busy drawing his own monsters based on the little monsters in this book so we decided to use his drawings and the book as inspiration for this activity! What we used: washing detergent tablet cardboard boxes wrapping paper googly eyes pipe cleaners Glitter stars pompoms PVA glue sticky tape shredded paper feathers What we did: Cover the boxes in wrapping paper Add googly eyes Cut teeth and…

  • 10 Spooktacular Halloween Picture Books - Our Little House in the Country
    Kids' Crafts and Activities

    10 Spooktacular Halloween Picture Books for Children

    There are so many fantastic picture books about Halloween, however some can be quite scary especially for the more sensitive child.  With that in mind we have compiled our favourite spooky stories for younger children from our vast collection of books! Our Top 10 Halloween Picture Books The Night Before Halloween – Natasha Wing & Cynthia Fisher: A spooktacular take of the Christmas favourite!  A fun, colourful book, packed with cheerful, child friendly pictures. Mouse’s First Halloween – Lauren Thompson & Buket Erdogan: A beautifully written and illustrated adventure of a little mouse sneaking around on Halloween. Angelina’s Halloween – Katherine Holabird & Helen Craig:  Join Angelina Ballerina and her…

  • 5 Non Fiction Autumn, Fall, Halloween Books for Kids - Our Little House in the Country
    Kids' Crafts and Activities

    5 Fab Non Fiction Autumn, Fall, Halloween Books for Kids

    These 5 books for younger children about Autumn/Fall and Halloween are great for teaching children about the season and associated festivals in a simple and informative manner with some great photos and facts! Our Top 5 Non Fiction Books about Autumn and Halloween Halloween – National Geographic Kids- Laura Marsh:  This is a fantastic Level 1 book jam packed with lots of colour photos and fun facts about Halloween, with a joke or two thrown in too!  Its aimed at kids who are just beginning to read on their own but we love to read it together at bedtime as my children are not yet reading indepently.  The book also…

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