Harvest Halloween Blog Hop

I am so excited to be a part of the Blog Hop giveaway!

  I have donated 3 of my items for the winner of the Getting Crafty prize package. 

For your chance to win HOP on over to any of the Blogs listed below and simply choose which contest you want to enter, fill out the form, and thats it!  Pretty simple! ;)   

The contest runs from October 14th to October 24th.

Thank you for HOPPING, STOPPING and SHOPPING with GracefulbyAnna.

<3 Anna

Please check out the other blogs participating and hop on to the next one for your chance to win other great giveaways!

1.	Savey Spender: Trick Or Treat Giveaway ($95)	21.	Tammilee Tips	41.	The More The Merrier
2.	april's lifestyle show	22.	A Helicopter Mom	42.	Confessions of a Frugal Mind
3.	Randomosity	23.	Moose Tracks & Tater Stacks	43.	Blaze ' n' Crochet
4.	Rockin' Deals	24.	Shelly's Bits & Pieces	44.	Shopaholic Mommy's Must Haves
5.	ABCD Diaries	25.	Sweep Tight	45.	Savvy Shopper Central
6.	Aubut Family	26.	Just Married with Coupons	46.	insignificant at best
7.	Fashion In The Forest	27.	Giveaway Blogdom	47.	Home Grown Families
8.	The Kid's Fun Review	28.	Free & Frugal Mommy of One	48.	The Frugal Navy Wife
9.	Oh my gosh, Beck!	29.	Minding Spot	49.	Dazzling Daily Deals
10.	Crunchy Frugalista	30.	All In One Mom ($250+)	50.	Mommy Wants To Read
11.	Parent Palace	31.	Practical Frugality	51.	Big K, little a
12.	Mommy Who Loves Giveaways	32.	Giveaways with Grace	52.	Mom to Bed by 8
13.	Pretty Opinionated	33.	Kelly's Lucky You	53.	Mama NYC ($55)
14.	113Tidbits of Commentary	34.	Yes I Have A Coupon & A Giveaway Too!	54.	At The Maple Table
15.	The Review Wire	35.	Simply Sweet Home	55.	Whirlwind of Surprises
16.	The Pet Lady's Blog!	36.	Still blonde after all these years	56.	Savvy Shopper Mom
17.	Makobi Scribe	37.	Heavenly Savings	57.	Tracers Coupon Affair
18.	Shopping for Savings	38.	Being Tazim	58.	Emily's Frugal Tips
19.	Amy Sue's Place	39.	Real Housewife of Singapore	59.	You're next!
20.	Passport To Frugal	40.	Free Hot Samples

Test Tube Shooters

Go here to get the recipe for this creepy concoction.

Fun with Food Containers!

Here are some inexpensive and simple crafts to do with your kids.

Eat a couple bowls of cereal and have a great time making these crafts!

Cereal Box Mummys

Go here to wrap em up!

 Haunted House Milk Cartons

To make this spooky House go here.

 Ghosts from Gallon Milk Containers

To get a scare go here.



Vampire Blood Drip Martini

To taste this blood sucking beverage go here.

My Favorite Homemade Childrens Costumes

Year after year new ideas for Halloween costumes are revealed.

The creativity behind some costumes never cease to amaze me.

These are just a few of my favorite kids costumes I've seen this year.

Isn't she a HOOT?

Owl

"Builder of Tomorrow"

Boba Fett Lego

Do you think they like to travel... yet?

"The Roaming Gnomes"

She's no Joke!!

Joker from Dark Knight

Red Light, Green Light

Stop Sign, Stop Light

Shes a Doll!

The classic Paper Doll



Free Halloween Printables and Templates

We all love FREE things. 

Take advantage of these frightfully wonderful printables and templates while you can!

Go here to download.

These Owls are a HOOT!! 

Go here to make your own.

Get these adorable pencil toppers here.

Learn to make this Mummy wrap and get the Bat template here.

Brain Hemorrhage

To get the recipe for this gruesome potion go here

Halloween Costume Candy Award Ideas

I'm having a Halloween Party and want to give out awards for different costumes.  I've been trying to think of creative ideas for awards because all I have seen are ribbons or statues that are way overpriced or super tacky!!  The other night my boyfriend and I started talking about different candies that could be given out for certain costumes.

Here is the list that we came up with.  Please share any other ideas!! 

 I'd love to hear them!!!

Sexiest Woman Costume:

or

Sexiest Mens Costume:

Doctor or Nurse:

Nerd:

or

Lumber Jack:

Out of this World:

Funniest:

And my Favorite!!!  WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU???

Halloween Party Playlist

Must Play Halloween Party Music

(Alphabetical order)

Abracadabra     Steve Miller Band

Addams Family Groove     MC Hammer

Amityville     Lovebug Starski

Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing     Chris Issak

Bad Moon Rising     Creedence Clearwater Revival

Bad to the Bone     George Thorogood

Beetlejuice     Danny Elfman

Blood Bank Blues     Bobby Pickett

Burning Down the House     Talking Heads

Chase the Devil     Thievery Corportation

Come Little Children     Sarah Jessica Parker (Hocus Pocus)

Cry Little Sister     Gerard McMann

Day-O     Harry Belafonte
Dead Mans Party     Oingo Boingo

Devil Inside     Unknown

Devil Went Down to Georgia     Charlie Daniels Band

Devil With a Blue Dress On     Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels

Double Trouble     Harry Potter Soundtrack

Dueling Banjos     David Garrett

Everyday is Halloween     Ministry

Feed My Frankenstein     Alice Cooper

Friends in Low Places     Garth Brooks

Grim Grinning Ghosts     Haunted Mansion
Halloween     Aqua

Helloween     Hocus Pocus

Hocus Pocus     Serial Lover

Hungry Like a Wolf     Duran Duran

I Put a Spell On You     Screaming Jay Hawkins or Bette Midler

Jump In Line     Harry Belafonte  (Beetlejuice) 
Little Red Riding Hood     Sam the Sham
Living Dead Girl     Rob Zombie
Love Bites     Judas Priest
Love Potion No 9     Drifters
Men In Black     Will Smith
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm     Crash Test Dummies
One Step Beyond     Madness
Our Solemn Hour     Within Temptation
People Are Strange     Echo and The Bunnymen
Purple People Eater     Sheb Wooley
Putting on the Ritz     Tako
Remedy     Little Boots
Dracula     Rob Zombie
Rock Lobster     B-52's
Scream     Michael and Janet Jackson
She Blinded Me with Science     Thomas Dolby
She Wolf     Shakira
Sims 2 it Must be Halloween     Unknown
Somebodys Watching Me     Michael Jackson and Rockwell
Superfreak     Rick James
Superstition     Stevie Wonder
Sweet Emotion     Aerosmith
Tainted Love     The Cure
Addams Family Theme Song
This is Halloween     Panic! At the Disco
Thriller     Michael Jackson
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor     Bach
Voodoo      Godsmack
Weird Science     Oingo Boingo
Werewolves of London     Warren Zevon
What a Thrill     Cyndi Lauper
What's This?     Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack
Witch Doctor     Cartoons
Zombie Jamboree     Rockapella

DIY Spooky Trees

How to make Spooky Trees?  Here's what you need.

Supplies:

Paper bag, bottle of water (I liked the shape of the Coke bottle so I filled it up with water since I drank it already).  A Big rubber band (I didn't have one so I used some ribbon).  Tiny rubber bands.  A big stone or something heavy to put at the bottom to weigh it down.  Something to fill the tree with.  I used wood chips from outside!  Scissors.  And some black spray paint if you want to paint it.  I'm still deciding if I'm gonna paint it....

Cut off the bottom of the bag and cut a slit down the middle of it so it looks like this. 

You can toss the bottom of the bag, you won't need it.

 

 

Place the bottle in the middle of the bag and wrap the bag around the bottle. 

Put the rubber band (or ribbon) around to hold it in place.

Now cut your two big flaps into 3 stips on each so you have 6 strips of the paper bag.

Take one of those pieces and start twisting it.  Be careful not to tear it.  I did tear some of mine but it does hide easily but be careful!.  Keep twisting until you have about 2 1/2 inches left. 

Take a tiny rubber band and secure the branch.

Now cut the remaining 2 1/2 inches of paper bag into 3 or 4 strips.

Twist each of those like you did the branch.

I've made two of the trees so far. The first time I didn't fill the bag up until I finished twisting the whole tree but I feel like if you fill it first then you can totally just work with the tree without having to worry about taking the bottle out and filling it.  I think it was easier to fill it first but you can see what you like best.

Just continue to twist all the branches and this is what you get! 

Such an easy project and costs about 10 cents! 

Its a cute way to add spooky touches throughout your home!