{"id":549,"date":"2017-10-10T10:42:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T14:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/?p=549"},"modified":"2017-10-04T20:45:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T00:45:30","slug":"halloween-fun-ideas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2017\/10\/10\/halloween-fun-ideas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Fun Ideas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween is fast approaching! There are many ways that you can make this time fun and interesting for both you and the children you care for!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/10\/Philip-James-Flickr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-442\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/10\/Philip-James-Flickr-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"philip-james-flickr\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/10\/Philip-James-Flickr-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/10\/Philip-James-Flickr-624x417.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/10\/Philip-James-Flickr.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Au Pair in America has captured a wonderful array of projects you can work on together. You can find them on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aupairinamerica\/halloween-fun\/\">Halloween Fun<\/a> Pinterest board! Try making a collection of glowing pumpkins using jars from the host family\u2019s recycling! You\u2019ll need clean jars, liquid glue, orange tissue paper, some paint, black construction paper or cardstock and a strand of lights or battery operated tea lights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/10\/Mootsie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-443\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/10\/Mootsie-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"mootsie\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/10\/Mootsie-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/10\/Mootsie-624x417.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/10\/Mootsie.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have a collection of plastic pumpkins for trick or treating, place them on a shelf or table and dress them up! baseball hats, party hats, tiaras, fire fighter hats, pirate hats and more will help you create a fun display! Dig through the dress up collection for some great options or make some of your own with craft supplies!<\/p>\n<p>Check out the Pinterest board for some other great ideas like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/116812184061902467\/\">ghost bowling<\/a> using toilet paper!\u00a0 How about adding some fun to lunchboxes by slipping a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/116812184060247254\/\">Halloween joke<\/a> in? Try making some glowing cups \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/116812184058188103\/\">Frankenstein<\/a>, ghost and pumpkin! Try transforming some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/116812184056053248\/\">acorns into <\/a>pumpkins using paint!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"> Photos by Philip James and Mootsie<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween is fast approaching! There are many ways that you can make this time fun and interesting for both you and the children you care for! <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2016\/10\/Philip-James-Flickr.jpg\"><\/a>Au Pair in America has captured a wonderful array of projects you can work on together. You can find them on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aupairinamerica\/halloween-fun\/\">Halloween Fun<\/a> Pinterest board! Try  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2017\/10\/10\/halloween-fun-ideas-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[236,354,194,209],"tags":[152,350,333,108],"class_list":["post-549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-52-weeks","category-american-experiences","category-fall-fun","category-holidays","tag-52-weeks","tag-american-experience","tag-au-pair-fun","tag-halloween"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Halloween Fun Ideas! - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Halloween Fun Ideas! - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Halloween is fast approaching! 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