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The Pumpkin Patch

31 Oct

Thought the pictures told it best. :-)

I hope all of you have a happy and safe October 31st. :-)

Put some chili on the stove, pop a batch of Cheddar Biscuits in the oven, and play this fun Candy Quiz with your Happy Homes to see who knows the most about their sugar.

Award the winner with a giant candy bar, of course.

Thank you for subscribing to Happy Home Fairy – I love you all!

*Stay tuned… November at Happy Home Fairy will be FILLED with all kinds of crafts, recipes, traditions, fabulous FREE printables, and ideas for a magical Thanksgiving!*

Candy Corn!

30 Oct

Did you know that National Candy Corn Day is October 30th?

Here is a round-up of some fabulous candy corn recipes and ideas for last-minute fun today!

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This Candy Corn Wreath was on the cover of Woman’s Day magazine last October.

It kind of made me speechless.

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Zakka Life made these Giant Cone Candy Corns that just make me giggle.

I am not even kidding when I tell you that I seriously considered kidnapping the Happy Buddy’s preschool’s cones that they use for drive-thru pick up and transforming them all into these!

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Little Giraffes made a bunch of Candy Corn Men with their first graders.

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Love this simple Candy Corn Craft from Boredom Busting Mommy!

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Adorable-ness!!!!!

Learn Create Love made this Candy Corn Pumpkin with some dried beans and some candy corn.

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Over at Family Crafts About you can find the template to make this awesome Candy Corn Bunting- personalized to your own Happy Home (including pets). :-)

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How about a Candy Corn Veggie Tray?

And if you want EVEN MORE fabulous Candy Corn Ideas (including a list of easy-peasy games that your Happy Buddies will love) go to my post from last year HERE.

Happy National Candy Corn Day-ing! :-)

My Food Looks Like a Pumpkin!

28 Oct

I just love it when people transform food into something magical -

Like a pumpkin. :-)

Check out this round-up of easy-peasy ways to bring a little pumpkin into your Happy Home’s mealtimes these last few days before the end of October.

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Wake your Happy Buddies up this weekend to a plate of Pumpkin Pancakes like these from the idea room.

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A clementine, a little marker…  Instant pumpkin happiness from The Princess and the Toad.

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How marvelous are these Pumpkin Pizzas from Red Couch Recipes?

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Our Best Bites made the sweetest little Pumpkin Sandwiches with cream cheese and apricot jam.This is so easy!

Cut pumpkin faces with some cheeseand you will have the cutest burgers ever!

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I think these Cinnamon Tortilla Pumpkin Faces from Come Together Kids are the perfect activity and after-school snack for your Happy Buddies!

She also has a great recipe for a tasty dip to go with them – check it out!!

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Taste of Home put together this adorable Pumpkin Veggie Tray.

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The Crafty Nest has a yummy-looking recipe for a special Halloween Punch with Pumpkin Mason Jars.

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And this last idea is my favorite!!!

Mostly because it is so easy and mostly because I know the Happy Buddy would just love an afternoon in the kitchen decorating these Pumpkin Cupcakes via From Glitter to Gumdrops!

Happy Pumpkin Food-ing! :-)

Scriptures for Halloween

26 Oct

Halloween can be a difficult season for Happy Homes as they try to navigate the stores and costumes and decorations that aren’t exactly happy, so to speak.

It’s important to be armed with knowledge and an action plan based on prayerful convictions so that you will be prepared during these seasons to lead your Happy Home in the Lord.

If you haven’t read my thoughts on Halloween. check it out HERE.

In addition, I thought I’d create a few printables for your Happy Home fridge to arm you with Scripture that might assist in your Halloween convictions, as well as some Bible verses about fear – something that many Happy Buddies might experience more of as they encounter the scarier aspects of this particular holiday.

Let me know if this helps!

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Happy Bible Verse-ing! :-)

The Headless Daddy and Scarecrows

25 Oct

When I was growing up, my family made a ‘Headless Daddy’ every year for Halloween.

It sounds more gruesome than it actually was, but it was a really fun tradition.

We would take some of my dad’s old clothes (jeans, boots, an old flannel shirt), stuff them with newspaper and put it all together in a chair on our front porch.

One year, my tech-savvy brother hid a speaker under the chair, routed a microphone wire through our mailbox and then we were able to surprise Trick-or-Treaters by having the Headless Daddy ‘greet’ them.

We loved getting to see their reactions when the figure on the porch came to life!

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I’m sharing this with you because when I saw these fun Pumpkin Head People at Woman’s Day, it reminded me of our Headless Daddy Tradition (minus the pumpkin heads – haha!).

Then I was inspired to round-up some similar, Scarecrow-ish ideas for your Happy Home.

Hope you find something here to celebrate the season!

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This little Pumpkin Pal from Good Housekeeping is a way cuter porch decoration than our Headless Daddy.

And he’s reeeeeaallly simple to make!

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Katherine Marie Photography did an entire post of the most adorable Scarecrow Crafts you will ever see.  Ever.

Plus, it helps that she is amazing at taking pictures, so even if you don’t want to make any of the crafts, you will have fun just looking at her unbelievably creative work!

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I love this simple Scarecrow Shape Guy from No Time for Flashcards.

Triangles, circles, rectangles, etc. – what a fun way to help your Happy Buddy learn!

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How awesome are these Scarecrow Cookie Pops from Skip to My Lou?

With only a few handy decorations added to a basic sugar cookie, you’ve got yourself a Best Seller at any Fall Bake Sale!

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I am not even kidding when I tell you that I made 50 of these Scarecrow Candy Necklaces from Family Fun for all of the gals who were in my Elementary Education major at Florida State so many years ago!

I remember my roommates thinking me an odd bird for having raffia, a billion types of candy, and a hot glue gun spread all over our apartment.

But  I think they liked it better when I left one hanging from each of their doorknobs when I was finally finished! :-)

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Would you believe that this cuteness was made from just eggs, a pancake, some cereal, and fruit?

I adore the creativity and precious heart behind these Scarecrow Pancakes – Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons- check it out!

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And, finally, **snack mixes** are one of my greatest weaknesses in life – that and glitter.

**You can see my FAVORITIST snack mix in the whole world HERE.**

Just Make Stuff found the above Scarecrow Snack Mix in one of her favorite mags and shared it on her site.

My tummy is grateful (and the baby in it!) – but my hips are not! :-)

Happy Scarecrow-ing! :-)

Roll a Pumpkin Game – FREE Printable!

24 Oct

The Happy Hubby and I had so much fun expressing our inner artists with our Crayon Portraits ‘At Home Date Night.’

So we thought we’d give it a second go with this super fun game!

What you need:

  • 1 sheet of paper per player
  • Crayons, markers, or colored pencils
  • Pair of dice
  • Happy Home Fairy’s FREE Printable Roll-a-Pumpkin Game (you can get it at the bottom of this post!!)

Here’s a peek at the game WITH instructions at the top…The Happy Hubby and I had so much fun seeing our pumpkins come to life. :-)

Would you like to see the finished products?That’s mine – Dorothy.

I thought her accessory (Roll 7) needed to be cow-print shoes.

I kind of want a pair myself!

This is the Happy Hubby’s pumpkin – complete with pilgrim hat.

If you’re wondering about the eyes, I rolled a 10 and got to draw them on ‘Punk’ for the Happy Hubby.

Unfortunately for me, that was the last feature he needed in order to win. :-)

I hope you will play this fun game with your Happy Hubby or Happy Buddies this week as you make last minute costume choices, visit the pumpkin patch, and enjoy the final days of October!

Click HERE for your FREE Printable Roll-a-Pumpkin Game!

Don’t forget to ‘LIKE’ the Fairy on Facebook to stay up-to-date on all the Happy Home magic!

Happy Roll-a-Pumpkin-ing! :-)

Recipe – Yummy Pumpkin Cookies

23 Oct

I featured these lil’ scrumptious beauties last year when I posted about the Pumpkin Party we threw with some friends.

I baked up another batch yesterday and toted them along to this year’s Pumpkin Carving Extravanganza.

It seemed that everyone at the party was more interested in eating the cookies than in carving the pumpkins!

That’s when you know you’ve found a winning recipe!

Plus, it helps that it takes like 2 seconds to make them.

AND your Happy Home will smell ridiculously good.

The Happy Hubby kept walking into the kitchen to sniff while they were baking.

Allow me to share the magic!

Happy Home Fairy’s Pumpkin Spice Cookies

Ingredients -

  • 1 (18 oz) package carrot cake mix with pudding in the mix
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • 1 egg
  • 1 can cream cheese icing
  • Candy corn pumpkinsDirections -
  1. Mix cake mix, pumpkin, butter, and egg.  Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets.
  2. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until puffed and set in center.
  3. Cool 2 minutes.  Remove to wire rack and cool 15 minutes.
  4. Frost cooled cookies with icing.  Press 1 candy corn pumpkin into center of each cookie.  Note – If waiting to eat cookies second day, hold off putting the little candy corn pumpkin on top as the colors tend to bleed on the icing if left to sit too long.
  5. Since he came into the kitchen so much while your cookies were baking, make sure you fix a special plate for the Happy Hubby. :-) Happy Pumpkin Spice Cookie-ing! :-)

Creepy Crawlies

21 Oct

On Tuesday you got to see the Spider Web Craft that the Happy Buddy and I glitter-ized for our Happy Home!

Couldn’t resist sharing a few more creepy crawly ideas with you… :-)

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First of all, what Happy Buddy wouldn’t want to wake up to a plate of these Spider Pancakes from Oopsey Daisy?

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Or how about these adorable (and healthy) Spider Crackers from My World of Crazy Fun for a little after school snack?

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Chicken Babies had the most brilliant idea of surprising her Happy Home with an Indoor Spider Web for them to crawl through!

How magical is that?!?!

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Make these awesome (and super simple!) Spider Hats from House of Baby Piranha for your Happy Buddies to wear and scare Dad when he gets home from work.  Teehee. :-)

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These Spider Handprints from Our Nifty Notebook are the perfect keepsake this October.

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It would be a cinch to spin together a few of these Pipe Cleaner Spider Lollipops from Home Confetti and hand out as classroom treats.

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Pop a few of these Spider Ice Cubes from Fahrenheit 350into everyone’s drink glasses for a dinner time startle.

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Make and Takes came up with these cute little Q-Tip Spiders and Web Paper Plates!

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And, finally, this Paper Plate Spider Candy Holder from Parents is a fantastic way to store your little Trick-or-Treater’s loot!

I know your Happy Home will creep its way to fun with any of these spider-y ideas.

Happy Creepy Crawl-ing! :-)

Fall Checklist – FREE Printable!

19 Oct

I can’t believe that it is already October 20th!

October is my favorite month… I just adore the autumn season.

I don’t want this month to slip away before I have fully experienced all the joy the fall has to offer -

So I created a little checklist to help keep your Happy Home on track!

You’ll find all of your favorite fall activities on this list (mine is having a pumpkin carving contest – we are off to carve ours with a bunch of friends tonight!).

I hope you will print one off for your own Happy Home to check off together!

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Some of the great ideas you’ll find on your FREE Printable Fall Checklist are…

  1. Make leaf rubbings
  2. Volunteer together
  3. Make popcorn
  4. Bake a fresh apple pie
  5. Attend a football game and have your own mini tailgating party
  6. Go on a hayride together
  7. Drink hot apple cider
  8. Visit a local candle shop and select delicious fall-scented candles
  9. Hang a homemade fall wreath
  10. Make a pot of soup
  11. Play touch football
  12. Go to a pumpkin patch and select the biggest pumpkin you can find
  13. Pick up a pumpkin and take it to an elderly neighbor
  14. Make a scarecrow for your front yard
  15. Jump in a big pile of leaves
  16. Roast marshmallows
  17. Have a pumpkin carving contest
  18. Eat candy corn
  19. Bake pumpkin bread
  20. Play a board game
  21. Do a 1,000 piece puzzle
  22. Eat breakfast for dinner
  23. Surprise someone with a potted mum on their doorstep
  24. Make chili and invite neighbors over
  25. Build a tent with blankets, sheets, chairs, and chip clips
  26. Decorate your house for fall
  27. Take your family photo for Christmas
  28. Clean out your junk drawer
  29. Write your parents a letter by hand – expressing your love and appreciation
  30. Print off some games/puzzles online for your kids
  31. Hang artwork your children created
  32. As a family. stay in your pajamas all day long
  33. Have a Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino at Starbucks
  34. Make apple prints
  35. Go to a fall festival or craft fair
  36. Host a story time at your house and pull out all of your fave fall books
  37. Enjoy a fall picnic
  38. Make homemade applesauce
  39. Get a head start on Christmas shopping
  40. Call an old friend

Don’t you just feel fall-ish after reading that? :-)

I’d love to hear how your Happy Home enjoys their fall fun this month!

Happy Fall Checklist-ing! :-)

EEK! A Spider!

19 Oct

While I am not a huge fan of finding them in my shower or crawling up the wall next to my comfy chair…

God did make ‘all creatures great and small,’ so I thought the Happy Buddy and I would celebrate these creepy lil’ guys yesterday.First we used some Elmer’s glue to paint a spider web on an orange piece of paper.Then a little someone got to have the time of his life sprinkling silver glitter all over the wet glue.

Beware.

You will have glitter everywhere.

When we were snacking on some apple slices later that morning we giggled when we discovered one of our apples had a piece of glitter on it! :-) While your sparkly web is drying, use some black construction paper and googly eyes to make a few spiders.Then place your spider on the web!

We must have made 1,000 of these webs and spiders yesterday because after we made one, the Happy Buddy immediately wanted to make another, and another, and another.

Now we have a cute little project to give to 1,000 of his closest friends!

And I have a house covered in sparkles!

Life doesn’t get much better than this, does it??! :-)

Happy Spider Craft-ing!

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