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Can you believe it’s that time of year already? I know, this could have been the fastest year to date! But, here we are ready to count down the days to Halloween. What better way to do that than with this absolutely adorable Halloween advent calendar from Etsy retailer MyGrowingSeasonShop? You can find her handmade creations on Etsy or at My Growing Season. I can’t wait for October to begin so we can enjoy this festive wall hanging that we can load up with our favorite treats or trinkets to mark the days of one of our all time favorite months! Each pocket is embroidered with a different kid-friendly, spooky-themed picture or number. You can even personalize it with your family name embroidered at the top. Your kids will go crazy for this well made calendar that is sure to become a party of your annual traditions! You can even get one to pass down to your grandkids when the time comes!

Halloween is a time where picking out the perfect costume is definitely top on the list of things to do. So where do you go to find just the right costume? Look no further than Costumes.com. They have everything you could imagine at your fingertips. Want to be a princess? They’ve got it. Want to dress like you’re in the Thriller video from 1983? They’ve got it. Love Maverick from Top Gun and want to be him this Halloween? How about Wednesday Addams? Look no further! Their costumes are great looking, arrive quickly and there are so many varieties to choose from, everyone in the family can find just what they want. You can order them now and rest assured your kids will be thrilled when they arrive!

For little trick or treaters, I highly recommend picking up a pair of Skechers S Lights. These ultra comfortable sneakers can compliment any Halloween costume while providing glowing and flashing lights to draw your eyes to your kiddos. A great way to keep an eye on them as they are trick or treating, but super fun for them to show off. The S Lights Wavy Beams would look great with tons of retro 80’s costumes or Barbie. I love the Hydro Lites in Heat Stride for boys. You know your kids will get tons of use out of these fun shoes everyday, too.

I’ve switched up my Halloween decor this year to be a little more grown up. I’ve been having fun finding accessories that fit into that space. I love finding inexpensive decor on Amazon. I adore the ominous looking feathered crows available on Amazon from These crows from PREXTEX are poseable and quite realistic looking, perfect for adding accents around my fireplace as we transform to Halloween decor. You can find a variety of birds and sizes, perfect for your own space. Check it out!

I’ve actually been able to find tons of great decorations on Amazon. I love this buffalo plaid outdoor rug to put outside my front door. It looks great with fall decorations or including it with my Halloween decor.

I like to create a more sophisticated look indoors and then I love to go all out scary outside. I’ve created a little cemetery in the front yard using these skeleton stakes and headstones. They are perfect to use in all sorts of weather and will hold up to fall storms. It looks fantastic and is so easy to set up. I’ve also added spiderwebs and these posable spiders with glowing eyes. All together it gives the perfect creepy Halloween vibes I love this time of year.

We love spending quality family time around the fire during the fall. It’s so relaxing and a great way to decompress. We love the idea of adding something fun and quirky, maybe even a bit sinister, for those family fires. Check out these amazing handcrafted ceramic skulls! You can use them for both gas or wood fires, gas for a nice clean burn, and they can be reused over and over again, both indoors and out. Each burn adds to the character of these detailed skulls that will be a major talking point of guests for a long time to come. I can’t rave about the quality of these unique pieces enough from Etsy retailer TheCozyHearth. When the flames go through the hollows of them, it is truly mesmorizing. 

When it comes to celebrating Halloween and throwing parties, we are so excited over this amazing Paper Street Stamp Shop stamp! These customized rubber stamps are the perfect touch for sending invitations and correspondence. As I’ve mentioned before, I love Salem at Halloween and this stamp is reminiscent of the historical graveyards from the colonial time period of America. It’s know as the “death’s heads” and it is so cool looking! The quality of these stamps are impeccable! I highly recommend picking one up for Halloween and thinking ahead to your Christmas cards in a couple months, too!

I love Halloween books, especially kids books, so I love to get new ones all the time. Simon & Schuster has a great selection this year of fun titles for the littlest trick or treaters that will have them squealing with delight. The Wheels on the Costume, EEK! Halloween, Happy Halloweenie, and the supersized board book version of It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown are great options to get this year to get your kiddos geared up for Halloween night.

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