Camping Sleep Over & S'Mores

Hannah is so excited to finally have a sleep over again, now that her group has all had both rounds of shots.  They are camping out in the trailer for the evening and watching some outdoor movies.  Each friend brought a treat for the evening festivities and a contribution to the parfait breakfast bar.

I went a little overboard on the S'mores Charcuterie... couldn't help myself.  Hannah and I checked all the items to make sure they were Halal approved.  The marshmallows, a few of the cookies and the Turkish Delight came from our local Halal grocer.  Fun fact, most Hersey products are Halal and vegan, so it's a vegan tray too. I had no idea!

Boo's Birthday Spooktacular

Due to upcoming renovations we decided to have Boo's 13th birthday party early this year.  Apparently the 2nd grade Halloween party we thew, is a prominent memory for her girlfriends.  So we promised after last years birthday that Boo could have another Halloween party for this year.

Day of the Dead - Sugar Skull

A Zoo Keeper riding an Ostrich

Halloween Twister

  

We had 3 cats, 1 Zombie soccer player, Harry Potter, a deviled egg, 1 Hippie and Day of the Dead Boo.  Most of my Halloween decorating will be curtailed due to construction, so it was a great excuse to haul it all out for the party.  

We set up a beverage station in the new Kitchenette.  Check out the floating eyeballs in the punch jug.  I wasn't willing to sacrifice my new couch and area rugs so all clear beverages.  Learned my lesson from last year and also NO CAFFEINE.  

Inspired by my sister Jen, we also used the Kitchenette as a mock photo-booth or photo room.  Using their own cell phones, they played with Halloween themed frames and props to take loads of photos and selfies.

Here come the fun food - thank you Pinterest: (apple faces not pictured)

Donuts with Vampire Fangs

Lychee berry eyeballs on sword skewers

Puking pumpkin Hummus dip - Boo carved this bad boy!

Mummy Dogs

Party Mix - nothing cheesy to stain my coach with

Chocolate Spider Trifle - *sigh the chocolate syrup ran

We had a costume contest, Halloween Twister, Freeze Dance, a photo booth contest, Karaoke and believe it or not ALL of the girls begged to play Musical Chairs (throw back to Gr. 2), so we improvised and did Musical Pillows.  Very scary movies were out since we had some scaredy pants present.  Warm Bodies and Coraline scared the $%&@ out of them LOL.

Musical Pillows

Karaoke was CRAZY!  I was crying from laughing so hard.  We had to call Karaoke quits around 1:30 a.m. when it got a bit too loud and screamy.  I think most of the guest went home without their voices. 

Click here to see Karaoke JoJo Siwa "Boomerang" 

Click here to see Karaoke Back Street Boys - "Tell Me Why?"

Boo Decor

Michael's Craft store has burlap covered canvases on sale this past weekend.  Using my b-day gift card (thanks Hubby and kids), I bought one for Boo's room.  Using SCAL, I mocked up an inspirational quoted and then painted it onto the canvas using the vinyl as template.

I did brush the lettering with ModPodge and let it dry before painting the stencil letters.  It did help my letter turn out crisper with less bleeding.  It was perfect though.  I had to mix some canvas coloured paint for some minor touch-ups.  All and all though I would recommend using Modge Podge first.

Michael's also had news print covered canvases out.  I didn't buy any, but it did inspire the cat silhouette.  I bought the wood hanging boards/frames from the Dollarstore.  I thought the bird chipboards would be easy to pull off - NOPE.  So I removed the hanging screws to reverse the board to use the backsides.

 The bird die cut was from an XMas gift card I received and put aside.

Pantene Beautiful Lengths

Being Charitable

We decided Hannah needed a shorter hair-do, she needs a lot of help getting the knots out after showering.  She's also been talking about donating to Locks of Love once it was long enough.  However, I found a Canadian way of donating through The Canadian Cancer Society and Pantene Beautiful Lengths.

Here are the requirements from the Canadian Cancer Society: donations must be a minimum of 8 inches long. Hannah's clean and dried pony tail measured 11.5 inches long. Above, her hair is wet because I had just finished shaping it into a page boy after cutting off the pony tail.

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There is a "postage paid" printable e-label on the following link, very convenient - found here.

As per the Canadian Cancer Society site: 
Pantene Beautiful Lengths accepts hair donations, then creates, ships and donates real-hair wigs to Canadian Cancer Society wig banks across Canada. There is no cost to the Society or to the individuals who receive these wigs. Please consider sending your hair to Pantene Beautiful Lengths as a meaningful way to support someone on a cancer journey.