BOO! Your Neighbors

Boo bags can be cute
decorative bags or
just a brown lunch bag. 

One of my favorite holidays is Halloween. Halloween has tons of easy crafts but most importantly, CANDY.   Our neighborhood has a tradition of "Booing" each other, which usually starts the first week of October.  It gets everyone excited about Halloween and growing up on a farm in rural Ohio, no one ever Boo'd my house!  I love it! 

Basically a Boo is a bag of goodies for the kids in the family that gets them excited for Halloween. Our Boo has already been delivered this year and we are sending it on to two more neighbors (cause that's the rules, Duh). So if you're interested in starting a Boo in your neighborhood, here are the rules & the web links you need to make it happen.

First: You need 2 bags or buckets, etc to put your treats into. Fill each one with a few treats or goodies (candy, crayons, little Halloween decoration, etc). In their basket you need to include a picture of the Boo and a copy of the Boo Poem. Then you drop them off at your neighbors house's. When you start this, it is fun for the kids to see the Boo's go up in the window. So hang it where your friends can see it, then the fun gets spread to more houses! 

Oh just a word of wisdom, you should probably tell the parent of the kids you're "booing" that it is going to happen. The first time I participated, 1 of my 2 houses tossed the bag because they didn't know who it was from....now I let them know. Have fun!

Bates Motel Haunted Tour

This isn't as family friendly as we usually post, but if you have older children, maybe it is!  The Bates Hotel & Haunted Hayride open this Friday.  For more information go HERE ---but the website creeps me out so you might not want to check it out around the kids!  You will not find me going to the motel or on the hayride, I'm a big scared baby! 

Creative Halloween Candy Solutions: What do do with all that candy!

If you are at all like me, you are wonder what the H*## am I going to do with all this candy??!!  Here are a few ideas that might work for you and your family.  

• Using plastic wrap and ribbons, wrap one piece of candy and tie with a ribbon, repeating until you have enough to last from November 1-Christmas or Hanukkah and let the kids eat one a day. 
• Have your children choose 10 (or 20 what ever works for your family) pieces of candy and then  the "Switch Witch" or the "Great Pumpkin" will trade them a small toy or prize for the candy.  Donate to the local food pantry.
• Hide some now for Christmas stockings (I do this every year and I have to really hide it or my husband will eat it!) I will do this today, the day after Halloween, before all the "good" candy has been picked over, to make sure we have good candy & to ensure that my kids have the same amount of the same candy!
• Use it in a birthday or holiday party.  Most of the candy we received doesn't have anything Halloween on it, so we will be using our this weekend for my daughter's birthday party.  She is having a Willy Wonka themed party, so candy fits it!
• Trade in your candy at a local trade and get $1 a pound!  The candy is then shipped overseas to our troops to eat and give to children there. Check out Halloween Candy Buy Backs find a participating office near you!

 Do you have a creative solution?  Comment below and let us in on your secret!!! 

Delaware County Halloween Parades & Fun

 Delco loves Halloween!  I would recommend calling before heading out tomorrow for parades...one has already been postponed!  If you have any more events, leave a comment!


Hayrides to the Witches House & Pumpkin Land at Linvilla AND all you can carry pumpkins $19.99 on Oct. 30th

Saturday

• FREE Pajama Breakfast at Chick-fil-A at 10 am
• Halloween SpooktacularSpringfield Mall at 11 am
• Granite Run Mall Safe trick-or-treating and a “spook-tacular” costume contest Oct. 29th from noon–2pm!
• Upland Oct. 29th at 4pm
• Toys R Us    Geoffrey's Halloween Parade 12-3 

 Media

• Media Recreation Board will be hosting their annual Halloween Extravaganza for the children of Media Borough on Sat. October 30 from 11:30-1:30 pm at the Community Center. There will be games, food, and goodie bags. Costumes are welcome Info HERE
• 47th Delaware County Halloween Parade, Oct. 30th at 2 pm InfoHERE (*Note: Rescheduled from Saturday Due to predicted bad weather!) 

  Swarthmore:

• Halloween party Oct. 29th 4:30-6:30 to benefit Chrohs & Colitis Foundation Info HERE
• The Creative Living Room Parade & story Oct. 31st at 4:30, More Info HERE

Ridley Park Dog Parade  October 30th Noon-3pm

Creative Halloween Candy Solutions

If you are at all like me, you are wonder what the H*## am I going to do with all this candy??!!  Here are a few ideas that might work for you and your family.

1.  Using plastic wrap and ribbons, wrap one piece of candy and tie with a ribbon, repeating until you have enough to last from November 1-Christmas or Hannukah and let the kids eat one a day. 

2.  Have your children choose 10 (or 20 what ever works for your family) pieces of candy and then  the "Switch Witch" or the "Great Pumpkin" will trade them a small toy or prize for the candy.  Donate to the local food pantry.

3.  Hide some now for Christmas stockings (I do this every year and I have to really hide it or my husband will eat it!)

4.  Use it in a birthday or holiday party.  Most of the candy we recieved doesn't have anything Halloween on it, so we will be using our this weekend for my daughter's birthday party.  She has invited a few friends over to watch a movie so candy goes with the theme!

5.   Trade in your candy at a local trade and get $1 a pound!  The candy is then shipped overseas to our troops to eat and give to children there. Check out Halloween Candy Buy Backs find a participating office near you!

Weekend Activities-Happy Halloween

Weekend

Hayrides & Pumpkin Land at Linvilla

Halloween Spooktacular (Oct. 28-30) inUpper Chichester 7PM - 10PM

Friday:
Jack-O-Lantern Land

Lions Club Parade: Swarthmore. Registration at 6:15 Swarthmore College Fieldhouse

Trunk or Treat inUpper Chichester 7PM - 10PM

Mayhem on Market St. Also a Facebook event.

Saturday:

Borders Borders Halloween Spooktakular

Mall-O-Ween at KOP Mall 10 am- 12pm

Springfield Mall Halloween Spooktakular

Colonial Plantation Halloween on the Farm

Toy Story Story Time at(Oct. 28-30) inthe Disney Store 11 am & 12:30 pm

Toys R Us 12pm - 3pm

Media Halloween Parade 2 pm

Monster Mash at Main Line Art Center

Creative Living Room Parade 4:30 pm

Monster Bash sponsored by Haverford Township Recreation is a Facebook event.


Sunday:
Colonial Plantation Halloween on the Farm

Trunk or Treat at Bethlehem United Methodist Church

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Halloween Weekend-Incomplete

I am just so tired from traveling to NYC & now making 1 million cupcakes & cookies. I will update more on Friday, so please check back.

Friday:
Jack-O-Lantern Land

Lions Club Parade: Swarthmore. Registration at 6:15 Swarthmore College Fieldhouse

Mayhem on Market St. Also a Facebook event.

Saturday:

Borders Borders Halloween Spooktakular

Springfield Mall Halloween Spooktakular

Toy Story Story Time @ The Disney Store: 11 am & 12:30 pm

Toys R Us 12pm - 3pm

Media Halloween Parade 2 pm

Creative Living Room Parade 4:30 pm

Halloween Weekend-Incomplete

I am just so tired from traveling to NYC & now making 1 million cupcakes & cookies. I will update more on Friday, so please check back.

Friday:
Jack-O-Lantern Land

Lions Club Parade: Swarthmore. Registration at 6:15 Swarthmore College Fieldhouse

Mayhem on Market St. Also a Facebook event.

Saturday:

Borders Borders Halloween Spooktakular

Springfield Mall Halloween Spooktakular

Toy Story Story Time @ The Disney Store: 11 am & 12:30 pm

Toys R Us 12pm - 3pm

Media Halloween Parade 2 pm

Creative Living Room Parade 4:30 pm

Halloween Events Thursday

Thursday:
Halloween Parade sponsored by the Ridley Girl Scouts check out the event on Facebook

Mayhem on Market St.
Also a Facebook event.

Halloween Party at the Swarthmore Community Center

Friday, October 29 · 9:15am - 11:15am

This event will be held on the second floor of the Swarthmore Community Center, 715 Harvard Avenue, Swarthmore. We will be playing games, doing halloween crafts and decorating cookies!

Snacks will be provided. Admission is $5 per child over age 1.

Please RSVP to our Facebook event!

Giggle Gang Halloween Spooktakular

Oct 30, 2010
Calling all little ghosts, ghouls and fairy princesses too! Saturday, October 30th Springfield Mall invites you to a Giggle Gang Halloween Concert Event! Delaware County’s Makin’ Music will be performing live in Center Court from 11am to noon. Come in costume!

Giggle Gang

Kids Eat Free at Applebees October 31st

Kid's eat free: Valid only on October 31st 2010

Kid's must be accompanied by an adult to receive free kid's meal. Two free kid's meals per adult entree purchase. 12 and under from the kid's menu dine-in only one meal per child per visit. Can not be combined with any offer or discount. Not redeemable for cash. Tax and gratituity not included. Kid's eat free meal valid at participating Rose Group Applebee's in the greater Philadelphia and surounding market,Wilkes Barre/Scranton, Delaware, Baltimore, MD & DE Eastern Shore Markets and Lawrenceville & Hamilton, NJ.

Call your local Applebees to confirm they are participating. 

Boo at the Zoo, Today & Tomorrow

October 23 and 24
10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Included with Zoo admission.
Free for Zoo Members

Entertainment Schedule

Saturday, October 23th

10:00-4:00 p.m. Report all the spooky news with KYW’s Kidcasting station on Impala Plaza!
Visit the Treehouse to make crafts and play games!
Stop by McNeil Avian Center to learn green tips from the cast of Go Green from the Walnut Street Theatre.
11:00 a.m. Enjoy a performance by Active Agents in Big Cat Falls Theatre!
12:00 p.m. Boogie on down one more time with Active Agents in Big Cat Falls Theatre!
2:00 p.m. Zoo on Wheels presents: The Animals of Harry Potter in the Treehouse
3:00 p.m. Zoo on Wheels presents: Creepy, Buggy, Scaly, Slimy in the Treehouse


Sunday, October 24th
10:00-4:00 p.m. Hang out with WOGL and look for the Breakfast Club in the afternoon!
Visit the Treehouse to make crafts and play games!
Stop by the Mc Neil Avian Center to learn some green tips from the cast of Go Green from the Walnut Street Theatre
11:00 a.m. Enjoy a performance by Active Agents in Big Cat Falls Theatre!
12:00 p.m. Boogie on down one more time with Active Agents in Big Cat Falls Theatre!
2:00 p.m. Zoo on Wheels presents: The Animals of Harry Potter in the Treehouse
3:00 p.m. Zoo on Wheels presents: Creepy, Buggy, Scaly, Slimy in the Treehouse

For more details check out The Philadelphia Zoo.

Delco Weekends Rock!

Activities All Weekend:

Hayrides & Pumpkin Land at Linvilla

Great Pumpkin Carve in Chadds Ford...this event is awesome!

Friday:
Dress up in Dreams at the Disney Store. There is a limit of 50 kids per session.

Ghost Tours Colonial Plantation in Ridley Creek State Park 6-10PM

Saturday:

Harvest Festival at Reading Terminal Market 10-4, this is where we are hoping to go.

Halloween Spooktacular at Borders

Dress up in Dreams at the Disney Store. There is a limit of 50 kids per session.

Family Fun Day at Shipley Shops admission is free, there will be food and crafts for kids, and the shopping is FANTASTIC.

LEGO Bricktober (12-2) at Toys R Us.

Freedom Playground (Haverford) Grand Opening

Ghost Tours Colonial Plantation in Ridley Creek State Park 6-10PM...not really for young kids or adults who are big babies like myself. 

Sunday:
Pumpkin Party at Tyler Arboretum

Costume Parade at Linvilla

Borders Annual Halloween Spooktacular

October 30, 2010 11:00 AM

It's our annual Halloween Spooktacular! Kids ages 3 to 8 are invited to join in on the fun! We'll read scary stories, play spooky games, do a creepy craft and top it all off with a terrifying parade! Costumes are encouraged!

Local Borders Participating:Springfield, Glen Mills, Wynnewood, Bryn Mawr

Check out Borders for more info.

Reminder: Giggle Gang at Springfield Mall Today!

10:30AM

Oct 21, 2010

Just in time for Halloween, we’re making Jack O’ Lanterns! Bring your creativity for this fun fall craft!

Giggle Gang

Cheap Halloween Costumes-Over tonight!

Chicago: $15 for $30 Worth of Halloween Costumes and Accessories from CostumeHub.com


Go to Groupon and then select the city whose deal you'd like to purchase. Super easy!!!

BOO your neighbors

First, let me say, I didn't grow up in a neighborhood...I lived on a 90 acre farm in rural Ohio...so no one every Boo'd my house!

When we moved to a very family neighborhood a few years ago, our first Halloween we were surprised to find a "Boo" on our porch. Basically a Boo is a bag of goodies for the kids in the family that gets them excited for Halloween. Our Boo has already been delivered this year and we are sending it on to two more neighbors (cause that's the rules, Duh). So if you're interested in starting a Boo in your neighborhood, here are the rules & the web links you need to make it happen.

First: You need 2 bags or buckets, etc to put your treats into. Fill each one with a few treats or goodies. In their basket you need to include a picture of the Boo and a copy of the Boo Poem. Then you drop them off at your neighbors house's. Oh just a word of wisdom, you should probably tell the parent of the kids you're "booing" that it is going to happen. The first time I participated, 1 of my 2 houses tossed the bag because they didn't know who it was from....now I let them know. Have fun!

Superhero showdown: Ghosts vs Superheroes

Check out Granite Run Mall to not find out many details...can someone tell them its hard to find events on their site!

Linvilla HAYRIDES TO THE WITCHES HOUSE

October 1 thru 3, 8 thru 10, and 15 thru 30

Fridays and Saturdays 5:30 – 8:30 pm
Sundays through Thursdays 5:30 – 8:00 pm
Open every day from 9 am – 6 pm

Linvilla Orchards famous Hayride to the Witches House is a hayride to visit the friendly Witches House in the woods. Our witch tells stories and jokes and gives all of the kids a treat. The hayride ends at a campfire where we provide a sample of our apple cider and marshmallows to roast.


This hayride is especially for children up to age 10 or 11.
It is not a Haunted Hayride. Parents are welcome and encouraged to join their children on the ride.
The hayride departs from Pumpkinland and lasts approximately 15-20 minutes. You can get on a ride anytime between the hours listed. We operate many haywagons at the same time during our peak hours.
The hayride to the Witches House is $8 per person