Day 5...Halloween Charity?

Hey my Spooks! Welcome back to my crypt and day 5 of the countdown to Halloween.

Today I am going to discuss Halloween Charity.

Many of us know about trick or treating for UNICEF or at least heard about it as kids. This is the original fundraising efforts during Halloween that kids could help other kids in need. They are a worthwhile organization that is now 60 years old and has raised millions of dollars for kids.



However, do you know about other ways to express charity through Halloween?

I recently learned about the Halloween organization "Spirit" that began a program in 2006 called The Spirit of Children. The organization each year gathers enough supplies and donations to sponsor Halloween parties around the country to children in hospitals. The idea is to "make hospitals less scary." Left over money goes for other programs and needs within the hospitals.You can find out how to donate by visiting the link.

Another organization to consider is FAAN or Food Allergies and Anaphylaxis. This organization supports children and adults with food allergies. Not all children can have those sweets given out at Halloween. Instead why not trick or treat to help FAAN raise awareness.

http://www.halloweenforcharity.com/

There are other well known charities like the Red Cross that you can also trick or treat for.  Or I suggest the American Diabetes Association. These charities rely on donations all year long to help in emergency situations around the globe. There are certainly many others...pick one and go for it!

If you don't want your children to have all those sweets or just want to teach your children to be charitable, then why not include any of these charities as part of your Halloween fun.

Until tomorrow.
Your Crypt Keeper,
Naila Moon

October 2...Craftiness

Hello my fellow ghouls, welcome back to my crypt for day 2 of the Halloween countdown.







Today, as most of this week, I will be talking about some of my crafty projects I have done to get prepared for this month of fun.

Recently I was thrift store shopping. Don't you just love thrift stores? Anyway, I came across a packaged bit of wood pieces for $3. The package had cut out pumpkins and some other assorted pieces plus twine in it. I knew I could do something with it so, I brought them home with me. 

As I started looking at them, I realized that the pieces made a cute Halloween pumpkin box. My hubby decided to take on the task of putting one together and painting it.

I on the other hand saw something completely different with the pieces. What I saw was a Fall Harvest Mobile.

I gathered my Fall paints and went at it with a fever.

After I finished each piece to my satisfaction, I strung them with the twine that had been included in the packaging.  I hung them in my sliding glass doors and wha-la!

I painted some additional pumpkin pieces and hung them from my kitchen chandelier. I will be adding more to the chandelier but that is for a post later in this week.

Believe it or not, I still have tons of the wood pieces left. I am hoping to invite a friend and her kids over sometime this month for a pumpkin party. I am going to let them paint some and take home. Stay tuned!

Come by tomorrow and see what is lurking around the crypt.

 

~Crypt Keeper, Naila Moon

October 1...so, it begins...Welcome to my crypt

Hello everyone and welcome to my crypt. 
If you dare, you can come here every day Monday- Saturday through the whole month of October. (Sunday I take off because after all a crypt keeper needs a day off too)

This month you will find everything Halloween from the ooey gooey to the edge of your seat scream. Everyday is a new adventure that you don't want to miss.




After you visit my crypt, click on the image of the purple monster and go visit some of the other ghouls. I am sure they would not mind having you for dinner...um, I mean visiting.

Just to get you in a good frame of mind for this little trek out in the dark. Check out one of our good friends. Some how he made it to the big time. *roaring laughter*



See you tomorrow...
Naila Moon, Crypt Keeper