Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Spooky.

When Roundabout left for school this morning, I reminded her to bring her empty milk carton home with her...and she did. When she got off of the bus, she cheerfully pulled it out of her backpack and asked what I needed it for.

Answer: Spooky Halloween Houses

It's a twist on the widely accepted Christmas Gingerbread House! But don't you think that

Even better with a wide array of spooky home improvements:

It served as a fun Family Home Evening activity to wrap up the day. Who knew that sugar decorations could be
There was much ado about

I, of course, had to get in on the action with the biggest milk carton since I am the mom (a.k.a. in charge)! All in all, I think we created the perfect

9 comments:

Kristin Jones said...

What a fun project. Too cute!

Danielle said...

Andrew thought these were cool!

Katie Smith said...

Way cute! and that picture of green light is great!!

Brenda said...

So Cute!

Rhonda said...

Fun, fun, fun!!! Decorating houses can be so much fun. I loved the look on Greenlights face. Roundabout you looked beautiful.

Charlotte said...

What a good idea! My daughter saw it and liked it. I said we could do it, but she would have to bring home her friends' milk cartons (we don't buy milk at school). She decided against it (what that would be embarrassing?). Maybe next year I will start buying things in cartons in Septemeber to get the 8 I would need.

Anonymous said...

to cute

shannontay1 said...

the blogs are great.
Louise was telling us about them last night. Keep up the great work you have done a wonderful job as a mom.
TTYS
shannon taylor

Arbon Family said...

What a great idea- Can I still do it even though Haloween is over? HA