Spooky Bats Halloween Craft

I know I have said before that I am very thankful for Pinterest. I am not the craftiest of people, hence the blog title, so I seek ideas and directions on crafts to do with my kids on a regular basis. Last week I finally sat down and made a list of the Fall crafts I wanted to do with the kids in the next few weeks. Spooky Bats are easy and we did them, because I had all the materials on hand except the googly eyes. So we set out to make the bats.

What you need.

• a cardboard egg carton
• black paint
• ribbon
• googly eyes
• paint brush

I must say that we didn't have finger paint either, so I looked up a recipe on how to make our own. Here is the recipe . . .

1c water
1c flour
food coloring

Mixed the flour and water in a bowl till smooth. Add food coloring to make the color you want. Done! This turned out to be a great learning opportunity for Misses, because she had to mix the colors to create black and orange.

Check out the final product done by Misses (4) and Bubba (1)!

Bubba got board and ate some paint, but who cares it's just flour and water!

Our Spoooooky Bats hanging from the fan.

They aren't completely black because Misses got tired of mixing.

Unreal Candy Bzz Review

 

Unreal Candy

 

 

 

Not to long ago, I received coupons from Bzz Agent to try the NEW Unreal Candy. As a woman with a serious sweet tooth, I couldn't be more excited. I mean who doesn't want to eat yummy candy that doesn't have the yucky stuff in it and fewer calories to boot! Not to mention, I have 2 little ones who also enjoy candy, and I would love to have a healthier alternative to their favorites. Okay, I'll stop beating around the bush and get down to the nitty gritty.

 

We tried all of the types you see in the picture above. The options above mirror the following mainstream candy types: Peanut M&M's, Plain M&M's, Snickers Bar, Milky Way Bar, and Reese's. However, they do not contain any of the following ingredients:

 

1. Corn Syrup
2. Partially Hydrogenated Oil
3. Artificial Ingredients
4. GMO's
5. Preservatives

Unreal candy does have a low glycemic index and fewer calories than its mainstream counterparts.

So I'm sure you are like . . . Great, but does it taste good? You know because nothing that is lacking all those things could possibly be yummy in taste. Well this is what the kids and I thought.

The Unreal 54 (chocolate covered peanuts with a candy shell) looks nice and has a great texture. I thought it and the Unreal 41 (chocolate with a candy shell) had a slight dark chocolate taste. The dark chocolate taste wasn't over powering, but I could still taste it. The kids thought they were very good and ate them up.

The Unreal 5 (chocolate caramel nougat) looked very appealing, smelled good, and had a nice taste. I didn't taste any dark chocolate this time. Misses loved it, but Bubba didn't care for the caramel.

The Unreal 8 (chocolate caramel nougat peanuts) looked good, smelled good, and tasted great. Both kids like this one too.

The Unreal 77 (chocolate peanutbutter) looked good, did not have much of a smell, and tasted oh so good! I love Reeses, so needless to say, I did not share this one with the kids. I waited to try it when they were asleep. It had a great texture and not one hint of dark chocolate taste. I keep mentioning the dark chocolate because, I don't care for it.

All in all, I would purchase this candy for myself and my kids. I personally would not eat the Unreal 54 and 41, due to the dark chocolate taste. Oh, and I need to mention that the price is comparable to the mainstream candy counterparts. That is a plus for me. I get alittle irritated when I have to pay more for a healthier alturnative to a food.

Here are some pics of the kids enjoying their treat!

 

 

 Note: As a Bzz Agent I was given these products to review on my blog. All opinions are my own and no compensation was given.



Mommy's Under the Weather Activity

Last week when we came home from our weekend in Wisconsin Dells, I started to feel under the weather. As the week went on, I felt worse. The kids were getting restless staying inside, so I needed to come up with something they could do where I could lay on the floor or couch.

 

I remembered using up the last of my coffee that morning, so I went and got the big can, the free stickers we had gotten from the YMCA, ribbon, and tape. The kids were going to make a drum! Thankfully, I didn't have a headache with this illness.

 

So we set out on the living room floor to create some fun!

 

Here they are decorating it. Yes Bubba is trying to eat some glue.

 

Bubba washing down the glue taste and putting stickers on the drum.

Misses making music! Don't mind the mess, remember I was sick.



 



There you have it a cheap activity the kids can do if Mommy needs to rest a bit due to illness or exhaustion.