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Dana Gutkowski

I am the mother of none, but the very proud Aunt to four beautiful children. I did absolutely no work to create them, but I will do everything in my power to help raise them.

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I love the fall. The leaves start changing, the air gets a little cooler and brisk, and let’s not forget about Halloween! As a child, I loved dressing up and going out trick or treating. Not so much because I loved getting candy, it was more so for the costumes! I LOVED picking out a new character every year and my Mom is very crafty. She would make all my costumes for me and that always meant a lot to me.

Now as an adult it’s not much different. In fact, it’s even better because I get to celebrate with my nieces and nephews! Here are some fun things that you can do this year with your family during the fall and around Halloween! And if you’re a long-distance Auntie, no worries, I have an idea for you too!

Halloween Costumes

If you are a crafty Auntie you can help make their Halloween costumes or help with their makeup if needed. Sometimes kids want what’s popular, a princess, spiderman, pokemon, shopkins, etc. But if your nieces and nephews are anything like mine, they don’t choose things that can be picked up off the shelf.

Last year my nephew Jayden wanted to be a T.V. … I love his imagination and instead of saying we can’t get that, we had a lot of fun brainstorming on how to make him a T.V. Jayden had the reins on this one, so when he asked, we made it happen. He wanted to be a flatscreen T.V. like the one he watches and he wanted Sponge Bob to be on the screen. So that’s what he got. And he was quite happy about it, which is the only thing that matters!

My sister made the flat screen T.V. and I drew Sponge Bob to fit!

If you’re not into arts and crafts, you can go out and shop with them to see what they’ll pick out (or be there when it’s ordered online). The important part is that you’re actively playing a part in their lives and creating memories.

It’s a lot of fun to dress up in a theme if you can. However, if you can’t, it’s still great to get in the festive mood. Head out trick or treating with them in a Halloween t-shirt or some fun Halloween leggings like the ones I’ve designed on Zazzle. Check them out!

Halloween Bat Cute Funny Spooky TShirt
by The_Enchanted_Aunt

Halloween Black Cat Cute Funny Spooky TShirt
by The_Enchanted_Aunt

Black Cat Orange HALLOWEEN Funky Stylish Hipster Leggings
by The_Enchanted_Aunt

Black HALLOWEEN Purple Bat Funky Stylish Hipster Leggings
by The_Enchanted_Aunt

Fall Festivals

Many churches, Fire Departments, and nursies hold fall festivals as a way to raise money or to get one last boost of business before the offseason. Attending a fall festival is a great weekend activity! The weather is usually cooler so you won’t be melting in the sun. Your local town or city probably has a lot of activities for kids. Many of them have pumpkins picking, face painting, make your own scarecrow, and more!

One of my favorite places to go is White Post Farms on Long Island. My nieces and nephews love feeding the animals and they often have special events during the holidays. If you live on Long Island I highly recommend checking them out. Not only can you feed animals, but they also have pony rides, hayrides, live kids shows with magicians, dog trainers, and more! It’s an easy and fun way to spend the day together!

Crafting

If you’re more of an indoor Auntie, there are a lot of fun indoor activities like crafting! I went looking around Pinterest to find some popular ones that are easy for all ages. Here’s what I’ve found:

Fall Autumn Tree Painting with Cotton Balls

Autumn Leaf Wreaths with Paper Plates

Homemade Bird Feeders

Leaf Lions with Printable Template

Pumpkin Carving

I found pumpkin carving to be a lot harder than it looks in pictures because the pumpkins are so thick and the tools you get to carve aren’t as sturdy as I’d like them to be – BUT it’s still fun.

I have a lot of respect for those people that make amazing pumpkin carvings. It’s a lot of work and you might even break a sweat. However, being that I’ve done it before, I know that the ones that have larger cutouts are easier than ones that are translucent.

My sister and I don’t use the tools that come with the pumpkin carving kits because they tend to break or bend while using them. We bought a sturdier kit that’s lasted us years. When you want good results you need the right tools! This pumpkin carving kit from Amazon has all the tools you’ll need and more, from when you’re just started out to when you get a little adventurous and detailed!

Check it out on Amazon:

Halloween Pumpkin Carving Kit

Here are some FREE pumpkin carving templates:

Easy Pumpkin Carving Templates for Kids

Baking

Invite the kids over to make some Halloween treats! I find that it’s easy to make some sugar cookies and let them decorate them with candy, sprinkles, icing, etc. You can either pass them out to trick or treaters or eat them yourself!

Here are some other easy delicious desserts to make with the kids:

Halloween eyeball Rice Krispy treats

Halloween Pretzel Bites

Hocus Pocus Spell Book Brownies

Movies

Invite the kids over for some fun Halloween movie marathon! Some fun Halloween kid movies are Hocus Pocus, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Hotel Transylvania and more! Do it for FREE with a 30 trial of Amazon Prime! The link is below to join!

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For Long Distance Aunts

It’s tough when you live far away to celebrate the little events like Halloween. I know your pain, I was a long-distance Aunt for 9 years before my family moved back to New York and 10 minutes from me!

However, while they were living in Maryland, I still did things to celebrate when I couldn’t be there. You can too!

So here are some things that you can do.

Send a care package with fun Halloween treats and get their trick or treating started early.

Buy their favorite snacks, draw them a picture, or send some baked treats. a tin such as the ones below and personalize it with their name. It’s a cute way to deliver their favorite candy or little snacks! Tins are metal so they can use them later to play with, store little hair accessories, or just put out for Halloween decorations next year!

Halloween Candy Tins

Halloween Candy Tins
by The Enchanted Aunt

Send a greeting card or postcard this Halloween to your niece or nephew.

Never underestimate the power of the mail! Kids LOVE getting mail! Anything that has their name on it makes them SO HAPPY!

I used to send letters as Santa. Yes, Santa. I get to capture their imagination, plant the seeds of possibilities, and inspire them with kind words and healthy habit reminders. They went NUTS for these cards and never suspected they were from me!

By sending letters from Santa, we are creating lasting memories for children to enjoy for years to come. You can see them and the other greeting cards by following the links below to my Zazzle store.