Holiday Survival Guide 2014 – Time for a little fun

Welcome! If you are new and joining us, please check out our prior weeks (Week 1; Week 2 and Week 3) for great Halloween and Fall tips. For the fourth week of the Holiday Survival Guide 2014, we have some stuff for you and your kids! We have fun Halloween crafts to help decorate your home and get you in the holiday spirit. We also have some yummy self-care recipes to help take care of you, too! Lastly, we’ve also got your top links from last week’s link party and a new, fresh link party for all your awesome crafts and DIYs! Be sure to read all the way to the end to check out all of the great ideas!

Holiday Survival Guide 2014

We’re going to get you decluttered, organized, cleaned, decorated, and ready for all the holiday fun…without you needing to be committed to the looney bin before New Year’s.

It takes quite the team to pull this off, but we’re here for you! We’ll be here every Monday through the end of the year to make sure you’re on track and able to enjoy everything you have planned.

Ready to meet the team?

Sheri from Career Girl Interrupted

Dani from Dani Schnakenberg Studios

Katie & Jairus from KatieMarcum.com

Jessica from Jessie Bee Healthy

Kristen from From Son Up Til Son Down

Stephanie from Sharing A to Z

and our lovely co-host Amanda from It’s a Fabulous Life

Each week we’ll take turns bringing you something awesome to help you stay on track preparing for the major Holidays of the season. Be sure to come back and link up your holiday posts each week so we can share the fun!

From our friend Kristen:

It’s OCTOBER!!! My favorite month of the year!! The air is crisp, the nights get a little chilly and the world is ablaze with color. It just feels like everything is alive! One of my favorite holidays comes in October… Halloween!!!
Kid-Friendly, Budget-Friendly Halloween Crafts

Toady I’ll be sharing with you some craft ideas for your Halloween Shindig!!

I don’t know about you, but come this time of year I start to buckle down on the spending. I have just had to buy my oldest a whole new wardrobe as he has out grown every item of clothing- UGH!! So I thought I would come up with some cheap, easy and kid-friendly crafts for Halloween. I tried to also use items from around the house whenever possible.

MUMMY MASON JAR
Mummy Jar Craft
GHOSTLY MILK JUG
Ghostly Milk Jug Craft
SCARY EYES
Scary Eyes Craft

When you’re done crafting with the kids, it’s time for some relaxing “Me-Time”! So how about trying these delicious beauty DIYs from our friend Jessica:

Pear Honey Face Peel

Pear Honey Face Peel

Pumpkin Hair Mask

Pumpkin Hair Mask

Now, who’s ready to party? Share your Halloween-inspired crafts, printables, and activities with us this week!

Link Party Rules:

  1. Follow all hosts: subscribe, FB, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter…whatever you prefer!
  2. Be sure to link directly to your specific post, NOT your blog’s homepage.
  3. Don’t link and run! Be sure to visit the last couple links before yours and let them know how you found them through #HolidaySurvivalGuide2014!
  4. By linking up, you give all hosts permission to pin and share your projects (with links back to you, of course). We’ll also be sharing the top three clicked through with each following week’s project!
  5. Be sure to follow the Holiday Survival Guide 2014 Pinterest board, too!

Top links from last week:

1. The Gift of Time – Monthly Dates from Little Blog on the Homestead

The Gift of Time - Monthly Dates

 

 

 

2. The Girl’s Got Power Tools! Pumpkin Gutter from Life With Lorelai

Pumpkin Gutter

3. Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti from Mom Among Chaos

Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti

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