SWEET! Creative Ideas for Using All That Candy (versus EATING all that candy)
Today Show and All You magazine came up with some devilishly clever ideas to keep some of that candy from your sugar monster and make it fun! Here are the best ones.
(1) www.Halloweencandybuyback.com Dentists in around the country will buy back candy for $1 a pound send it to our troops! Your little one can then go to the dollar store go shopping. The only dentist registered in this area is :
W. Forrest Bryant DMDBryant Aesthetic Dentistry,
(2) The Switch Witch - Start a new family tradition. If they believe the tooth fair takes teeth and leaves money why not a good witch that takes candy left out and leaves a present?
(3) Make and Advent Calendar - Buy a plastic shoe organizer, the kind with pockets that goes on a closet door. Kids can decorate 25 pockets and put a piece of candy in each pocket. You could even use the fronts of old Christmas cards to slip into the pockets to hide the candy. Then use glitter pens or paint pens or vinyl numbers to stick on the pockets.
(4) Make and Ice Cream Pie - Pick out some candy bars, like snickers, and chop them up. Mix with softened ice cream and fill a graham cracker crust. Pop it in the freezer and savor Halloween fun and memories next time you need a dessert!Watch the
Today show video by visiting www.todayshow.com (You’ll have to view a commercial first, though)
Happy Halloween!
Filed under Family Fun | Comment (0)Miss the Sun? Remember the Sun this November at the Planetarium
With days getting shorter and darker you may be mourning the loss of daylight and dreading the dark mornings. Learn more about the Sun at “The Sun, An Important Star” - a Von Braun Astronimical Society Presentation for the whole family.
Nov. 1 and Nov. 22, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: VBAS Planetarium, www.VBAS.org
November’s family-friendly presentation will discuss our Sun which is an average, active, evolving star.
The presentation will include some of the latest data from solar satellites such as Hindoe as we explore sunspot cycles, why some magnetic loops explode and others do not, and why the upper layer of the solar atmosphere, known as the corona, is hotter than the lowest layer closer to the Sun’s surface.
Weather permitting, you’ll be viewing the night sky afterwards through one of VBAS’s powerful telescopes too.
Filed under Science, Family Fun, Enrichment Activities | Comment (0)Open Hearth Cooking at Burritt Museum
Date: Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008
Time: 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Where: Burritt on the Mountain
Cost: Included with regular admission
Teach your kids about olden days. They probably can’t imagine not popping something into a microwave piping hot bag of popcorn or bowl of soup in just seconds. You know, however, that wasn’t always the case. Inmy case it was int he 80’s when I was in High school before our house had a microwave and it needed it’s own giant cart to fit in our kitchen. Boy times have changed.
On Saturday, Nov. 1, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., explore the cooking habits of early settlers and learn how to cook with homemade pots and pans over and open fire. The yummy smells will fill the mountain. And, who knows? You may just become an Open Hearth chef and your kids might be more likely to help you in the kitchen, maybe.
Filed under Attractions, Events, Family Fun | Comment (0)Winter Hours at Burritt Museum
FYI
Beginning Saturday, Nov. 1, Burritt on the Mountain will operate within its
Winter Hours, which run November through March. Starting Saturday, Burritt will be open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and on Sundays from noon-4 p.m.
Get a Haircut Tomorrow and Help Two Local Twin Girls
We moms need to help each other. Here’s a great chance to help another local mom. This is also another example of why health care reform is such a critical issue in this Presidential election.
Huntsville twin sisters, Abigail and Shea Patrick went through heart transplants in 2004 before their first birthday. The twins are now four and have already met their life-time capacity of medical insurance coverage.
Salon Allure will be hosting a fund raiser for Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) to help parents Lisa and Arthur fund medical treatment and care for the girls. Just drop by Oct. 25 and make a donation of $20 for a haircut. The salon will be offering free food and musical entertainment, and there will be door prizes and raffle prizes. The Alabama - Tennessee football game is not until 6:45 so you have no excuse not to drop by!
WHERE: Salon Allure, 821 Regal Drive, Huntsville
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 25th @ 1 - 5 pm
No appointment is necessary. For more information, call 256-536-1220.
Spread the word! Forward this article to everyone in the area. Moms can make things happen. Read more about these beautiful children on the family blog.
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Hoot in the Woods, ALSO Oct. 25, 2008 at HSV BG
Soooo much Halloween fun this weekend. It’s great! Here’s another activity from the Botanical Gardens.
Hoot in the Woods
WHEN: Saturday, October 25th 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
WHERE: In the Grisham Pavilion @ Botanical Gardens
Join in a hayride and visit the Sorghum Maze. See what goblins await you. Enjoy roasting marshmallows and making smores. Are you brave enough to venture into the Enchanted Forest and hear ghost stories and spooky music?
Enjoy lots of spooky surprises!
COST: Members $8/ adults, $3/children. Non-members
$10/adults and $5/children.
Boo-tanica October 25, 2008 @ The Huntsville Botanical Gardens
Get the most out of that expensive Halloween costume. Start at Sci-quest Friday, Oct. 24 that don it again for this event in the morning at the HSV BG.
Boo-Tanica
WHEN: Saturday, October 25th 10:00-1:00 PM
WHERE: In The Children’s Garden & Nature Center at the HSV BG
Calling all witches, ghosts & goblins! Join us in some Halloween fun in the children’s garden for exciting festivities like the cauldron grab, jack-o-lantern jump, Steve the DJ, and more! There will be a costume Contest at 10:00 AM too!
Afterward take a hayride and walk through the Scarecrow Trail to the Enchanted Forest.
COST: Members are free. Garden admission for non-members.
Filed under Attractions, Events, Family Fun | Comment (0)Sci-Quest Halloween Spooktakular Science Fun 10/24 - 10/25/08
Fabulous Sci-quest Halloween costume party fun on TWO nights! Choose Oct. 24 or Oct. 25.
PLEASE NOTE: THE CENTER WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY ON OCTOBER 24 to prepare for the party that evening.
Friday October 24th from 6-9 pm will be the costume contest, Chem”mystery” show, Halloween theme movie and activity stations. Saturday October 25th from 3 pm-6pm will be the Birds of Prey show with live birds, Chem”mystery” show, Halloween theme movie and activity stations.
You can come to both days or just one! Admission is charged separately for each Spooktacular party.
Party 1: Friday 6-9pm
- 6:15-Chem-Mystery Show
6:45-Costume Contest
7:15-Chem-Mystery Show
8:00-Chem-Mystery Show
Party 2: Saturday 3-6pm
- 3:30-Birds of Prey Show
4:00-Chem-Mystery Show
4:30-Birds of Prey Show
5:15-Chem-Mystery Show
5:30-Birds of Prey Show
Admission:
- Members:
$7 in advance
$8 at the door - Non-Members:
$9 in advance
$10 at the door
Ultimate Wrestling Club Sign up October 27, 2007
Sign up for this club’s youth wrestling in Huntsville is 10-27-08 at Huntsville High. For more information, visit their web site www.uwc-huntsville.org.
WHEN: Oct. 27 @6pm (LAST chance registration and first practice Nov. 3 @ Lincoln Village Gymnasium on Meridian Ave. 3 - 7pm.
WHERE: Huntsville High wrestling room behind the tennis courts
COST: $75 + $25 for USA wrestling card
Filed under Sports | Comment (0)Hands on Trucks event @ Sci-Quest 10/18/08
The City of Huntsville Recreations Department, Sci-Quest, and The Montessori School of Huntsville present this unique opportunity for kids to touch and explore many types of motor vehicles - including city vehicles, fire truck, police car, moving truck, ambulance and more. there will be games and activities. Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase too!
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008 ( 10 am - 2pm)
WHERE: Sci-Quest 102-D Wynn Dr.
COST: adults, $9/children over age 3 are $8
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