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Quick & Easy Church Halloween Costumes

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August 18, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Facebook, Halloween, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media 1 Comment

Quick & Easy Church Halloween Costumes. Ideas for trunk or treat, Sunday school parites, bible study, Awana and more!

Quick & Easy Church Halloween Costumes

When I had one child, I think I was ready for Halloween around August. Even if I did not have my child’s costume (I always did), I knew what my child was going to dress up as. So things have changed. Preparing ahead isn’t a thing anymore ( I say that, preparing this post in May), in fact I am lucky to get it all done last minute. I have learned to perfect the last minute.

If you are last minute like me, we put together some quick and easy Halloween Costumes for Church. These are not necessarily biblical Joseph and Mary costumes, but they are fun costumes (some quite funny/punny) that are appropriate for church. The bible costume we did for Awana last year, was all done within a few minutes before we had to leave. Some of these costumes, you might want to do a few days ahead as paint or dyeing could be involved, others can be done in just a few short minutes!

Happy candy collecting… Happy Halloween!

We share with you earlier in our 31+ Family Halloween Costume Ideas, our Awana costume – the Bible, Old Testament and New Testament.

Bust out your hot glue gun and bag of multi-colored pom-poms for this Gumball Machine Halloween Costume Idea. | A Casarella

Mac n Cheese Halloween Costume. We don’t think this is cheesy, do you? | Costume Works (Detailed directions can be found here.)

Make a quick and easy rain cloud costume. This great last minute costume can be made in under 2 hours for under $15! Bonus: it works for kids and adults alike. Pair this with the rainbow costume and rain coat costume we shared in 12 DIY Costumes. | Make It Love It

Oh dear, holy cow! Turn this idiom into a costume. Pick up an antler headband and an angel halo. | Source

The Price is Right Halloween Costumes. You could even make some of your bids your memory verses! Like (John) 316. More on how to make a Price is Right costume! Amazon has a game show microphone, perfect for a Bob Barker host. | Source

Put on a clear trash bag and put balloons inside your bag to create a bag of Jelly Belly Jelly Beans Costume. This is cute for a prego woman with a jelly belly or works for the kids too! | The Sway – The SIIts Girls (Wiki has the Jelly Belly logo)

This punny costume is based on popular US saying – Blessing in disguise. You will need disguise glasses and nose. | Club Crafted

Want some ranch with that salad? Load up on green tissue paper. | Justine Huxley on Instagram

Anything no sew is perfect for me. Save the sewer system with this Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Costume. Can you tell what makes this shell? Hint. | A Night Owl

A red scarf, a black and white stripe shirt and (maybe) a beret are likely found in your closet. Craft a piece of toast for a French Toast punny costume. | Shontemarie on Instagram

Brown felt and yellow poster board make this easy giraffe Halloween costume. | Source Unknown

Pink or White Outfit + multi-colored pom-poms + Felt Ears = DIY Frosted Animal Cookie Costume. | Studio DIY

Love Curious George? Grab a monkey lovie and perfect this Man With the Yellow Hat Halloween costume. Pick up some Rit Liquid Fabric Dye. | Haute Apple Pie

This DIY Crayola costume is cute for a single crayon or multiple. A water bottle keeps the hair up. | Source

Tracie did such an amazing job with this Icee Costume. See her step by step tutorial. | Penny Pinchin Mom

Be a ceiling fan! Get your Go Celings t-shirt online or make your own with a white t-shirt and Sharpie or washi tape. | Source

It’s not a challenge to make an Easy Lego Costume, all for the cost of paint and some time. | Lovely Indeed

Holy guacamole! This punny Halloween costume combo is both heavenly and delicious.| Woman’s Day

A blanket, pig ears and a pig nose make this pig in a blanket costume so easy! | Almost Super Mom

Any churches do Trunk-or-Treat? Save these Trunk or Treat Ideas. Pin to Pinterest.

Also save these group and Family Halloween Costume Ideas. Pin to Pinterest.

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Edible Fake Blood Cupcakes Recipe

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August 17, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Facebook, Halloween, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media 1 Comment

Making Edible Fake Blood is easier than you think – only two ingredients. Pour your bloody drizzle on our homemade cupcakes for the perfect Halloween Food Craft.

Edible Fake Blood Cupcakes

We love when the fall season hits – Halloween,Thanksgiving and Christmas. We are kicking off our Halloween ideas with our Edible Fake Blood Cupcakes Recipe. This fits perfectly with our Halloween Food Crafts for the Kids.

We supplied a homemade vanilla cupcake recipe, but you can use a box mix or you could pick up cupcakes from your local bakery. Just ask them not to ice the cupcakes. Sometimes I do that when I don’t have time for all the steps (aka baking the cupcakes) but I still want to personalize, home make cupcakes. No one ever knows (well they do, because I tell them. They find it as genius as I do!)

This cupcake recipe also goes perfectly with our trailer park murder mystery party!

Cupcake Ingredients:

Edible Blood Ingredients

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Edible Fake Blood Cupcakes Recipe

Author: Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living

Scale

Ingredients

Cupcake Ingredients:

2 cup flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vinegar
2 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 cup oil
1 cup water
1 can of your favorite white frosting

Edible Blood Ingredients

½ cup corn syrup
10–20 drops red gel food coloring

Instructions

First, reheat oven to 350-degrees.
Mix dry cupcake ingredients together in a medium bowl.
Mix wet cupcake ingredients together in a medium bowl.
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients in 1/3 cup increments and mix until smooth.
Next, fill muffin cups almost full as this recipe does not rise a significant amount.
Place in the oven and cook for 30 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove from heat and cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
While your cupcakes are cooling, make the fake blood by combining the corn syrup and food coloring into a bowl and stirring until the color is consistent throughout.
Using a decorating tip, make a hole in the top of each cupcake, saving the remnants from each hole for use filling the hole in a moment.
Place 1 teaspoon of the fake blood in each cupcake hole.
Replace the top of each cupcake hole.
Using your largest star tip and a piping bag, frost the cupcakes in a circular fashion.
Drizzle each cupcake with ample amounts of fake blood.

Enjoy!

Edible blood is so easy to make. Only two ingredients – corn syrup and red gel food coloring. You could add some flavoring like vanilla or cherry, but be sure to not change the thick consistency the corn syrup provides. Drizzle over the cupcakes until you get the right look. You could also pickup these edible knives (meat cleavers) for spooky cupcake decor.

Edible Fake Blood Cupcakes Recipe

Very easy to make, only two ingredients for fake blood!

Author: Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living

Scale

Ingredients

½ cup corn syrup
10–20 drops red GEL food coloring

Instructions

Make the fake blood by combining the corn syrup and food coloring into a bowl and stirring until the color is consistent throughout.

Our Pinterest community and I would love to see how this worked out for you. Share your final bloodly cupcakes recipe. Leave a comment and/or add a photo here on Pinterest!

Bloody Cupcakes Directions:

First, reheat oven to 350-degrees.

Mix dry cupcake ingredients together in a medium bowl.

Mix wet cupcake ingredients together in a medium bowl.

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients in 1/3 cup increments and mix until smooth.

Next, fill muffin cups almost full as this recipe does not rise a significant amount.

Place in the oven and cook for 30 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Remove from heat and cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.

While your cupcakes are cooling, make the fake blood by combining the corn syrup and food coloring into a bowl and stirring until the color is consistent throughout.

As seen above, using a decorating tip, make a hole in the top of each cupcake, saving the remnants from each hole for use filling the hole in a moment.

Place 1 teaspoon of the fake blood in each cupcake hole.

Replace the top of each cupcake hole.

Using your largest star tip and a piping bag, frost the cupcakes in a circular fashion.

Drizzle each cupcake with ample amounts of fake blood.

Enjoy!

Also enjoy our 31+ Edible Kid’s Halloween Food Crafts. Pin to Pinterest.

Save your candy with these Leftover Halloween Candy Recipes. Pin to Pinterest.

Take your bloody cupcake recipe to a Trailer Park Murder Mystery Party. Pin to Pinterest.

Lash Serum for Longer Lashes

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The revolutionary and highly rated botanical Hairgenics Lash Serum boosts the length and thickness of eyelashes and eyebrows. The result is longer, fuller and thicker eyelashes and brows! Imparts sheen and luster to lashes and brows making them appear lush and beautiful. No more false lashes needed! Experience drastic increases in length and thickness of your eyelashes and eyebrows in as little as 60 days for the perfect lash boost! Thousands of reviewers recommend this product!

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Stairway Lights – My Best Purchase Ever!

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August 14, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Amazon, Online Shopping

Get this Mr. Beam Battery Powered Motion Sensor LED Night Lights. This pack includes 6 lights.

I just got these for our new home. We have some dark stairways and THEY ARE AMAZING – seriously one of the best purchases I’ve made for our home! TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH THEM!

I am not the only one that loves them. This item has been rated 4.5 out of 5 stars by Amazon customers.

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Set of 6 motion-sensing LED nightlights for indoor or outdoor use. These little lights are mighty bright
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Motion sensor for auto-on up to 15 feet; auto-off after 30 seconds of no motion detected
Super-bright LED bulbs last up to 50,000 hours. Simple to install no hardwiring. Requires 4 AA batteries per light (not included)
Each light measures 1.2-Inch long by 3.75-Inch wide by 3.25-Inch tall
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Auto Shut-Off Description: Turns off automatically when no motion is detected for 30 seconds

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Patio Tip: Keep Mosquitoes 15 Feet Away

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No Chemical Sprays, Wipes, DEET or Lotions on Skin! The Thermacell Patio Shield Mosquito Repeller is more effective and repels mosquitoes without sprays, scents or flames of torches, smelly citronella or dirty candles. Scent-Free, Long-Lasting, Easy to Use — Highly effective repellent mats turn white when time to replace; evaluated by the EPA for safety and effectiveness; Turn it on… Mosquitoes Gone! We have three of these mosquito repellers and love them!

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Kid Friendly Trunk or Treat Ideas

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August 11, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Crafts, Facebook, Halloween, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media 2 Comments

Kid friendly, church approved Trunk or Treat Ideas for Cars, SUVs, Vans and Trucks. A fun and safe way to trick-or-treat with displays including popular themes and engaging hands-on games!

Kid Friendly Trunk or Treat Ideas

What is trunk or treat? Trunk-or-treat brings Halloween to parking lots where kids can go from decorative trunk to decorative drunk collecting candy. They care commonly seen in preschools, churches or rural areas where homes might be too spread out. The bring a community together and individuals get competitive over most creative theme, original costumes and trunk pairings, as well as most interactive game. They are perfect for keeping Halloween kid friendly, free of scary decor and provide a safe trick-or-treating environment.

Don’t forget! Save these Church Approved Halloween Costume Ideas. Great for Sunday School, Awana, Preschool, Private School or Trunk or Treat!

My friend Marcy did an amazing job on this Candy Land trunk-or-treat idea. Balloons make much of the candy, as well as white plates with solid colored washi tape. | Simply Sprout

See those rain clouds in the distance? A Storm is coming. Have the animals come two by two with this Noah’s Ark trunk or treat idea. | Source

Lift your tea cup to this Mad Hatter Tea Party trunk or treat. You could dress as the Alice in Wonderland characters too! Amazon sells jumbo playing cards. | A Lovely Design

Turn your trunk or treat into a concession popcorn stand! You could even have your own popcorn maker! | Michelle’s Party Plan-It

Play with the Dunkin theme with this basketball donut trunk or treat idea! Pick up donut floats to go with your theme. | An Alli Event

Use a truck bed and turn it into a fishing pond with this trunk or treat idea for trucks. A blue tarp will make your pond. | Source

It’s the great pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Grab some extra white sheets for this trunk or treat idea. | Lynlees

Grab your art supplies with this Bob Ross trunk or treat idea. You could even turn that balloon art easel into a dart game. | Whimsy Love

Have you seen our crazy cat lady costume? Make sure you dress up as a cat lady with this trunk or treat idea. Have the kids scoop out their treat! | Source

“In a world full of pigeons be a flamingo” trunk or treat idea. Grab all the flamingos you can. | Cupcake Wishes and Birthday Dreams

Anyone a gamer? This Pac-Man trunk or treat idea is a hit. Play game music on your Bluetooth speaker for a huge success. This group Halloween Pac-Man costume would be a great touch. | Source

Arrr… it’s a pirates life for me with this pirate trunk or treat idea. | Giggle Galore

Gather your toy cars and create a drink in movie with this drive-in movie trunk or treat idea. | Source

My friend Nancy turned colored balloons and a clear trash bag into Gumball trunk or treat. She recycled a box and painted it red. Gumball DuckTape was a nice added touch.

This Harry Potter trunk-or-treat idea comes with free printable. Be sure to grab bubble wands and make hanging keys like we had in our Harry Pottery Birthday Ideas! | Housewife Eclectic

Finding Nemo or Dory? Use blue balloons and a a bubble maker for this trunk-or-treat idea. Save your bubble maker for the kids to play within the back yard – we have one the kids love! | Source

I’m not sure what level this is on Angry Birds, but I’ll do anything to beat keeping those pigs away from my candy! You could turn this into a trunk-or-treat game. Be sure to stock up on green balloons. | Ten 23 Designs

It’s beginning to look a lot like October… Christmas in October trunk or treat idea. It’s a great way to prep for Operation Christmas Child! | Source

My friend Donna took the back of her truck and turned it into an ocean to fish! Recycle old boxes into waves (this will take time), pick up some fish to go in your ocean.

Love the movie up? A house makes this adorable Up trunk or treat idea. Also see our Up costume in our 31+ Family Halloween Costume Ideas. | Source

Save these Church Approved Halloween Costume Ideas. Pin to Pinterest.

Don’t make it complicated. Look at these 12 Easy DIY Halloween Costume Ideas. Pin to Pinterest.

Also check out these Creative Baby Halloween Costume Ideas. Pin to Pinterest.

Insects for Kids Bug Booklet Printable

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August 10, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Crafts, DIY, Facebook, Instagram, Kids, Pinterest, Printable, Social Media Leave a Comment

Download this free Insects for Kids printable booklet for discovery about bugs, insects, spiders, and other creepy crawlies! The perfect bug diary companion and observation journal for your kids.

Insects for Kids Booklet

I guess I didn’t understand an obsession with bugs until I had boys. Not that girls can’t appreciate bugs, they just didn’t. Elijah, my third child, spends a lot of time in mulch with his construction set looking for bugs to scoot along.

Identify parts of a bug, count the number of bugs on a page, and draw your own bug in this observation journal for kids

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I like to order my prints at Staples. It saves on ink and is only a few short miles from my home. I pick-up at the store, but of course you can upload them online and then have them shipped to your home.

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Select the Buy Now Button under color.
On the left column, choose add file.
Select upload.
Select done.
Give your job a name.
Make sure your project is single sided. The orientation should be portrait.
I changed my media to 8.5×10 and the media to 67 lb cover stock (I prefer a card stock feel over printer paper feel.)
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Proceed to checkout. My total was $0.65 for one print. You can choose to ship to your home or to pick up at your local store. Pay online and show your invoice when you pick up (I just show the order number on my phone at pick-up.) The order invoice will arrive in your email inbox.
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Kitchen Hack: Odor Rub Away Bar – Onion, Garlic and More

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August 8, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Amazon, Online Shopping

A lot of soup and winter recipes call for onions. Does anyone else hate the smell left on your hands after you cook? I have the perfect solution!

Right now, you can get this Odor Rub Away Bar. This is the soap that never ends!

I hate how odors linger on my hands when I cook, so I’m totally up for giving this a shot. It’s very highly rated, and reviewer say that it works perfectly! And, it looks like it may work for other odors as well!

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Rubbing the bar removes any odor from your hands
Great for use after working with onions, fish, or garlic
4-Inch Length by 2-1/4-inch Width by 1-1/2-inch Height
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