AC Moore – Saturday 10/22 from 1-4pm, Halloween Costume Event, Demos: Duck Tape costumes, make & mold candy making, Snazaroo face painting. Buy a Shirt and decorate free with Simply Blood. Sunday 10/23 from 1-3pm, Demo: Caramel Apples.

Babies R Us – Saturday 10/22 from Noon-3pm, Getting Comfy with Baby: From prenatal support to feeding and playtime, come learn how to make life ore comfortable for you and your little one. Sponsored by Boppy. Tuesday 10/25 at 6:30pm Gearing up for Baby Workshop: Get an introduction to all the gear you’ll need for baby. From car seats to travel systems and high chairs to play yards, plus home safety items. Sponsored by Safety 1st.

Bass Pro Shops – Friday 10/21 from 4-7pm Trick or treating, from 5-7pm free Halloween reflector necklace craft, from 6-7pm Costume parade with giveaways, from 5-8pm free 4×6 photo with The Great Pumpkin Charley Brown and free coloring sheet. Saturday 10/22 & Sunday 10/23 from 11am-5pm free 4×6 photo with The Great Pumpkin Charley Brown and free coloring sheet, from 1-4pm free Peanuts trick-or-treat bag craft, at 1:30pm, 2:30pm & 4:30pm enjoy free samples of Marshmallow Roast. See store for Apple Dessert sample info.

Disney Store – Friday 10/21 Session 1 – 4:30pm, Session 2 – 6:00pm and Saturday 10/22 Session 1 – 10:30 am, Session 2 – 12:00 pm: Disney Store Halloween Dress Rehearsal Party: celebrate the season early with a spook-tacular event filled with games, special viewing of Rapunzel’s coronation and a costume parade! Kids, ages 3 and up, who wear their favorite costume will receive a FREE gift!

Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stores – Saturday 10/22 Free Demos: from 11am-1pm Aleene’s Fabric Fusion and Zipper Art Flower with Coats & Clark. 1-3pm Cricut Cake Mini Machine. 3-5pm Crafting with 3M Adhesives.

Lakeshore Learning – Saturday 10/22 from 11am-3pm, Masquerade Mask: kids make and decorate a mask.

Lowes Build and Grow – Saturday 10/22 from 10am-Noon, FREE: Kids build a Halloween Monster Truck! Be sure to sign up for this event here.

Michaels – Saturday 10/22 from 10am-Noon, Halloween T-Shirt Event: Make a fun scary spider T-shirt with purchase of shirt. Plus, more Halloween events all week long!

Michaels Jewelry Events (Adults only) – Sunday 10/23 from 1-2pm, Trinkettes Event: Make-It Take-It with purchase of pendant (see Coupons here). From 2-2:30pm, Stretch Magic Bracelet Demo. From 2:30-3pm, Good to Be Queen Bracelet Demo. From 3-4pm, Make-It Take-It Memory Wire Bracelet Event.

Pottery Barn Kids – Tuesday 10/25 at 11am, Halloween Story Time: Kids can dress up and enjoy spooky stories, sticker giveaways and more.

Target – select a city to find free or reduced-price admission to arts and cultural events in your area, sponsored by Target.

Toys R Us – Saturday 10/22 from 11am-1pm, Sesame Street Event: Sing & Dance with the New Let’s Rock Elmo. From 2-4pm, Beyblade Tournament: It’s the Last Beyblade Battle Event of the Year.

Walmart Event Finder – enter your zip code to see what is going on in your area.

Thanks to Sharon with Mom on Dealz for providing today’s guest post.  If you’re looking for fun, budget-friendly craft ideas for kids check-out Mom on Dealz Kid Corner to keep your child entertained for less.

Monster Paper Bag Craft

Materials:
Paper Shopping Bag
Various Colors of Construction Paper
Glue
Markers

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AC Moore – Saturday 10/15 from 1-3pm, Wilton Cupcake Decorating Competition. Sunday 10/16 from 1-3pm, Demo: Monster Mallows.

Babies R Us – Saturday 10/15 from Noon-3pm, Ready, Set, Baby: Learn about the must-have items for every mom’s baby registry, get valuable tips/ideas for planning a baby shower and enjoy great savings and free giveaways. Sponsored by Huggies, Philips, Avent, Baby Einstein, Summer.

Bass Pro Shops – Saturday 10/15 10am-4pm, Professional Bull Riders Family Event: Stick Bull Riding, Bull Roping, Make a FREE Leather Key Chain, Face Painting, Kids Color Boots for a chance to win Ariat Boots, Kids’ Best Dressed Cowgirl or Cowboy Contest (judging at 11am). The 1st 150 customers at 10am will score a FREE Cowbell!

Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stores – Saturday 10/15, 11am-1pm Halloween Puppets on a Stick Make it take it. Demos: 11am-1pm Martha Stewart Crafts, 1-3pm Xyron Machines, 3-5pm Crafting with Peeps Candy.

Lakeshore Learning – Saturday 10/15 from 11am-3pm, Eye-Spy Binoculars: kids make and decorate play binoculars.

Michaels Jewelry Events (Adults only) – Sunday 10/16 from 1-1:30pm, Mixed Media Demo. From 1:30-2:30pm, Lampwork Necklace Event Make-It Take-It with purchase of pendant. From 2:30-3pm, Dapping Demo.

Target – select a city to find free or reduced-price admission to arts and cultural events in your area, sponsored by Target.

Walmart Event Finder – enter your zip code to see what is going on in your area.

Thanks to Sharon with Mom on Dealz for providing today’s guest post.  If you’re looking for fun, budget-friendly craft ideas for kids check-out Mom on Dealz Kid Corner to keep your child entertained for less.

I love Fall and all the things that come along with it.  Apples and pumpkins are two of my favorites! In addition to them being healthy for you to eat, there are many other uses for these fruits!

• Around the house:
  -Cut an apple in half and store one half in your cakes to keep them fresh longer.
  -Put an apple wedge in a sealed bag for 1-2 days to soften hard brown sugar clumps.
  -Display different colored apples with twigs and leaves for festive table decor.
  -Core an apple and put taper candles inside.
  -Dry apple slices and use for potpourri.
  -Decorate a pumpkin as a Jack-o-lantern.
  -Cut and clean out a pumpkin and use it as a planter for your beautiful fall mum.
  -Clean out a pumpkin, remove the seeds and boil the rest of the “guts” in a pot with water to create a pumpkin stock to use in soups and casseroles.
  -Bake pumpkin seeds with olive oil and salt for a healthy snack.
• Activities with kids:
  -Cut apples and use to practice print making with your child (see above picture).
  -Estimate and counting seeds with apples or pumpkins.
  -Cut apples into wedges and teach/review fractions.
  -Paint pumpkin seeds different colors and create mosaic art with them.
  -Cut 2 pumpkin shapes out of orange construction paper and glue pumpkin seeds in between with pieces of string to creat a “What’s inside a pumpkin” booklet.

Looking for fun, educational & frugal activities to do with your child? Mom on Dealz will provide you with weekly activities to keep your children learning while you stay on budget!

Check out the previous crafts here

Egg Carton Pumpkin Craft

Materials:

Egg Carton
Paint/Markers
Pipe cleaner or some other type of green material for top
Glue

Directions:

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Looking for fun, educational & frugal activities to do with your child? Mom on Dealz will provide you with weekly activities to keep your children learning while you stay on budget!

Check out the previous crafts here

Columbus Day Ship

Materials:

1 Sponge
1 Straw
Construction Paper
Marker/Scissors

Directions:

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AC Moore – Saturday 10/8 from 1-3pm, Demo: Plaid Jack-O-Lantern Glass Block. Sunday 10/9 from 1-3pm, Demo: Ghost Pop Cupcakes Make n’ Mold. Monday 10/10 from 1-3pm, FREE Make & Take: Duck Tape Candy Corn Treat Cup.

Disney Store – Saturday 10/8 Session 1 – 10:30 am, Session 2 – 12:00 pm, Session 3 – 1:30 pm: Come dressed as your favorite Lion King character for Disney Store’s mane event featuring The Lion King storytime, sing-along, parade and fun!

Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stores – Saturday 10/8, 11am-1pm Demo: Fiskars & Colorbox Papercrafting, 1pm-3pm Demo: Wilton Halloween Treats, 1pm-3pm Classes Open House: Meet instructors & see projects, 3-5pm Demo: Wrights & Uchida Fabric-crafting.

Lakeshore Learning – Saturday 10/8 from 11am-3pm, My Art Portfolio: kids create a place for all their artwork.

Lowes Build and Grow – Saturday 10/8 from 10am-Noon, FREE: Kids build a Halloween Monster Machine! Be sure to sign up for this event here.

Michaels Halloween Events – Saturday 10/8 from 1-3pm, Make-It Take-It The Crazy Pumpkin Event with purchase of pumpkin: design an extreme craft pumpkin. Use 50% off coupon, Sunday 10/9 from 1-3pm, FREE Make-It Take-It Paper Bat Event.

Michaels Jewelry Events (Adult events only) – Saturday 10/8 from 2-2:30pm, Wire Wrap Demo. 2:30-3:15pm, FREE Make-It Take-It Friendship Bracelet Event. 3:30-4pm, Beadables Demo. Sunday 10/9 from 3-3:30pm, Cotillion Earrings Demo. 3:30-4:30pm, Make-It Take-It Crystal Drop Earrings Event with purchase of crystals. Use 50% off coupon, 4:30-5pm, Single Strand Necklace Demo.

Target – select a city to find free or reduced-price admission to arts and cultural events in your area, sponsored by Target.

Walmart Event Finder – enter your zip code to see what is going on in your area.