When your little clowns, pirates, witches and kitty cats are tuckered out and ready to hit the sack next Monday, how will you get their face paint off? For young children especially, a tear-free method, without stingy soaps or sandpaper-esque scrubbing, is a necessity. The first year my little guy wore Halloween makeup, I wasn’t [...]
Entries Tagged as 'halloween'
How to Naturally Get that Halloween Face Paint Off – with No Tears!
October 25th, 2011 · 9 Comments · Green Living
Tags: coconut oil·face paint·halloween·makeup·natural body products
Mary and Martha Moment: A New Habit for All Saints Day
October 29th, 2010 · 36 Comments · Mary and Martha Moments
Do you hit your knees before you are even awake enough to function every morning? I’d like to, but I have to admit I’m struggling with daily prayer and routine. Between getting sucked into the computer at all hours of the day and a 2-year-old who still gets up and needs only Mommy much earlier [...]
Recipe Connection: How to Make Crispy (Soaked) Pumpkin Seeds
October 19th, 2010 · 20 Comments · Recipes
You can make soaked, “crispy” pumpkin seeds, Nourishing Traditions style, from your Halloween jack-o-lantern pumpkin seeds. Making pumpkin seeds hardly takes a recipe, and the soaking process will decrease nutrient inhibitors and increase nutrition immensely (see my series on soaking grains for more or grab the free soaked recipe eBook HERE). Other Halloween posts: Decorating [...]
Tags: crispy nuts·fall·halloween·Nourishing Traditions·pumpkin·seeds·soaked nuts
Finer Things of Halloween: Sweet-less Trick-or Treats
October 19th, 2009 · 51 Comments · Special Situations
Must Halloween be an all-out sugar fest for our kids? Luckily Buddy Boy is still (just barely!) young enough that when he gets one (small) piece of candy as a dessert after a meal, he’s content with that and sees it as a treat. (Would I like it better if he ate no candy? Of [...]
