Halloween Roundup

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If you haven’t found a costume for your kid yet, you may want to check out The Children’s Place. I got a witch costume for Maya there 4 years ago that was absolutely beautiful! Her little sister wore it last year, and this year I’ll pass it on to a neighbor’s child. It cost me $25 and is of such good quality.

You can find costumes for all kids there – girls, boys and newborns! The ultra-durable costumes sell for between $22.50 – $29.50 and last long after trick-or-treating is over for dress-up sessions all year long. Every costume is machine washable and made of comfortable fabrics that, unlike many costumes on the market, never irritate or itch.

And Halloween wouldn’t be the same without those little extra treats. From candy corn-adorned scrunchies and witch-hat hair bands to pumpkin and cauldron trick-or-treat pails; The Children’s Place has all the Halloween accents kids need to add to the celebration.

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As the wind blows and the leaves begin to change, new PEEPS Chocolate Mousse Flavored Cats are sure to delight friends and family this Halloween.  In addition, MIKE AND IKE Brand candies offer more spooky fun with a new Autumn Medley.  Both new products are perfect for Halloween parties or crafts and sure to entice all the goblins.

Don’t those chocolate mousse cats look yummy? You can also find PEEPS Sugar-Free Pumpkins and PEEPS Ghosts. Visit www.marshmallowpeeps.com and www.mikeandike.com for more information.

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Halloween: A Type 1 Survival Guide, courtesy of JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)

With just a few tricks in mind, Halloween can still be a treat for children with type 1 diabetes. While children across the nation are going to parties, running from door to door, and eating chocolates and candy by the bagful, there are ways that Halloween can still be fun for children who don’t have the traditional treats in their diet.

Dr. Aaron Kowalski, Scientific Program Manager for JDRF, was diagnosed with type 1 as a child, as was his brother. He grew up having to deal with Halloween envy. “It’s hard to watch other kids tear into sacks of candy, but with a little pre-planning, our parents managed to make the holiday more fun for us,” he said. Our parents made the neighbors aware of our situation, and they in turn made sure to have healthy alternatives on hand and some even gave us coins instead of candy. We never knew the difference, and it saved us from feeling different from our friends.”

Here are some tips for your family.

• Trade candy for cash or toys. Exchange those sugary treats for a toy or something your child really wants. Parents can even buy back the collected candy for a price per piece!
• Plan alternative activities and treats. Host a Halloween party and offer things like glow-in-the-dark insects, Halloween-themed stickers, and cause-related wristbands as treats. Popcorn balls and sugar-free candy and other sugar-free treats can replace the usual sweets. By placing the focus on fun and not food, the holiday can be better and healthier for everyone involved.
• Inform teachers and health care officials at your child’s school. Prepare your child as well as faculty and staff with information about type 1 diabetes before Halloween events begin. The holiday can be an opportunity to teach about health, science, and diet.
• Take inventory. If you are going to allow your child to eat candy, be sure to have them pick out only a few pieces at a time and eat them according to a supervised schedule. To help with this, check out the carbohydrate counts for varied serving sizes of sweets that are popular Halloween candies!

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Nickelodeon celebrates Halloween with “Shriek Week”

Get ready to set your DVRs! Tots to tweens will be on the edge of their seats with Halloween marathons of hit series and new chill-filled episodes of their favorite shows, beginning Friday, Oct. 23 through Saturday, Oct. 31.  Nickelodeon’s websites – Nick.com, NickJr.com, Neopets, Shockwave and Parents Connect – will feature new Halloween-themed online content and games in the spirit of the haunted holiday.

• “Shriek Week” programming kicks off on Friday, Oct. 23, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT), with a Halloween premiere of The Troop. On Saturday, Oct. 24, look out for the spooky premieres of SpongeBob SquarePants at 10am, The Penguins of Madagascar at 10:30am, and will cap off the night at 8:30 p.m. with a new fright-filled episode of True Jackson, VP. On Sunday, Oct. 25, Nickelodeon will premiere new half-hour Halloween specials of Back at the Barnyard at 11:00 a.m. and The Mighty B! at 11:30 a.m.  All week long, Nickelodeon will encore the themed episodes and will also air a day-long marathon on Halloween.
• Nickelodeon will treat preschoolers to a “Haunted Halloween Playdate” on Monday, Oct. 26, with a brand-new premieres of The Backyardigans at 8:30 a.m. and The Wonder Pets! at 10:30 a.m. (ET/PT).  In addition, preschoolers can get ready for Halloween on Nick Jr. (formerly NOGGIN), as the 24-hour commercial-free, educational preschool network airs “Fall into Autumn,” a 24-hour programming marathon of preschool favorites, filled with pumpkins, ghosts, and haunted houses on Sunday, Oct. 25, beginning at 6:00 a.m. (ET).  The marathon will repeat on Halloween.
• Nicktoons, the 24-hour animation network, celebrates with “Ha Ha Halloween”from Monday, Oct. 26 through Friday, Oct. 30, treating kids to a daily dose of double-trouble with back-to-back episodes of Back at the Barnyard at 9:00 p.m. (ET) and an hour of The Penguins of Madagascar at 10:00 p.m. (ET). On Halloween, Nicktoons will air episodes all day filled with spooky humor from 6:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m. (ET).
• TeenNick’s (Formerly The N) “Now THAT’s Scary” programming will include marathons featuring the hair-raising chills and thrills of teendom from Monday, Oct. 26 to Thursday, Oct. 29, starting at 8:00 p.m. (ET) and continues Friday, Oct. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 31 with afternoon marathons starting at 3 p.m. (ET). The “nightmare-athons” will feature episodes of Degrassi: The Next Generation, Full House, What I Like About You, One on One and Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. I loved that show when I was younger!
• Kids can log-on to Nick.com’s “Shriektober” mini-site www.nick.com/shriek featuring Halloween-themed games, sneak peeks and videos.  The site will also introduce two new games, “SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween Horror, FrankenBob’s Quest” on Oct. 19, followed by “SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween Horror, FrankenBob’s Quest Part 2” on Oct. 26.
• Nickelodeon’s award-winning website NickJr.com will feature dozens of Halloween-themed games, kids activities, kids coloring pages, crafts, recipies for preschoolers and their parents to celebrate Halloween.  On the site, preschoolers can dress up their favorite characters The Backyardigans, Dora, and Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!’s Walden in spooky and silly costumes.  In addition, parents can get step-by-step instructions for making Halloween costumes, face painting, and pumpkin carving templates of preschool favorites Dora, Diego, The Backyardigans, Blue, Swiper, Wubbzy, and more.
• Shockwave the original casual gaming destination, will feature a Halloween destination featuring online and new downloadable Halloween-themed Games, and fright-filled versions of Shockwave classics include Inklink and Jigsaws.
• Parents can also gear up for Halloween with ParentsConnect’s Spooktacular Halloween Countdown; all month the site will feature giveaways, tips, themed recipes and costume ideas for kids of all ages.