i encourage my kids’ imagination year round. Halloween is an especially fun time of year for dressing up because everyone is doing it. however, there is a lot of other junk that everyone else is doing this time of year that we don’t do. we keep the focus on dressing up, pretend play, painting pumpkins, and good, clean fun.
the only ghost we speak of is the Holy Ghost. there is no such thing as witches or goblins. pumpkins are friendly, skeletons are human bones, bats are nocturnal, and spiders eat mosquitos. Halloween, in our home, is a time for dressing up and eating candy with friends. no evil connotations. no spooky stories.
God hasn’t given us the spirit of fear but of power, love and a peaceful mind. (2 Tim 1:7)
this is Bubba’s 2nd Halloween and i’m taking full advantage of his inability to tell me what he wants to dress up as on the occasion. for as long as i can get away with it, i’m dressing my kids in {relatively} themed costumes. they make such a cute little duo!
last year, Bubba was a puppy and Big Girl was a giraffe. theme = sweet animals. 
at a costume party last weekend, Big Girl was a princess and Bubba was a dragon. theme = storybook fairy tale.
on Halloween night, when we take them out to collect sweet treats, Big Girl is dressing up as Jasmine and Bubba is dressing up as Abu. theme = Disney’s Aladdin.
can’t you just see my little monkey wearing this? it was custom made by Kiki’s Things on Etsy.
and that’s how the Halls do Halloween.
how do YOU do Halloween?
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Here’s what I really like about this—calling things what they really are. Especially w/a daughter like Lydia who is so frightened of things, I want her to know a skeleton is not something to be afraid of —it’s a skeleton! It’s like “redeeming” what the world has made into something evil and bad!
I love to pretend but try to stay far away from the side that makes kids wonder what’s true and false.
Thanks for a great post!
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great post! Thanks for sharing! we don’t dress up, but we call things as they are, too. I think that will go a long way in clarifying what is true and real in a child’s life at any point!
I couldnt agree more! It is very difficult to in our culture, but not OF it. My kids are still pretty young… 1 and 3, but we are doing the same thing. Only fun, admirable characters or animals, no blood or witches or scary demons! 🙂
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