Dressing Up
Halloween For Children With Special Needs
October 29, 2008
While most children love nearly every aspect of Halloween, some of the activities can be difficult or downright impossible for children with special needs. My own daughter has sensory issues that require me to take extra considerations into everything we plan. Other children I know have difficult food allergies that make nearly any treat they collect door-to-door a possible poison to them. Read more...
Community Trick or Treat Locations
October 28, 2008
I remember our very first Halloween in our new house four years ago. We lived in a new development, and our house was surrounded by empty lots and lots with partially complete houses. We had a big bowl of candy, but no kids were coming back to our section of the neighborhood. I can't blame them - there were only two inhabited houses at the time. So we bundled up our newborn daughter, put Read more...
Best Princess & Knight Costumes
October 22, 2008
Last week we covered the best firefighter costumes out there, and today I want to look at some of the best princess and knight costumes for Halloween. My older daughter has never been that interested in "girly" costumes, although we nearly convinced her to dress as a pretty witch this year. (No luck, she decided on superhero instead.) But our younger daughter is already showing an interest Read more...
Local Halloween Events in Columbus
October 21, 2008
Some people hate the idea of getting a costume only to see it worn once for trick-or-treat and then discarded. So why not take advantage of many of the Halloween events going on between now and October 31, and maybe get a few more chances to use that costume. A quick sampling of Halloween events: Boo at the Zoo - We went to this last weekend and my daughters had so much fun. Read more...
Guest Post: Best Firefighter Costumes
October 15, 2008
Please welcome Firemom to Being Savvy Columbus! As the wife of a firefighter, she's quite the expert on the best and worst firefighter costumes for kids, and today she's sharing some of her favorites with us. Here in the Fire Family, we know a thing or two about firefighter costumes. We've had play fire helmets since before BigBrother was born. We have one full costume, five different Read more...
Finding the Perfect Halloween Costume
October 07, 2008
Long before I had children, I still knew all of the costume stores in Columbus. Dressing up has been something I've loved doing all my life, and I married a man who loves to dress up in costumes, too. Now we have two beautiful daughters who are slowly being introduced to the fun of playing dress-up, especially during the month of October. There are a few different types of costume Read more...
Avoiding the Traps When Costume Shopping
October 06, 2008
This weekend we took both girls with us to a costume store to begin looking for Halloween costumes. Cordy has been insisting for weeks that she wants to be a witch, so we thought (foolishly) that we'd let her pick out her own witch costume. Once we got there, it was information overload. There must have been about 25 different types of witch costumes alone, along with all sorts of Read more...
Stock Up For Those Long Winter Months
September 19, 2008
Sure, it may be sunny and beautiful outside for the next week, but by the end of October the chill will be in the air and there will be few good days for playing outside. Knowing that winter will be here before we know it, it's time to start preparing for those long days stuck indoors with the "I'm booooored!" whine coming every five minutes. Instead of being forced to come up with ideas on Read more...
Arrr, Maties! Be A Pirate For A Day
August 07, 2008
Thanks to a trilogy of Disney movies, pirates have become very popular again. OK, they were never unpopular, but I couldn't even count the number of pirate Halloween costumes I saw last year, including my own daughter. I've been told on more than one occasion that Cordy plans to be a pirate when she grows up. You may or may not be aware that September 19 is International Talk Like A Read more...
Visit A Far-Off Land Without Leaving Your Backyard
July 17, 2008
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons Isn't it amazing how a simple backyard can be so many things to an imaginative preschooler? When she's digging in her sandbox, our backyard is a beach. When she's kicking her soccer ball around, the yard is a soccer field. And sometimes the yard is a jungle where she looks for wild animals (and a not-so-subtle hint to us that it's time to mow the grass). Read more...
Bring Out Your Child's Inner Superhero
July 11, 2008
Have you noticed all of the superhero movies appearing this summer? Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, Hancock, Batman...the list goes on and on. My preschooler loves superheroes, with her Superman cape and her Batman action figure. But when it comes to watching the movies, they're not exactly kid-friendly. Most of them are rated PG-13, meaning superheroes have to be limited to a few cartoons and Read more...
The Royal Treatment
May 26, 2008
You already know that your child is royalty, and she certainly shows every sign that she realizes it, too. Wouldn't it be nice to give in now and then, and just acknowledge to your kid that, yes, she's that special? Luckily, there are plenty of ways to celebrate a little prince or princess in Columbus! As everyone knows, the first step to being royalty is looking the part. So start off with Read more...
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