[Ad-gifted] October has arrived in a hurry and you can tell as all the shops in town have already started selling all things Halloween from games, party clothes and pumpkins!

Halloween is a very special time for us as a family, as my children still love going trick-or-treating as well as pumpkin picking so it is a great way to get them into fancy costume and have fun.  On the home front, I am also slowly swapping my summer decor with more Autumn and Halloween themed ones. So to get our readers ready for Halloween and to distract us from the wet and gloomy weather we are sharing some lovely present and gift ideas which you can purchase for your family or loved ones.

We start by featuring Pretend to Bee Witch Costume which offers a fun and colourful twist to the traditional plain black witch costume as well as Little Brian Paint Sticks which comes with helpful step-by-step instructions so you can create fun Halloween themed designs when you go trick-or-treating. Happy Halloween New Indoor Mat from Boutique Gifts is a lovely personalised mat to help make your home more welcoming and spooky at the same time.

We also showcase two Halloween themed Tea Towels from Home Landing Ltd which is not only stunning to look at but can be used to polish glassware and displayed. Lastly Freaky Frankie and Happy Hauntings Crystal Art Stamps from CraftBuddy is perfect for anyone who is arty or crafty.

Pretend to Bee Witch Costume and Little Brian Paint Sticks

Looking for the perfect spooky disguise for a spot of trick or treating? Then look no further than the Pretend to Bee ‘Cast a Spell’ Witch Costume. Consisting of a silky black satin cloak with a shimmering silver cobweb lining, and shiny orange trim and collar, plus matching pointed hat, the outfit is a fun and colourful twist on the traditional plain black witch costume.

A one size style fit, the outfit is aimed at kids aged between three and seven. The eco-friendly fabric is comfy and non-itchy, and the cloak is fastened with a Velcro closing making it simple to take on and off easily. Because the hat is fully-lined and has a structured brim it stays on your little one’s head without constantly slipping off and keeps its pointy shape.

You can complete your little witch’s spooky transformation with Little Brian Classic Paint Sticks, a pack of mess-free twist up and down sticks in 12 bold and vibrant colours. The easy to use sticks are perfect for a face painting newbie, or just someone who wants to create a quick design without the mess. The pack includes a booklet with a choice of suggested designs with helpful step-by-step instructions.

The paint dries within 60-seconds and there are enough colour options to create any design your little one chooses. If you want to add fine details, I suggest using a thin paint brush or make-up brush, dip it into water and run the brush over the paint stick. This was ideal for drawing the spooky spider web to match the outfit! The best thing about the paint (for me) was how easily it washed off with a wet face cloth.

Priced at £16.95 you can purchase the ‘Cast a Spell’ Witch Costume directly from Pretend to Bee. The Little Brian Paint Sticks are priced at a reasonable £7.99 and you can buy them from Amazon and opt for next day delivery.

Halloween Tea Towels from Home Landing Ltd

Do you know someone who loves collecting cotton tea towels? Well these Halloween themed tea towels from Home Landing are simply stunning to look at and definitely a collector’s item.

If you are wondering what you can do with your tea towels, some suggestions include drying up your dishes,  polishing your cutlery and it acts as a glass cloth for your glasses if you intend to hand polish them.  These stunning tea towels also make a great gift for friends or loved one and you can even add a gift message with it. Lastly you can, like myself, hang them up as a display and these can also be framed to fit in with the seasons.

In this post, we are featuring two themed tea towels, the first titled Trick or Treat Cotton tea towel which is designed based on their cat, George, a Grey Main Coon.  The image is very eye-catching and the cat certainly looks cool in a witches hat. The second tea towel is titled Happy Halloween and features Bob, George’s sister and she certainly looks scary to me.  These towels are made locally in the UK and measures 48cm x 76 cm.

The 100% Cotton towels are priced at £10.50 each and can be easily purchased from Home Landing’s website here.  They also come with a matching white hanging loop top left and product hand tag.

Freaky Frankie and Happy Hauntings Crystal Art Stamps from CraftBuddy

These Looking for arty gifts for yourself or friends? These Freaky Frankie and Happy Haunting Crystal Art Stamps are so cool as it helps you create gorgeous cards, gifts and home décor projects.

The stamped images contain small dots, perfectly sized to fit leftover Crystal Art drills, self-adhesive gems, pearls or liquid drops and glitter glue. This enables you to create Crystal Art images multiple times.

The Freaky Frankie set contains 7 polymer stamps on carrier sheet, Freaky Frankie, Bat, 2x nut bolts, Signpost that says “SPOOKY” as well as 2x sentiments- You Drive me Batty! Have a Monsterous Time while the Happy Haunting set contains 6 polymer stamps on carrier sheet, Scary Ghost, Spider with Web, Spooky Face, Signpost that says “Boo!” and 2x sentiments- You Haunt me!, You’re SPOOK-tacular!

Crystal Art from Craft Buddy is a familiar, popular and well-loved brand within diamond painting. The company give a generous one and a half times the number of crystals needed for any of their boxed projects meaning customers have many leftovers and were looking for ways of using these spare crystals up. Crystal Art stamps were developed for using with spare crystals but have become so popular as a product that crafters who have never done a Crystal Art canvas are buying crystal packs and finding out the joys of Crystal Art.  Priced at £7.99 each, both these sets have been designed in house and hand drawn by Naomi for Craft Buddy.

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