And along with the dressing up, the trick-or-treating, the bobbing for apples and the candy, sharing some Halloween jokes with your grandkids makes the day a little more fun!
Here are 25 kid-friendly Halloween jokes to coax a little giggle out of your little witches and goblin!
No one loves a good holiday more than me. I believe life is too short not to celebrate every chance we get with our grandchildren!
I love all the major holidays that roll around … Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween, April Fools, Remembrance Day, New Years, Thanksgiving, and St. Patrick’s Day.
But those are only a handful of days during a year of 365 days. I want more holidays … heck, I would celebrate a great teeth flossing if I could break out a treat and play a game.
Did you know that there are a slew of wacky and fun holidays throughout the year that gives grandmas an excuse to do something fun and celebrate with their grandkids?
I have compiled a list of some of those fun holidays (and an idea or two of how you might celebrate them with the grandkids). I realize that not all grandmas live near their grandchildren or see them regularly, but when they do come for a visit, see what holidays are happening over the time they are with you.
These fun holidays are from July to December … check out my previous post to see holidays from January to June.
Start the celebrations!
No one loves a good holiday more than me. I believe life is too short not to celebrate every chance we get with our grandchildren!
I love all the major holidays that roll around … Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween, April Fools, Remembrance Day, New Years, Thanksgiving, and St. Patrick’s Day.
But those are only a handful of days during a year of 365 days. I want more holidays … heck, I would celebrate a great parallel parking job if I could break out a treat and play a game.
Did you know that there are a slew of wacky and fun holidays throughout the year that gives grandmas an excuse to do something fun and celebrate with their grandkids?
I have compiled a list of some of those fun holidays (and an idea or two of how you might celebrate them with the grandkids). I realize that not all grandmas live near their grandchildren or see them regularly, but when they do come for a visit, see what holidays are happening over the time they are with you.
These are holidays are from January to June … check out my next post to see holidays from July to December.
Start the celebrations!
I have photos of me each year, getting progressively older, sitting in a big chair with my hair tidy and wearing an Easter dress. Beside me is always a colorful Easter basket filled with colored plastic grass, those terrible chalky sugary eggs, candy, and a giant chocolate bunny. There was always an egg hunt inside our house or in the back yard. I am not sure how my mother managed this all for 3 children with little money, but Peter Rabbit would have been proud!
I love Easter and the religious meaning it has for me, but even if you don’t celebrate the spiritual aspect of Easter, it is a great excuse to have tons of fun doing Easter crafts with grandma. I really believe this saying to be true …
Love is the closest thing to magic!
I am a firm believer that life is too short not to celebrate every chance you get, so of course I love celebrating all holidays … especially Valentine’s Day. I figure a holiday that focuses on love and friendship (and chocolate) is a great thing to share with grandkids.
I have very fond memories as a child of my class at school making Valentines mailboxes out of a cereal boxes, and then walking around the class and delivering the Valentines I had carefully addressed to each classmate. How exciting it was to sit down and open all the Valentines that were placed in my Valentine’s box… it made me feel very loved!
I think is is always more rewarding for a child to MAKE their own Valentine’s Day cards, than to buy them (though we have all been in a time pinch and just bought cute ones from the store). Here are 12 of my favorite valentines to make with grandchildren (or if you live long distances away, maybe send the idea to them and tell them to send you one, too, when they are completed!).
A child’s laugh could simply be one of the most beautiful sounds in the world.
Kids love jokes and any excuse to laugh.
They delight when their belly shakes like a bowl full of jelly!
When I taught Grade 3, I often found my students telling jokes like this …
Q: Why did the men go across the ocean in their boat?
A: To play basketball!
Huhhh??
I would have to explain that jokes are funny because they are usually “a play on words” with a double meaning, or a humorous use of words. It can be a story with a funny punchline. Then we would share lots of jokes in order for them to get the importance of how jokes play with words.
Christmas is a great time to share jokes and help your grandchildren understand how jokes work (and I have found some kids naturally pick up on this faster than others). Who doesn’t enjoy a cheesy joke that involves Santa, elves, snowmen or reindeer? No kid that I know of …
Is it too early to put up the Christmas tree?
I think I begin asking my husband that question as soon as Halloween is over. The Michaels store has Christmas stuff on their shelves BEFORE Halloween even occurs, so I think it’s an honest question. (I actually wind up waiting until near Dec. 1, but it almost kills me to be that patient).
I love everything about Christmas … trees, gifts, movies involving Grinches, hot chocolate, lights, fighting crowded shopping malls, making cookies.
And then there are advent calendars. Those lovely calendars that help us celebrate the Christmas season by counting down the days to Christmas Day. Usually they have a little door, pocket, or bag to open, and voila … a treat or toy is inside. It was a great Christmas in my home growing up if our mom bought us one (we didn’t always have much money though and they weren’t always seen as a necessity).
Grandchildren love these kind of advent calendars and who would blame them. A surprise every day for the month of December!
Could everyone please just slow down! My children seemed to grow up so fast, and now it seems my grandchildren are doing the same.
One of my grandchildren will soon be turning one (I swear she was only born last month) and as her grandma I want to begin a special family tradition, starting with her, that I think will be become meaningful to all my little muffins when they are older. I am excited to share this idea with other grandmas because I think it is going to be a powerful thing.