The Boy's Store Blog — Monsters

Halloween is for fun, fright, and food! I love getting to bake and create amazing meals, snacks, and treats to spook and delight my family. This year we are planning a Halloween Monster Bash to celebrate Halloween and my youngest's birthday (his birthday actually falls the week after Halloween but he ADORES Halloween so we celebrate then!) I get the privilege of creating an incredible birthday cake that is Halloween themed. We are planning a Monster Bash so I want to continue with the monster theme and create a monster cake. I scoured Pinterest for incredible ideas and came up...

Reading has become a favorite activity in our home. We do it every evening together and our oldest has become a great solo reader. In fact, we have so many books going at once now that we need to have more bookmarks. I found this adorable monster bookmark craft and thought it was the perfect way to get my kids crafting while helping us to solve our bookmark dilemma. This craft is super fun and very creative. Paper folding and crafting is a great hands-on activity for little hands that love to keep busy. I Heart Crafty Things has a...

October is finally here, and for kids and kids-at-heart that means that Halloween season is here at last. Our family adores Halloween. We decorate, we dress up, we watch movies, and we read incredible Halloween-themed and inspired books all month long. This month I wanted to share a book from one of our favorite series. We enjoy reading the mock-non-fiction books by Dr. Ernest Drake. Dragonology, Wizardology, and now Monsterology. Monsterology features knowledge of mythical and legendary creatures and monsters from the history of literature. It is an excellent book for Halloween. Now you and your kids can learn all...