A Halloween Alternative

October is a somewhat difficult month for me.Oh yes, the Ohio trees are in the peak of beautiful color, the apple cider is sitting in the fridge ready to be drunk, and the crisp air makes for good sleeping at night; but everywhere I turn there are reminders of Halloween. I won't go into all the reasons of why I never celebrated Halloween as a child or why my husband and I don't celebrate it with our daughter, but instead I will share  with you good folks the alternative to a Halloween celebration that I came up with this year.



Looking at God's magnificent handy work, all those beautiful trees I mentioned earlier, I had the idea that it would be exciting to cut out paper leaves and make an indoor treasure hunt. On the fronts of the leaves will be words that when put together will spell out the phrase God's Bounty, Your Harvest Prize, Is Ready For The Taking. The really fun part for me will be deciding where to hide the leaves around the house. Hopefully, the really fun part for Emily will be finding the leaves and collecting her paper lunch sack full of treats.



It occurs to me as I type this post, that this idea would even be great for birthday parties or other celebrations. All one would have to do is change the words to match the occasion and change the leaves to anything from balloons to crosses. Anyways, Happy Harvest everyone!



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