I just put two papier mache-d balloons outside to dry, it’s raining but hopefully the porch will provide shelter. The balloons are going to be used to make a bat pinata for my birthday, a la Martha Stewart.

I’ve been enjoying making Halloween craft making but it tires me out.

One of my favorites so far is the homemade cameo silhouettes

Exal, Peek, and myself

I will frame them tomorrow at work with tiny mats and tiny frames.

Happy Haunting

Halloween is my favorite holiday. So every year I extensively research what to do in Chicagoland to have the best Halloween, here’s this years list:

CHICAGOWEEN 2009

Friday September 25th – 10pm – Chicago Hauntings Ghost Tour – Meet at 600 N Clark. – Supposedly Chicago’s best ghost tour. Scheduled in Sept. before October tours jump to $36 per tour. Tour lasts 2.5 hours. $28

Sunday September 27th – Sometime between 10am-6pm – Apple and Pumpkin picking at Kuipers Family Farm – 1N318 Watson Road
Maple Park, IL 60151 – Other than the picking have a fun farm with petting zoo and Haunted Forest. $16.25 for Pumpkin Farm and picking.

Saturday October 3rd – 7-11pm – Eleventh Hour Haunted House - 434 E Devon Elk Grove Village, IL – A top rated haunted house from hauntedillinois.com – $19.50 for 4 Houses! But must buy online.

Sunday October 18th – 10am-8pm – Six Flags Great America’s FrightFest – In Gurnee – $35
Directly followed by – The Dungeon of Doom – 30 mins north of Gurnee, closes at 10pm – Last year voted the Scariest Haunted House by Haunted Illinois. Now in a better location. $18 for access to 2 floors and Buried Dead or Alive

Sunday October 25th – 1pm – Graceland Cemetery Tour from the Chicago History Museum - Graceland’s entrance is at 4001 N Clark – Tour Chicago’s most famous cemetery! – $15 (tickets are selling out fast!)

Thursday October 29th – 7pm-9.30pm – Trails of Terror at Peterson Park – 5801 N Pulaski Rd # J, Chicago – A fun family type haunted trail in one of my favorite parts of the city, right across from Bohemian National Cemetery. – $10

Friday October 30th – Suggest between 7-Midnight – Haunted Trails Amusement Park and Frightmare Haunted House – 7759 S. Harlem Ave Burbank, IL 60459 – Chicago is the only place that has a year around Haunted Amusement Park, I’m hankering to go and play mini-golf then to a haunted house on the grounds! – $10 for Frightmare, amusement park admission is free, games are extra.

Sunday November 1st – 7-11pm – Chronicles of the Cursed Haunted House – 560 W Grand Ave Chicago, IL 60654 – I think this is their first year, so it will be excited to see – $15

Saturday November 7th – 10pm - Weird Chicago Tour – Meet at 63 W Ontario St Chicago, IL 60654 – Another very good tour – $30

Friday November 20th – 12am – Twilight: New Moon – Not yet decided where. Will be fun and funny. Join us!

More things will come along and this list will be updated. But as for now it’s pretty solid. These events are a bit pricey, but totally worth it. Each of these I have extensively researched, none of these will suck. Other than Twilight. Harhar.

Spooky time!