The book took giant leaps, it was hilarious. There was terror in the street, attacks in the dark, and zombies taking over the world. Whoever wasn’t writing, was creating monsters with play dough. If we’re going to be scary, let’s do it right.) Then, I wrote about how one of the kids randomly became possessed and had blood squirting out their eyes. (There’s no Michael-Jackson-thing going on here…he’s just camera shy.) DIY Family Spooky Stories BookĬaden wrote a little something about the babysitter and kids being all scared, like a bunch of sissies. He wrote something about a stranger calling and being a total creep-face. The parents were going away on vacation…” Then, I passed it on to Shane. So, I went first, “Once upon a time, there was a girl who was asked to babysit three children, for a whole week. Not knowing the complete story was part of what made it so silly, in the end. We could only read just the page before ours, before we continued writing. We decided that we would each write just one page, and then pass it to the next person. I picked up a small notebook at Target, and gathered the kids in the craft room. Just the kind where we will pull it out, in a year from now, and crack up at our silly, scary stories. Not the kind fancy kind of book that we want published, oh no. So, I put all of our creepy thoughts to good use…we started a book. I think they’ve inherited my twisted mind. And, with Halloween coming up, my thoughts turned grim…well, gruesome. Remember my A Fun Way to Encourage Handwriting post? I’ve also raved about how great journals are for kids. We’ve been on a writing-kick lately, for homeschool.
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