Try NEW Alpha-Bits & Throw Your Own Halloween Party + $50 Gift Card Giveaway!
Try New Alpha-Bits!
I know that a lot of you have mentioned how ecstatic you are that Alpha-Bits is new and improved. Especially since it is now made with 6g of sugar instead of 10g. Not to mention, the fact that it has no artificial colours or flavours is a huge plus. 40% less sugar is all kinds of right in my book! You can read all about it, here.
Most of all, you all shared how nostalgic it made you and how you yourself remembered eating Alpha-Bits and just how much fun they were. I really do hope that you all enjoyed a bowl with your family and shared the story that is found in every bowl!
Alphabet-y Goodness.
We all know how delicious Alpha-Bits cereal is with milk but, can you imagine making even more treats with it? If you are in the mood for something tasty, I have the thing just for you. Make Alpha-Bits ABC Snack Mix and I guarantee you, it will be a hit. It’s a medley of Alpha-Bits, popcorn, honey, dried apricots and pecan halves that are baked to perfection.
Ready to WIN?
One lucky Whispered Inspirations reader will win an Alpha-Bits prize pack! You’ll have everything you need to throw a little Halloween shindig of your own. Don’t forget to make the Alpha-Bits ABC Snack Mix! This contest opens on October 12th, 2015 and runs until October 26th, 2015.
Included in Prize Pack:
-Alpha-Bits cereal with 40% less sugars.
-Star Wars collector’s edition Alpha-bits.
-$50 AMEX gift certificate to purchase all the ingredients to make your own Alpha-Bits ABC Snack Mix.
-Decorations to throw your own Halloween party.
So, tell me one of your Halloween spooky stories or favorite family story to be entered to WIN. Plus, there are bonus entries! I know that I have tons of spooky stories to share but, you first!
Do you have a spooky story?
Let me know, til then–cheers m’deres!
Nancy Polanco is a freelance journalist, lifestyle content creator, and editor of Whispered Inspirations. She is a proud Mom to Gabby and Michaela and partner and best friend to Darasak. Having worked as part of a health care team for almost a decade, Nancy is happy to be back to her passion. She is a contributor to the Huffington Post, TODAY’s Parents, and an Oprah Magazine Brand Ambassador.
I lived in a city where there was a house in the country side that was haunted. There was a couple who wanted to check out this house at night but they got the total fright of their lives when the outside of the house started to run red. Even when the house was torn down the land stayed haunted no other house or building was ever built there.
WOW. So eerie.
Their is a house on our old street that always decorates for Halloween. I mean the whole family comes together and they work for hours to make this house spectacular inside and out. They have some many neat things to see. While you are admiring all the neat stuff you miss the guy sitting in the chair waiting to jump up and scare you. They only scare the adults not the kids. The guy ahead of me jumped and did a little dance. It was funny and scary all at the same time.
I hate spooky stories. They scare me too much! Where I grew up, there was a story about an old abandoned farm house that had burnt down. People said that the remnants would randomly go on fire each year on the anniversary of the first fire. I assume really someone was lighting it each year but it still scared me to think about it.
Jonnie
My son loves Mickey Mouses Halloween book!
I remember when i was little my parents took my sister and i to a haunted house where you stayed in your car the whole time, it was kind of scary as people in costumes would jump out and scare us
One Halloween my son was dressed as the grim reaper and daughter was a fairy princess..we were trick or treating and this lady approached us and asked if the kids could come into the Retirement home lobby as the residents were waiting for trick or treaters and none had shown up there yet… so I took the kids in and the lobby was filled with all these eldery residents with huge smiles on their faces, you could see their delight and excitment to see the costumed kids! We chatted with them for quite some time then left.. afterwards I kind of felt bad..my son was dressed as the Grim reaper and this was a retirement home.. but..it was Halloween night and all the elderly were so thrilled to see the kids!
Oh yes, they love seeing the kids. I volunteered as a kid and I have worked in long term care. They love it.
Halloween short stories by Uncle Amom
I was staying in a hotel in the UK that was supposed to be haunted. I wasn't worried at all until I was alone in my room and all of a sudden it sounded like all of the other hotel room doors were slammed shut one right after the other and I heard very heavy foot sounds. I ran to the door and opened it to see nothing out of the ordinary. It scared me silly!
OMG, I have stayed at a few haunted hotels and some I felt nothing, others I felt something. That would scare me!
how are there no comments yet but 375 entries? puzzling. anyway, my story… its not so much spooky, but it scared me. when i was an older kid.. probably around 12.. still trick or treating, my sister and i (she was younger) walked right into someones house by accident. you know how some houses have the little porch thats enclosed. i guess we thought we were entering one of those. we were so embarassed…
I was on holiday for a week and I did not get a chance to approve comments until now! 🙂 Haha, funny story!
My favourite book is the lady who swallowed a fly. I have the Halloween version for my kids the lady who swallowed a spider.
I always loved the hocus pocus movie , and the goose bump books 😀
any goose bumps books are good
We were going to a halloween haunted house run by the boys and girl club. They use vacant homes to build it. Every years it,s in a different locations. So we are looking for the address and for some reason we had the rong street # but before we realize that we climb up the stair and open the door of a private home and realiz it was nt the hunted hose. We an down does sair so fast and laughing so hard.
A good book for Halloween is The Monster at the End of this Book
My kids love to read The Spooky Old Tree.
We like a lot of Halloween Books. We like the Big Pumpkin, It's Halloween, Humbug Witch and the Franklin's Halloween!
we dont have a fave book but we love halloweeen movies
Our favorite book is The Night Before Halloween.
I love the tale of Sleepy Hollow. Ichabod Crance, the Headless Horseman…..super creepy!
My brother in law swears he saw a lady in a long dress standing at a farm gate but when he went to walk closer she just disappeared!
OHMAHGAWD. Spooky!
Don't have a spooky story of my own but one Halloween story that my family has always enjoyed has been It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
Sorry no spooky stories here!! We keep to non scary like our fave book The Day The Crayons Quit 🙂
my son's favorite has always been It's the great pumpkin, charlie brown…lol not so scary
we love the book boo comes to ottawa, a book made for our home town
Our favorite spooky Halloween book is Bram Stoker Dracula. Super spooky.
I can remember as a kid my sister in law who was about 10 yrs older than me would tell us the scariest stories, we all still remember this even after 40 yrs she wanted to see which of us kids would get scared first and run and hide
favorite book is <It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown >
We like the book You Got a Rock, Charlie Brown.
At Halloween time I like to read the Curious George Haunted Halloween book to my grandsons.
I do not have a spooky {Halloween} story..But a few nights ago there was a questionable photo in my phone. I showed my husband, it creeped him out so much he couldn't even look at it. Him being freaked, spooked me..Which led me to delete the pic. Now I regret deleting it. It was super weird!
Going to the witch museum for halloween last year was really scary.
our favorite Halloween movie is Casper, love when he asks can I keep you.
My nephew loves to read The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat book!
My brother in law dressed up as the texas chainsaw killer and came down my street to my house with the chainsaw running!
A Spooky Halloween story is when one year we all dressed up as Ninjas! Even Dad and I dressed up and took the kids trick or treating!
My scary story is that my car seems to be a favorite for kids to throw eggs at on Halloween!
I sacred my Son to death last year as he was 4yrs old but Hubs picked him up from school on Halloween day and I was dressing to the hills as a witch. well he screamed when he walked in the door and saw me lol…poor lil guy.
We love Pinkalicious, so we always pull out Pinkalicious: Pink or Treat! at Halloween!
I like It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
I can not wait till Halloween
We love the Goosebumps series.
Our favorite story is Tickle Monster!
My went to a local farm last year they had this boo barn for the kids, omg it was the scariest thing ever! I have never been so frightened in my life. they had everything from zombies to real spiders set up in there
I like Stephen King books, they are terrifying!
Not spooky but this past weekend we went a farm in Ottawa and enjoyed the haunted houses. It was a fun time well spent.
my kids still watch and read many of the Halloween books and DVD's they have had for years. They especially love Casper DVD.
I always used to hear a story about a lady with a scarf around her neck. Her husband would ask her why she wore the scarf all time. Finally she told him and her head fell off. Learned it girl scouts!
we loved theHarry Potter books ..fun reading as a family
My favourite Halloween book is Dracula. Every year around Halloween I read it.
The Spooky Wheels on the Bus!
stephne king it
We love the berenstain bears spooky old tree 🙂
When I was in University studying anatomy, I was alone late one night in the anatomy lab studying the bodies for an exam. Suddenly, I heard a faint scratching and gentle rattling sound coming from inside one of the other metal boxes containing the bodies. My hair stood on end and I sprinted out of there in a flash!
Woah!
I loved scary movie just because it was scary and funny. Im a fan of scary movies/shows.
Goodnight Goon is a book that the family loves. My son won it at a class Halloween party a few years ago and it has been a favourite since.
We like to scare each other on Halloween and turn off all the lights and use flashlights to scare one another!
we were living on the prairies and one halloween when my son was young we went trick or treating and it was so cold and snowy, by the time we got home our hair,eyebrows and clothes were frozen , we literally had icicles hanging from our hair!
Our kids love the Halloween book about the witch that wants to make a pumpkin pie but the pumpkin will not come off the vine. must dig it out I forget the name!!
Our favorite book is Scooby Doo's Halloween scare a-lot book.
My Favorite Halloween Book Is It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
We went trick or treating last year to a house where the family had it set up to jump out and scare you. Thankfully my nephew prepared us so we weren't scared. Unfortunately, one of the family members didn't like that they didn't scare us so he chased us down the street and scared my son to death.
I remember one time not getting home until 12 from trick or treating all night, we had 3 pillow cases full of candy! it was crazy
I dont really have a spooky story but when I was younger my parents hosted a haunted house event in our neighborhood which was pretty neat!.
Thanks for the giveaway
Related to Halloween, our favorite family book is Bunnicula!
Love reading Dracula every year around Halloween.
the kids always said that there was a ghost man in our house that only came out on Halloween – thats about as scary as we get lol
Our family's favourite spooky book is an old one called The Spooky Old Tree!
My daughter loves the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark book.
something we like to do around halloween is watch beetlejuice
My kids and I love the book "Where The Wild Things Are". I've read it to them so many times I've practically memorized it!
We like the Goosebumps books and we saw the movie and it was great!
one time when going trick or treating we were at a house all decorated and some guy jumped out at us. we thought he was just a decoration! boy did he scare us
We always watch and read the Great pumpkin, Charlie Brown every year with the kids.
My favorite Halloween Book is It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Thanks so much for the chance 🙂
I enjoyed the Goosebump books growing up.
We love the Headless Horseman book,if Halloween falls on a weekend the whole family gets together and enjoys it with stories and music and lots of googy treats,going to be a fun one this year
Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, have always loved Peanuts. Not too big into scary stuff!
My favourite book for Halloween is Dracula.
Bunnicula is our favorite Halloween book!
Stephen King books scare me silly!
I pretty much love most halloween stories. My favorite ones as a child always began with "It was a dark and stormy night"
Our favourite books are ALL the Goosbumps!
We don't like spooky books at our house. The spookiest book we have is "in the dark dark woods" and thats only because its Sophies book this week.
sleepy hollow is a good one
The story of the hitchhiker who goes after the kids in the car and they don't think he really exists until they look and find his hook hand in their car door. CREEPY!
We like to read the Goose Bump books 🙂 Thanks so much for the chance!
We don't have any spooky stories, but we love the Winnie the Pooh Halloween story.
Nothing scary here but my nephews loves Clifford's First Halloween book.
i love watching the hocus pocus movie near halloween
My favourite Hallowe'en book is the Franklin Hallowe'en one…my daughter was much calmer about trick-or-treating after reading it!
We love the book Bunnicula, about the vampire bunny!
Dracula is my favourite book to read around Halloween.
We always watch Hocus pocus on Haloween night
I remember going through a local halloween scare house and I jumped and screamed and I was an adult, my kids laughed at me
Room on the Broom is another Halloween Book that we like. One of my nieces is also into Goosebump books right now.
We really like the Haunted Canada Ghost stories series for kids. Scary, but not too scary!
my favorite halloween movie is hocus pocus
Bunnicula is a fun book our family likes at Halloween.
WE really like to read Happy Birthday to you by Dr. Seuss.
We are watching American Horror Story Season 3 to celebrate Halloween. There are 13 episodes, we watched a few this past weekend and will keep watching on weekends.
So scary!
We love cliffords first halloween
I read Dracula every year around Halloween.
we don't really have any halloween books or stories. we treat it just like any other day and not a real holiday 🙂
Every so often my cats will stare at a spot just over my head. It's never just one cat either, it's always a few of them. We have six, that's a different kind of horror story.
Our favourite is definitely "It's a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown".
We really like Winnie the Pooh.
my niece and i love watching the hotel transilvania movie
My daughter likes the book Bunnicula, & it was also one of my favorites as a kid.
We love all the Goosebumps books Every one of them is fantastic.
The kids here love Goose Bump books
Next week I will start reading Dracula, like I do every year around Halloween.
My girls are into the Goosebumps books right now.
My son likes to read Goosebumps.
A favourite of ours: Classic Goosebumps: "The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight".
Cheers.
We like the Winnie the pooh Seasons and holidays book.
My kids love reading, who will haunt your house on Halloween.
It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, not scary but a classic!
love the addams family movies
Halloween is on the weekend this year so we will tell stories by flashlight in the living room and have a sleepover with some friends
when I was 8 my 3 older brothers made a scarecrow and hung it up on a nearby vehicle bridge. There were babysitting me so I had to go. We huddled in the bushes and watched the drivers come down the hill and then stop and not cross the bridge because it looked like a person hanging there. I was scared just from huddling in the bushes.
I loved taking my niece trick or treating
we love watching Hocus Pocus!
I love reading Dracula for Halloween.
I liked Goose Bumps
My kids don't do super scary but they like there's a Wocket in my Pocket.
i love watching halloween cartoons with my niece
It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown is a classic & fave that we read every year.
We loved The Monster at the End of This Book as kids.
We don't have any halloween books but every year we watch Charlie Brown's Great Pumpkin.
I don't recall a scary book but when I was a little girl I used to beg my father to tell me a scary story. He would make up stories about ghosts and I would get s scared. I would soon forget how scared I got and I would ask him to tell me the story again.
Bunnicula is a fun book for our family during fall/Halloween
Will be starting to read Dracula on Oct. 25 🙂
I have a shorter version of the The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown with sound effects and all the kids love it.
We really like There's a Wocket in my Pocket.
last night my niece and i watched toy story halloween cartoon, it was so funny
My daughter likes the book Room on the Broom
The Halloween book we like is Bunnicula!
Not a fan of spooky stories so we still to ones like Room on the Broom.
My kids love GooseBumps
Thre kids enjoy The Night Before Halloween
One more day until I start reading my favourite Halloween story Dracula 🙂
sleepy hollow is my favourite Halloween book
We don't really have a favourite Halloween book – yet – but we have plenty of favourite Halloween movies. We enjoy watching halloween town every year together. Trading candy is always something that is fun.
i ran therough a grave yard as a teen i will never ever do that again it was a dare but never again
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
I have a very scary Real Halloween story.
When my sisters and I were treating one year when we were little a teenager threw a crushed up pop can and it hit my sis in the face. Halloween was over as she had to go to the hospital for stitches. I remember hardly no candy that year.
Bunnicula is a great little Halloween tale! I used to read it as a child & now my daughter loves it as well.
We love reading Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins ,such a cute story
Started reading Dracula today, getting ready for Halloween 🙂
love watching all the halloweentown movies with my kiddos
I love classic horror movies like the exorcist and the birds. So scary!
You Got A Rock, Charlie Brown is a current favourite.
We like anything Curious George.
Franklin's Halloween is another story my nephew enjoys this year.
I love watching scary halloween movies and cartoons!
We have always enjoyed the Halloween book, Bunnicula! It's a cute story.
Enjoying reading Dracula, getting myself ready for Halloween 🙂
Mickey Mouse Halloween is a good one the kids enjoy
we like ottawa boo haloween its a local book