Monday, October 31, 2011
Show fellow Patch readers your Jack-O-Lantern carving skills here. Upload your pumpkin pictures!
Pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins! We've seen plenty around Grosse Pointe in the last several weeks on the front stoops, in the yard or hanging from trees. Many of those have probably since been intricately carved, styled and otherwise decorated. Show off your pumpkin carving skills that will light up the night as trick-or-treaters march the sidewalks tonight. Upload photos of your Jack-O-Lanterns here.
Students filed into the Star of the Sea gymnasium for a Halloween festival Monday armed with boxed and canned foods, which they dropped off in the center of the room where a food castle was being built.
Halloween celebrations at Our Lady Star of the Sea School included costumes but also a food donation drive. The students were allowed to dress in their costume for class Monday and before going to the party in the gymnasium and a haunted laboratory they joined as a pair with their big-little brother/sister. The students dropped off dry boxed and canned foods to the center of the gymnasium, where some students worked to build a castle with the goods. This is the second year the school has conducted a food drive during Halloween celebrations, said Kerry Vlahantones, one of the event organizers. Each grade was given a specific type of food to gather. The castle is built and on display in the gymnasium while students mill around in their pairs…
We asked for your cute kid halloween costumes, and you responded. Here are just some of the photos you sent in. There's still time to send more!
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Which kid in America has the most creative Halloween costume in the pumpkin patch? That's what we want to find out with your photos and the help of celebrity judge Heidi Klum, who will select the Grand Prize winner. So far, Michigan Patch readers have submitted dozens of photos to our 29 Patch sites. Today's Michigan Postcard is a celebration of all those photos so far. We hope you won't stop sharing! There's still time: The deadline for the costume isn't until 9 tonight. So have that camera ready when the kids get dressed up, and upload a photo to Patch before they dig into the candy. The Grand Prize? Patch will whisk the winner to New York or Los Angeles for a three day, two night trip for two that includes a meet and greet with Heidi, …
Sunday, October 30, 2011
It's the day before Halloween; what better time than to trot out the cutest pet costumes to inspire you for the big day?
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Reader Jackie Lyon added this photo last week to a pets in costume photo gallery on Fenton Patch, and we thought it was a great photo to inspire pet owners to find that perfect costume for their pets. We looked around and found a lot of others, so we thought we'd share those with you as well: What about you? If you have a pet all dressed up and ready to photographed on Halloween night, we'd love for you to share it with us, and we'll share it with the rest of our readers. To email this photo, just look for the "email" button above. To print this photo, see PRINT above the story. Do you have a nominee for Michigan Postcard? Nominate it here, or send us an email at beth.valone@patch.com. Be sure to include the following details: More …
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Event at Royal Oak Star Lanes will benefit charities founded by Lions safety Louis Delmas and Pistons forward Charlie Villanueva.
Two Detroit players plan to hit the lanes on Halloween to compete for something other than a victory on the court or field -- the opportunity to help youths in need. Safety Louis Delmas of the Detroit Lions and forward Charlie Villanueva of the Detroit Pistons will host the Bowling Spook-Tacular from 7:30 p.m. to 12 a.m. Monday at Star Lanes inside Emagine Royal Oak. The Halloween fundraiser features a player bowling tournament, costume contest where the winner will receive a high-valued item and an opportunity for fans to interact with the players, their teammates and other local and and national celebrities. The event will benefit causes founded by the two players: “With commitment and diligence, our foundations will benefit youth not …
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
Picking out a pumpkin can be tough when there are thousands to choose from. Gotta think about it.
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
Danielle Smith submitted this photo for Michigan Postcards of her son and niece in the Long Family Orchard pumpkin patch in Commerce. Decisions, decisions! Have you been to the local pumpkin patch? We bet you took a photo! Why not add it below? To email this photo, just look for the "email" button above. To print this photo, see PRINT above the story. Do you have a nominee for Michigan Postcard? Nominate it here, or send us an email at beth.valone@patch.com. Be sure to include the following details: More Michigan Postcards
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Patch’s Little Pumpkin Costume Challenge with Heidi Klum needs your entries now.
Which kid in America has the most creative Halloween costume in the pumpkin patch? That's what we intend to find out with your photos and the help of celebrity judge Heidi Klum, who will select the Grand Prize winner. The Grand Prize? Patch will whisk the winner to New York or Los Angeles for a three-day, two-night trip for two that includes a meet and greet with Heidi, plus a donation of $1031 to a local charity of the winner's choice. Nine runners up will also get a $1031 donation from Patch to a local charity of their choice. Entering is easy. Just upload a photo of your kid, 12 years of age or younger, in his or her Halloween costume. Entries must be made by the parent or legal guardian of the child photographed. Full rules are here. …
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
What would fall be if you didn't have to worry about the squirrels digging into the pumpkin on your porch?
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Pumpkins, hayrides, cider, haunted houses ... October is in full swing. This Michigan Postcard photo catching a squirrel "in the act" of devouring a pumpkin was sent in by Terri Lee. To email this photo, just look for the "email" button above. To print this photo, see PRINT above the story. Do you have a nominee for Michigan Postcard? Nominate it here, or send an email at beth.valone@patch.com. Be sure to include the following details: More Michigan Postcards
John Hetzler
6:44 am on Tuesday, November 1, 2011
I love the Perry the Platypus pumpkin. more ›