If you've run out of Halloween costume ideas for kids, don't turn to a costume shop for pricey premade garb. Instead, get inspired with the inexpensive and original ideas that follow. Don't sew? Don't worry. With just a few dabs of glue and the slide of an iron, you can make your child tops on the trick-or-treat block or the hit of the Halloween party with these no-sew kids' Halloween costume masterpieces.Still not convinced? Check out the array of kids' Halloween costume options -- from spooky to space age to just plain silly -- we've compiled for you here.

Pretty as a Princess Costume
Transform a little girl into her favorite fairy tale princess with some felt and faux jewels.

Bo Peep and Her Sheep Costumes
Shepherd your kids into these easy-to-assemble ensembles and send them to trick-or-treat as a herd.  kids-halloween-costumes3.htmBag of Bones Costume
Nothing says Halloween like a spooky skeleton, and nothing says simple to make like this sweat suit-based costume.

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Holladay » Jeffrey and Nancy Thomas can only imagine how their son, Clayton, would have planned the final two weeks of his life, but both believe that his script couldn't have been much better.
Clayton David Thomas, 16, watched an older brother graduate from high school two weeks ago. He spent a few days in Fort Collins, Colo., where he grew up, meeting the family of his sister's fiance, visiting amusement parks and hanging out with old friends. He attended his sister's wedding Saturday at the Salt Lake Temple, sang a cappella at the wedding luncheon and visited the family cabin in Timber Lakes the next day with his brothers, mother and maternal grandparents.
Lastly, there was a whisper of "I love you, too" from a sleepy Clayton to his father just before the latter left for a business trip to Chicago on Sunday morning.

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Most of the news you read about nursing homes is when they receive a bad report or something negative happens, so I’m writing this letter to publicly thank Marie and her staff in the personal care unit of Shenandoah Manor.

My mother had been a resident there for just under two years and, while there, she received the care and love that I could no longer safely provide at home. The staff always treated her with respect and made my mother feel comfortable and allowed her to keep her dignity at a time when she had lost the physical ability to care for herself but, in her mind, was perfectly capable of living on her own. Listening to her stories repeated countless times day in and day out, the staff acted like it was the first time they heard them and they listened patiently as she reminisced about her past life, whether true or just in her head. Even my mother’s bouts of depresseion were met with calm reassurance.

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Father's Day, contrary to popular misconception, was not established as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards.In fact when a "father's day" was first proposed there were no Father's Day cards!

Mrs. John B. Dodd, of Washington, first proposed the idea of a "father's day" in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. William Smart, a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife (Mrs. Dodd's mother) died in childbirth with their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington state. It was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent.The first Father's Day was observed on June 19, 1910 in Spokane Washington.

At about the same time in various towns and cities across American other people were beginning to celebrate a "father's day.".

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A large number of children left in the care of their grandparents live in poor conditions, lag behind scholastically and say they feel abandoned

Many children being raised by their grandparents say they often face financial difficulties and experience feelings of abandonment, a survey released by the Child Welfare League Foundation said.

The foundation conducted the survey to gauge the living conditions of the increasing number of the nation's children who are being raised by their grandparents instead of their parents.

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Select children in rural West Texas communities who have difficulty getting health care should soon have access to doctors through a state-funded satellite network.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission will give Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center nearly $7 million over 26 months to establish and maintain 30 sites where families and pediatricians can see and talk to each other "basically over television," said David Lefforge, chief operating officer for the university's telemedicine department.The department is evaluating sites now, he said. All 30 sites should be operational by September 2010, although some will be set up before others.
Medicaid recipients up to the age of 20 will have access to the program, and sites will be picked based on an area's interest in the program and need, Lefforge said. TTUHSC pediatricians from Amarillo, Lubbock, El Paso and the Permian Basin will treat patients.

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Eight-year-old Yash Katare had no idea why his father, Premnath, did not have dinner with him on Tuesday night. His elder brother, Sanket(12), too, was wondering why he was suddenly brought back to their Charkop residence from the military school in Nashik where he studied. In a cruel twist of fate, the two boys were orphaned when their father committed suicide on Tuesday in the same way as their mother, Geeta, did three months back.

Premnath had started selling off spare parts from his shop to fund his children's education, after he returned from prison on bail on June 10. "Premnath was planning to draw up a will in his sons' names, a few days before his death. He had already set aside some money in fixed deposit schemes for Yash and Sanket,'' said Narendra, Pramnath's brother.

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Mother’s day is coming up fast and is a day that mothers should be honored for the sacrifices made and love given without expectation when raising her children. People sometimes get wrapped up in their own life, worried about legitimate issues from making dinner to working and forget what the mother in their life does or did to make work out the way it should.One should not forget on Mother’s Day that from the day, of time mothers have put their children first, ensuring that they were safe, healthy, and happy. Mothers give up many things, including their careers because being at home with their children is what they feel is best for their children. However, this is not to say that working mothers do not sacrifice for their children. Some mothers due to various financial reasons do without their wants and desires in order to allow their children the opportunity to play a sport, go to camp, or even to have clothes to wear.Sacrifices like these should not be ignored, especially on Mother’s Day. Flowers, cards,and candy would be appreciated, but on Mother’s Day think beyond what is easy and convenient. Women tend to be more sentimental than men, so if the woman is a mother of young children, a gift to immortalize her children at their present age is appropriate. Many of these type items can be found at a local arts and crafts store. One such item is a garden walking stone kit. The kit comes complete with a mold and concrete that when mixed up and poured allows for a child to imprint their hands or feet. Once dried, the child can decorate it with paint or other craft items. If the mother is not an outdoor type person or does not live in an area where a garden walking store would be appropriate, any other Mother’s Day gift that a child makes will be treasured.

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For a mother, nothing can be more exciting than keeping her baby nearby herself, listen to her baby’s laughters and responsively meet his/her needs with promptness. By doing so you will understand the needs, likings and dislikings of your beloved child. No body can ever understand the feelings of a mother for her baby and nothing in this world can diminish the plethora of love possessed by a mother in the depth of her heart.

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"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." -- Sigmund Freud."A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child." -- the Knights of Pythagoras "A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty." -- Author Unknown."Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name." -- William Wordsworth.$

"Sherman made the terrible discovery that men make about their fathers sooner or later... that the man before him was not an aging father but a boy, a boy much like himself, a boy who grew up and had a child of his own and, as best he could, out of a sense of duty and, perhaps love, adopted a role called Being a Father so that his child would have something mythical and infinitely important: a Protector, who would keep a lid on all the chaotic and catastrophic possibilities of life." -- Tom Wolfe.

"One night a father overheard his son pray: Dear God, Make me the kind of man my Daddy is. Later that night, the Father prayed, Dear God, Make me the kind of man my son wants me to be." -- Author Unknown.

"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years." -- Mark Twain.