Instead of carving a face this year try painting
one on. Or make a vegetable face by attaching
vegetables with toothpicks and hot glue. The kids
can join you using curly lettuce for hair, zucchini
slices with raisins for eyes, a green bean mouth, a
carrot nose and so forth. Or add
stickers to a plain pumpkin.
Carve heart shapes or stars into your pumpkin using cookie cutters as patterns
Sprinkle the inside of your pumpkin with cinnamon for an added delicious smell.
Or let your child get out his or her Mr Potato
head and use them on a miniature pumpkin.
Kids love to decorate mini pumpkins. Write a family members name on each
with markers and then let children add halloween faces.
Make a pumpkin topiary carved with jack
o' lanterns, your house numbers or spell out B O O.
Recipes Eatable Seeds - Scrape the seeds out of a fresh pumpkin. Wash them, mix the seeds with butter (aprox 2 Tbsp per 2 cups of seeds), 2 Tbsp salt, and stir.
Place them on a cookie sheet in a 200 degrees F oven for about 45 minutes. Recipe for one Gory Hand - This is both a yummy treat and a frightful decoration. Use a new clean rubber glove. Rinse it out first as some gloves have a dusting of talc powder. Make a strong cherry or orange Jell-O by using 3/4 of the recommended amount of water. Hang the glove over the sink with clothes
pins attached to thin strips of wood or get someone to help fill the
glove. When the Jell-O has cooled pour into glove and place in the
freezer. Be careful not to have the hand pressing against anything or it
will ruin the shape. When the Jell-O is frozen cut the glove off using
small scissors. Keep your masterpiece in the refridgerator until ready to
display. Jack O' Lantern Cake - a whimsical dessert made with a cake mix and orange icing.
Needed:
1 package cake mix (any flavor)
2 containers vanilla frosting divided
1 flat bottom ice cream cone
1 tube of brown icing
food coloring
10 inch Bundt Pan
Prepare, bake and cool the cake according to package directions.
Measure 1/4 cup frosting into a small bowel and tint with
green food coloring. Placing the cone upside down frost to resemble the stem and refrigerate. Tint the remaining icing with red and yellow until a pumpkin orange. Frost the cooled cake with the orange icing. The face can be added with the tube of brown icing. Place the upside down cone in the center hole for a stem. Witches Brew - A ghoulish punch to serve on Halloween.
Presentation is everything - this punch
is best served in a black kettle (witches
cauldron). Put dry ice (with tongs) in a
large kettle and insert a smaller punch bowl
inside. This will allow the punch to stay
cool and the fog effect is fun. The trick
is to freeze cherry kool aid inside a glove
the night before (Prop the open end up to
prevent spillage or tie off) to float in the
brew - you may even want to add a gummy worm
or two to the mixture. Peel the glove off
and even put a ring on the finger if you'd like
- one of those plastic spider rings would be good.
The recipe can be any of your favorites - I like
the following:
1 1/2 cups orange juice
4 cups apple cider
1 cup pineapple juice
2 Tbs sugar
Bourbon to taste if desired
Just before serving add 4 cups chilled ginger ale
Cinnamon sticks are a nice addition to the glasses.
What a festive start to a party don't you think?
Make these 3D
Cookies See other Spooky Recipes and
Halloween Recipes
There are so many different types of scarecrows,
there do
seem to be a few common elements however; A
plaid flannel shirt, Straw, and a Hat. The crows
are optional. The frame of the scarecrow is
shaped like a "t". The bottom is pointed to
insert into the ground. Cut the cross of the
"t" shorter than the width of both sleeves of
the shirt. His face can be stuffed or painted on
wood. Draw an oval shape approximately 8" by 9"
allowing a 5/8" seam allowance if using fabric.
I like tea stained muslin painted with the
facial features. A triangle orange nose, black
dip dot eyes, blush his cheeks and add a smile.
Either hammer or hot glue his head to the top of
the "t". Hot glue straw or raffia as hair to the
top of his head. Add a straw or burlap hat.
Button on the flannel shirt inserting and hot
gluing straw or raffia at the neckline and
sleeves. Tie the sleeves off with raffia or
jute. To further embellish him you can tie a
plaid bow around the neck, add a sunflower to
the hat, and of course add crows. You could also
add a sign such as:
Happy Harvest
Autumn Welcome
If I only had a Brain
Crows Welcome
Make several of these friendly ghosts to suspend from a tree or the ceiling.
Ghost Centerpiece
Needed For 1 Ghost:
2 liter soda bottle
2 Bendable Straws
Tape
Small Balloon
White Glue
Cheesecloth approximately 24" square
Scraps of black felt
Procedure:
To make one ghost tape two straws horizontally at the neck of the bottle for arms. Flex into desired position. Blow up a balloon and tape to the top of the bottle. Dilute White Glue (the less diluted, the faster it dries). Dip cheesecloth pieces into the solution and drape onto the form arranging into folds. Make sure the cheesecloth is long enough to have some flowing out onto the table (after it dries this will allow the ghost to stand). Cut out eyes & a mouth from black felt & glue in place.
Drying time approximately 30-45 minutes.
Once it is thoroughly dried pop the balloon, and separate the ghost from it's form.
Tip: If you group 3 together for a family use different frame sizes such as a water bottle or milk carton.
Hang from the ceiling using fishing line.
