Make Your Own Monster Eyeballs

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Halloween season is upon us, which means it's time to stock up on monster eyeballs!  Yes, this is totally necessary for all of your monster needs this season! It is so fast and fun to mass produce these little candies made from royal icing. You will just need 2 colors of royal icing.  For the recipe and other tips, see this post on the basics of sugar cookies and royal icing. In order for the eyes to end up flat, we are going to do the "wet on wet" technique. This means that as soon as … [Read more...]

Sign for Trick or Treaters: “We’re Out Of Candy”

out of candy poster

I always have trick-or-treaters that seem to knock on my door long after the candy is gone. Every year I hope people will understand that my dark porch means we are done passing out candy... and yet not everyone always understands that! This sign for trick or treaters was linked to one of my link parties in 2010 and I wanted to re-share it with all of you today.  It comes from Emily at Finding My Aloha (her site is fabulous, by the way!) and she has it available as a free download. … [Read more...]

Halloween Dinner Ideas

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Every year on Halloween, my Mom would make us dinner in a pumpkin before we'd head out for trick or treating. I loved having such a fun dinner, and fun tradition to look forward to each year. I've found a lot of Halloween dinner ideas online, here are some of my favorites. Some of them look so real, I don't know if I could actually eat them! Jack-O'-Lantern Chicken Taco Cups from Pillsbury How real does this look??? Meatloaf hand from Not Martha Jack-O'-Lantern Pizza from Betty … [Read more...]

30+ Creative Halloween Ideas

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Fall and Halloween ideas are on everyone's blogs and Pinterest boards right now, and there are some seriously great ideas I've collected from my link parties too. Want to see some of my favorites? Here is a list of over 30 Creative Halloween Ideas: Clever Happy Halloween Sign from Zom-Bot on Flikr Painted Rock Jack-O-Lanterns (my kids would love to make these!) from No Time for Flashcards Halloween Ghost Feet from The Moody Fashionista Fun Halloween Quote from The Queen of … [Read more...]

“I Love You” Pumpkin Garland

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Not all Halloween decorations have to be scary! This pumpkin garland is not only cute and festive, it is a sweet reminder of what we love about each person in our family. We made these for FHE last week and it was a fun activity with a great purpose! Take a look: scissors, brass fasteners (brads), hole punch, ribbon, orange paper, green paper, glue, crayons 1. Give everyone an orange piece of paper and a crayon. (I printed the words, "I Love __________ because" on each of the papers for as … [Read more...]

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