One of the hottest recent movies is “Pirates of the Caribbean.” With pirates growing in popularity, well, it makes sense that your son or daughter may wish to be a pirate for Halloween. These are not only fun costumes to make, but quite easy as well. So let’s make a homemade pirate’s costume!
Here’s is what is needed: A red bandana and thick red ribbon or large red scarf; old pair of black pants and a white shirt or blouse; an eye patch; hoop earrings – preferable clip-on; black and red eyeliner; cardboard and tin foil; fake bird and wire; and black and brown masking tape.
Fray the edges of the pants and shirt. Place the red bandana on the child’s head and then tie the red ribbon or scarf around the waist. Use some black eye liner to paint the face with a mustache. Use some red eyeliner to paint a scar on the face. Put on the earrings and the eye patch.
To make a sword (every pirate needs a sword), use cardboard and cut out the shape of a sword. Cover it with tin foil. Use black masking tape for the handle.
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Are you ready for your Charlie Brown Halloween special!?!
Ingredients:
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
3 eggs
1 cup white sugar
4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
3/4 cup butter, melted
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
Instructions:
Get out that big ole’ mixing bowl and combine pumpkin, milk, eggs, sugar and spice. Pour into your greased 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
Sprinkle the dry cake mix over top of the mixture. Sprinkle, don’t stir. Drizzle melted butter over it all and top it off with a handful or two of chopped walnuts. Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees F or until toothpick comes out of center clean. Best served, during “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.” with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on the side.
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Making your own Halloween greeting cards can be a fun exercise for the entire family, but especially for the kids.
There are several ways you can make these cards. One way is by downloading Halloween designs from the Internet and pasting them onto blank greeting cards. In addition, there are also templates online which you can print out and have your kids color for their cards.
Another way, and more fun for the kids, is to simply use construction paper and crayons and let them be as creative as they wish. They can draw pumpkins and spiders; bats and witches; ghosts and goblins, whatever their hearts desire. Then cut them out and paste them onto black construction paper. They can write their own greeting inside and send the cards to friends and relatives.
The kids can also use pictures taken in their Halloween costumes and paste them on the front of a blank greeting card and write their own message inside. Think how proud their grandparents will be once they receive these cards in the mail.
Halloween stickers can also be purchased at your local card store and used to decorate the envelopes.
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It used to be that the healthy houses were the ones all the kids avoided at Halloween. You knew which houses had the Snickers bars that you had to hit twice, and the ones that were handing out apples that you could definitely skip.
Well nowadays, there are all kinds of healthy treats you can hand out while still enticing the kids to change costumes and make a second stop. Here are just a few great ideas that will keep the moms and the kids happy on Halloween.
* Try handing out snack foods like mini bags of pretzels, cracker packs, trail mix, or even hot cocoa. Even if it’s not the healthiest option, it’s going to offset all the sugar they will be getting.
Many companies now make “snack size” bags of all kinds of goodies that are easy and convenient. Plus they can make parents feel safe since the bags are sealed so you know if they’ve been tampered with.
If you’re going to a party where everyone knows each other, or having a get-together yourself, you can save money by making your own snack-size baggies.
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It’s not Halloween until you’ve stuck your hands into a pumpkin to pull out all the guts to carve your jack-o-lantern. Now you’ve got all those pumpkin seeds sitting there. Don’t just toss them in the trash! Roast them for a nice evening treat.
Instructions:
Rinse pumpkin seeds under cold water and try to get off all the pulp strings. Spray a baking sheet with non stick spray, or oil it down with your favorite cooking oil. Sprinkle with salt to taste, you might find yourself using a little more salt than usual. Bake at 325 degrees F until toasted for 15 minutes. STIR and flip. Bake at 325 degrees F until toasted for another 15 minutes. Let them cool off completely before eating them. You don’t want a burnt tongue. Store in an air tight container or Ziploc bag.
Optional: If you’d like you can soak your pumpkin seeds overnight in salt water for a more salty flavor and an easier to eat seed. It doesn’t make a huge difference in the result, but some people prefer doing it that way.
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Ingredients:
3/4 cup apple cider or apple juice
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 (1 pound) loaf French bread, cubed
Instructions:
Bring cider to a boil. Toss the cheeses with cornstarch and pepper and then stir into hot cider. Cook stirring constantly for about 4 or 5 minutes until melted and smooth. Transfer to fondue pot or slow cooker to keep warm for dipping. Serve with bread cubes and crackers.
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What’s a Halloween party without a big bowl of punch with floating eyeballs in it?
Ingredients:
1 (32 fluid ounce) bottle apple juice, chilled
1 (12 fluid ounce) can frozen cranberry juice concentrate
1 cup orange juice
1 1/2 liters ginger ale
1 apple (optional)
Eyeball candies (optional)
Instructions:
Get a large punch bowl or other container to serve your punch from.
Combine the apple juice, cranberry concentrate, and orange juice. Stir until any frozen parts are dissolved. Slowly mix in the ginger ale. Slice the apple in whole slices to float on top as brain slices among the floating eyeballs.
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If you have a young daughter, odds are she will want to dress up as a princess for Halloween. While it may be easy to just go out and purchase a costume, it can be quite expensive in the long run. Making a homemade princess costume for Halloween can be not only affordable, but fun as well.
If you have a pretty pink or white dress, this can be the basis for the outfit. White leotards and a white body suit to wear under the dress are suggested. Adding glitter to the sleeves of the body suit would also be a great idea, not to mention the body suit and leotards would keep your child warm on Halloween. Once you have these basic items, the next thing which has to be addressed is whether your daughter will wear slippers or shoes. White shoes would be appropriate, or if you can find a pair of white slippers and garnish them with glitter; this would be awesome.
Depending on which princess your daughter has chosen, that is, one of the Disney characters such as Cinderella or Snow White, or perhaps a princess she read about in a book, the right accessories will accent the entire wardrobe to create the most enchanting princess of all.
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Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter, cubed
8 oz. Semi-sweet chocolate
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 bags fun size candy bars, chopped into small pieces
Instructions:
Melt butter. Remove from heat and add semisweet chocolate. Cover and let sit until chocolate is meted (3 to 5 minutes approximately) then stir to smooth. Gradually and carefully add in the heavy cream while stirring, keep stirring while you pour, chocolate will lose it’s shine. Refrigerate about 25 minutes to gain firmness. Roll globs of the chocolate into round balls in the palm of your hand, then roll them in the chopped up candy bars pressing so that it sticks to the edges.
A great way to get creative with the Halloween candy haul after trick or treating or for a great handout at your party. Remember not to give trick or treaters homemade candies, most parents will throw it away.
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Who said gingerbread cookies were only for Christmas?
Ingredients:
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 egg
1 cup molasses
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons warm water
1/4 cup raisins for decorating
Different color gel icing
Instructions:
Cream together shortening, sugar, egg and warm molasses. Dissolve baking soda in warm water, and then add to the egg mixture. Next, add flour, spices and salt, mix it all up until well blended. Cover and chill overnight. Prepare a floured surface and get out the rolling pin and cookie cutters. Cut out gingerbread men (or other Halloween like shapes!) and place an inch or two apart on a greased cookie sheet. Use raisins and cinnamon candies for eyes, buttons, etc. Then add gel icing to make bloody legs, arms, and dripping eyeballs!
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