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 …

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; …

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 …

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 …

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.

What are you going to be this Halloween?

This year, we’ve got a fantastic line of new costumes featuring some of the most popular, …

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.

What are you going …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Butterflies are lovely to look at, but it is even more beautiful when your child decides to become one for Halloween.  Here are some tips on how to make a homemade butterfly costume.

Before you begin this project, you may wish to take a trip to the library and check out the books on butterflies.  Let your child choose one she particularly likes and follow the color scheme when making the costume.

Purchase sheer fabric in the color your child has chosen.  Find fabric that has spots or designs which closely resemble a butterfly.  Then cut the …