Halloween Costume: Ghost

Nothing exemplifies Halloween more than a ghost costume.  It is probably the easiest to make and can be as simple or complex as you wish.  Let’s take a look at two ideas for a ghost costume for Halloween. Traditionally, one would cut out two holes in a white sheet, for the eyes, color the outer [...]

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Halloween Recipe: Munchy Mummy Appetizer Dip

Ingredients: 1/4 cup mayonnaise 3/4 cup plain low-fat yogurt 2 teaspoons tarragon vinegar 1/2 teaspoon curry powder 1/8 teaspoon thyme 2 teaspoons chili sauce 1 celery stick, chopped Instructions: Combine ingredients and chill for at least one hour before serving.  Perfect in the center of your veggie tray.  In addition to veggies, use Halloween shaped [...]

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Pumpkin Sloppy Joes

Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef (or turkey) 1/2 cup chopped onion 1 clove garlic, minced 8 ounces tomato sauce 2 tablespoons brown sugar 2 tablespoons prepared mustard 1 cup canned pumpkin 2 teaspoons chili powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 8 hamburger buns, split American cheese slices Instructions: Brown ground beef (or turkey) and drain off fat.  [...]

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Fun Halloween Party Food Ideas

Getting ready for a howling Halloween party this year? Spruce up your party this year with some icky, but yummy party food. Here are some fun food ideas for your ghostly Halloween party: Snot cubes Refrigerate yellow and green Jello (any flavors) in ice cube trays. Serve chilled. Worms in snot Make snot cubes, as [...]

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Halloween Costume: Pirate

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 [...]

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Halloween Recipe: It is the Great Pumpkin…. Pull Apart Cake!

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 [...]

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Make Your Own Halloween Greeting Cards

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 [...]

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Healthy Halloween Treats

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 [...]

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Halloween Recipe: Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

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 [...]

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Cider Cheese Halloween Party Fondue Recipe

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 [...]

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