Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Fun Halloween Recipes

Have fun with these easy, yet spooky recipes!!

Brain Cell Delight

1 (6 oz) box Blueberry Jello Mix...1 (16 oz) carton Small Curd Cottage Cheese...1 (16 1/2 oz) can Blueberries in Syrup

Prepare jello according to package directions. Chill until firm. Scoop cottage cheese into a bowl. Drain and set aside syrup from blueberries. Add the berries to the cottage cheese and mix well. Add food coloring to turn the cottage cheese a nice grayish when blended. To serve put a couple of spoonfuls of jello (congealed brain fluid) on a plate, some of the syrup on that, and a scoop of cottage cheese and the blueberry mix (gray matter) on top. Serves 6.

Blackheads and Scabs

2 cups of each, raisins and dried cranberries

Mix all together and place in a snack bowl with a label that reads
"Blackheads and Scabs".
YUK! But Yummy!

Slime Juice

6 oz pkg. blue Kool-Aid...6 oz can Orange Juice concentrate with pulp...1 gallon water

Mix all the ingredients together. Delicious green slime drink.

Nuclear Waste Punch

1 quart Pineapple Juice...1 quart Mountain Dew...5 scoops lemon or lime sherbert

Chill all ingredients. Gently stir together soda and juice. Add sherbert right before guests arrive.

Maggot Stew

1 cup orzo pasta per 6 servings of stew.

Cook orzo pasta per package directions. When your favorite stew is ready, stir in the orzo pasta just before turning the heat off. Be prepared...it really looks like maggots are in your stew!

Witch's Warts

1/2 package White melting chocolate...1 package Raisins...Green food coloring...Wax paper

Melt white chocolate in double boiler. Add 5 drops food coloring, mix well. Dip each raisin in the chocolate and place on wax paper to cool. I've found it easier to put a few raisins in at a time and take each one out at a time with a spoon.

Monster Toes

Biscuit dough... Cocktail franks...Green Food coloring...Honey Mustard...Black Olives

If you make your own biscuit dough, add 5 drops of food coloring to your batter before you knead it and roll it out. If you buy ready made brush it with green food coloring after the toes are made. Roll out your dough. Spread mustard on the dough. Cut pieces big enough for one cocktail frank. Roll it and seal shut. Cut a black olive in half. Push one half into the dough at the edge of the cocktail frank. This is the toe nail. Place all of the toes on the cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Have fun!

Why Dogs Hate Halloween ~ WW

Friday, October 12, 2018

Easy Recycled Halloween Crafts for Kids

Fun and Easy Halloween Crafts for Kids

I was a licensed daycare provider for 26 years. We always had craft time....the children always had such a fun time. To keep expenses down and promote recycling, I always tried to "use what we had". Here are some examples =)

Egg Carton Spiders

Empty Egg Carton..Black Paint...Black Pipe Cleaners...Googly Eyes...Glue...Push pin

1. Cut the cups off the empty egg carton and lay on newspaper. Paint inside and outside with black paint.

2. Use the push pin to poke 4 holes along the bottom edge of the cup. Poke matching holes on the opposite side of the cup.

3. To make the legs cut the pipe cleaners into 7" lengths. Thread the pipe cleaner into one of the holes and out to the corresponding hole on the other side. Make sure the legs protrude an equal length on each side of the cup and bend them upward at the spider's body. Fold in opposite direction midway down to create knees and bend tips to make feet.

4. Glue on eyes and mouth.

Witch's Hands

Clear Plastic Gloves... Candy Corn...Popcorn...Yarn

1. Place a candy corn at the tip of each finger inside gloves, pointy tip up for fingernails.

2. Fill with popcorn and tie a bow at the wrist with yarn.

Ghost Leaves

Hole Punch...Fallen Leaves

1. With a hole punch, make 2 eyes and a mouth in an assortment of fallen leaves.

If you don't have a hole punch you can always use a magic marker for the eyes and mouth.

The leaves can also be painted.

2. Place around the house for decoration.

Have fun!

Monday, October 8, 2018

Decorate Your Car for Halloween

Halloween Lights

Some car owners decorate their cars with lights or/and wreaths for Christmas. Why not decorate your car for Halloween?

Find a battery operated pumpkin, witch or ghost. Anchor it to the grill of your car with a strong wire so it won't come off while driving.

Extreme!

Garlic

Instead of fuzzy dice, why not hang a braid of garlic around your mirror?
You can use plastic garlic if you don't like the smell.

Car Fire

Make your car look like it's on fire! Park it in your driveway, add red, yellow and red crepe paper streamers with a fan blowing them to simulate flames. Add red and orange lights to accentuate the "flames". You could even add spider webs, a skeleton, some rats to create a really scary scene.