All Entries in the "Halloween" Category

Healthy And Fun Halloween Recipes From Disney FamilyFun

Kids on candy overload? I’ve got me six fun – yet healthy – Halloween snack recipes for parties and snacks from the folks at Disney FamilyFun magazine.

Black Bean Cat Crudite´s
No bones about it, this kitty skeleton makes a healthy centerpiece for Halloween parties or school gatherings. Just arrange assorted fresh vegetables and a bowl of [...]

Finger appetizers

CARROT FINGERS
Ingredients to make one hand centerpiece:
any dip
4 long carrots
1 medium carrot
softened cream cheese
sliced almonds
vegetables for dipping
Fill a serving bowl with your favorite dip.
Wash and peel 4 of the long carrots for fingers and 1 medium carrot for a thumb.
Cut a flat notch at the end of each carrot.
Place a sliced almond into the notch, [...]

Halloween Guessing Game

Players will reach into a box and try to guess what the items are. The person with the most correct answers wins.You need shoebox size boxes with lids, 1 for each item that you’re playing with.
Cover it, paint it or decorate it for Halloween.
Cut a hole in the lid big enough for a hand to [...]

Spiderweb Cookies

1 can (12 oz) whipped fluffy white frosting
Orange paste or gel food color
1 can (12 oz) whipped fluffy chocolate frosting
1 pkg (11 oz) soft 31⁄4-in. oatmeal cookies
Regular M&M’s and mini M&M’s candies or M&M’s mini baking bits
Tint white frosting orange and frost 5 cookies.
Frost remaining cookies with chocolate frosting.
Put remaining orange and chocolate frosting [...]

Fanged Spider Cupcakes

Whatever mix you need to make 24 cupcakes
1 pound black shoestring licorice
1 (16 ounce) can white frosting
48 pieces candy corn
48 cinnamon red hot candies
1/4 cup orange decorator sugar
Prepare cupcakes according to package directions.
Let cool completely.
Cut licorice into 3 inch sections.
Working with one or two cupcakes at a time, so the frosting doesn’t set before decorating, [...]

Ghosts In The Graveyard

1 package chocolate cream-filled sandwich cookies
2 (3.25-ounce each) packages instant chocolate pudding mix
3 1/2 cups milk
1 (12-ounce) container non-dairy whipped topping, thawed
1 package oblong-shaped vanilla cookies
Black and green decorator icing (small tubes for writing)
Candy pumpkins
Gummy worms
Chocolate sprinkles
Crush chocolate cream-filled sandwich cookies.
Make pudding as directed, using 3 1/2 cups milk, let stand 5 minutes.
Fold 3 [...]

Monster Toes

Cocktail Wieners
6-inch Tortillas
Ketchup or Mustard
Damp Paper Towel
Toothpicks
Cut a block into the end of each cocktail wiener to make a toenail.
Cut the tortillas into strips about 4 inches long and 3/4 inch wide.
Discard the ends.
Soften the strips by keeping them between damp paper towels for 10 to 30 seconds in the microwave.
Roll each wiener in [...]

Betty Crocker Spooky Spider Cookies

Black string licorice
20 orange creme-filled Oreo chocolate sandwich cookies
1 teaspoon chocolate ready-to-spread frosting (from 16-oz container)
40 miniature candy-coated chocolate pieces
For each cookie, cut eight 1 1/2-inch pieces of licorice with kitchen scissors for legs.
Insert 4 pieces into filling on each side of each cookie.
With frosting, attach 2 miniature chocolate pieces to top of each cookie for eyes.

Bloodshot Deviled Eyeballs

18 large eggs
1/2 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
2 Tbsp Dijon mustard
36 black olive slices
1 pimiento or jarred roasted red pepper
optional – 2 cans (15 oz each) black beans, rinsed and drained
Boil eggs.
Drain, cool and peel.
Cut eggs in half widthwise, remove yolks and leave whites intact.
Mix yolks in bowl with mayonnaise and mustard until smooth.
Scoop yolk mixture [...]

Brain breakfast

Eggs
Green, yellow and blue food coloring
Scramble eggs with food coloring.

Nestle Spiderweb Munch

This is a Nestle recipe.
1 (12-ounce) package NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
1 cup creamy peanut butter, divided use
1/3 cup powdered sugar
3 cups toasted rice cereal
Heat morsels and 3/4 cup peanut butter in small, heavy-duty saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth; remove from heat.
Add sugar; stir vigorously until smooth.
Place cereal in large [...]

Candy Corn Rice Krispy Treats

1/2 cup butter or margarine
9 cups miniature marshmallows
10 cups Rice Krispies cereal
2 cups candy corn
3/4 cup miniature chocolate chip
assorted candy pumpkins (optional)
Melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat.
Add marshmallows and stir until smooth.
Pour cereal, candy corn, and chocolate chips into large bowl.
Pour butter and marshmallows over cereal mixture, stirring quickly to coat.
For best results, [...]

Brain Cell Delight

1 pk (6oz) blueberry jello mix
1 ct (16oz) small curd cottage Cheese
1 cn (16 1/2oz) can blueberries in syrup
Prepare jello according to package directions.
Chill until firm.
Scoop cottage cheese into a bowl.
Drain and set aside the syrup from the blueberries.
Add the berries to the cottage cheese and mix well.
Add food coloring to [...]

Halloween Felt Treat Bags

I found this in All You and thought it looked fun and fairly easy.
* Templates (download pumpkin template or cat template)
* Scissors
* For pumpkin: 2 9″ x 12″ pieces of orange felt, plus 2 9″ x 12″ pieces, 1 gold, 1 black
* For cat: 9″ x 12″ piece of black felt, [...]

Cauldron Candy Dish

Start with an empty round plastic container (like a cool-whip container).
Clean it, dry it, and then paint it black.
Paint three small wooden balls black as well.
After the paint is dry, glue the balls to the bottom of your plastic container.
Add a handle made out of wire if you’d like and your candy dish cauldron is [...]

Little Ghosts craft

Cut square pieces of white fabric.
Make a ball out of batting, some old pantyhose or some tissue paper.
Put it in the center of the fabric square and wrap the fabric around.
Secure with a piece of string.
This is your little ghost.
Use a black marker to draw the ghost’s mouth and eyes on.
Thread some string or fishing [...]

Dr Jekyl’s Lab activity

You need a large container, as well as your imagination to pick the objects.
You could start with Eyeballs (that are really peeled grapes).
Make a laboratory of containers.
Place objects into the containers.
Let the children pick a container.
Have the child close his/her eyes and reach inside.
The child must guess what the item is.

Bloody Popcorn

• Popped Popcorn
• Melted Butter
• Red Food Coloring
Prepare your popcorn and melt your butter to go over the popcorn.
Add some red food coloring to the melted butter.
Pour the mixture over the popcorn and serve.

Create a Monster Activity

Construction Paper
Scissors
Glue
Markers or Crayons
Seat children in teams of two at tables or on the floor. Distribute art supplies.
Instruct teams to use their imagination to create a monster with the art supplies.
Display the monsters and give awards at the end of the party.
Award a variety of prizes for the monster creations – scariest, friendliest, prettiest, most [...]

Spooky Halloween Pizza

1 pizza shell
1 jar pizza sauce
2 slices of mozzarella cheese per pizza
Halloween cookie cutter shape
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Prepare pizza shell with sauce and pepperoni.
Cut Halloween shapes out of the mozzarella cheese. Arrange shapes on the pizza.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted.