Last minute ideas for Halloween

I can't believe Halloween is almost here! I absolutely love dressing up and going out with the kids trick or treating. Since Halloween is on the weekend this year, it is even better! We can get started earlier for trick or treating and have parties afterwards! It should be a super fun, great time!

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MAKE AN AWESOME JACK-O-LANTERN

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MAKE SOME MUMMY DOGS FOR YOUR PARTY!

THESE ARE SUPER FUN AND PERFECT FOR A QUICK HALLOWEEN DINNER OR A HALLOWEEN PARTY SNACK!
INGREDIENTS THAT YOU WILL NEED:
-HOT DOGS
-READY-MADE CROISSANT DOUGH
-MUSTARD AND KETCHUP

TO PREPARE:
CUT THE CROISSANT DOUGH INTO STRIPS. WRAP THE HOT DOGS UP TO LOOK LIKE "MUMMIES". BAKE THEM AT 375 DEGREES FOR 12 TO 15 MINUTES, OR UNTIL THEY ARE A LIGHT GOLDEN BROWN. YOU CAN MAKE FACES WITH THE KETCHUP AND MUSTARD!

Trash Bag Tarantula

CRAFT MATERIALS:
18 large black trash bags
Leaves or newspaper
Black electrical tape
Large red plastic party cups
Clothesline, optional

Time needed: Under 1 Hour
1. To create the spider's body, stuff one trash bag full of dry leaves (you can also use crumpled newspaper). Tie the bag closed, then flip it upside down. To make the head, stuff a second bag (not as full as the first), tie it closed, and tape it to the body.

2. To make one of the legs, roll up two garbage bags together lengthwise. Wrap them with electrical tape at both ends and at two points along the leg to make joints. Roll up seven more legs, then cut four small slits in each side of the spider's body and slip the legs in place.

3. Cut the white lip off two of the red plastic cups, then tape them onto the spider's body to make his beady red eyes. For the fangs, cut two triangles out of the third plastic cup (or another piece of white plastic) and tape them onto the spider so that the white side faces up.

4. Perch the spider atop a big pile of relatively dry leaves. To create a web for her, simply weave and tie lengths of clothesline or twine across your porch. For an extra scary effect, tie a few unlucky stuffed animals to her web.

THE "ZOMBIE" GAME

THIS GAME IS ESPECIALLY FUN FOR PARTIES WITH CHILDREN OF ALL AGES.
GAME INSTRUCTIONS:
ONE PERSON IS "IT". THE REST OF THE PLAYERS LIE OR SIT MOTIONLESS...LIKE ZOMBIES. THE PERSON THAT IS IT TRIES TO MAKE THEM SMILE, LAUGH AND MOVE BY DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES!THE LAST ZOMBIE THAT HASN'T MOVED, SMILED OR GIGGLED IS THE WINNER!

Piñata for your Halloween party

Having a piñata for your Halloween party is such a great idea. It is a way for all of your guests at your party to get involved and have fun.
It is a game in which a succession of blindfolded, stick-wielding children try to break a bright candy-and-toy-filled container (generally suspended on a rope from a tree branch or ceiling). It has been used for hundreds of years to celebrate special occasions.
You could incorporate your entire theme with a Piñata. Play spooky music and have a monster or jack o lantern piñata. Use black lights for lighting and a smoke machine to make it eerie looking. You could make a "bone" as a stick to hit the piñata.

FUN HALLOWEEN SONGS TO SING

DECK THE HOUSE (SUNG TO DECK THE HALLS)

Deck the house with pumpkins dandy,
Fa la la la la la, la la la la.
Tis the season to eat candy,
Fa la la la la la, la la la la.

Don we now our scary apparel,
Fa la la la la la, la la la la.
As we bob for apples in a barrel,
Fa la la la la la, la la la la.


Let's go to the Halloween party,
Fa la la la la la, la la la la.
We can all eat and drink hardy,
Fa la la la la la, la la la la.


See the costumes on parade,
Fa la la la la la, la la la la.
But there's no need to be afraid.
Fa la la la la la, la la la la.

SWEET AND SALTY PUMPKIN SEEDS

2 cups separated and dried pumpkin seeds (from your jack-o'-lantern)
1/4 cup melted butter
2 tbsp. sugar
2 tbsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cumin
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
Choose sweet (sugar and cinnamon) or savory ingredients (cumin and salt), I always make a batch of the sweet (sugar and cinnamon) then make a batch of the sweet and salty (using the cumin and salt) then after they cool, and I season again to taste, then mix them all together in a large storage container. It is an awesome sweeet and salty mix!
Preheat oven to 350°F.pum

In a bowl, toss the seeds with the butter and either the savory or sweet seasonings.
Spread the seeds evenly in one layer on a baking sheet. Bake for 25 minutes, stirring the seeds every few minutes.
Remove from the oven and cool completely. Taste the seeds and re-season if des
ired.

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THIS YEAR, HALLOWEEN COSTUMES ARE GOING TO BE SOME OF THE BEST WE HAVE SEEN IN YEARS. WITH THE PASSING OF SO MANY FAMOUS CELEBRITIES AND SOME OF THE GREATEST MOVIES FOR INSPIRATION, ONE SHOULD REALLY NOT HAVE ANY TROUBLE IN FINDIING THE TOP HALLOWEEN COSTUMES ARE FOR 2009!
TWILIGHT IS WHAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT AND THE CHANCE TO BE ONE OF THE VAMPIRES THAT ACTUALLY LIVES IN THE DAYLIGHT HOURS AS WELL AS THE NIGHT HOURS IS INCREDIBLE! STAR TREK IS ONE OF THE TOP GOOGLE SEARCHES AND OF COURSE WE CAN NOT FORGET HARRY POTTER. WITH THE LATEST STAR TREK MOVIE, A WHOLE NEW GENERALTION OF FANS HAVE JOINED THE LEGIONS OF TREKKIES AND WILL BE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ON HALLOWEEN DRESSED AS ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE CHARACTERS.

IT IS REALLY FUN FOR A GROUP THAT WILL BE SPENDING HALLOWEEN TOGETHER TO PICK A THEME, MOVIE OR TELEVISION SHOW CHARACTERS TO DRESS UP AS. SOME THEMES COULD BE BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY, SUCH AS ARMY, NAVY, MARINES, COAST GUARD, NATIONAL GUARD, OR BRANCHES OF LAW LIKE POLICE OFFICERS, LAWYERS, JUDGES, DETECTIVES OR METER READERS. SOME FUN MOVIE SUGGESTIONS COULD BE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, STAR TREK, THE SIMPSONS, FRIENDS AND SESAME STREET. WHEN YOU DO HALLOWEEN AS A GROUP IT IS QUITE ENTERTAINING FOR EVERYONE!



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MUSICAL TOMBSTONES

A spooky variation on musical chairs, this Halloween game features creepy music and participants that tote their own tombstones.


WHAT YOU NEED:
Folding chair for each guest
Large sheets of stiff gray paper
Basic craft supplies
Cassette of creepy music
Tape player
HOW TO PLAY:
1. Give each child two sheets of gray paper that have been cut and stapled into the shape of a tombstone. (Each stone should be large enough to fit over the back of a folding chair.) Hand out markers, glue sticks, sparkles, scissors, construction paper and--if you've had the time--paper cutouts of Halloween creatures. Have the partiers decorate their stones with creepy drawings and silly epitaphs ("Here Lies John Blake, Hit the Gas Instead of the Brake...").

2. Follow the usual rules for musical chairs, except have your players carry their tombstones as they circle around the seats. When you stop the music, everyone rushes to find a chair. The player left without one is out of the game; he starts the graveyard, putting his tombstone over the back of an extra chair set to the side and sitting down. The game continues, with you removing a chair at the start of each round, until one child is left sitting with her unused tombstone and everyone else is in the graveyard.

PEOPLE PUPPY CHOW MIX RECIPE

MY KIDS LOVE THIS ALL YEAR LONG, IT IS AN ESPECIALLY FUN RECIPE AND TREAT IN THE FALL AROUND HALLOWEEN. IT ALSO WORKS GREAT FOR HALLOWEEN PARTIES.

INGREDIENTS:
1 12 oz bag chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 box rice or corn chex cereal
1 lb powdered sugar
Melt chocolate chips with peanut butter. Pour box of cereal in large bowl; pour melted chocolate-peanut butter over cereal and mix well until coated. In large, clean, brown paper bag add approximately half of the powdered sugar. Add coated cereal to bag. Top with remaining powdered sugar. Close and shake bag well until all cereal is coated.

Handprint Spiders

This is a very cute, fun craft for young children. You will need:
Black Paint
Construction Paper
Wiggly Eyes
Paint your child's four fingers and palm black NOT the THUMB...
Press the painted hand onto paper pointing fingers out.
Paint other hand and press it in the opposite direction overlapping palm prints. Add some wiggly eyes and you have a very cute, not so scary spider!

TIPS ON "HAUNTING" YOUR HOUSE

When you are putting together your own haunted house you will need several different types of props to produce scary scenes and creepy creatures. By using illusions and magical effects, it will add to your scenes and mystify your guests. Using fog machines, black lighting and other special effects are important items and will add to the feeling of the supernatural, inlcuding using the appropriate music and sounds effects.

Here are a few ideas that will help transform your normal home into a terrifying haunted house!

Start by covering your furniture with white sheets. Then use prepackaged stretchy cobwebs that are available easily during the holiday season. Stretch the cobwebs as thin as possible without breaking the strands, although a few dangling will help add to the effect! Drape the cobwebs across the corners of windows, in top corners near the ceiling, you can add a few to lampshades and across shelves too. Take down your good curtains, and put up some old curtains from a thrift store or garage sale. You can slash and tear them, they need to look ragged. You can also make them stained by soaking them in the bathtub with tea or coffee mixed into the water. Replace regular lights in the room with black lights or flicker candle bulbs, however the food area and bathroom should have more lights.

WRAP THE MUMMY

THIS IS A HILARIOUS GAME YOU CAN PLAY WITH CHILDREN AT A HALLOWEEN PARTY. IT IS ALWAYS LOTS OF FUN AND IS A BIG HIT WITH ALL OF THE KIDS.
FIRST OF ALL YOU NEED TO DIVIDE THE CLASS INTO SMALL GROUPS (ABOUT 3 OR 4 IN EACH GROUP) THEN, EACH GROUP HAS TO PICK A "MUMMY". GIVE EACH GROUP A ROLL OF WHITE CREPE PAPER OR A ROLL OF TOILET PAPER. THEY HAVE TO WRAP THE MUMMY, NOT COVERING THE EYES OR MOUTH. THE FIRST GROUP TO USE THE ENTIRE ROLL WINS!

CREEPY COFFIN SANDWICHES

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE A CREEPY COFFIN SANDWICH:
TWO SLICES OF BREAD
VARIOUS LUNCH MEAT
CHEESE SLICE
LETTUCE
MAYONNAISE
TOOTH PICK
PUT LUNCH MEAT AND CHEESE ON TOP OF ONE OF THE SLICES OF BREAD, SPREAD SOME MAYONNAISE ON THE CHEESE, TOP WITH LETTUCE THEN THE OTHER SLICE OF BREAD. SECURE WITH A TOOTHPICK.
CUT THE SANDWICH IN THE SHAPE OF A COFFIN USING A COFFIN TEMPLATE
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COFFEE FILTER VAMPIRE BATS

ITEMS YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE THE VAMPIRE BAT:
1 BASKET TYPE COFFEE FILTER
PURPLE AND BLACK WATER COLOR PAINTS
PAINT BRUSH
1 SMALL WOODEN CLOTHESPIN
BLACK OR PURPLE ACRYLIC PAINT
TWO SMALL WIGGLY EYES
WHITE SCRAP OF PAPER
SCISSORS
GLUE
HOW TO MAKE THE VAMPIRE BAT:
PAINT THE CLOTHES PIN EITHER BLACK OR PURPLE WITH ACRYLIC PAINT AND SET ASIDE TO DRY.
PAINT ONE HALF OF THE COFFEE FILTER WITH BLACK WATERCOLOR PAINT, AND THE OTHER HALF WITH THE PURPLE WATERCOLOR. LET THE COFFEE FILTER DRY.

WHEN THE FILTER IS DRY, PLACE THE PURPLE HALF ON TOP OF THE BLACK HALF SO THAT THEY LINE UP. PINCH THE FILTER WITH YOUR FINGERS, GATHERING THE PAPER IN THE CENTER OF THE STRAIGHT EDGE.

OPEN THE CLOTHESPIN AND CLAMP THE GATHERED END OF THE COFFEE FILTER INSIDE THE CLOTHESPIN. ADD A DROP OF GLUE INSIDE THE CLAMP.
USE SCISSORS TO CUT HALF CIRCLES FROM THE ROUNDED WINGS TO RESEMBLE A BAT'S WING. US THE COLOR DIFFERENTATION BETWEEN THE BLACK AND PURPLE SIDES OF THE COFFEE FILTER AS A GUIDE.
CUT JAGGED EDGES ALONG THE CIRCULAR SIDE OF THE HALF CIRCLE TO FURTHER DIFINE THE SHAPE OF THE VAMPIRE WINGS.
GLUE THE TWO WIGGLE EYES TO THE FRONT OF THE CLOTHESPIN.
CUT TWO SMALL TRIANGLES TO MAKE FANGS OUT OF THE WHITE PAPER AND GLUE THEM TO THE CLOTHES PIN "JAWS"'

FUN IDEAS TO DECORATE FOR HALLOWEEN

THIS A LIST OF ITEMS YOU CAN USE TO CREATE A DISPLAY OF HALLOWEEN YARD DECORATIONS. THE LIST IS INTENDED TO STEER YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN PUTTING TOGETHER THE MATERIALS NEEDED TO COMPOSE A CREATIVE YARD DECORATION FOR HALLOWEEN.
PUMPKINS
GOURDS
GRAPEVINE
CORNSTALKS
INDIAN CORN
BITTERSWEET
OLD CLOTHES
BURLAP MATERIAL
STRAW
SOME TALL STAKES
IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN, THEY MAY WANT TO BRAG ABOUT HAVING THE "SPOOKIEST YARD" IN TOWN. YOU WILL HAVE TO SHOP FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS. NYLON INFLATABLES HAVE BEEN INCREASING IN POPULARITY. YOU COULD MAKE MONSTERS OOZING WITH BLOOD, USE A SMOKE MACHINE TO CREATE A FOG IN YOUR YARD AND PURPLE LIGHTS FOR SPOT LIGHTS ARE GREAT!