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Pumpkins • Treats • Party Ideas • Crafts • Games • Costumes

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Pumpkins

Everything Pumpkin - The best free printable stencils I have seen, pumpkins recipes, Whole pumpkin ideas and lots of pumpkin carving resources!

5 More Ready to Use Pumpkin Stencils - From Kraft

Baby's First Halloween Pattern - Click on Free Patterns. It will take you to a dripping pattern. At the very top you will see Baby's First. Click that to get the pattern.

American Flag Pumpkin Carving Pattern - Show your patriotism to the neighborhood!

3 More Pumpkin Stencils - From Hershey's

How to Carve A jack-o'-lantern

Paint Your Pumpkins - Easy to do craft with the kids

Virtual Pumpkin Carving Planner - Use this interactive Pumpkin Carving Planner to come up with cool new ideas for your next creation. Move the pieces onto the pumpkin to try some creative pumpkin carving ideas.

Treats

Mushroom Eyeballs

Take some medium/large mushrooms and remove the stems. Put them in a pan and bake (350) just until they lose their crunch. (don't over cook or they will shrink and lose their water) Allow them to cool.

Place tops on serving dish so that the hole where the stem was connected is facing up. Fill the hole with a ball of cream cheese (you can add garlic and/or worcestershire sauce for flavor ).

Put a single slice of black olive in the center of each ball. Use paprika to draw in veins radiating from the center.

Huge Scary Spiders

2 oz unsweetened chocolate
1 1/4 c  all purpose flour
1 1/2 t  baking powder
1/4 t  salt
1/4 c  margarine
1 c  sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 t  vanilla
1 x  red hots for decoration

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease a baking sheet. In a saucepan melt chocolate over low heat. Let cool. In a small bowl mix flour, baking powder and salt. In a medium bowl, beat margarine on low speed until creamy. Stir in egg, vanilla and chocolate. Add flour mixture and mix well, forming a stiff dough.

To make a spider, shape a 2-inch flat oval for the body. Make the spiders head by flattening a circle about 1/2 inch wide. Shape dough for eight legs, each about 2 inches long and less than 1/4 inch wide. Attach the head and legs to the body. Use 2 red candies for the eyes.

Bake in a 375 degree oven for 5 to 8 minutes. Let spiders cool on baking sheet to avoid breaking when removing.

Makes about 20 spiders.

Free Halloween Pizza Stencils to Print Out - Have a fun pizza making party with the kids.

Sweets

Snacks

Main Dishes

Misc.

Party Ideas

Make "handy" place cards for each child! Have kids outline one hand on a paper plate and print their name on the other side. Outline the hand print with black marker. Place on the table and have the children find their own hand prints.

Halloween E-Cards and Invitations - If you are having a Halloween Party these could come in handy.

Mix And Match Pumpkin Patch - The kids will enjoy using these printables to decorate these pumpkins.

Monster Mania - Everything to throw a monster bash!

Slimy Halloween Party - Have the nest party on the block with this great party idea. Has games, food and all listed.

Halloween Party Planner - Planning is half the fun when scheduling a Halloween party for your fiendish friends! HERSHEY'S party planner will help make your Monster Mash a smash.

Tabletop Treatments - Some spooky party ideas.

Crafts

Build a spooky tree-mobile using branches sprayed with black paint. "Plant" the tree in plaster of Paris, prepared in a bucket or pail. Use elastic thread to hang store-bought plastic spiders or other fun Halloween items.

Make a Halloween Mobile - Pretty neat. Even has printable characters that you could also use for the craft above.

Over 13 Spooky Crafts for Halloween - Also has some creepy cards and eerie edibles.

Make a Big Black Cat Treat Trick or Treat Bag

Black Cat Treasure Hunt - Kids will love this game.

Cool Printable Skeleton - Print a skeleton, witch and victorian house. Assemble and display! Site is in frames so be sure to hit Halloween Crafts in left hand column.

Haunted Coloring Book - Here are some Free coloring pages to color and print something really spooky!

Whoppers Spooky Lantern

Batty Finger Puppets

Bats and Spiders

Printable Haunted House

Easy Halloween Wreath

Make this black cat banner using the hand prints of your children

Treat Bags - Make your own treat bags.

Games

The Official Halloween Safety Game - I recommend that all children play this game before going trick-or-treating.

Another Halloween Safety Game

Print and Play Witch Stix

Ghosts in the Castle - This "interactive tour" of a castle from National Geographic is great fun. Click on the "ghosts" to read their stories.

Chevy's Haunted Dungeon Adventure - Game for a little Halloween adventure? Dare to enter the villain's lair...

Ghostly Word Games - Printable word games.

Online Halloween Games - 3 Pages of Games to play!

Costumes

Create Your Own Unique Costume

Angels, Princess, Fairy & Mermaids

Animals & Insects

Athletes

Clowns

Famous People & Movie Stars

Food

Magical Beings

Occupations

People

Pirates & Other Villains

Plants

Scary Creatures

Sci-Fi

Toys

Misc.

Basic Costume Pieces

More Advanced Costuming

More Costume Ideas

Homemade Makeup & Prosthetics

Face Paint:

* 1 tsp. corn starch
* 1/2 tsp. water
* 1/2 tsp. cold cream
* Food coloring

Stir together starch and cold cream until well-blended. Add water and stir. Add food coloring to get desired color. Using a small brush paint designs on child's face. Remove with soap and water. Store in airtight container.

Face Makeup:

* 2 Tbs.. corn starch
* 1 Tbs.. Cooking Shortening
* Food coloring

Mix the first two ingredients.  One batch is enough to cover a child's face. To make different colors, add drops of food coloring and stir with a disposable item. Apply makeup to the skin using fingers, cotton balls or makeup sponges. After applying makeup pat the skin gently with baby powder using cotton balls or makeup sponges.

Fake Blood:

* 5 tablespoons corn starch
* 2/3 cup corn syrup
* 1/3 cup water
* 4 teaspoons red food coloring
* a couple of drops green food coloring

Mix the corn starch with the water, make sure it is totally mixed, then add the corn syrup, and mix well. Add red food coloring into the mixture, then add a couple drops of green food coloring to take the "pink" edge off the red coloring

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