Tag: halloween

It’s Almost Halloween!

Halloween is almost here! Have you gone trick or treating? Have you been to a Halloween parade or party? Have you laughed at any Halloween riddles? We can definitely help you with the Halloween riddles! Here’s some spooky jokes that will be sure to tickle your funny bone!

#1.) Why do ghosts never lie?

Answer: Because you can see right through them!

#2.) What kind of music do mummies like?

Answer: Wrap music!

#3.) What do you call a skeleton who sleeps all day?

Answer: Lazybones!

#4.) What fruit does Dracula like?

Answer: Neck-tarines!

#5.) What musical instrument do skeletons play?

Answer: A trom-bone!

#6.) What kind of pants do ghosts wear?

Answer: BOO jeans!

#7.) How do you fix a broken jack-o-lantern?

Answer: With a pumpkin patch!

#8.) How are vampires like false teeth?

Answer: They both come out at night!

#9.) What do you call a ghost that gets too close to a fire?

Answer: A toasty ghosty!

#10.) When is it bad luck to see a black cat?

Answer: When you are a mouse!

I hope you share some of these funny Halloween riddles with someone else and they make someone else smile too! Have a great Halloween! 🙂

Halloween Riddles!

Happy Halloween, all you ghosts and goblins and witches and cupcakes and vampires and…you get the idea! 🙂 How about finishing off your Halloween with some silly Halloween riddles?

#1.) Why do ghosts never lie?

Answer: Because you can see right through them!

#2.) What kind of music do mummies like?

Answer: Wrap music!

#3.) What do you call a skeleton who sleeps all day?

Answer: Lazybones!

#4.) What fruit does Dracula like?

Answer: Neck-tarines!

#5.) What musical instrument do skeletons play?

Answer: A trom-bone!

#6.) What kind of pants do ghosts wear?

Answer: BOO jeans!

#7.) How do you fix a broken jack-o-lantern?

Answer: With a pumpkin patch!

#8.) How are vampires like false teeth?

Answer: They both come out at night!

#9.) What do you call a ghost that gets too close to a fire?

Answer: A toasty ghosty!

#10.) When is it bad luck to see a black cat?

Answer: When you are a mouse!

Hope you’ve had a great Halloween! 🙂

Nutter Butter Mummy Yummies!

Two very special people did a Halloween food craft and were sweet enough to share their pictures with us! Our daughter and granddaughter made some very yummy looking mummies out of Nutter Butter Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies. Don’t these look great?! 🙂

You will need some Nutter Butter cookies, some white chocolate or white candy melts and some candy eyes. Begin by melting the white chocolate. Then dip each cookie into the melted chocolate.

Lay the dipped cookies on a flat surface that is covered with wax paper.

Add 2 candy eyes to each cookie while the chocolate is still soft.

I guess they could be ghosts if you stopped here! Lol Wow, it looks like they made a whole army! 😉

To finish making your mummies, run thin “strings” of chocolate back and forth across each cookie. You can do this by adding the melted chocolate to a pastry bag with a thin round tip on it and piping it across the cookies. Or use a ziploc bag and cut a tiny hole in one corner and use it in the same way.

That’s it! Now you have some very yummy mummies to share for Halloween! I believe this batch of mummies went to a school Halloween party!

We’re sending a special thank-you (and some hugs!) to our amazing crafters for today’s post! 🙂

Hotdog Mummies for Halloween

If you are looking for a fun food idea for a Halloween meal or a Halloween party, may I suggest you try hotdog mummies? This is a straightforward simple way to make a cute treat that will bring smiles all around.

You will need a pack of hotdogs (wieners), a package of crescent roll dough and some mustard.

Open the package of crescent roll dough and lay out 2 crescent roll dough pieces together to form a rectangle.

Press the dough together in the middle where the dotted cut is. You want one solid piece of dough.

Using a sharp knife, cut the dough into thin lengthwise strips.

Take 1 strip of dough and begin wrapping it around 1 hotdog.

Continue adding strips of dough until you have wrapped dough the entire length of the hotdog. Leave some space between each wrapping as the dough will swell as it bakes. Press the ends of the dough strips together so you have a continuous piece of dough wrapping the hotdog.

I used bunsize hotdogs because that is the kind that were available at my store. Regular size hotdogs are fine. Once you have wrapped all the hotdogs, you are ready to bake them.

Bake according to the time and temperature listed on the crescent roll package. Bake until the dough has lightly browned and hotdogs are heated.

The mummies eyes are made with mustard. I suggest you put a little mustard on a piece of waxed paper or a plate and use a toothpick to put the little dabs of mustard on the mummy.

And that’s all there is to making hotdog mummies!

A word of caution for feeding hotdogs to young children…hotdogs are one of the foods that are easy for kids to choke on. So please cut these into smaller pieces before giving them to your kids. A half of a slice of a hotdog is a good idea. We love kids and don’t want to see anyone hurt. 🙂

Enjoy some yummy mummies this Halloween!

Super Easy and Fast Jack O’Lanterns

Hope you all had a good weekend! We’re back with a super fun and super easy way to make a Jack O’Lantern! (And cheap!) All you need is an orange balloon and a black permanent marker.

Step #1.) Blow up the balloon and tie it off.

Step #2.) Draw a Jack O’Lantern face on the balloon.

And you’re done! 🙂 You can tie a string to your Jack O’Lantern and hang it in a door way. Or find some place silly to put him. Like in your mom’s Autumn decorations… 😉

This is such a fast way to make Jack O’Lanterns that you can make a whole bunch of them! You can make a happy face or a scary one or a mean looking one. It’s a fun craft for a Halloween party too! 🙂

Looking For Kids’ Halloween Crafts? Hurry, Sale Ends Today!

If you are looking for some fun Halloween crafts for the kiddos, here’s a sale at Joann Fabric and Craft Stores! But it looks like the sale ends today! (Sorry, I just saw it myself.)

Here are a few of the craft kits that are on hand at our local store.

Ghost pom pom sticker kit

Candy Corn pom pom sticker kit

Halloween finger puppet kit

Halloween wood painting kit

Magic color paint book

Melty bead kit…a couple of kinds available

Halloween Makit & Bakit kits…ghost, frog, candy corn, pumpkin, etc

There were more craft kits there, but I didn’t take time to take more pictures. I wanted to get this posted for you in case you’d like to make a quick run to your nearest Joann Fabric and Craft store today! 🙂

Cheap Halloween Craft From Walmart

Hello, again and Happy Monday! Today I want to share an inexpensive Halloween craft with you that I found at Walmart. (I know, it’s still September, but the stores are FULL of Halloween stuff!) This package comes with 6 sets of a foam craft for only $1.98! When 6 kids can do a craft for $2, I think that’s a bargain!

Here’s what comes inside the package…

And these are the 6 Halloween characters you can make.

I made the Jack O’Lantern. The foam pieces are partially cut and they have adhesive on the back of them. I found it a bit difficult to punch the pieces completely out because the paper backing isn’t cut through all the way. But never fear! There is a simple way around that problem!

Use a piece of paper for the kids to stick the pieces on and just pull the foam pieces off the backing like you would do with a regular sticker. Don’t worry about punching each piece out because it isn’t necessary.

Use a different color of paper than the color the largest part of the character is so it will show up nicely.

Continue applying the stickers to make your character. The wiggly eyes do not have the adhesive backing so you will need some glue to apply those.

And the Jack O’Lantern is complete! 🙂 The tiny holes on the word “Boo” were a little tricky to get the extra pieces punched out, but using a toothpick helped.

You could use the picture as it is or turn it into a Halloween card. Have fun creating your 6 Halloween characters! 🙂

2 Super Simple Ghost Treats for Halloween

Are you looking for a last minute addition to your treat line-up for Halloween? You and the kids can have these super easy ghosts made in no time! All you need for the first project is a banana and some miniature chocolate chips. If you’d like to add an “O” for a mouth, you’ll need a few Cheerios cereal pieces.

Cut the banana in half and add 2 miniature chocolate chips for eyes. I pushed the pointed side of the chocolate chip into the banana. And there you are! 2 ghosts ready for spooking your guests!

Or if you want to give your ghosts a mouth, press in 1 piece of Cheerios cereal.

I can almost hear the eerie “OOOoooo!” these ghosts are making! 😉

Are you ready for the second ghost treat? This one is easy too! You’ll need some lollipops or suckers, (I used Tootsie Roll Pops because the sucker part is nicely round), 1 paper tissue for each ghost, 1 small rubber band or a piece of string for each and a black marker or pen.

Ready? Let’s do this! First open up a tissue and lay it flat. Lay one lollipop on the tissue with the round part in the center and the stick pointing to one corner.

Fold the tissue over the lollipop to make a triangle.

Gather the 2 sides down around the lollipop to form a “head”.

Put the little rubber band or string around the “neck” of the ghost.

You can use the ghosts like they are or you can add some black dots for eyes and a mouth.

That was pretty easy, wasn’t it? Now you have 2 kinds of ghosts for your Halloween celebration!

I hope you have a great Halloween! 🙂