SpOokTacular Halloween

We had a spooky time on this Halloween night!! The weather wasn't the greatest but we kept our Halloween spirit! The kids went trick or treating and saw some creepy and cool decorations. The adults had fun, specially when the kids got home with their bags full of treats, they treated themselves lol!!!

Hope you all had a Spooky, Safe Halloween!!!

Enjoy the pictures, get creative for next year!!

We came across this house full of carved pumpkins, really amazing! The owner of the house explained to us that it took him and family members 2 full weeks to carve the 60 or more pumpkins on his front lawn, but it was a show stopper! Excellent carving

HaVe A SpOoky HallOwEen!!!

^{Pumpkin recipes!}
Made, tested and ohh so yummy


                                     Pumpkin-Patch Brownies

• I tripled this recipe and baked it on a 8x10 baking dish
• Serves 15-20 people (medium size squares)
• I used chocolate and vanilla frosting
• The skull was freehand, i googled skull images for ideas.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
• 1/2 cup canned pure pumpkin puree
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt 
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup flour

      Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Line an 8-inch square metal baking pan with foil; grease.
2. Microwave chocolate and 2 Tbsp. water on medium for 2 minutes in a microwavable bowl; stir until smooth. Stir in pumpkin puree.
3. With an electric mixer, beat eggs, sugars, vanilla and salt on high until thick, about 2 minutes. Add pumpkin mixture on low. Stir in cocoa and then flour until blended.
4. Scrape batter into prepared pan. Bake until a tester comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Let cool on a rack for 1 hour.
   
   

Pumpkin Yogurt Cake

• Got this recipe from Pinterest, it is simple & delicious. I did change it a bit. My changes written next to ingredients
• I dusted white sugar on top just because it looked pretty. Enjoy

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes                                  
Total Time: 55 minutes

A quick fall recipe.       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients:

2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 Tbs. pumpkin pie spice (optional – I did not add and tasted great)
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon (optional – also didn't add)
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup grapeseed oil
1 cup brown sugar ( I used ½ cup)
2 eggs
1/2 cup low-fat organic vanilla yogurt (Greek yogurt would also work)
1 tsp. vanilla
1 (15-ounce) can pureed pumpkin

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 9x9 baking dish.
• In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, (pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon- optional) and salt and mix well.
• In a large bowl, whisk the grapeseed oil and sugar until combined. Add the eggs, yogurt, vanilla and pumpkin and mix until fully incorporated. Add in the flour mixture and stir to incorporate the dry ingredients.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 40-50 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

 

Be safe, be spooky, be smart and have fun on Halloween! Check your candy before eating!

My front entrance pumpkins.

Easy DIY, just paint a solid color than add tape for stripes (easier) and opposite paint for circles. I added thick black and thin silver ribbon to the top. All supplies bought at the dollar store. This is a fun project to do with your kids.

Will be posting Halloween Pictures, after our Halloween Night, please feel free to add your comments and share your Halloween experience!

 

Got any easy to make pumpkin recipes? Do share; I like to try new things.

 Quick and easy recipes :-)

 
    

 

 

Halloween Birthday Party

My son's Haunted House Party was spooktacular! The kids were super excited, super thrilled, and so spookly dressed, including the adults which was awesome. Thank you to all our guests!
Enjoy my decor, games, food recipes, and DIY crafts, and last my own haunted room which was a major hit for all the kids and adults ;-)! Got inspired by pictures on Pinterest and the web but added my own crafty touch!

Please do pin it, share it, comment or question.

DIY pumpkins- Can of white and black paint/ black tape for black stripes/  black and silver ribbon and free hand style polka dots.

DIY- U need a skull/feather boa/tall candle holder. Place skull on the candle holder, wrap boa to make it look like arms!

DIY  - u need picture frame - one u have already/spider from the dollar store/paper/ google image result/Microsoft office word/and dollar store crystal decor &picture stand.

Trick or Treat

Wiches Broom - pretzel sticks & mini peanut butter bars

DIY- Display tags- paper,google images/microsoft office word/printer scissors/tape/wood skewers from the dollar store

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The Treat attraction "Drink at your own risk Bettlejuice slime" (Dry ice used under punch bowl, awesome, the kids couldn't get enough of it and they stood around to watch the Dry Ice smoke effect)

BEWARE - the haunted room was a spooktacular hit. The kids got spooked out but came back for more.

All the lights were off, black lights purchased at the dollar store were added/ sound effects/ and all our old costumes stuffed and placed around the room. I made the room into a maze by adding fabric sheets to the ceilings on a clothes line. I added black spiders and webs to the sheets and glow in the dark mice and bats,skulls,eyeballs, all purchased at the dollar store. And voila, spookyyyyyyyy ;-)

 

Have a SPooKY HaLLowEEN

Our Halloween Birthday Party games;

Ghost Waiter

Supplies needed:

Balloon for each team

Paper plate for each team

Teams of 2. Set up a course for them to race on. The child has to balance a balloon on a paper plate while walking and holding the plate in its mouth down the course until he reaches his partner, his partner must than bite the opposite side of the plate without dropping the balloon and balance it back the course to the finish line.

Spooky, Yukky Hunt Game. Fun and simple!

You need  a large and deep pot. Add the bottom of the pot with goodie bags, make sure to tie each goodie bag for each child really well. Fill pot with cooked spaghetti noodles, and a whole lot of jello purchased at the dollar store and mix it together, making sure the goodie bags stay at the bottom of pot. Top with dollar store mice and spiders. Place the pot in a corner of a dark room with a flickering light on to make it spookier (light bought at the dollar store). Have the kids follow the flickering light, and see who

dares put their hands through the mice and the slime to get to the goodie bag.They are only allowed one bag per dip.

The Skull Pinata

Bought a Skull Pinata, filled it with candy. The fun twist to the pinata was a balloon on the other side of the stick. For this you need someone to hold a sturdy stick, on one end have the pinata and on the other tape a balloon. Blind fold the kids when they hit just turn the stick and the balloon pops. So funny, they think they have broken the pinata and scream candy.  

THE BIRTHDAY SKULL CAKE

This was my first birthday cake attempt and it came out spooky! I made a pumpkin -patch brownie cake. I googled a skull image, printed it, and did it all free hand, not bad for my first time ;-)