Spooky and Sweet Projects for Hallowe’en
Posted on October 31, 2011 by
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Hallowe’en is today, as it turns out, so I suppose this round-up is a wee little bit last minute, but if you don’t have anything else going on for this most special of days, these fun projects might give you some good ideas!
Spooky Cupcakes
Cupcakes are appropriate for any occasion. Instead of serving tons of packaged candy at your Hallowe’en party tonight, try serving up some of these delicious holiday-themed treats. Studio 5 has instructions for pumpkin, witch, spider, ghost, and mummy cupcake decorations. My personal favourites are the eyeball cupcakes shown here, made with marshmallows, life-saver candies and tiny black jelly beans… and of course red icing for those creepy veins.
Fanged Pumpkins
If you don’t have the time or patience to carve out a regular jack-o-lantern, try making one of these fanged pumpkins from Martha Stewart. They’re made by cutting one hole for the mouth into a smallish pumpkin, inserting some of those cheap dollar store plastic fangs, and using a couple of thumb tacks for eyes. There’s even a video tutorial, in case you need it explained in explicit detail.
Glow Stick Lanterns
There’s nothing quite like eerily glowing things to complete your Hallowe’en decor. To make a glowing lantern (or a bunch of them!) just activate some glow sticks, which you can get for cheap at the dollar store or pharmacy, cut the tips off them, and dump the contents into a glass jar. Then swirl the jar around to evenly coat it.
Wriggling Snake Wreath
Here’s another one from Martha Stewart: a wriggling snake wreath! From a distance, this would look like a regular wreath, but once you get close, you can see that it’s a squirming mass of creepy snakes, perfect for scaring trick-or-treaters! It’s also really simple to make. Just attach a bunch of rubber snakes to a simple grapevine wreath using floral wire or by coiling them around the wreath.
Candy Corn Cookies
Candy corn is by far my favourite Hallowe’en treat. It has that perfect mix of texture and flavour that I find absolutely irresistible. These chocolate dipped candy corn cookies, created by Be Different Act Normal, look almost as good. They were created by adding orange food colouring to a simple sugar cookie dough, cutting the cookies into triangles, and dipping one end in white chocolate and the other in dark chocolate.
Hallowe’en Crackers
Crackers aren’t just for Christmas anymore! With a toilet paper tube, some coloured crepe paper and a few Hallowe’en-ey decorations, you can create these adorable Hallowe’en crackers, again from Martha Stewart (she’s just full of good ideas!). Then fill them with lots of tasty candy!
Toothy Jack-O-Lantern
If you have a lot of time and a ton of ambition, you can test your carving skills by attempting to emulate this impressive Jack-O-Lantern. This work of art was seen at a local coffee shop and snapped by Leya at Curious Bird. I love that toothy grin, and using the stem for a nose is a really original idea. If nothing else, this is great inspiration!
Eleanor on October 31st, 2011
The eyeballs have it!
Erin on November 2nd, 2011
omg, the fanged pumpkins are amazing. I don’t care if Hallowe’en is over – I will be doing this next year. Thanks for the link!