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Recipe: Kids in the Kitchen: Making Homemade Halloween Treats with your Children

Published by Jonell Galloway + Sunday, October 28, 2012 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

American Jack-o’-lanterns. Photo courtesy of Nosajanimus.

Have you ever thought of making homemade Halloween treats, and getting your kids into the kitchen to help out?

Sharon Bowers’ book Ghoulish Goodies: Creature Feature Cupcakes, Monster Eyeballs, Bat Wings, Funny Bones, Witches’ Knuckles, and Much More! (Frightful Cookbook) arose out of her lifelong love affair with Halloween. Epicurious has featured some of her recipes and ideas in its weekly newsletter.

Halloween News: “green” jack-o-lanterns, recycled DIY decorations, DIY political pumpkins to geek lanterns, homemade treats

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, October 31, 2011 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

50 homemade Halloween decorations, from political pumpkins to geek lanterns, offers loads of ideas for making original, creative jack-o-lanterns.

Click here for recipes for making homemade Halloween treats with your children.

Wee toddlers are sometimes scared by all the ghoulish things surrounding Halloween, so Tera Pearson has created Halloween care packages for toddlers.

Being Green This Halloween is Simple at Goodwill is a wonderful way of recyling old clothes and objects to make Halloween costumes and decorations.

If you still like caramel apples (I do!), here’s an easy recipe for making your own to hand out as treats.

To see a lovely gallery of vintage Halloween decorations, click here.

If you don’t want the mess of the pumpkins, try making jack-o-lanterns the green way by making jack-o-lanterns and Halloween decorations from old books. How green!

Auburn Pub offers lots of tips for keeping Halloween and Halloween costumes safe.

For photo lovers, here are some tips on shooting frighteningly fun Halloween photos.

Happy Halloween!