Pretzel Surprise! A quick Easy Halloween Treat!

This is a really quick and easy but very fun Halloween treat! It is fun both to eat and to make so its win win! AND you dont have to be a gourmet cook or break to bank either. YAY! Here is what you will need:

Pretzels

Melted chocolate of your choice 

candy eyes

To make you dip one end in the chocolate making sure that the chocolate still completely covers 2 holes and then while the chocolate is still wet, add the eyes. 

Allow to set and ENJOY! 

The video below will show you how! 

Please feel free to share too! 

Throw Back Thursday- Free Halloween Printable

These are a free printable that my niece Gabby created last year for all of us. And guess what? You can still use them this year! Head over here to the post from last year to check them out and get the download! 

Gabby does all kinds of custom designs! She does prints, valentines and invitations to name a few things. You can comment below if you are interested in having here create something for you. We would be more than happy to get the message to her!

Light weight inexpensive Chain Prop for Halloween How to

We love Halloween! In our home we have made 100s of Halloween props over the years. Here is a quick easy and cheap idea that can be used in so many ways! Think decor, costumes props etc. 

You will need:

2 pieces of 6ft pipe insulator. It has the adhesive already on it. We got ours from Lowe's in the plumbing dept.

a cutting board

and a sharp knife (we used a bread knife)

Then you cut the pieces into slices and put together in a chain. 

HINT: Don't remove the adhesive backs until you have already strung the slice through the last loop.

VIDEO HOW TO!!

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Twas the Sunday Before Halloween

We decided to start a new tradition this Halloween. We have plenty of traditions for Christmas and even a few for Thanksgiving. Halloween kind of gets the shaft around here. So I decided that from here on out we will be doing a haunted Halloween dinner the Sunday before Halloween. This year we basically just threw it together so next year will be a little more epic!

Coming up with the menu and the names was my favorite part!

We ate earth worms! Have you seen those jello worms floating around the internets? They were cool looking but we will not be doing them next year. They were a whole lot of work. My thumbs started hurting from squeezing them out of the straws. All in all they were cool but not worth the effort. We will be getting a heart mold or something if we choose to do jello next year.

Next we had a garlic snake. You need some protection against vampires, right? I love garlic bread. It makes the meal complete.

Our main dish was bloody bones. Or baked pasta. The same recipe I have shared here. I added extra sauce so they would be extra bloody! We also had Witch Ashes or parmesan to sprinkle over the top. 

We ate ghost brains on the side. Or cauliflower as non-halloweenies would say. We also had goblin finger green beans. 

To finish out the meal we did bloody murder cupcakes. Box mix and store bought frosting to the rescue!

It was thrown together and we used a plastic tablecloth from Wal-mart but it was so fun! The kids absolutely loved it. They are currently planning our themed Christmas dinner. It was totally worth the effort. And we now have an instant tradition.

Vampire Pumpkins

AAAHHHH! Vampire pumpkins! Ha! My mom and I made a bunch of these guys last year. They were a huge hit so of course I am going to make them every year now. Traditions, you know? As you can probably already tell they are crazy easy to make. But I will show you how anyway!

Gather your supplies. All you need are ornamental size pumpkins, cheap vampire teeth and a knife. I just used a steak knife but you can use the ones from the pumpkin carving kits too. 

I used a marker to mark a couple guide lines around my teeth. 

Then cut it out. The piece popped out relatively easily. I did have to trim quite a bit more from the hole to make the teeth really fit. You want them in there snug but now tight.  

And voila! Vampire pumpkins! I have a couple suggestions when making them. Make them closer to Halloween. You don't want moldy or rotten pumpkins before the big day. Clean out as many of the seeds and insides as you can to help prevent mold. You can also spray the inside of the hole with a mix of half water and half bleach. That helps a ton with rot. 

I am thinking some of these little guys need googly eyes! Big ones! Maybe some blood dripping down their chin? I love Halloween.

Peace out- AnneMarie  

Easy DIY Pom-Pom Maker

Pom-poms are such a great thing for Holiday decorating, don't you think? They are relatively cheap and crazy easy to make. You can use Pom-pom makers which are pretty great. OR you can make a cheap one out of some cardboard. I made mine out of the top of a pizza box. HA! All you need to do is cut a rectangle as wide as you want your finished poms-poms. Then cut a notch out of one end right down the middle. Instant pom-pom maker.

Voila! Perfect pom-pom maker.

Next cut a long piece of yarn.

Then fold it in half over your notch.

Then start wrapping! Make sure you wrap loosely or you will start bending the two tines.

Remember that the more you wrap the bigger and thicker your finished pom-pom will be. I wrap 60 to 80 times myself. Another tip is to try and wrap evenly. If you wrap it really big in the middle you will have more to trim at the end. Next take the piece of yarn that is fold over the notch and wrap it around the middle of your pom. Tie and knot the yarn super tight twice! Which is hard! You want the middle nice and tight so your pom doesn't lose strings.

Carefully slide off your pom-pom maker. And you have a cute little yarn bow. 

Now cut all the strings.

Next I roll the pom-pom gently between my hands to fluff it up. Then start trimming that bad boy! All I do is take tufts of yarn and hold it between my fingers. Whatever yarn is really poking up I cut off. 

Now you have a great pom-pom! You can leave the yarn the is used to tie the middle long and use them to tie to something. A cute package maybe? Or you can use a big plastic needle and thread them together through the middle and make a pom-pom garland. I made one for Halloween and it is super cute! They are a great little project to work on while watching a movie. Which is exactly what I did. Plus the kids love making them! Anytime I pull my stuff out to start making some they jump right in!

Halloween Round Up

Halloween is awesome! It is one of my favorite holidays. Mostly because it is the kick off of the holiday season but also because it is mostly a holiday just for fun. No high expectations. No disappointment. Just sugar and fun! I am going to share some of my favorite Halloween projects from around the internets.

First is this mummy that Emily posted yesterday! So cute and full of memories!

Halloween monogram! Crazy cute!

Dripping blood nails. Spooky!

Apothecary labels and guess what? They are free to download!

Crazy easy and inexpensive trash bag spiderwebs!

These cookies are crazy cute!

We make these every year at least once!

I love love love this idea. We are definitely doing it this year!

I love this idea and it look so simple!

Easy craft for the kids.

Cute marshmallow ghost craft!

I love this so much! I have a deep love for skulls so I might make one and keep it up all year long!

How crazy cute is this embroidery pattern? And it is crazy inexpensive too.

I love these! I tried to link but the original post never popped up. If you have a better link please let me know and I will give credit where credit is due!

This cake looks like a relatively simple construction but super cute!

I could share a ton more! There are so many fun Halloween projects out there. And creative people! I love the internet! Have you done any awesome Halloween projects? I want to see them!

Peace out- AnneMarie

The Candy mummy-An easy DIY treat or favor for you favorite Halloween Monsters

My Mom made these Mummy treats for my family years ago and we loved them so much! 

Aren't they cute!?! 

She is the most wonderful mother any girl could ask for and I love her with all of my heart! My Mom is very elegant and amazing and made holidays unforgettable long before Martha or Pinterest even existed. 

She is one of my very best friends and I love continuing on the traditions she began with my own family.  

Here is what you will need for one Mummy....

Rolled gauze (This roll made about 2.5 mummies and was wider than I wanted but the more narrow gauze was out of stock)

double stick tape

1 snickers bar

2 werthers candies or any round hard candy

1 Hershey nugget

2 wiggly eyes

scissors

The first thing you'll need to do is cut the "tails" off the candy.

Next with the double stick tape add one of the werthers to the snickers bar to form the head and one to the end to make the feet.

Tape the nugget to form the arms to the snickers bar.

Wrap with the gauze to your liking mummy style using the tape to secure where needed. Last but not least add eyeballs. 

CUTE!!

Thanks Mom!

Loves 

Emily