A Special Treat for Halloween
Halloween, Halloween,
oh, the ghosts and gobblins I’ve seen;
howling and screaming in the night,
they give me quite a fright!
With eyes glowing in the dark,
their cries piercing and stark.
On this windy autumn night
my imagination takes flight…
Is that a sound of an owl that I hear
or a gobblin which is near?
Is that a haunted house
up the way
with a real ghost looking from
a window… I say!
Or is it a child dressed in white
preparing to go out on this night?
Spooks abound everywhere,
so, take care, take…care,
with their glowing eyes
and shrill cries…
Just beware!
Halloween, Halloween-
a night in costume
of frightening fun,
with identity in disguise…
full of shrieks and surprise!
A masquerade,
of costumes on parade,
with trick or treat,
a fun-filled escapade!
“There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch.” ~ Robert Brault
Haunting Treats for Halloween
Better gobble these cookies down quick. They’ve been known to disappear!
Gingerbread Ghosts
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup margarine, softened
1/3 cup molasses
2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground ginger
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Pinch of salt
In a large bowl, blend together the sugar and butter. Add the molasses. Fold in the sifted flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a large baking sheet.
On a lightly floured board, roll out the dough until it is 1/8-inch thick. Cut out the cookie with a ghost-shaped cookie cutter and place on the baking sheet. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes, until lightly browned. Remove form the oven and let cool thoroughly on a wire rack before decorating with Frosting.
Frosting:
1 (16 ounce) box confectioners’ sugar, divided
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
3 to 4 tablespoons of soymilk
1 (8 ounce) package miniature chocolate chips
To half of the sugar add the vanilla extract, salt and 2 tablespoons of the milk. Mix well. Add the remaining sugar and mix again. Add as much of the remaining milk as you need to reach the desired consistency for spreading. Spread the Frosting on each cookie until it is totally white and looks like a ghost. For eyes, use two chocolate chips on each of the cookies.
Makes 2 dozen.
Healthy Kid Snacks For Halloween
Fruit Spiders Recipe
Creepy and crawly but deliciously cute, these healthy Halloween fruit spiders are so much fun, your kids will be begging for more. For complete instructions on making these Halloween critters go to http://eatingrichly.com/10/healthy-kid-snack-for-halloween-fruit-spiders-recipe/
A couple tips for making these successfully:
- Make sure to use dark black grapes rather than the purple grapes. Grapes that are a little more oval than round are easier to get all eight legs into.
- Serve your spiders within an hour of making them, any longer and the spaghetti will start to get soggy.
Fruity Frog
Ingredients
Green apple (such as a Granny Smith)
Tofutti
Chocolate chips
Green grapes
Instructions
- Cut the apple into quarters and remove the core. Cut a thin wedge from one quarter for a mouth. For the eyes, shape tofutti into two half-inch balls, and set them in place. Insert a chocolate chip, point-side in, into each tofutti ball.
- Use the grapes, cut in half, for the legs and feet. Slice four halves to create toes. Arrange the pieces as shown and serve on a paper lily pad.
Parents should cut and prepare the apple quarters and grape pieces used for frog’s body, hands, and feet. Children will have fun shaping the eyes, setting them in place, and arranging the pieces to make the frog. Children will also have lots of enjoyment drawing the lily pads on which the frogs are served on. You can also get creative here by having them make white, pink, or yellow flowers out of tissue paper to use as an additional decoration on these lily pads especially if they are serving them for a Halloween party.
A Halloween Craft for Family fun
These pom pom pumpkins are fun and easy to make, very festive, and make wonderful decorations for Fall and Halloween. They can also be used for place cards at Halloween parties.
For easy to follow step by step instructions go to this site.
Make An Adorable Paper Owl Tree
Whooo’s the cutest Halloween decoration around? These winged creatures! More sweet than scary, they make a great tabletop centerpiece when perched on a branch.
For making these fun and adorable owls, go to http://www.parents.com/fun/arts-crafts/kid/give-a-hoot-owl-craft/
Halloween Jumble (PDF download)
Have fun unscrambling the words in the Halloween Jumble! Most of these words can be found on this page. See below to download the printable PDF.