Jack Skellington Halloween String Garland

All you need :

White cotton string

Black felt

Water balloons

Liquid fabric starch

Regular paper or cardstock

Scissors

                                                                 How To Make It

1) Blow up your water balloons so they are about 4 inches wide and tie off the ends.
2) Cut the white cotton string into long lengths, about 5 feet long. You can always cut more.

3) Print the template then cut out the eyes, nose, and mouth and trace them onto the black felt. Cut out the pieces. You will need a pair of eyes, a nose, and a mouth for each Jack Skellington string ball you wish to make.
4 ) Pour liquid starch into a bowl. Place your balloon into the bowl. Dip the ends of your 5 foot white string into the bowl and wrap the string around your balloon, soaking the string in the starch before you wrap. Add more lengths of white string. Once the balloon resembles a very messy spider web, hang the balloon up to dry. Place paper towels or craft paper under the balloons as they will drip.
5) Cut a piece of string about a foot long and tie one end to the end of the balloon. (You will use this string to hang your balloon so it can dry).
6 ) Repeat this process with each Jack Skellington String Ball you wish to add to your garland.
7) Once all the string balls are dry, pop the balloons and pull them out through a gap in the string. Glue on a pair of eyes, a mouth, and a nose to each string ball. Tie them to a long ribbon, yarn, or string garland, evenly spacing them. Cut off extra string after you have tied them into place.



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Green Candy Coated Popcorn

"Zombie Boogers" Green Candy Coated Popcorn

Recipe Difficulty: Easy
Serves: 8-10
Time: 1 1/2 hours

16-20 cups of popped popcorn

Mixture:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoon green food coloring
1 teaspoon baking soda
(Depending on how coated you would like the popcorn, I recommend making a double batch of the mixture to achieve the same look of the popcorn as in the photo.)

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (95 degrees C).

Place your popcorn in two large shallow baking dishes.

In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt buter. Stir in sugar, corn syrup, and salt. Bring to boil while stirring consistently.  Boil without stirring for 4 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and green food coloring until the mixture is evenly colored and combined. Stir in baking soda. Mixture will double. Pour the mixture over the popcorn and stir to combine and evenly coat.

Place the popcorn in the oven. Stir the popcorn every 15 minutes for 1 hour. Remove from the oven. Let cool for about 5 minutes and then break into pieces. Be careful popcorn will still be hot.

(Editor's Update: I've had several comments and emails from readers saying that they had to adjust or tweak the recipe. I've updated the recipe slightly due to these suggestions. Also, please note that I cook at altitude (above 5,200 feet). Depending on your location, you may need to adjust the recipe slightly to achieve the same serving size.)


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Creepy Crawly Clutch

Fran from Fall for DIY created this amazing and spooky clutch. Seasonal and way more stylish than your average candy bag.

Materials: 1/2 meter clear PVC plastic, soap, plastic creepy crawlies or other gruesome props, strong waterproof glue, and velcro.

1. Cut out 4 rectangles of clear PVC, two with the dimensions 20cm X 35cm and the other two larger at 35cm X 35cm.

2. Glue three sides of both rectangles together leaving one of the shorter edges open to create two pouches. Make sure there are no small gaps along the sides. Run your finger along the glued edges to evenly spread and secure in place.

3. Pour the soap in the pouches, (take care not to get soap on the opening.) The clutch shown used 1 1/2” bottles of soap. Fill with your critters and seal the top securely with glue.

4. You should now have two sacks of pretty gruesome looking stuff. Take your smaller bag and spread glue along the two shorter edges and one of the longer sides.

5. Press the glued sides onto the larger piece to create the clutch bag.

6. Fold the extra section from the larger pouch over the smaller pouch and glue the velco on the keep secure.

That’s it! Fill it with candy or other Halloween treats (or tricks) for a super scary clutch that’s perfect for the party.

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halloween gifts

This is a super easy way to spookily bag your candy: in a vinyl glove. Add a spider ring, too. enjoy making it with kids for a super halloween 
happy holiday for all

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Witches Brew

Witches Brew

Ingredients:

2 ¼ ounces Bacardi Light

2 ¼ ounces Meyers rum

1 ¼ ounces Bacardi 151 

2 ½ ounces pineapple juice

2 ½ ounces orange juice

1 ¼ ounces sour mix

1 ¼ ounces grenadine

Directions:

Fill glass completely with ice and all ingredients. Stir the drink until all the ingredients are combined (it should be a pinkish-red color). Throw in a handful of gummi worms and the appropriate amount of silly straws needed.

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diy Pumpkins

Holy pumpkin!  These things practically make themselves.  They are super simple, as long as you have the supplies.

Supplies

• pumpkin carving kit with drill and saws
• fangs
• map pins (or something for eyes)
• Martha's hole cutting guide
• mini pumpkins
• butter knife (not shown)

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Spider Infested Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

12 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar (white sugar)
1 large egg
1 egg yolk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 1/8 cup all purpose flour (unbleached is best)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
12 ounces semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate chips, divided
                  (2 ounces for spiders, 10 ounces for in and on top of the cookies)

NOTE: I used Kroger's Private Selection and Ghiradeli Chocolate Chips (I didn't have an entire bag of either,) both of which are larger than standard size chocolate chips. They worked perfectly for this project.

Supplies:

electric mixer
baking sheets lined with parchment paper
optional: #16 ice cream scoop
squeezeit mold painter bottles, or a disposable pastry bag or zip top bag


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