Posts tagged: halloween
Lichtenstein-Like Comic Book Costume.
By Chrisjob
The hits just keep on coming...
There's something about Halloween that brings out the best creativity in each of us. Perhaps its the ability to hide behind a facade that allows one to take a risk to step out and be their most amazing... or perhaps it's just all the sugar.
Free Downloadable Spooky Music
By DIY Maven
Candy? Check. Decorations? Check. Costumes? Check. Creepy music? No. No?! Not to worry. Here's some sites where you can download free songs and sounds to up the Halloween creep factor.
Leftover Halloween Candy Conundrum SOLVED!
By DIY Maven
If you find that you over-bought or the trick-or-treaters are scant this year, here's some links that have you covered. First, cdkitchen has no less than 34 recipes that use left over Halloween candy as an ingredient. » READ MORE
The 50 Scariest Movies of All Time
By DIY Maven
On Halloween, after the candy has been handed out and the neighborhood settles into the witching hour, there's nothing better than cuddling under a warm blanket and watching a scary movie. Whether this means a trip to the video store or streaming on-line,
Homemade Candy Corn Recipe.
By Chrisjob
Candy corn's the kinda thing that divides loved one's right down the middle. Either you hate it, or you love it. And like all good things, if you love it, you should make it. And like those very all good things, the homemade version tastes even better.
Ingredients
1 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup light corn syrup
1/3 cup salted butter
2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
1/3 cup powdered milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
red and yellow food coloring
What's your favorite thing to do with candy corn. Me? I combines 'em with peanuts. Tastes just like a Payday.
Halloween How-To: Vampire Blood Lollipops.
By Chrisjob
Whether or not you care about the influx of vampire art/literature/tv/films over the last few years, you can't deny the sugary excellence that is these "bloody" lollipops. Make 'em for your party, for Trick-or-Treaters, or for yourself!
Ingredients:
- 2 cups sugar
- 2/3 cup light corn syrup
- red food coloring
- white lollipops stick - you can find them at your local craft store.
How To: Brain Cake.
By Chrisjob
I first saw this digustingly clever how-to over the summer, and thankfully, Instructables is giving it its due featurin' 'round Halloween time. From homemade fondant cranium folds to a tasty corn-syrupy blood accent, this project will provide quite a tasty conversation starter to you Hallow's Eve Bash.
Materials
1. Cake Mix
2. Frosting
3. Mini Marshmallows
4.Powdered Sugar
5. Cake dye, red and green
6. Oil
Halloween Costumes for Procrastinators
By DIY Maven
Have you've scoffed at donning a costume, but as the minutes tick down to the big day, you're like, 'Dude, I really wish I'd have a costume!' No worries, halloween.com has last minute no-cost/low-cost costume ideas galore. Be aware, however, that these impromptu get-ups often reside in pun territory, meaning they can be clever or just eye rollers. (Sometimes they're both!) Here's a taste:
How To: The Meat Hand.
By Chrisjob
Wow.
Just....
Wow.
Armed with a post-it note of inspiration and an appendage-shaped gelatin mold, Megan from NotMartha has made herself a hand. Of meat. With fingernails. And a wrist bone. It's awe-quaking. And perfectly disgusting.
How To: Shrunken Apple Heads.
By Chrisjob
I got The Amazing Apple Book for Christmas 1993, and I adored each of its pages. My favorite project included carving a face in a fresh, ripe apple and leaving it out to dry and shrivel into a little fruit flavored shrunken face...though my parents always made me store mine in the basement, and they usually caught a coat of mold.
But, Floral Showers seems to have this perfect fall project down. Super fun!
This one above my favorite: It looks » READ MORE
No-Carve Pumpkins Inspiration and How-Tos
By DIY Maven
Every Halloween, when I'm up to my elbows in pumpkin innards, I vow never to carve another jack 'o lantern ever again. And then I do. But with these very cool ideas, I'm inspired to never pick up my Pumpkin Master's carving knife ever again.
Haunted Halloween Decor
By DIY Maven
Good Housekeeping offers some charming Halloween decor ideas. From outside the house to inside the house, they cover all the important points. There's even an easy Martha-esque spooky dessert suggestion.
Halloween Wall Decals
By DIY Maven
Although this spider & web vinyl decal ($22) from Vinyl On The Go would be PERFECT for Halloween, it's so cool, I'd be tempted to leave up all year.
If arachnids aren't your thing, how about this bird in cage ($15)? Very Raven-y, no » READ MORE
50 Cheap & Easy Halloween Costumes
By DIY Maven
Coupon Sherpa has amassed 50 ideas for Halloween costumes for both adults and children that cost nothing--or next to nothing--to make. Here's some with a Curbly bent. » READ MORE
Free Halloween Papercraft Projects.
By Chrisjob
Sure he's tiny, easily crushable, and can be blown over with a sneeze, but this tiny skeleton-zombie can still frighten the tiny little dashed lines of his papercraft bretheren.
Meat Head.
By ChrisjobSo, it's kinda like not being able to look away from a flaming car crash, but it'll still make you giggle.
"Hubby discovered that whipped cream cheese (whip your own with a mixer) made wonderful "glue". Smear it all over a cheap skull then cover it with thin slices of meat (ham seems to look the best). The eyes are olives stuffed into martini onions." From Flickr.
Happy Halloween, hamfaces.
Pumpkins on Parade
By DIY Maven
These pumpkins were among the best at "The Great Jack O' Lantern Blaze" in Croton-on-Hudson.
How To: Sew a Pimped Out Witch Hat
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Photo Image: Wicked Poster from Wicked, The Musical
Who wouldn't want to dress up if they could arrive at the party wearing an uncomparable witch costume? Last year, Corinne, of Threadbangers post » READ MORE
8 Killer Halloween How-Tos!
By Chrisjob
So, I found this great collection of Halloween and Fall How-To projects, and at first, I was like "I'ma share the fondant pumpkins;" and then, "No, I'ma do those drilled LED pumpkins, or perhaps that crazy bat!"
How to Make Mummy-Dogs!
By DIY Maven
Mmmmummy-Dogs! Sure to be a Halloween hit, they take no special talent to make--just some hot dogs and store-bought breadstick dough, or specifically.... » READ MORE
