Ten Great Ideas For Family Fun Night

Ten Great Ideas For Family Fun Night

It doesnt happen very often: an evening when the entire family is free of obligations and no one has to get up early for school or work the next morning. When a situation like that occurs you have to take advantage of it because its the perfect opportunity for a family fun night.

For this particular family fun night you are putting away the cell phones, the PDAs, and the hand held video game systems. You are also turning off the computer, the video game consoles, and dare we say, hiding the Wii remotes. GASP!

You are also staying home for this kinfolk rompyou can go out anytime. Furthermore, you are going to try to keep the cost of this family fun night extremely low and the planning to a minimum. Although, we do admit a few of these activities could be enhanced with a few bucks and a couple minutes of planning.

Below are 10 ideas for your family to try during their fun night together. Remember that the key to this type of occasion is having great time, not stubbornly adhering to some plan. After all, its called family fun night not because of what youre doing but who youre doing it with.

* Dinner – If you choose the right dish, dinner can definitely be a fun family activity. For instance, even young kids can put toppings on a pizza. To make it really fun, divide the pizza up when its still dough and let everyone top their own slices. The same can be done for cakes, cookies, and cupcakes. Grocery stores stock easy, ready-to-bake dough for all the aforementioned treats.

* Hollywood – Were not talking about the latest and greatest Hollywood animated flick, we talking about the classics. Show them a movie so old it was made before you were even born. If you can convince your kids that watching a black and white flick wont damage their eye sight, go even further back in the annuals of Hollywood (Chaplin anyone?). Show them what moviemaking was like before computers.

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* Movie Night – Take a stroll down memory lane by breaking out the family videos, films, and photographsthe older the images the better (the funnier). If you can plan ahead, procure some fascinating (funny) images from the grandparents. The evening should end with your wedding video. Kids eat that stuff up, but please dont show them the part where I dance with Aunt Martha.

* No Bored Games – Dont just play a board game, take one and make it your own. Try adding goofy rules or playing the game as fast as possible. Have you ever played Speed Monopoly or Speed Clue? Combine two board games into one or add playing cards to a game that doesnt normally use them. If youre feeling really adventurous, create your own board game. I once created Hemorrhagic Fever: The Game but it didnt go over very well.

* Music Sharing – This idea is particular poignant if you have a turntable. Nonetheless, spend the evening not just listening to music but listening to everyones music. Give everyone in the family a chance to play their favorite songs. This not only exposes your children to some of the music you used to rock out too but it also gives you insight into what kind of music your children are listening too. Of course this might be a problem if your favorite genre of music is gangsta rap.

* American Idol – If your family likes to sing and dance (and what family doesnt) hold your very own American Idol-type competition. Those with a voice like sandpaper can play the parts of Simon and Randy or you can all take turns judging. If you dont have a karaoke machine, just sing along with the song or perform a cappella. Also, dont forget to dress up. American Idols have to look the part too.

* Star Gazing – If you live out in the sticks (away from cities and their light pollution) and the sky is clear, nothing beats lying on the grass and staring up at the stars. This is not only a fun activity but its also educational. Do a little research prior to the evening so you can dazzle your kids with your knowledge of the constellations and the nights sky.

* Construction – Spend the night building something. Chances are good your kids have Legos or Lincoln Logs in their rooms. If your house happens to be Lego-less you can always buy some (you can get a lot of Legos with the money you would have spent on going out to the movies). Or just scour your recycling bin for empty boxes, cardboard tubes, and other things that can be stacked and fastened together.

* Charades – This is a solid activity and one that can be tailored for children of any age. To add a new spin on the classic game try adding a themeDisney, sports, family members, 19th century German operas. Mix the game up by allowing the use of just one arm, blindfolding the actor, or having two people act out the same charade instead of one. Whatever you do, make sure you try speed charades.

* Play – Perhaps not appropriate for tweens or teens (although it would still be incredibly fun) but the family can always spend the night just playing. You can play cops and robbers, spacemen and aliens, or even pirates. If youre looking for a game try one of the classics like tag or hide-and-seek. It doesnt really matter what you play as long as youre using your imagination, laughing, and having loads of fun.

Great Ideas for your Wedding Shower Cake

Great Ideas for your Wedding Shower Cake

There is no better way to send off your friend or sister into the wonderful world of marriage than through a bridal shower. Just like any kind of shower however, a wedding shower cake is an important part of the occasion. Treat the bride to be to a special wedding shower cake with these ideas.

Everything on It

Make the bride’s wedding shower cake an extravagant piece. A wedding shower cake doesn’t need to be multi tiered so you can easily spend for a luxurious one layer cake. Top a fruitcake or a cream-filled chocolate cake with fresh fruits, nuts and colored shavings or go for a real berry filled and topped wedding shower cake. Experiment with a variation and combination of different high grade fresh fruits for a delicious and healthy wedding shower cake.

Message Cake

Bake or buy a plain triple tiered chocolate or sponge cake. Equip your guests with icing tools and let them leave their sweet messages on the bride’s unique wedding shower cake. Present the bride with this surprise wedding shower cake as she opens her shower gifts.

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Groom Message Cake

This is a variation on the message cake. Buy a plain cake and write the groom’s special icing message for his bride on the wedding shower cake. Pick a message that is significant for the couple or ask the groom to draft a special note.

Picture Cake

Go to your local bakery and have the bride or the couple’s picture transferred in icing on the shower cake. Pick a close up picture with less small details for great visual results. Top with well wishes.

Piñata Cake

Save the real cake for the actual wedding and get a piñata cake instead for a fun game. Hang this inedible wedding shower cake and ask the future bride to do the honors of showering the guests with some sweet treats.

Fake Cake Centerpiece

Another inedible wedding shower cake idea would be a rolled cloth or rolled tower centerpiece decorated with ribbons and a topper. Have special messages, gifts or cash rolled along with each cloth piece and ask the bride to carefully pick and unroll her wedding shower cake apart during the gift opening session. You can also stack plastic baskets filled with gifts and home items for the bride and her new home. Decorate the baskets with traditional wedding cloths like tulle and satin ribbons.

Cupcakes

Instead of real cake layers, serve a wedding shower cake tier of cupcakes, muffins and cheesecake. Sprinkle each cake piece with colored candies or chocolate shavings and decorate with a topper.

Humor Cakes

If the future bride is going to have an ultra formal wedding with no room for some humorous fun, then the bridal shower is the best event to bring out unusual cake toppers. Share the gift of humor by decorating the different tiers of a wedding shower cake with humorous cake toppers like a shackled groom or a bride dragging her prized conquest. Have a variety of toppers and let one or two fun loving guests give a descriptive narration of each topper.

100% Raw Food Diet: The Only Way To Get Great Results?

100% Raw Food Diet: The Only Way To Get Great Results?

Nope, it isn’t.

As long as you are eating the main foods that the human body has anatomically and physiologically evolved to thrive on (fruits and veggies) in a substantial quantity (90-95% of your diet), the other 5-10% of what you eat won’t matter much.

To put it into perspective, say you eat a diet of mostly sweet fruit, moderate amounts of greens and limited overt fats on a daily basis. However, once a month you go out to eat at your favorite restaurant.

That one meal once per month will not have much of an effect on your health. Sure, you might feel groggy the day after – or even a few bites into the meal – but your overall health will not suffer much.

It’s about what you do on a regular basis, not what you do occasionally.

On the contrary, if you consume cooked dishes frequently and a big fruit meal once per month, you won’t experience the rewards of the healthy meal because it will be overshadowed by your regular habits.

In fact, you will probably experience NEGATIVE results after eating the fruit (i.e. bloating, gas, etc.) because of the state of your body from your frequent cooked food consumption.  And the extent of these consequences will of course be dependent upon what foods you actually ate (fast food will more than likely generate a more severe reaction than a home cooked vegan dish).

So…Cooked Foods Are Okay?

As I’m sure you know by now, I do recommend a 100% raw diet as the optimal diet for human beings. While eating cooked food infrequently isn’t necessarily going to harm you that much health-wise, it certainly isn’t going to help you either.

Cooked food provides absolutely NOTHING in the way of nutrition that cannot be obtained from raw fruits, tender leafy greens, nuts and seeds. In fact, it provides MUCH LESS because so much has been damaged during the cooking process.

Even a “healthy” low fat cooked vegan meal of steamed veggies with rice cannot measure up to raw produce because ALL cooking damages the food being consumed to some degree.

Do What Makes You Happy

Don’t go raw just because you think it’s optimal or because all the raw food fanatics on YouTube are telling you to.  Do it because it gives you great results and ultimately makes your life more enjoyable.

Personally, a 100% raw food diet works great for me.  I get to eat as much delicious food as I want, when I want, and still keep my girlish figure.  If I could do this with cooked food, you better believe I’d be loading up on cookies and cupcakes.

But that’s just me.

If going 100% raw makes you happy, great.  If going 50% raw makes you happy, wonderful.  If going 1% raw (thanks to that scrawny piece of lettuce on your BLT) makes you happy, FANTASTIC!

Just be happy, okay? :D

As long as you are eating the main foods that the human body has anatomically and physiologically evolved to thrive on (fruits and veggies) in a substantial quantity (90-95% of your diet), the other 5-10% of what you eat won’t matter much.

To put it into perspective, say you eat a diet of mostly sweet fruit, moderate amounts of greens and limited overt fats on a daily basis. However, once a month you go out to eat at your favorite restaurant.

That one meal once per month will not have much of an effect on your health. Sure, you might feel groggy the day after – or even a few bites into the meal – but your overall health will not suffer much.

It’s about what you do on a regular basis, not what you do occasionally.

On the contrary, if you consume cooked dishes frequently and a big fruit meal once per month, you won’t experience the rewards of the healthy meal because it will be overshadowed by your regular habits.

In fact, you will probably experience NEGATIVE results after eating the fruit (i.e. bloating, gas, etc.) because of the state of your body from your frequent cooked food consumption.  And the extent of these consequences will of course be dependent upon what foods you actually ate (fast food will more than likely generate a more severe reaction than a home cooked vegan dish).

So…Cooked Foods Are Okay?

As I’m sure you know by now, I do recommend a 100% raw diet as the optimal diet for human beings. While eating cooked food infrequently isn’t necessarily going to harm you that much health-wise, it certainly isn’t going to help you either.

Cooked food provides absolutely NOTHING in the way of nutrition that cannot be obtained from raw fruits, tender leafy greens, nuts and seeds. In fact, it provides MUCH LESS because so much has been damaged during the cooking process.

Even a “healthy” low fat cooked vegan meal of steamed veggies with rice cannot measure up to raw produce because ALL cooking damages the food being consumed to some degree.

Do What Makes You Happy

Don’t go raw just because you think it’s optimal or because all the raw food fanatics on YouTube are telling you to.  Do it because it gives you great results and ultimately makes your life more enjoyable.

Personally, a 100% raw food diet works great for me.  I get to eat as much delicious food as I want, when I want, and still keep my girlish figure.  If I could do this with cooked food, you better believe I’d be loading up on cookies and cupcakes.

But that’s just me.

If going 100% raw makes you happy, great.  If going 50% raw makes you happy, wonderful.  If going 1% raw (thanks to that scrawny piece of lettuce on your BLT) makes you happy, FANTASTIC!

Just be happy, okay? :D

cAn YoU aNsWeR tHiS gReAt PoLl?

Question by Johnny S: cAn YoU aNsWeR tHiS gReAt PoLl?
Answer the following questions of which you perfer for Example for #1.if you are bigger fan of football than u would say 1.Football
etc.
1.Football or Baseball
2.Lays or Pringles
3.Ford or Chevy
4.Star Wars or Lord of the Rings
5.Family Guy or South Park
6.Summer or Spring
7.Fall or Winter
8.Superman or Batman
9.Three Little Pigs or Red Riding Hood
10.Muffins or Cupcakes
11.Pie or Cake
12.Lemony Snicket or J.K. Rowling
13.FOX or NBC
14.CBS or ABC
15.Wealth or Fame
16.Donald Trump or Bill Gates
17.Mickey Mouse or Bugs Bunny
18.Nintedo or Sony
19.College Sports or Pro Sports
20.Friends or Everybody Loves Raymond
21.Will & Grace or Frasier
22.Nike or Reebok
23.Dinner or Breakfest
24.Night or Morning
24.Pop or Tea
25.Mcdonald’s or Subway
26.Wendys or Burger King
27.Kid or Adult
28.Truck or Car
29.Sprint or Verizon
30.Dell or Tobisha
31.Can or Bottle
32.Pen or Pencil
33.Fish or Chicken
34.Chicago or New York
35.Plane or Train
36.Whiskey or Margarita
Come on u know u want to people
Ally it is for nothing what so ever but thank u for caring

Best answer:

Answer by Melissa
1. football
2. lays
3. chevy
4. neither
5. neither
6. spring
7. fall
8. neither
9. red riding hood
10. cupcakes
11. cakes
12. neither
13. fox
14. abc
15. wealth
16. trump
17. bugs bunny
18. sony
19. pro sports
20. friends
21. Will and grace
22. nike
23. dinner
24. night
24. pop
25. SUBWAY
26. BK
27. adult
28. car
29. verizon
30. Dell
31. bottle
32. pen
33. chicken
34. new york
35. plane
36. neither

long but awesome question!

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

Great Ideas For an Affordable Wedding Favors

Great Ideas For an Affordable Wedding Favors

Majority of brides and grooms currently have options of including favors in their nuptials. Favors or souvenirs are not compulsory but they are frequently provided to visitors as gifts in appreciation and gratitude for their valuable time in attending the Economic Wedding. Favors or souvenirs are also expected by most visitors because they are used to receive souvenirs every time they attend wedding events.

A souvenir may make a wonderful token of the wedding. When you select the kind of favor for the great event, it is essential to consider the theme of the wedding event, the type whether it is formal or not, and the budget. Wedding favors should be simple only; they do not require being excessively in great amount. Simple touches are more appealing and much appreciated by majority of guests.

There are plenty of choices if you want simple and not costly wedding favors. Everything can be found in the stores or marketplace as long as you have the budget. Simple and cheap favors can be bought in dollar stores; however, you may also purchase them from wholesale dealers in discounted prices. You can be able to save some amount if you buy favors in mass or volume, since majority of whole sellers extend great price cut to customers who buy in big quantity.

Plain and low-cost wedding favors can be edible or suitable for eating or non-edible. If you choose edible proposals, you may consider chocolates, candies, cookies, cupcakes, mints, jams, honey, almonds, coffee, wine or tea. These edibles things can be prepared at home. For instance, if you know how to bake, you can make cupcakes or yummy cookies. You can easily package chocolates, candies, mints, almonds, jam and honey.

If you want non-edibles that are not costly, you do not have to worry since there are plenty of choices you may select from. Candles are amongst the most well- liked options, and they are beautiful just like those expensive non-edibles. Candles are everywhere, but for wedding souvenirs, you may select from broad variety of magnificently crafted candles which surely impress your visitors. Candle wedding souvenirs can be bought in different beautiful shapes, colors, designs and sizes. Candles can be good as attractive accents in the reception tables.

On the other hand, you may consider soaps as wedding souvenirs. These are cheap options which are both practical and beautiful. You can prepare your soap wedding souvenirs at home. First, you have to buy a big volume of soap, in a fragrance you desire and then liquefy them at home. You may form them into a shaper such as wedding cake, dove, bridal gown, heart flowers, and others

Cheap wedding favors can be found online. You just surf the Internet and you will find wider selection of wedding favors online. There are plenty of different wedding materials, bridal accessories and everything which related to Economic Weddings. Online shopping can help you save some money since online products can be bought at lower prices than those sold in the local stores.

Interested in Birthday Cake Decorating Ideas? Here Are Some Great Kid’s Birthday Party Ideas!

Interested in Birthday Cake Decorating Ideas? Here Are Some Great Kid’s Birthday Party Ideas!

Are you trying to think up birthday cake decorating ideas? If you are planning to make a cake for a kid’s birthday party, make sure it is a memorable event. Kids love birthdays for a variety of reasons including the presents and the cake! Instead of just buying the typical sheet cake from the grocery store, you can make your own creation.

There are tons of cake decorating ideas online for various different themes. Whether you want to make a cake for a boy, girl, or both, you should be able to find the perfect idea! You can also order all the supplies and decorations you need for making the cake and icing.

One popular theme for young girls is the Disney Princess theme. You can decorate the cake with one Princess in mind or all of them. You can find the instructions online, along with Belle, Cinderella, Ariel, Mulan, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Jasmine and other Princess figurines.

There are plenty of birthday cake decorating ideas for boys too. Boys especially like cakes with superhero decorations. Spiderman cakes are pretty popular, for instance, and there are plenty of designs and images online you can look at for some ideas.

You cannot go wrong by choosing cupcakes either. The wonderful thing about cupcakes is that you can make them as unique as you choose since you can individualize the decorations on them. You might make half for girls and half for boys.

If you want to make a cake that both boys and girls will love, you can always go with Looney Tunes characters. Animals are also a popular theme that all children love. There are plenty of cat, dog, and tiger birthday cake decorating ideas for you to check out.

Go ahead and ask the kids what type of cake or cupcakes they would like. You could even have them help you! Sharing your hobby with your children will be a fun family project, and they will love making their own cake! They can show it off to their friends at the party.

You can make frosting from scratch or buy pre-made frosting. It is up to you how you handle frosting, but you will definitely want to purchase decorations. You might need stencils, food coloring, sprinkles, figurines, etc.

If you are searching for birthday cake decorating ideas, you must figure out where to find the right accessories at the best prices! Did you figure out that you can also get online cake decorating lessons?

Great Birthday Cake Ideas For The Kid Of Any Age

Great Birthday Cake Ideas For The Kid Of Any Age

When you have a birthday coming up and want to create a fun cake there are a lot of fun birthday cake ideas that can personalize the party. This will also make the birthday boy or girl really happy. Whatever your theme you can find a great touch by adding the perfect cake.

Incorporating something your special birthday person likes then that will not only be fun for the guests but for the person having the birthday as well. If you put that special thought into what you are going to do for them they feel special. It is the perfect topping to their day.

If you have a NASCAR fan, for example, getting a car cake to go with the racing theme is perfect. Many fans have a favorite driver. Use that theme and add in the colors of the favorite car and the number or the favorite driver. This will give everyone a fun time and the birthday person will love it.

For a person who loves ice cream the great thing is an ice cream cake. There are many different themes that can be make and many flavors on the menu with proper planning. It is a tasty treat and can be fun. Making a topping bar on the side can be fun as well.

A new fad that many are liking is to make a cake using cupcakes. The cupcakes can be formed in many patterns and shapes. Once you decorate them they can take on their own form with your imagination. When being served it is a bit easier in portions as if you used thirty six cupcakes you know exactly how many servings you have.

There are thousands of great ideas online for birthday cake ideas. There are also many books and classes as well. Whatever you do making it special is what will make it memorable. Have fun and get your imagination going on the icing you can top for your special birthday cake.

Getting the Proper Culinary Education Can Lead to a Great Career

Getting the Proper Culinary Education Can Lead to a Great Career

Food and nutrition is something that every person needs. With such a worldwide market, it is no wonder that culinary education is becoming such a booming industry. Whether you are just looking to become a cook, or a world-renowned chef, you are in need of the proper training.

There are some natural kitchen artists that can just toss in a few ingredients and create a masterpiece. However, most of the great chefs of the world had to start from the bottom and work their way up. It is also simple to assume that most of them have received a proper culinary education.

Cooking can be a very complex industry. It is not simply a matter of throwing a few things together and pitching the dish in the oven. It takes careful planning, consideration and understanding in order to make the perfect meal. And with the proper education, there will be many perfect meals under your belt within a very short period of time.

Since there are so many different types of cuisine styles, culinary school can be broken down into many smaller categories. If baking has always been your passion, you may excel at taking a course in pastry baking and confectionary arts. This type of course will take your muffin and cupcake experience and bring it to a level you never dreamed possible.

This is a course that many culinary students choose to take because it offers a wide variety of baking options that can cater to a wide variety of situations. Whether you wish to make donuts and pastries for a living, or be a dessert caterer, a course like this will have you well on your way. You will learn the intricacies of baking, the ingredients normally used as well as how to add your own personal flair to your creation. Imagine the looks on your dinner guests faces when you come out of the kitchen with a pie or cake that looked and tasted better than anything you see at your local bakery’s storefront window.

The sheer variety in world cuisine offers many opportunities for would-be chefs. And a proper culinary education is the best way to find out exactly what you excel in and what you wish to pursue as a career. There will never be a shortage of people wishing to eat, so the opportunities are endless.

It is important that you understand exactly what aspect of the culinary arts interests you the most before embarking on a career. Catering, cooking, recipe preparing and management are only a few of the things that are covered within the confines of a proper culinary education.

What you want to give and what you want to get out of it are the two most important questions to consider when thinking of a career in this field. There are many culinary schools out there that will be able to take the talent that you already have and meld it into a rewarding career.

It is important to note that a successful career in the food industry does not happen overnight. You need to assess your skills, decide on your target market and above all, have the education to back up your claims. But if you have a love of cooking and a love of great food, a culinary education will be able to grant you the career you have always dreamed of.

How to have a great Birthday Party when you’re at 50

How to have a great Birthday Party when you’re at 50

A creative topic for a 50th birthday party is “Around the World Beer Party”. Especially if the birthday guest of honor enjoys drinking beer this can be a very fun and memorable theme for a 50th birthday. Here is a step by step plan for an Around the World Beer Party.

 

Invitations

 

Each invitation to the party can be unique when you consider the options from varying regions around the world. Before you send out invitations, decide what regions you want to highlight at your Around the World Beer party. Use images of beer labels printed on card stock and on the other side have ideas about the party. Don’t be afraid to ask guests to bring their own samples. Your friends may introduce you to a brand new experience. It is a great way to get everyone involved!

 

Another creative way to attract your guests with the Around the World Beer theme is to have a few bottle caps in with an invitation printed with a world map. For those who are beer fanatics, the scent remaining on the cap may be alluring.

 

Get hands on with your printer and a pair of scissors. Print out images of a full beer stein, with the party facts on the mug, on a piece of card stock. Cut out the stein and mail to your guests.

 

Say something in the invitation like: “See what’s on Tap for an Evening of Beers from Around the World”

 

Decorations

 

Checkout your local party store for Around the World decorations like international flags and maps. Post flags at the walkway or entrance to the party for a grand international feel.

 

Scour thrift stores and restaurant supply stores for beer steins and pilsner glasses to serve beer in. Fill some of these glasses with lights or brightly colored tissue paper for a festive cause.

 

Check the internet for public domain image of beer signs from the spokesperson district. Take the images to a printer and have them blown up to poster size. The picture can be anything from beer labels, bar signs or neon signs.

 

Games

 

Besides the traditional party games played while drinking beer, there are many options incorporating the Around the World theme. Invite party guests to bring their favorite international beer. Let every guest do a sampling of each beer brought to the party. Provide scorecards with categories for AROMA, COLOR, TASTE, and AFTERTASTE. The guest who brought the winning beer wins a prize (a special stein for the party) and the guest who brought the losing beer gets to help clean up after the party!

 

Reuse some of the trash from the gathering and collect ten empty beer bottles, clean them out and play beer bowling. What goes better with beer than bowling!

 

If room allows, lay a board on a soft surface like a mat or carpet. Organize your guests into teams and challenge them to build the biggest beer bottle pyramid. Earn extra points for incorporating the most regions from around the world.

 

Food

 

Every party with beer as the centerpiece needs to have snacks! Fill beer mugs with pretzels, spicy peanuts, potato chips, and popcorn.

 

As the main course, go with a wide variety of appetizers representing the various regions from around the world. Here are some ideas:

 

•           Japan-sushi rolls or egg rolls

 

•           Ireland-mini corned beef sandwiches

 

•           Mexico-nachos, mini tacos, or tamales

 

•           Belgium-dip some pretzel logs in delicious Belgium chocolate

 

•           Jamaica-jerk chicken skewers or fried plantain

 

•           Germany-mini sausages

 

•           U.S.A.-mini cheeseburgers

 

•           England-mini fried fish and chips (French fries)

 

Cake

 

Ask your local bakery to create a cake with world map on it. Strategically place candles in the areas on the map that you are representing.

 

If you have the time and the appropriate tools, it’s easy to get creative with a simple box cake. Bake a sheet cake and carve out a beer bottle shape. Mix food coloring with white icing to bring a brownish color for the bottle. Green can also be used for the bottle. Use white icing to simulate a label. Obtain writing icing at your local grocery store and write all of the names of the nation from around the world that are represented at the social gathering.

 

Cupcakes have become a popular cake option at parties. Bake plenty of cupcakes to accommodate the guests at the party. Use food coloring, white icing and writing icing to decorate the top of the cupcakes like the various bottle caps of the beer. This may take some extra time, but it will certainly impress your invitee!

 

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Great Treats to Give Out on Halloween

Great Treats to Give Out on Halloween

If you are planning a Halloween party of any type, there is a good chance that food will be involved. However, with Halloween being a night of creeps and spooks, you might want to get a little more creative than the typical chips and dip. Here are some ideas for how to incorporate the themes of the season and the holiday into your kitchen.

Seasonal foods

Halloween comes at the end of fall, a time when there are plenty of fresh harvest items to enjoy. You can incorporate these into your Halloween dining for fresh, (and often inexpensive) delights.

One of the favorite Halloween traditions is the carving of the Jack-o-lantern. And as anyone who has ever carved a pumpkin knows, the glowing creation on your front steps on Halloween night leaves behind a pile of slimy pumpkin guts. However, you can use this pumpkin flesh to create delicious treats. Pumpkin cooks up well into pies, cookies, muffins, and soups that you can serve for your Halloween meal. And seasoned and roasted pumpkin seeds are a popular snack. You can always experiment with flavors to create your own delicious versions.

Another bountiful harvest item around Halloween is the apple. Apples work great fresh, candied, and baked into cakes, muffins, and pies. And of course there is always applesauce! If you are in need of some game ideas for your Halloween party, bobbing for apples has always been a long time favorite.

Other Treats

Of course, your ghouls and goblins are probably not thinking about healthy fruit when they are donning Halloween costumes. For many, Halloween is as much about the candy as it is about getting to dress up. So you will want to have plenty of sweet treats on hand as well.

Cookies are always a favorite with kids of all ages. You can use your favorite cookie dough flavor, and then shape it into fun Halloween shapes using cookie cutters. Bats, ghosts, and jack-o-lanterns/pumpkins all work well for shaped cookies. Or, you can choose to decorate your favorite cookies using orange, black, and white frosting and/or sprinkles. If you are pressed for time, pre-shaped holiday cookies are often available at your local grocer.

If you are looking for another treat idea, popcorn is always fun. You can take your favorite popcorn ball recipe and fashion ghosts instead of balls. Add a few pieces of candy for eyes and a mouth, and you have a fun treat. Or, put fresh-popped popcorn into disposable plastic gloves, with a piece of candy at the finger tip, to create monster hands.

Getting creative
You can always turn your kid’s favorite foods into Halloween dishes with a little creativity. Food coloring can turn ordinary foods into creepy monster dishes. Decorate cupcakes with licorice legs and candy eyes to create spiders. Or simply get a little creative with how you serve everyday items to design your own spooky feast.

With a little work and a little creativity, you can come up with your own Halloween treats for your little tricksters.

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