Our Halloween Costumes

I havent dressed up for Halloween in years but when I saw this idea at Make it and Love it, I couldnt resist. So this what I made based on that...

Since we are having a boy I painted a baseball bat in his hand...

I also made this candy corn costume for my little girl. It took me a while to figure out what to make for her because she hates even changing out of her pajamas. So when I decided on a Candy Corn I made her into it the only way I thought she would wear it...

I just laid out a dress she already had onto freezer paper. Cut it into 3 equal sections pinned it onto my material, cut, and sewed it.

I did do the front neck and back neck differently....

And as luck would have it she was pretty happy once she got into the thing...

I also made these adorable bows for her hair to match from this tutorial...

It will be fun to be dressed up, but its a good thing it only happens once a year cause it was a lot of work!

Candy Corn Cupcakes and Jell-O

I was in the mood for something cute so I decided on candy corn themed treats. I have 2 easy ideas, and they are both treats from boxes, so they are super super simple.

The first one is a cupcake. I used a yellow cake mix divided it in 2 bowls and colored half yellow and half orange. The directions are below.

The second one is Jell-O. One box of lemon and one box of orange topped with whipped cream. The directions are below. Just another way to add some delicious, simple fun to your Halloween.

Candy Corn Cupcake

Recipe Partly from: TidyMom.net

1 Box Yellow Cake Mix
3 Large Eggs
1/2 cup Butter, not Margarine
1 cup of Water

Yellow and Red Food Coloring

Yellow Cupcake Papers

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Melt the butter in the microwave. Put cake mix, eggs, butter, and water in a large bowl and mix on low for 1 minute and on high for 1 minute.

2. Put half of your batter in a separate bowl. Color half the batter yellow, approx. 50 drops, and half your batter orange, approx. 50 yellow drops and 8 red drops. Mix well. 

3. Fill 18 cupcake papers 1/4 full with yellow and 1/4 more with the orange batter. Bake for 18-20 minutes.

Frost with The Best Vanilla Buttercream

Candy Corn Jell-O

3 oz box Lemon Jell-O

3 oz box Orange Jell-O

Heavy Whipping Cream

Powdered Sugar

1. Prepare lemon Jell-O according to the fast set directions and divide between 5 glasses. Place in fridge for about and hour and a half. 

2. Once the yellow Jell-O has chilled prepare the orange Jell-O according to the fast set directions and pour on top the 5 glasses of set yellow Jell-O. Place in fridge for another hour and a half.

3. Whip enough heavy cream sweetened with powdered sugar to put on top of the 5 glasses.

I shared this at
Sweets for a Saturday
Sweet Indulgences Sunday
 

Graveyard Pudding

This is the Halloween dessert I said I had for you. My mum makes this every year, its made with a box of Jell-o Pudding, Cool Whip, and Oreos. I decided to change it up so it would be more 'from scratch'. It turned out so good and my girls loved it! Its such a fun dessert.

 

Graveyard Pudding

My Version...

1 batch Chocolate Pudding

2 cups Heavy Whipping Cream

3 Tablespoons Powdered Sugar

1 box Chocolate Teddy Grahams, Crushed

Gummy Worms

Milano Cookies

Black Food Writer

1. Whip heavy cream until almost completely whipped, add in powdered sugar and finish whipping. 

2. On the pudding recipe, after pouring pudding through the mesh stainer, mix in the whipped cream. Once combined add in half of the crushed Teddy Grahams, stir. Pour mixture into 8x8 pan or individual serving dishes and sprinkle the rest of the crushed Teddy Grahams on top. 

3. Write on each cookie RIP and place into pudding. Put on gummy worms and refrigerate until cold and set. About 2 hours.

I shared this at 
Sweets for a Saturday
Sweets This Week