Halloween is one of my favorite holidays! One of the few holidays that I actually decorate for or get involved in. I always try to do something for the kids. It is getting harder and harder to find things that all the kids can do together and enjoy. This task can seem daunting with a 16 yr old, 12 yr old and 2 yr old. This time it was a success and everyone had fun!
Halloween Dinner
Halloween Dinner
Cauldron Full of Devilish Dip
I tried to find a rye bread bowl so my cauldron would be black but sometimes in my neck of the woods I have to take what I can get. I used red, orange and yellow peppers for the flames and pretzel sticks for the logs. So cute!
Very easy. Oreo's dipped in orange chocolate and green fruit rollups for the stems.
For these I used corn totillas cut into ghost shapes. Then brushed with olive oil, cummin, salt, chilli, black and cheyenne peppers and baked for a few minutes.
These are easy as well. Cream cheese, pesto, goat cheese, spices and rolled in poppy seeds and black pepper. The wings are left over corn tortillas cut into the shape of bat wings.
Mummies
Orange tortilla's cut into pumpkin shapes with montery jack cheese. I stuck these under the broiler for a few minutes to melt the cheese.
These are so fun and look awesome. I cracked the shells of the hard boiled eggs and then stuck them in hot water with vinegar and green food coloring for an hour. When done, I peeled the shells off and they leave a great green pattern all over the eggs.
Chad was so very impressed with dinner. Poor guy, sometimes I get so busy with kids, work and life in general, I don't have time to cook. Not to worry the next night I made him steak and lobster!
Halloween Carnival
After dinner we went to the Carnival (minus Josh, I guess he is to old for that kind of fun :)).
Jax ready to go, dressed as his favorite person, Handy Manny.
Digging for buried treasure.
And after that much fun, the night will always end with a MONSTER JAX sized melt-down.
Almost done with this post! As I said before I LOVE HALLOWEEN.
Carving, painting and decorating pumpkins.
Josh is always my carver.
I thought Jax would like to play in the pumpkin guts. He took one look inside and said he wanted to paint his.
The finished product.
My pumpkin has to have feathers, jewels and fabric, of course. Chad had to work and wasn't able to decorate his own pumpkin.
5 comments:
oh my lord. i am sitting here with my mouth hanging open at the sheer creativeness of the ghost chips. seriously, that's fantastic.
i am also laughing at the pic of the meltdown. i can laugh now that tyler has grown out of it, haha. i found a picture the other day of tyler at the dinosaur park throwing a fit about something, he has the pissiest, poutiest look on his face. he didn't think it was that funny. be sure and save that pic so Jax can see it when he is 15.
I am also laughing at Jaden's pumpkin. Not very Halloweeny, but okay. :)
Awwww. It all turned out so cute!!! I love that you found a way to incorporate Chad's favorite (deviled eggs) into the mix! Jax looked darling in his Handy many costume and the pumpkins turned out adorable too. I {HEART} Halloween (well, and every other holiday!) So much fun, wish we could have been there :)
Wowwww!! You are an awsome mommy, that all looks like so much fun. I miss your smiling face so dang bad I could cry. I'm so happy that I can at least check in on what's happening in your life on your blog. I love you, your kids are beautiful, just like their mommy!
Wow Ok maybe you can pass some creativity on to me! Way cute ideas wish I could be that creative!
Okay you and your sister....I have never seen more creativness out of two hot girls! Looks so fun! I wish we all lived closer!!!
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