Halloween Is In the Bag

Another Halloween is over! We had a fantastic time and have enough candy to last until Valentine’s Day. Maybe. I was able to overcome my unexplained sluggishness of late and really do it up this year.

We had a party for the kids and their friends, and I went a little nuts with themed food and fun. First up, the door wreath. I found an inexpensive feather wreath and added a ghoul to the top. That was easy.

I decided that the theme of this year’s Halloween would simply be Gross Out the People. Take a look:

Dirty Q-Tips: Mini Marshmallows on white straws dunked in caramel (ear wax).

Snot on a Stick: Pretzel sticks with green cream cheese dip (snot).

These were my favorite. Squished Cockroaches: Dates filled with cream cheese and chopped walnuts (roach innards).

One of my favorite memories of Halloween as a kid was the haunted houses that had bowls of gross stuff to feel. I used paper bags lined with plastic bags. The kids loved this, but I think I liked making the bags more!

Scabs: dried apple chips
Dragon Skin: wet tamale wrappers
Goblin Guts: pumpkin seeds and strings
Ghost Vomit: cold oatmeal
Tapeworms: oiled half-cooked fettuccine
Ghoul Eyeballs: peeled grapes

Do you know how hard it is to get a good photo of eight kids when four moms are each taking pictures at the same time and shouting, “Look over here!”? Hard. Still cute.

And, finally, the best sugar cookies ever. My daughter handled the icing of the cookies. She wanted them all to be happy. The only thing gross about this is that I ate eleventy billion of them. They’re that good.