Craft a pretty leaf covered wood platter and top with yummy shortbread cookies with these how-tos from Prudent Baby. Find the shortbread recipe here.
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Apple Roundup
The Crafty Crow has a roundup of kid-friendly apple treat and craft ideas HERE, like this cute apple tin from Her Cup Overfloweth or this no bake apple pie from Chasing the Goose.
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Graveyard Cake For Halloween
Learn how to make this clever, kid-friendly graveyard cake (made with graham crackers, candies, Milano cookies and chocolate trees) HERE at Craftzine.com.
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Halloween Party Food
Our Best Bites has a great collection of clever Halloween party foods HERE. Their roundup–including recipes and how-tos–covers appetizers, snacks, desserts and more, and all are easy to make. My favorites: Oreo spiders, witch wands, and mummy dogs.
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Halloween Cookie Costumes
Before they go away forever…. I’ll get in as many posts as I can from Cookie Magazine. As cookies take up a huge part of my life, of course I fell in love with this genius idea from Clare Crespo (of Yummy Fun): edible cookie costumes. Find the how-tos HERE for making cookie masks.
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Sea Glass Candy
Having grown up on a beach collecting sea glass, this sea glass candy from Intimate Weddings made me consider divorce just so I could plan another wedding with sea glass favors. Alas, I won’t do that, but I will definitely be saving this idea as a party favor. Find the recipe HERE. And look! A whole blog devoted to … Read More ...
Fondant “Ravioli” and “Fettucini” Dessert
Find the how-tos (with video) to make these “ravioli” stuffed with chocolate cake and chocolate cake meatballs wrapped in “fettucini” HERE at Celebrations.
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Herb Potato Chips
Find the recipe for making these beautiful window pane potato chips HERE at Fare to Remember.
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Faux-Caviar Parfaits
I highly recommend visiting Luxirare and traveling through the fascinating photographic journey of creating these faux-caviar parfaits. The blogger breaks down and demystifies athe process of “spherification” and includes resources for making your own faux caviar parfaits. These sweet treats are a sci-fi foodie’s dream.
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Halloween Brownie Pops: Grownup and Kid Versions
Visit Woman’s Day for the recipe for Halloween brownie pops. For the grown-up version, click HERE. For the eyeball version, click HERE.(For the brownie pops recipe and link to the Wilton brownie mold, click HERE).
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Halloween Lollipop Pumpkin
I fell in love with this lollipop pumpkin from Better Homes and Gardens (that sweet-stuff-on-sticks fascination again). Find the how-tos HERE, and the rest of the pumpkin gallery (with 38 great ideas) HERE.
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Roundup: Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest 2009 is almost over, but there is still time to throw an Oktoberfest party (hmmm, I guess any time is a good time for a beer-centered party, according to my husband). Here are some links with Oktoberfest food and drink and party ideas (including the essentials, like beer, brats, pretzels, black forest cake, potato salad,
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Halloween Cakes
Find tons of Halloween cake ideas HERE at Wilton. If the ghostly Victorian seems too ambitious, there’s always this dracula coffin cake or mummy cake.
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Halloween Treat Boxes
Martha has a great slideshow of almost 30 Halloween favor and treat boxes, including how-tos and templates. Find the slideshow HERE, including these owls, skulls and brooms.
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Halloween Candy Tree
Oh, if only candy grew on trees… Find the how-tos for making this candy topiary HERE from Martha Stewart.
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