Some Fun Halloween Recipes and Crafts

By Sherril Steele-Carlin

Halloween is one of America's most popular holidays. Today, Halloween decorations and costumes are second only to the sales of Christmas decorations and décor.

Here are some spook-tacular Halloween recipes for crafts and goodies that will have your little ghouls and goblins begging for more!

Quick Fruit Kabobs

  • Bananas, cut
  • Apple, cut
  • Melon, cut
  • Cheese, cut
  • Orange juice
  • Coconut

Place on skewer in random order. Dip in orange juice, and then roll in coconut. Make "favorite kabobs" with your favorite fruit and cheese. This is a great, healthy snack for a children's Halloween party. Serves 8 to 10.

Ants on a Log

  • Celery stalks
  • Peanut butter
  • Raisins

Fill celery stalks with peanut butter and put raisins in a line on top of peanut butter. They look like ants or a log.  Kids love them – another great treat for the Halloween party.

Monster Toast

Pour small amount of milk in small cups and add a different color of food coloring in each one.  Using the colored milk, paint a monster on bread. Toast. Butter lightly, don't cover the monster.  Munch your monster.

Caramel Corn

  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup corn syrup
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda

Place all ingredients into saucepan (have an adult do this). Stir over medium heat. Bring to a full boil. Stir into 1 large bowl of popped corn. Stir well and let cool. Roll into balls or enjoy from the bowl!

The Cat's Whiskers Punch

  • 1 qt. pineapple sherbet
  • 2 (2 liter) bottles ginger ale

Half-fill punch bowl with ginger ale; add scoops of sherbet to fill the bowl. Prepare just before guests arrive.

Witches Brew Punch

  • 20 cups water
  • 1 lg. can frozen limeade
  • 1 lg. can frozen lemonade
  • 1 pkg. lemon-lime Kool-aid
  • 1 c.sugar (or 1 pkg. presweetened lemon-lime Kool-aid)
  • 1/2 lg. can pineapple juice
  • 1 lg. bottle ginger ale
  • Ice, crushed
  • Dry ice

Put all ingredients in large punch bowl. Drop dry ice into bowl for steaming affect. You can alsoadd cubes of lime sherbet.

Homemade Halloween Face Paint

  • 1 tsp. cornstarch
  • 1/2 tsp. water
  • 1/2 tsp. cold cream
  • Food coloring (variety of colors)
  • Small containers (one for each color paint)
  • Small paintbrush

Stir together the cornstarch and cold cream until well blended. Add water and stir. Add food coloring, one drop at a time until you get the desired color. Experiment with different colors.  Paint on with a paint brush.  Store in covered containers.

Another Halloween Face Paint

  • Cornstarch
  • Food coloring
  • Shortening (Crisco)

Mix together in your favorite colors and paint face.

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