Monday, October 29, 2012

Halloween party!


We hosted a little Halloween party here this afternoon. I planned almost everything from ideas that I had seen on Pinterest.

I made banana chocolate chip muffins and used these cupcakes toppers that I had picked up last year from Winners. (Made by Wilton) Want the recipe? I used my Best Banana Muffins Ever recipe found here.

I love these stickers that Claire and I stuck to the bottom of these Hershey's Kisses. Is anyone else excited that they changed the formula for the kisses? I think they are delicious now! I found the printable here.


I baked sugar cookies on popsicle sticks and decorated them to look (sort of like) mummies. These were a big hit with the kids, I mean come on, cookies on sticks?! That's where it's at.


I put a bit of floral foam in the bottom of these containers that I picked up at Dollarama to hold the cookies.


 Sticking with the mummy theme, I wrapped up a few juice packs using white electrical tape and googly eyes. I also decorated cookies that had been cut with a gingerbread cookie cutter to look like mummies. I used M&M's for the eyes.

 One of my favorite things that I made was this banner. I used my cricut to make it. I cut 5" circles out of black cardstock, and then cut all of the letters on white paper, using my Opposites Attract cartridge.


I've seen a few variations of this on Pinterest. I didn't want to have to cut everything by hand, so I cut the only shapes that I could find on Cricut cartridges. Luckily, my friend Sylvia, had a few cartridges that I could borrow.  I taped all of the black paper to some fishing line and hung them up between the two posts.


 A while ago, I placed another order from Bargain Balloons. I went in on an order with a friend so that we could split the flat shipping rate. I just love the selection of balloons, and you cannot beat their prices. (That is not an affiliate link. Bargain Balloons don't know who I am, I just love their site!)



  My last bit from the party was another printable that I found on Pinterest. (Seriously, where did I come up with ideas before Pinterest?) The tags say "A bit of light for Halloween night." I found this printable here.


Claire was dressed up like a horse. (Lucky find this summer while my sister and I were yardsaling!)

Simon was dressed up as Super Simon, cute kid by day, and superhero by night!

8 comments:

  1. So fun! All of the details are just perfect... love the mummy cookies!

    Take care,

    Trish

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    1. Mummy cookies are so much easier than decorating detailed cookies. All you have to do is scribble white icing across everything!!

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  2. I didn't even know they made white electrical tape. Now I want to get some and mummify everything! Simon is getting so big. Such an adorable Superman!

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    1. They make electrical tape in as many colours as duct tape now! I bought it last summer for a project that I never ended up making...

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  3. Wow, so awesome. I say this on Pinterest and thought it was a AWESOME IDEA!!
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  4. Superb photographs!! All these Halloween party pictures are so adorable. Those sugar cookies on popsicle sticks are looking fabulous. Great job! This year I also hosted a huge Halloween party at some popular NYC venues and had so much fun with family.

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