A "Spook"tacular Celebration

We still have one full weekend to celebrate before Halloween arrives.  I love Halloween and all of the excitement surrounding and I especially love a party!     I thought I'd share a few last minute ideas for some fun and festive food and decorations in case you are either hosting or attending a party this weekend.  

Appetizers

A Yummy Mummy filled with Spinach Dip

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Mini Mummy Pizzas

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A Veggie and Dip Skeleton....crazy creative!

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And my personal favorite...a Cheese Ball Pumpkin.  

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Main Course

How about ribs (love the red pepper heart...lol) 

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with Whipped Ghost Potatoes

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Sweet Treats

Eyeballs...they look disgusting, but what kid wouldn't love them?  They are white powdered donuts, gummy savers, a chocolate chip and gel icing.

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Candy corn parfait...simply pineapples, mandarin oranges and whipped cream.

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Mummy Cupcakes...that are actually low-fat too.

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So sweet....no pun intended.

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Another cute take on chocolate covered pretzels.

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Every good gathering need some festive decorations and here are some super easy last-minute ideas that your kids can help with.

Origami Spider Webs- it sounds difficult, but it's really just folded and cut paper.

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Or maybe coffee filter webs...so cute!

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Felt bat garland...love this one!!  Felt is so cheap and easy to work with too.

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Or maybe just some spooky silhouettes....so cute strung on black string.

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And if you're still on the hunt for that perfect costume for either yourself or your kids, check out some of the great ideas I stumbled across when searching for ideas for my middle schooler.

For the adults...

Army man from Toy Story

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Rock, Paper, Scissors....so cute

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Tooth and Tooth Fairy

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For the kiddos...

LOVE!

Disgusting, but very creative.

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Raining Cats & Dogs

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For a group...so cute!

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Wherever your upcoming pre-Halloween weekend takes you, I hope it's "SPOOK"tacular!

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Oh how I LOVE Halloween!

It's coming...it's coming....one of my very favorite holidays.  HaLlOwEeN!!!!      I don't even dress up myself, but I adore everything about this holiday.  Crisp air, a night out with the family, parades, kids in costumes, pumpkins....and CANDY!

Ok....I know the candy is supposed to be for the kids, but.....since my son has a milk allergy, I cannot let the chocolate go to waste!  LOL  I'm not sure how I feel about this every time I go to the grocery store though???  Don't they know that I'm not great about temptation....

Anyway....I digress as always :)   One of my FAVORITE things is helping my children pick out their costumes and seeing what others do.  I love the out-of-the-box creative ideas that are homemade and while I yearn to make my children's costumes each year...they want store bought.  Oh well.  Here are a few from years past.

JASMINE

SNOW WHITE...
haven't we all been through the Disney phase?



A personal favorite...GEISHA



and...my little MONKEY!!

My little ROOSTER and a "light up" PUMPKIN GIRL!

LOVE my little rooster, but hated the cheap store-bought light up one she wore that year.   Had to let it go.  Not sure if you can tell, but she's a light up pumpkin.



An ANGEL and a DRAGON
(That year their costumes fit their personalities...lol)

 A dragon...looking confused at the parade? This was the 1st year he "got" what it was all about.


And last year we sported 2 different costumes...Mickey and a shark!

Another favorite....my sweet GREEK GODDESS!

I'm not ready to reveal what they have each chosen yet for this year...I'll post pictures on Halloween.  We like to keep it a secret here at our house until the big day.  But....here are a few of my favorites that I found while searching for some ideas.



Strawberry from Old Navy





Baby Werewolf from Gymboree
















Gorgeous Peacock also from Gymboree



Monster Costume from The Children's Place



                           

Sweet little owl....Hoooo doesn't love an owl....from costumeexpress.com





                                                            

Sure to be VERY popular this year...the infamous Angry Bird!
Via costumeexpress.com





                                                             

A classic and definitely more for the parents....look at a tongue. 
Also from costumeexpress.com

And a couple of favorites for twins or siblings....

The Garden Gnome duo courtesy of Target.  Although, good luck getting on their site after the Missoni debacle.

Or how about these cuties?   I tried so hard to get them to be Little Red and the Big Bad Wolf this year to no avail.   A girl can dream!  These adorable costumes are also from costumeexpress.com.   Costume express has great coupons until October 31st so go check them out!  (I was not paid to say that either....lol)

 And my personal favorite for the season....

Oh how I wish I had a dog right now...they can't argue with costumes.

Is that the funniest or what?

Happy Halloween Shopping...let the fun begin!

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