FREE SPIDER CUPCAKE PICKS AND GOODY BAGS

More free printable cupcake picks

and also a goody bag for your Halloween party.

How good do these cakes look?

They look fab and very little effort required, but you don't need to tell anyone!!!

And these trick or treat favour bags are a great way to send the goodies home in.

Both free printables from the talented

livinglocurto

CHECK OUT OTHER FREE PRINTABLES LISTED IN MY LABELS SECTION UNDER "FREEBIES"!!!

FREE HALLOWEEN CUPCAKE WRAPPERS

These are just too nice to use just for Halloween.

Frugal Life Project free printables

How about coffee morning with the girls.

FREE PRINTABLE CUPCAKE PICKS AND WRAPPERS

I wish I had found these early enough to us this year, but can't wait for next Halloween.

Cupcake picks

more cupcake picks

Not sure about these wrapper yet

All printable (free) from food Art Party

BREAST CANCER AWARENESS / COPPA FEEL BOOB HIJACK FREE PINK PRINTABLES

October is Breast awareness month and Coppa Feel 's Boob Hi Jack is on the 29th.

"Because cancer know's no age"

Check out this fantastic site!!!

These free printables would be great for any fundraiser or just a ladies coffee morning to get everyone to check themselves

Cake picks / toppers

Cupcake Wrappers

Cupcake Wrappers

All just begging for bright pink frosting.

These strung together to make a banner / bunting.



All thanks to the talented Latisha Horton of Eccentric Design Studio.



MORE FREE HALLOWEEN PRINTABLES

How can we not have a fantastic Halloween with all these free printables!!!

What lovely colours and so classy!!!

And these........

They will make it look like you have spent weeks organising your party.

From Eccentric Design Studio

HALLOWEEN PARTY 3 PART 2

Well far too laid back this year.

Check here for part 1.

Just finished the treat bags to take home, (but it's not a party I just can't help myself LOL)

What do you think?

and I found three trophies for 99p and I am going to award each child one for their pumpkin masterpieces.

SCARIEST PUMPKIN

FUNNIEST PUMPKIN

CUTEST PUMPKIN

Here is my ebay bargain.....

and here is what it looks like now.....

It's amazing what a can of spray paint can do!

The candles are alittle wonky mind!

It's for a dinner with friends on halloween, will post some pics next week of table setting.

Happy Halloween!!!

FREE TEMPLATE FOR HALLOWEEN BANNER / BUNTING

This lovely banner / bunting is so easy to make and looks fab.

Candy corn are not so popular over here in the UK but they give alittle colur.

Go to Finding my Aloha for free printable templates to make this lovely felt banner / bunting.

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Happy Halloween!!!

FREE PRINTABLE HALLOWEEN CUPCAKE PICKS AND WRAPPERS

And for your Halloween party cakes

Finding My Alhoa gives you free cupcake printables

So classy!!!

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FREE SWEET BAG TOPPERS

Have been busy making the favour bags so our not a party, pumpkin carving afternoon.

Here are some free printable sweetie bag toppers so you can make you own.

Don't forget to leave the same amount of white card above the picture so you can fold them over the bag.

Happy Halloween!!!

CHOCOLATE GAMES FAMILY NIGHT

We've been pretty busy lately, so I thought we would have some fun family time this weekend.

Being as Liam enjoyed the chocolate games whilst camping, (and to breath abit of new life into the board games stuffed in the cupboard). I am going to try it at home.

Mmmm yum yum, but what to choose....

 MALTESERS SOLITAIRE

MALTESERS KER PLUNK

CHOCOLATE BUTTONS DRAUGHTS

M&M LUDO

CHOCOLATE CHESS

You can buy ready made chocolate sets or buy a mould and make them yourself.

CARD GAMES WITH CHOCOLATE COINS FOR BETTING CHIPS

I have stuck these free printable poker chips on the chocolate coins
 (you can use elizabeth shaw chocolate mints if you can't find chocolate coins)

JELLY BEAN MANCALA (I know it's not chocolate but still fun)

JENGA

I wonder if we could play chocolate Jenga with kit kats???

We will give it ago, and let you know.

I think we may feel alittle ill on Saturday night. LOL

Our favourite chocolate party games....

CHOCOLATE DICES

You will need:

A large bar of chocolate

A plate

A knife and fork

A hat, scarf and gloves

Two dice

How to play:

Put the bar of chocolate on the plate with the knives and forks nearby and sit the children around it in a circle. Put the hat scarf and gloves in the middle.

Children take it in turns to roll the dice on the floor in front of them, passing them around the circle to their left. If a child rolls a double, they leap into the center of the circle, put on the dressing up clothes, and start to unwrap, then eat, the bar of chocolate - but only using the knife and fork. That child keeps going until another child rolls a double, at which point they mu co-operate in handing over the dressing up clothes so that the next child gets a turn.

We even play it at Halloween with scary hands and mask.

Hints:

This game can get very rowdy as doubles sometimes come thick and fast! Be prepared the change the rules if nobody is getting a chance to eat any chocolate, perhaps using only double 3, double 4, and double 5.

If you have a particularly large group of children, you might be better off having two sets of dice going round the circle (starting opposite each other) at the same time. If you do, you might want to limit "winning" doubles to double 5 and double 6.

Have a spare bar of chocolate or two on hand.

LACE RACES

You need:

strawberry liquorice laces

large marshmallows

You need to make a hole in the marshmallows and thread them onto a lace.

Alittle fiddly but don't try to be careful and the marshmallows stretch well.

One child holds an end of the lace in their mouth so the lace is tight (not saggy)

Make sure the marshmallow is in the middle and explain the lace has to stay tight

then on GO they have to eat their way (no hands!!) to the marshmallow

the one who eats the marshmallow first wins.

It is so funny, especially if it's a boy and girl a=on each end and they are 8. LOL

FLOUR FACES

Best played outside, as very messy!

You need:

2 large trays

2 small buckets

2 bags of flour

plastic knife

*several homemade large chocolate circles

Place trays on table and make flour sandcastles

place the chocolate circles on top

Get the child to carefully cut away a slice from the side of the sandcastle

If the castle falls the child has to pick the chocolate circle up with their mouth only (hands behind their back)

Chocolate Circles

Are just melted chocolate into small cookie size shapes.

Make sure you have lots.

I added dolly mixtures, M&M's and other sweeties whilst the chocolate was melted.

I must have made them too nice and they ended up knocking it over on purpose. LOL

If you have any other SWEET / CHOCOLATE  games, send them to me and I will include them.

Have fun with your family!!!

HALLOWEEN MONSTER CUPCAKES

Sooooo CUTE!!!

How adorable are these Fur Ball and String Monster cupcakes?

These wide-eyed little creatures are from the book What’s New, Cupcake.

FUR BALL MONSTERS:

Ingredients:

12 vanilla cupcakes baked in orange, green, and purple paper cases
12 mini vanilla cupcakes, paper liners removed
1 can (16 oz) vanilla frosting

Neon green, orange, and purple food coloring
24 mini lollipops  unwrapped
24 peach or green apple gummy rings
24 brown mini candy coated chocolates (M&M’s Minis)
12 assorted color candy-coated chocolates (M&M’s Minis)


Directions:

1. Spoon 2 tablespoons vanilla frosting into a small ziplock bag. Divide the remaining vanilla frosting among three bowls and tint each a different color with the food coloring. Spoon each color of frosting into a separate ziplock bag, press out the excess air, and seal the bags.

2. Insert a lollipop stick through a gummy ring, pushing it through the candy from the center to outer edge. Bring the gummy ring up around the lollipop, like a bonnet, to make the eyes. Continue with the remaining gummy rings and lollipops.

3. Snip a small (1/8-inch) corner from the bags with the frostings. Pipe a dot of tinted frosting on top of the standard cupcakes. Place a mini cupcake on top, flat side down. Starting at the edge of the standard cupcake and using the tinted frosting, pipe furn with a squeeze-release-pull action. Continue until the entire exposed cupcake assembly is covered. Repeat with the remaining cupcakes and colored frosting.

4. Insert 2 like-colored lollipop eyes into the top of each cupcake assembly. Pipe a dot of vanilla frosting in the center of each lollipop and add a brown candy for the pupil. Add a colored candy to the top of the frosting for the nose. Repeat with the remaining lollipop eyes and cupcakes.



STRING MONSTER VARIATION:

Follow steps 1 and 2 above. Snip a small (1/8-inch) corner from the bags with the frosting. Pipe a dot of tinted frosting on top of the standard cupcakes. Place a mini cupcake on top, flat side down. Pipe the tinted frosting all over the cupcakes to make the string, making sure to cover cupcakes completely. Continue with step 4 above.



  Too cute to eat!!!

BOOING PART 2

  Here's some pics of this years Boo's


Great way to get the pre Halloween party excitement going.

See here for free printable boo posters.

 The chocolates wer 89p for 18 from Aldi.

And the stickers from Poundland.

Double layered bags.

I tucked and taped the corners of the bag to make it wider for a larger bags of treats.

The skull and cross bones sticker was a sheet for 29p from Home bargains.


My 9 year old son still has great fun delivering these.

I think it is the knocking on the door and running away, he thinks it's naughty. LOL

So I thought I would Boo him and here's his Boo Bag....

I found out that sticking the chocolates to a card worked better as they dont move around.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Have fun with your family!!!

HARRY POTTER PARTY

Well with Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (part one)

only a month away, it got me thinking about Potter Parties.....

INVITATIONS

A howler

There are some really complicated instructions here but I sat up last night making a basic pattern.
Will try and pull it together this week.

or

by owl post

COSTUMES
Free printable Harry glass from here

DECORATIONS

Make a 9 3/4 sign and put over the front doorway

paint a brick wall on an old sheet thread a bamboo cane throw the top

cut a slit up the middle and hang over front door

so they can walk through the 9 3/4 platform

BANNER / BUNTING

A banner / bunting made from pennants for each house team

(Right click on image and save image and use as required)

Gryffindor - on burgundy pennat

Huffle Puff - on a yellow

Slytherin - on an emerald green pennant

Ravenclaw - on blue pennant

Badges for each child : reduce the size of each tean badge

and put double sided sticky tape and place on each child

Individual Hogwarts pennants - on black

Broomsticks, wands, hats, spell books, owls

Flying key mobile.

GAMES & ACTIVITES

THE SORTING HAT

Sort the group of children into teams have them come to the front

put the sorting hat (a battered witches hat) onto their head

And have them pull a slip of paper from a poitions jar.

HUT THE SNITCH

Glue wings on ping pong balls, spray them gold and hide them around the garden

QUIDITCH

Martha Smartha

Hoola hoops sprayed and attached to stakes at different hieghts.

take turns in throwing the quaffle (ball) threw them.

Give points for each hoop.

Marauders Map Treasure Trail

This is a fantastic invite by britta you can adapt for your treasure trail.

You will have to go to the site as they are copy protected, but you can download them for personal use.

They are well worth the effort, I promise.

GIANT CHESS

Something for them to do whilst you are busy elsewhere.

FOOD & DRINK

Accent the party

butter beer and broomsticks

Butterbeer Recipe


12 ounces (one bottle) of ginger beer
36 ounces (three bottles) of cream soda
3 T of butterscotch ice cream topping



Thoroughly chill the unopened ginger beer and cream soda in the refrigerator until they are icy cold. Refrigerate the empty glass jug as also.
Once the beverages are chilled, in a small mixing bowl or tall glass, stir 1-2 ounces of cream soda into the butterscotch topping until it's thoroughly combined.
Pour all the remaining soda into the chilled pitcher.
Quickly add the butterscotch mixture to the jug.
Stir until it is just combined - do not over stir.
Pour it over the ice and serve them immediately.
This recipe serves 6.

To add a frothy sparkle to the drinks, dip the rim of each glass in corn syrup, pulling drips of syrup downward with a toothpick.
Then dip each glass rim in a mixture of colored sugar.
Before dipping, spread the corn syrup & sugar mixture each onto a separate, flat-bottomed plate.

or

pumpkin juice (really fresh orange juice)

or
you could print these and stick them to your soda bottles.

CUPCAKES

or you could reduce the size of the house badges above and use them as cake picks like this.

PHOTO BOOTH
Now this is a fantastic photo op, alot of work for some artistic person but well worth it.

FAVOURS

broomstick favours

Make these chocolate frog boxes

template from here
from your choice of card.

This is a printable box ready to glue together.

You can put in a freddo the frog chocolate (yes they are still around)
or
you could also buy a chocolate making mould in the shape of a frog.

Bertie Bott's's jelly beans sweetie bags

Have fun!!!