Harley Halloween Highlights!

The Spook-tacular and "Tourpak or Treat" was a success!!!  Never mind it was sooooo cold and windy...the children came trickling in all day long and we all had fun!!!! 

There were great costumes...both young and old,

Pumpkins carved that sat in the cold,

Pinata time for the brave and bold,

Cycles decorated all in a row!!!

Treats!!

Since I seem to be on a Halloween theme this week, I decided to share some quick and easy treats you can make for your children at home, school or on Halloween Day!!

Creepy Popcorn Hands from Aunt Nubby's Kitchen  I've done these at school and the kids love them!!!   1. Assemble supplies you will need - plastic food service gloves, popcorn, candy corn, ribbon, and spider rings. 2. Pop the popcorn, either microwave popcorn or the old fashioned way, it's up to you. 3. Insert one candy corn at the end of each finger to represent fingernails, then begin to stuff the plastic glove with popcorn. 4. After the glove is full of popcorn tie some colorful ribbon at the top to close it. 5. Last, put a plastic spider ring on one of the fingers and you are done! Halloween Snack Mix from Easy Appetizers What you’ll need:- 10 cups of popcorn (popped) - 1 package of peanut butter chips - 1 cup of chocolate chips - 1 cup of candy corn - add some pretzel sticks (optional) What to do: Here’s how easy it is, your jaw will drop when you realize all you have to do is: 1. Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and mix together. Scardey Cat Marshmallow Pops from The Seven Year Cottage Ingredients: Marshmallows Lollipop sticks 1/4c. white chocolate chips Candy corn Chocolate almond bark M&M Mini’s Rips Whips Styrofoam rectangle Narrow ribbon Insert one lollipop stick into the center of each marshmallow and set aside. To make cat ears, cut the tips off of candy corn, they should be about 1/2″ tall. In a small bowl, melt white chocolate chips and use to adhere two candy corn tips to the top of each marshmallow. Stand pops upright in Styrofoam rectangle until white chocolate has set up completely. Melt almond bark according to package instructions. Dip marshmallow pops into warm candy coating. Allow excess to drip off before returning to foam base to dry. Transfer all remaining chocolate to a small, shallow bowl and cover with plastic wrap. After candy coating on marshmallows has hardened, remove the plastic wrap from the leftover chocolate and reheat until liquid again. Dab a little bit on the backs of colorful candies and quickly attach them to faces to form eyes and nose. For whiskers, separate the yellow licorice strands and snip into short pieces with kitchen shears. Use a clean pair of tweezers to dip the tips into melted chocolate, then apply to both sides of cat nose. You may need to hold them in place for several seconds until secure.

I Love Dressing Up!!!!

Halloween is just around the corner!!!  What I love best is the opportunity to dress up...become a character for the day....revert back to being a child!!!  Lol!!!  Just doesn't get any better than that!!

Over the years I've managed to find some pretty great costumes and before Halloween became politically taboo for schools, I dressed up for my students!!!  During those days I became a witch, Raggedy Ann, a unicorn, Tigger, a Gypsy, a Candy witch, Clifford the Big Red Dog, an M&M, Dorthy....you get the idea!! 

In recent years, we've been to Halloween parties for our Harley Owners Group...I even managed to get Harley Man to dress up (quite a feat I must say).  There's nothing better than being with friends who love to dress-up as much as I do!!!  Alas, this year we won't be celebrating at a Halloween party..instead we'll be joining in the "Tourpak or Treat" I mentioned in my post yesterday.  So I've been searching for just the right costume to wear while delivering those treats to young and old.  Part of dressing up means finding just the right makeup to complete the costume!!!

I stumbled upon Kandee Johnson, a professional makeup artist and I think she does an awesome job.  Wish I'd found her site some time ago!!!  So...today I wanted to share that source with you because.......Halloween is just around the corner, folks!!!!!!!!!!  What are you going to be dressing up as this Halloween????????????