And I like that if it's cold and not cloudy you can see the stars.
Then it's my Birthday. Then Halloween and then bonfire night. All super close together.
And you get to have sparklers.
And now, I get to have a gingerbread house too!
Gingerbread houses aren't just for Christmas anymore!
Using melted bark coating or candy melts makes this craft simple enough for kids.
A black cat peeps from piles of pumpkins. Orange and black gumdrops light the path on Halloween night. Spiders creep and bats flap.
Don't miss our friendly ghosts!
Materials and Ingredients- 1 recipe gingerbread house dough
- gingerbread house mould
- 1 12-ounce package orange sweets
- 1 package orange-colored sugar wafer cookies
- Assorted harvest candies:
- mallowcreme harvest mix candies (including pumpkins and candy corn)
- black rope licorice
- small black licorice "bits"
- chocolate bar
- orange and black gumdrops
- orange and black cake decors (from the cake decorating section)
- candy bats and/or spiders (from the cake decorating section)
- Marshmallow Peeps® Ghosts
Use rope licorice to reinforce roof line and joints between walls.
Using orange candy melts, apply sugar wafer cookies to the roof in staggered rows, resembling shingles. Overlap cookies about 1/4-inch. Cut cookies to size where necessary.
Create a "chimney" by cementing small licorice bits in "rows" to resemble brick masonry. Use orange candy melts as "mortar". Allow each row to harden before building the next one.
Decorate house using remaining candies.
This website also has printable masks and sweetie boxes and "boo" glasses- perfect for unexpected dressing up events!
http://www.allcrafts.net/crochetsewingcrafts.htm?url=www.mrprintables.com/printable-halloween-decorations-candle.html
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Instructions for making pumpkin candles- which could be quite cool if you're going the pinterest route this year...- I read online (I haven't attempted this as I only have plastic cookie cutters so if it doesn't work don't come crying to me!) that if you have metal cookie cutters and a rubber mallet (RUBBER! not anything more heavy duty!) you can gently tap the cookie cutter into the pumpkin and cut out designs.
This would be pretty cool to do in the bottom of the pumpkin if you cut out the shapes from the top- especially in coloured wax!
Materials and Tools:
acorn and hubbard squash (and others, if available)
beeswax or regular paraffin candle wax (allow about 1/2 lb. for each candle)melon baller
double boiler
yellow, orange, coral and/or purple wax color tablets
candle wicks
wick tips
Steps:
1. Cut off the tops of the squash and hollow out the insides. For hubbard squash, scrape out the seeds with a large spoon. For acorn squash, use the melon baller to scoop out the flesh, following the natural grooves of the squash. Make the grooves as deep as possible and smooth them with the back of a spoon.
2. Melt the wax in a double boiler over boiling water.
3. Add color tablets as the wax melts. For different color candles, melt the wax in batches, adding various color tablets each time.
4. Meanwhile, cut lengths of wick a few inches longer than the squash are tall. Attach the wick tabs to the wicks.
5. When the wax is completely melted, carefully pour into a squash. Drop in one wick tab, with the wick attached, and let it settle to the bottom.
6. Lay a pencil across the top of the squash and drape the end of the wick over it so it is as centered as possible. Repeat, in batches if you like, to make more candles.
7. Let the candles harden completely — about five to six hours — then peel the outside of the squash away from the wax.
8. Trim the wicks before lighting the candles.
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