Over the summer, Jordan spent a couple of weeks creating his Batman costume which he planned to wear to the Harvest Festival (an alternative to Halloween night) at our church.  Each piece meticulously cut out of cardboard, painted and glued onto an old black shirt and old black pants. The belt was made in strips and taped together which you can see here. The cape was a piece of fabric we ...

While cleaning out part of my freezer, I came across Botticelli mini chocolate shells which I'd plan at some point to use but forgot all about them.  I also found a bag of Halloween eyeball caramel chocolates. I needed to make something.  So I threw the eyeballs into a bowl over hot water to melt.  I had these left over from the Easter Egg Nests I made for Easter so I crushed ...

The clothes were made.  The make-up was done.  The kids were dressed.  We were ready for the night.  The werewolf was howling and snarling.  All the while Jack Sparrow was taking everything in his stride. 

Because Halloween falls on a Monday this year, the teachers decided to allow the kids to wear their costumes to school - with limits. 1. No scary costumes. 2. Normal clothes are to be worn under the costumes. 3. Costumes are to be taken off once the parade is over. 4. No make up, face paint or dyed hair. 5. No weapons even if they are plastic or toy weapons.   Over the weekend I sewed fake ...

These are cute for Halloween Day.   The recipe calls for eggs, vanilla extract, food colouring, cream of tartar and powdered/icing sugar. Make sure the eggs are at room temperature. Preheat the oven to 200F.   I forgot to include these - candy eyeballs from the craft store.   Place the egg white into a clean bowl and beat until fluffy.   When the egg whites are foamy, add the cream of tartar. Beat for about a minute.   Add the sugar ...

Since we don't like the whole Halloween holiday, we have always enjoyed an alternative to 'trick-or-treating'.  Many churches have adopted this holiday as an outreach event, inviting kids from the neighborhood to enjoy a free and safe evening of games, food and of course, candy.  This is our second year at Calvary Chapel and we enjoyed last year's Fall Festival. We donated our bag of candy before entering the church building ...