Jack 'O Lantern Grilled Cheese Halloween Snack . . .

Isn't this the cleverest open-faced grilled cheese you've ever seen?

Let your goblins cut the shape of a Jack 'O Lantern face out of a slice of cheddar cheese. Place it on a toasted English muffin and smear it with a smidge of barbecue sauce. Broil until cheese is melted and add a little green onion stem.

This would be good for a quick dinner for excited trick or treaters who won't/can't sit still for a complete meal. They are just going to be sick later anyway after eating all that candy.
Found @ Prudence Pennywise

Make the BEST HALLOWEEN MASK EVER (free download) . . .

I love this DIY paper craft (with tutorial) so much. You will be the hit of any Halloween Party holding this up to your face!

Say goodbye to uncomfortable plastic masks or sweaty (and ill-smelling) latex hoods. Put a little craft into your costume this year and have a ghoulishly good time doing it.

Full instructions.

Download template.

Photo: Jeff Rudell

Wishing you an Old-Fashioned Hallowe'en

Here's hoping you survive the vampires, ghosts and goblins, and that your treat bags are filled to the top.

I scanned this image from a 2001 Martha Stewart Living. It's simply BOOOtiful, isn't it?




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Halloween from a Pumpkin's viewpoint . . .

The Life and Death of a Pumpkin.
A very creative video. You'll never carve a jack-o-lantern again without feeling its pain!

Wash Tubs Painted for Halloween . . .

What a cute idea. Paint the bottoms of your wash tubs and hang them up for Halloween!

Candidates' Communication Tools . . .

Thanks, fubiz.

Halloween Gingerbread Skeleton Cookies . . .

HAPPY HALLOWEEN...Make some of these cookies for Friday's big holiday if you have time. These are cut with a standard Gingerbread Man Cookie Cutter and iced like skeletons. Aren't they wonderful?

One of my readers (Gal Friday) was inspired by this post and she made a whole batch of skeletons and one ghost. See her cookies here.

Guaranteed to please the most discriminating trick or treater. Get recipe. Found @ Heidi Kenney via Living Small

Written laws and spiders' webs . . .

"Written laws are like spiders' webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and the poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful."
Anacharsis (6th century Greek philosopher)

"Laws, like the spider's web, catch the fly and let the hawk go free." Spanish Proverb