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Nope – this isn’t another boring post on how to make boring, regular food. This post is all about the DISPLAY of the food for Halloween and how you can make your Halloween party a real hit! My all time favorites (of which I’ve just discovered when researching for recipes) is the finger cookies. They look extremely realistic and are quite easy to make!

Click on the photo to get the recipe and how to.

Contents:

• Drink Tutorials
• Appetizer Tutorials
• Dinner Entree Tutorials
• Cake and Pie Tutorials
• Ice Cream Tutorials
• Brownie Tutorials
• Cookie Tutorials
• Cupcake Tutorials
• Graham Cracker Tutorials
• Candy Tutorials
• Marshmallow Tutorials
• Popcorn Tutorials

Drink Tutorials:

Bloody Brain Shooter: Fine Living

Medusa Ice Face and Hands Punch: Martha Stewart

Shrunken Heads in Cider: Martha Stewart

Boo-Nilla Shake: Martha Stewart

Fruit Drink Spritzer with Wiggle Worm Ice: BHG

Haunting Hot Chocolate: BHG

Ghoul's Punch with Frozen Hand: BHG

Gremlins Rule! Drink: BHG

Appetizer Tutorials:

Shark Infested Jello: Designs by Vanessa

Mini Witch's Brooms made from Pretzel Sticks and Fruit by the Foot: Family Fun

Monster Toes: Family Fun

Ladies' Fingers and Mens' Toes Pretzel Bites: Martha Stewart

Mummy Wraps made from Hot Dogs: BHG

Hot Dog Mummies: Family Fun

Forked Eyeballs made from Donut Holes: Family Fun

Apple Bites: Family Fun

Edible Eyeballs made from Carrots: Family Fun

Carrot Finger Food: Family Fun

Cheese Finger Food: Family Fun

Cheesy Corns: Family Fun

Whoo Hoo Hooty Appetizer made from cheese, apple slices, nuts, and capers: BHG

Guacamoldy with Creature Chips: Martha Stewart

Candy Corn Crackers: BHG

Ghost Toasts: Family Fun

Melon Brain: Family Fun

Dinner Entree Tutorials:

Adam's Ribs: BHG

Meat Hand: Not Martha

Spiderweb Eggs: Martha Stewart

Devilish Eggs: Martha Stewart

Creepy Peepers: Family Fun

Eye Popping Tomato Soup: Martha Stewart

Mashed Boo-tatoes: Martha Stewart

Grilled Cheese Sandwiches with Celery Broomsticks: Martha Stewart

Cake and Pie Tutorials:

Pumpkin Marble Cake: Martha Stewart

Pumpkin Cake-o'-Lantern: Family Fun

Chocolate Marshmallow-Ghost Cake and Mini Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Haunted House Cake: Martha Stewart

No Bake Spiderweb Cheesecake: Martha Stewart

Spider Cakes: Martha Stewart

Spooky Lemon Pie: Crafty Crafty

Ice Cream Tutorials:

Witch Hat: BHG

Chocolate Witch's Hat and Ice Cream: Cathie Filian

I Scream Sandwitches: Martha Stewart

Wacky Witches made with Cheesecake and Ice Cream: BHG

Pumpkin Ice Cream Pie: Family Fun

Brownie Tutorials:

Almond Brownie Coffins: Martha Stewart

Halloween Brownies: Martha Stewart

Cookie Tutorials:

Dulce de Leche Bat Cookies: Martha Stewart

Hoot Owl Cookies: All Recipes

Midnight Moon Cookies: Martha Stewart

Bat and Cobweb Cookies: Martha Stewart

Fun Candy Corn Sugar Cookies: Stylish Cuisine

Spooky Witches Fingers: All Recipes

Ladies' Fingers: Martha Stewart

Puzzle Cookies: BHG

Halloween Tuile Cookies: Martha Stewart

Cupcake Tutorials:

• Halloween Cupcake Ideas: Bakerella

Scrumptious Skeletons: Family Fun

Sea Monster Cupcakes: Family Fun

Wicked Witch Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Witch's Hat Cupcake: Family Fun

Sweet Skull Cupcakes: Family Fun

Stenciled Chocolate Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Creepy Cupcakes: Family Fun

Brain Cupcakes: Family Fun

Batty Cupcakes: Family Fun

Pumpkin Cupcakes made from Hostess Sno-Balls and Green Tootsie Rolls: BHG

Pumpkin Cupcakes: Family Fun

Cauldron Cupcakes: BHG

Brain Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Ghost Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Monster Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Hairy Daddy Longlegs Cupcakes: Family Fun

Creepcake Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Witch Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Frankenstein Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Little Devil Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Black Cat Cupcake: Martha Stewart

Cyclops Cupcake: Martha Stewart

Vampire Bat Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Mr. Pearly Whites made from a Hostess Cupcake: BHG

Jack Skellington Cupcakes: Disney Family Entertainment

Mad Science Party Cupcakes: LivingLoCurto

Spider in a Web Cupcake: BHG

Graham Cracker Tutorials:

Frankenstein Mask: BHG

Candy Tutorials:

Chocolate Witch's Hats: Martha Stewart

Chocolate Mice: All Recipes

Graveyard Gravel: BHG

Invisible Pops: Martha Stewart

Monster Lollipops: Martha Stewart

Skull Pop: Martha Stewart

Candy Cats: Martha Stewart

White as Ghost Pops: BHG

White Chocolate Ghosts: Martha Stewart

Marshmallow Tutorials:

Halloween Marshmallows: Distracted Gourmet

Marshmallow Bones: Martha Stewart

Popcorn Tutorials:

Wicked Witch's Hat: BHG

Silly Popcorn Treats: BHG

Umm… Time to bake. Collecting links for this post was torture! I am STARVING now!

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

Photo Credit: Jill on flickr

Tutorials:

• DIY Halloween Wreath Tutorials from my previous blog post here
• Lowe’s has several tutorials for outdoor decorations, which I have blogged about here
• Looking for indoor or party Halloween tutorials too? Check out my post here
• How to Make Glow Water: YouTube

Owl Trio: BHG

Crystal Ball: BHG

Scaredy Cats: BHG

Holiday Light Ball: Born2Haunt

Halloween Bat Windchime: Inspired at Home

Haunted Birdhouse: Plaid

Contents:

• Coffin and Graveyard Tutorials
• Ghost Tutorials
• Mummy Tutorials
• Skull/Skeleton Tutorials
• Witch Tutorials
• Scary Tree and Pumpkin Tutorials
• Sign Tutorials
• Doorway Decor Tutorials
• Luminaria Tutorials

Coffin and Graveyard Tutorials:

• How to Make Tombstones for Halloween: YouTube

How to Make a Coffin: Spooky Blue

How to Make Glowing Weathered Columns for Your Yard Haunt: ElliottZone

How To Make Creepy Tombstones: BHG

Make Your Own Halloween Tombstones: Cathie Filian

Scarab Beetles Crawling on Tombstone: BHG

Hot Glue Gun Web Shooter: Scary-Terry

Ghost Tutorials:

Easy, Do-It-Yourself Ghost

Ghoulish Ghosts: HGTV

Ghost Family Circle: HGTV

How to Make a Halloween Ghost: That Artist Woman

Ghostly Halloween Greeters: BHG

Mummy Tutorials:

• $30 Mummy Fashioned After the $100 version at Party City: Tripod – MUST SEE!

How To Make A Mummy: BHG

Mummy Head Statues: BHG

Skull/Skeleton Tutorials:

• How to Make a Halloween Corpse: Video Series: eHow

Barrow of Bones: BHG

Witch Tutorials:

Illuminated Witches' Broomsticks: HGTV

How to Make a Witch's Broom Out of Yard Waste: Curbly

Easy Bubbling Cauldrons: BHG

Witch's Cauldron: Make it Do

Scary Tree and Pumpkin Tutorials:

Halloween Tree: AranaMuerta

DIY Pumpkins: Stolloween

Tree Faces: Stolloween

Sign Tutorials:

Please Help Yourself to Halloween Candy Sign: DudeCraft

Bewitching Plaque: The Swell Life

Witch's Hat Hanging: BHG

Beware Broom: Plaid

Witches Broom Sign: BHG

Witchy Welcome Sign: BHG

Scrap Wood Sign: ThirteenForHalloween

Decoupaged Halloween Plates: BHG

Doorway Decor Tutorials:

Creepy Spider Web Doorway: Crayola

Window Spooky: BHG

Spooky Warning Window Sign: BHG

Trick-Or-Treat Garland: BHG

Pumpkin Rug: BHG

Happy Spider Doormat: Plaid

Spooky Stairs: BHG

Ghostly Garage: BHG

Luminaria Tutorials:

Skeleton Luminarias: HGTV

Reusable Halloween Luminary: Thirteen For Halloween

Bucket Luminarias: BHG

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

Photo Credit: Roadsidepictures on flickr

I was shopping at some store (can’t remember which one) and went down the Halloween aisle. I saw these freaking awesome trophies that are usually given out as prizes for Halloween Costume Contests. I also checked out Spirit and Halloween USA to see what they had to offer for costume awards. All of the stores had pretty ridiculous prices. (Something like $10 for a trophy and $5 for lame buttons that said “first place, second place, etc.)

Because the prices were ridiculous, I decided that I was going to look around Micheal’s to see if anything sparked my creativity. I LOVE making things myself – the items are so much more original, cheaper, and of better quality that what you can buy at cheap stores.

I’m not having a party… but heck! Why not give awards to random trick-or-treaters that I feel are deserving!? Yes. That is a great idea!

I did find some awesomeness at Micheal’s. Here is my tutorial for Halloween Costume Award Pins:

Materials Needed:

• Halloween Wood Cutouts (I bought a pack of 4 shapes at Micheal’s for $1) – You can also use foam cutouts!
• Paint (I used acrylic paint)
• Thick Paintbrush and Thin Paintbrush (Thick for painting the overall color and thin for painting details and the letters)
• Halloween Ribbon (I paid $1.50 for a ribbon spool at Micheal’s at 5/8 inches by 3 yards. This should exactly cover your ribbon needs for your 4 awards)
• Hot Glue Gun with Glue Sticks
• Pin Backs (So it’s wearable!)
• Construction Paper (If your cutout has holes in the middle)

Most of these materials I already had, so I only needed to buy the ribbon and the wood cutouts. Pretty awesome result for $2.50 and my time, right? Onto the instructions! I made the cat awards by using the default steps, but I’ve also included some Time Saver steps which I have used on my other awards (The pumpkins and the skulls) that turn out just fine!

Step 1: Paint the front side of the cutout a solid color. Then paint details after it’s dry. For lettering, I just free-handed it. You most certainly can use tracing paper with a printed out word if you aren’t comfortable with your writing. Some examples of what the awards could say are listed at the bottom of this tutorial.

Step 2: Cut 24 Ribbon Strips of 4.25″ in length if you want the ribbon looking like it is going in the same direction on the award.

TIME SAVER STEP 2: If you don’t really care if the ribbon is facing the same direction and want to save time, cut 12 ribbon strips of 8.5″ in length.

24 of these, or 12 of twice this length!

Step 3: Using your hot glue gun, glue the ribbon strips together facing opposite directions as shown below.

TIME SAVER STEP 3: You don’t have to do this step, because you already have the desired length!

Step 4: Glue the ribbons on top of each other in a star formation as shown. Make sure that you are gluing them centered!

TIME SAVER STEP 4: In order to find and glue the middles together without measuring, fold the ribbons in half, making a visible crease.

Step 5: Turn your ‘star’ over, and hot glue each piece to the center of the star.

Step 6: Choose which side of the ribbon that you want to be in the front, and hot glue your cutout to the center of the ribbon.

Note: If your cutout has cutouts in the middle, you will need to glue construction paper to the back before gluing on the ribbon, so that your ribbon has something to attach to. Examples are shown with the pumpkin and skull awards at the bottom of this tutorial.

Step 7: Flip it over, and hot glue your pin back to the ribbon.

Step 8: Enjoy!

Questions? Comments? More award options? Other ideas? Make some of your own? Let me know!

Some Halloween Costume Awards Options: