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Parenthub.com's halloween Page 

Tips, tricks, ideas for Halloween fun, food, decorations, costumes etc. There are so many Halloween Websites,  I could create a site just for that, so I have compiled some of the many links here. You will find links from the sites below to additional sites. Keep scrolling down the page to find some fun but quick and simple recipes to help celebrate the spooky day.

 
Buy Your Halloween Costumes at BirthdayExpress.com

Halloween Safety - This is a page from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention warns that roughly 4 times as many children are killed on Halloween night than any other night of the year. This page has a lot of good safety tips for Halloween for what children should do, what adults and parents should do, who is affected and links to other safety resources.

Kid's Domain Halloween - A fun site for kids. Get software for your Mac or Pc, find clip art, online halloween games, craft projects, pictures to color, links and more.

Jack-O-Lantern Patterns - Find a pattern you like between witches, cyclops, spiders and other spooky patterns, print it out and get to work<g>.

Halloween Costume Closet - Lists of easy, time-saving and even inexpensive Halloween costumes. Lots of stuff here, worth a visit.

Absolutely Halloween - Build a spooky 3D model of a haunted house, games, a coloring book, a Halloween maze, decorations, interactive Halloween story, scary music, monster riddles and much more.

Bat/Spider Theme - Arts & crafts, games & activities, spooky snacks and other fun related to bats and spiders. You can get some great ideas for Halloween here even though it isn't publicized as a Halloween page. 

Billy Bear's Halloween Page - from Billy Bear Storybooks. Bob for apples, carve pumpkins, visit haunted houses, send Halloween cards and links to many other Halloween related sites.

Happy Halloween from Ben&Jerry's - Ben&Jerry's Halloween page, as good as the ice cream. History, Arts& Crafts, Halloween music, virtual Jack O' Lantern's, online games, offline games, Halloween graphics that you can use for free, Halloween safety game and more.

The Virtual Haunted House - Spooky artwork made by kids.

A couple of quick recipes that I've used myself or thought of using:

Halloween Jigglers:
Buy molds at http://www.jell-o.com. They have Halloween molds. Last year, I also saw them in the stores right before Halloween. Use grape and orange jello to make pumpkins, cats, witches, ghosts and bats. Quick and simple to prepare.

DirtCake:
Not really a Halloween recipe but it really is perfect for it, and it is a great activity for the kids to do. Buy small clay (or plastic) flower pots, a toy shovel. Wash well before using. Make a gooey brownie batter and bake. When the brownies are cool, crumble and shovel some into each pot. Mix in bits of gummy worms and other bugs, licorice etc.
If you really want to make it a Halloween treat, decorate it with oval or rectangular shaped cookies that you can decorate as a tombstone. Decorate the cookies with icing to say: "Boo!" or "RIP" etc. Or use small spiders and bugs or anything else that strikes your fancy. You can also decorate the pots themselves. Quick and easy and lots of fun.

Slimy Worm Pudding:
Prepare a box of instant chocolate pudding. Mix the pudding with 1/2 container of whipped topping. Line a shallow, clear dish with crushed chocolate wafers (Oreos work well). Mix gummy worms with the pudding mixture and layer the dish, alternating crushed cookies and wormy pudding. Top with remaining whipped topping and sprinkle with finely ground cookie sand. Chill

Bone Sandwiches:
Cut the crusts off of some slices of white bread. Spread peanut butter and jam on the bread. Roll the sandwiches up.

If you want to share your own recipes or easy costumes or activities for this "spooky" holiday, email us at: spooky@parenthub.com

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