Halloween treat bags

If your anything like me, the night of Halloween comes and your kids are ready to run out the door and you realize they have no bag for their candy. So you grab a grocery sack or a pillowcase and hurry on your way. Well, last year I decided that I would make some for my little birds that they could use year after year.

What you need:

felt

halloween fabric

sewing machine

ribbon

iron transfer

cricket(optonal)

I cut 2 rectangles the size I wanted my bag, with enough for about a 1/4 inch seam. Then I cut two long strips for the handles. I sewed each handle to the felt and then sewed the felt together to form a bag. Next I used a cricket to cut out the initial, but you could easily do this by printing out a font on computer and just cutting it out. Then I cut a scalloped circle out of the fabric. I ironed on the initial to the circle and then ironed on the circle to the front of the bag. I then added ribbon around the handles. I think it turned out really cute and my little birds were excited to have their very own tick or treat bag to fill with goodies. Trick or Treat!!

Halloween treats

I thought I would share a few Halloween treats with all of you. I have to admit that neither one of these spectacular spookys were my idea. First of all the owl cupcakes I found on one of my favorite blogs, www.onecharmingparty.com. She seriously has the cutest ideas and I find myself taking a peek on her site everyday. I just couldn't resist making these cuties.

What you need:

chocolate cupcake (mine came from a box)

chocolate frosting (that I did homemade)

oreos

jelly beans

chocolate chips

Frost the cupcake, seperate oreos only using the frosted side ( I saved the other half to crush up and put on ice cream or pudding cups). Press 1 chocolate chip into each oreo and then press oreo into cupcake. Finish with an orange jelly bean for the nose. So easy and super cute!

The mysterious mummy pops came from my wonderful neighbor Erin. I loved how she packaged these in a cute little scalloped box tied with festive ribbon.

What you need:

Oreos

white chocolate

Chocolate chips

sucker sticks

Stick each oreo with sucker stick. Dip each oreo with white chocolate, press in chocolate chips for eyes and then drizzle back and forth with more white chocolate.

Another easy, but so darling Halloween treat!

Halloween Decor & Pumpkin Topiarys

The finished product

Drilled holes in pumpkins

Painting the pots. It took a few coats.

I know it is getting close to the spooky day, but I thought I would still share some of my Halloween decor. I have decided this frightful holiday is one of my favorites and I have started decorating almost as much as I do for Christmas. A few months ago I saw these fabulous pumpkin topiarys in a magazine and knew I had to make them for myself.

I started out by finding 3 of the foam pumpkins all different sizes. I then found 3 different styles of black lace. I need a planter to put them in and everywhere I looked they were really pricey, so I was at Target one day and saw they had their terra cotta (plastic) planters on clearance and had an idea to glue them on top of each other and spray paint them with a stone finish spray paint. So instead a $45.00 planter I made mine for less than $7.00. I really liked how they turned out. I then took a drill and poked holes all over in random order (so my lights will glow from the holes). After I wrapped each pumpkin in lace and glued the lace at the bottom. Next I strung a continuous strand of lights up through the pumpkins and then I glued them on top each other and glued them on top of the planters. I then added some embelishments. I absolutuely love how they turned out and think they give an eery, yet whimsical look to my front door.

Chicken noodle soup

Waking up to snow on the mountains I knew today was the perfect day for chicken noodle soup. Not mention my one of my little birds has a yucky cough and cold. I thought I would share my favorite recipe for Chicken noodle soup. This recipe comes from a dear friend of mine who now lives in Texas and everytime I make it I can't help thinking of her.



Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup

2/3 bag noodles (I like the homemade noodles that you buy at the store)

2-4 chicken breasts, cubed

2 12 ounce cans broth

1 cup chopped celery

1 cube bouillon

1 1/2 cup carrots

1/2 onion

2 cans cream of chicken soup

6 ounce canned milk



Simmer chicken broth, celery, carrots, and onion for 8 minutes. Add chicken and simmer an additional 8 minutes. Add remaining ingredients except noodles and simmer covered for 45 minutes. Cook noodles in seperate pot, then add to soup about 10 minutes before serving.



*This soup is really good served over mashed potatoes. A little trick I learned from my mom!