Visit Spirit Halloween with me! Halloween Animatronics Displays 2023. See the spooky new animatronics and props displays! The store was full of ghosts, goblins, and spooky scary ghouls to haunt your nightmares! I went way overboard with the special effects in this short video, but it’s all in the name of Halloween fun — even if it is still August! 2023
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What could be more fun and festive than a Halloween pumpkin patch of your own, right on your dinner plate? These little cuties are made from sweet potatoes, baked to crispy perfection! Fun, delicious, and the perfect comfort food on a chilly Autumn day! These little cuties are made from sweet potatoes, baked to crispy perfection! I don’t like to share a recipe that I have not yet tweaked to near perfection, but I’m sharing this one early because it’s a Halloween recipe. At the end of the article, I will talk about how I will be changing and hopefully…
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This Halloween we wanted to create a spooky haunted forest but still keep it light and playful enough that it was still warm, inviting and not too gloomy. Some dead tree branches from the yard were perfect for making a huge impact – and the best part is that they cost NOTHING! When you bring lots of natural elements into the decor everything falls into place. Sea shells, leaves, branches, pine cones and any other natural element can cover your decorating schemes for all the seasons and holidays. “Creepy Cloth” is a very loose weave gauze-like fabric that can…
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Who says you can only make a Jack-O-Lantern out of a pumpkin? Not me! Allow me to introduce you to a frightfully fun Halloween treat that makes a great presentation when serving a fruit plate, or fruit and cheese platter or even an awesome Halloween breakfast! I’m calling it a Pineapp-O-Lantern: A Tropic’alloween Treat! It’s basically the same process as carving a Jack-O-Lantern, so I wont bore you with an in-depth how-to, but I will share some tips. I went the traditional route – cutting the top to make the ‘lid’ of the Jack-O-Lantern and then scooping out the contents, but I’ll definitely be…
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Pepper Pumpkins and Mashed BOOtatoes! I actually made them this year, and here are the pictures to prove it!! (and illustrated six step how-to guide and recipe below) Every holiday season I start decorating and preparing just a little bit earlier than the start of the season — which lulls me into falsely believing I have plenty of time to prepare and create all the fantastical holiday projects that dance through my head. Yet somehow I go from being the early bird planner to the last minute loser every year without having any idea what happened to all the time…
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Using cheap plastic tablecloths in unconventional ways to make a bold decorative statement with color indoors or out! They look so good in the package with their bright colors that will surely brighten up your party table, but then you unfold them and they are so thin you can see right through them, and they are covered with unsightly fold lines — a party table nightmare!But, there are some really great ways to use these table cloths to really make a bright bold party statement on a tight budget!The following is not so much a tutorial as it is a…
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Oh..My…God…..Dunkin Donuts that look like Pumpkins.It’s like the universe designed a perfect mouse trap for me..It turns out that the hospital where we are visiting our Evie every day is right next door to a Dunkin Donuts….….and they have donuts that look like PUMPKINS! Oh Great Pumpkin! How could you do this to me?Impossible to resist.Stress and carbs — both dancing an intoxicating Pasodoble’ in my body. Sugar that goads and fuels the anxiety spikes like a matador’s red cape — then dropping off to the side suddenly so the bull has wasted it’s energy charging at the empty cape, exhausting and…
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Okay, confession time. Before today I had never tasted Franken Berry or Boo Berry cereals! It’s crazy, right? Well, in the midst of my quest to appreciate all the tiny everyday miracles in life, and celebrate everything, a Halloween breakfast party was born. When we saw Count Chocula, Boo Berry and Franken Berry cereals there amongst all the Halloween goodies at Aldi at a frightfully low price, the little kid in me reached out and grabbed them and slipped them into the cart when the adult me was not looking. I am so glad my inner child was a little…
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There is nothing quite like the October moon. I have many fond memories of going for evening walks (physical training for a trip to Disney World) and as we would reach a certain point on the road we would round the curve and see the October moon, low in the sky, HUGE and gorgeous. The crisp Autumn air would dance with the balmy end-of-summer breezes, creating miniature tornadoes swirling through piles of leaves, making orange red and yellow kaleidoscope patterns in mid air. It’s one of the many sensory delights of the season that remind me that the world is…
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It’s time for a peek into the artist’s studio! Here’s what I am working on right now… It’s pretty much finished… but I need to get away from it for a while and see it with fresh eyes.. I love Disney, I love Halloween.. Put ’em both together and this is what comes out…