4 Easy Halloween Ideas

By daisykuchins Oct 08, 2013

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But first, we caught up with Holiday Party Expert and celebrity guest blogger Daisy Kuchins for her 4 best Easy Tips to make your holiday haunt more fun than a Vampire's Ball! She told us:

"As the editor of a holiday website, I see a lot of creative Halloween ideas - crafts, recipes, decorating tips and costume ideas start coming in from my writers when October begins. Through the years there are some ideas that I've adopted and are now my go-to’s every year. The common denominator to all these crafts and recipes is that they are super easy, which I am all about. When I need to bring a dish to a party or an activity to do with the kids, these are my favorite EASY Halloween tricks I have up my sleeve."

Craft: Mummified Jar Candle Holders With a new baby this Halloween, I can truly appreciate DIY and crafts that are easy without necessarily looking it. That’s one reason why I love this decorative craft. It’s cheap to make and you might even have everything you need around the house.
Treat: Tombstone Brownies This Halloween treat is one of my favorite go-to recipes for parties. They are easy enough to make, since they are only semi-homemade, and they really make me look more creative than I think I am. kids will love to make, and eat these brownies.
Pumpkin Decorating: Halloween Glitter Pumpkins One reason I love this glitter pumpkin craft is because it can be used for Halloween and Thanksgiving. It is a great inexpensive centerpiece for an elegant Fall bash.
Finger Food: Mummy Dogs These Halloween appetizers are so ridiculously easy, and both kids and adults will love them. For bite-size appetizers just use cocktail weiners. For a slightly more upscale version use phyllo dough and sausages. If your kids are free have them help you create the mummy dogs; they'll love making them as much as they love eating them.

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by diharpie | ESSEX, MD

Oct 09, 2013

I love Almond Joy, and lucky for me, my kids hate them LOL :)

by dezaray | twin falls, ID

Oct 09, 2013

my favorite Halloween candy is lemonheads.But I am the one that buys all the gross looking candies. Like I will make jello worms for the kids in school and put them in some cookie dirt with other gummy bugs in it! looks so awesome.And to hand out I get the gummy eyeballs and fingers and fake blood packs. It Halloween.You gotta have creeky candy!

by TheresaMarie | MARQUETTE, MI

Oct 09, 2013

My all time favorite its M&M's, plain, peanut and almond.

by takgirl14 | PRT WASHINGTN, NY

Oct 09, 2013

I never give out Halloween candy bags without throwing a few Tootsie Rolls in them! I also end up eating a good portion of the bag myself

by tslewis | Augusta, WV

Oct 09, 2013

Reeses cups and any flavor m&m's!!!!! Yum!

by lovebb | CHRISTIANSBRG, VA

Oct 09, 2013

I love dark chocolate :) I still have a heart for Tootsie Rolls and Almond Joy too. So far my favorite is dark chocolate bark with almonds that I made.

by bplatt | Conover, NC

Oct 09, 2013

any chocolate - but I guess Butterfinger, Mounds,

by tumcsec | TUSCALOOSA, AL

Oct 09, 2013

I love ANY kind of chocolate but if I had to narrow it down it would be Hershey's Kisses!

by ZanaRT | JACKSONVILLE, FL

Oct 09, 2013

My favorite Halloween candy is Snickers. I try to get as many as I can out of my daughter's trick or treat bag. I also Love Jolly Rancher gummies or anything gummy for that matter.

by sassyrebel | NEWARK, NJ

Oct 09, 2013

Hands down, Reese Peanut Butter Cups, specifically the miniature ones individually wrapped in foil. They're like little jewels for my palate!

by adrienne198 | chesterton, IN

Oct 09, 2013

PEEPS- So much you can do with peeps, you can stand them up on a bed of frosting nd make a cemetery out of the characters, you can make a cake and place peeps all around the outside of the cake, stick on sides of cake makes a great looking cake for the kids, you can put them on a stick like cake pops, for your party, make a peeps bouquet

by 2911plans | Humble, TX

Oct 09, 2013

My all time favorite Halloween candy is Candy Corn. However, the season allows me to indulge in chocolate bars, sweet and sour gummies and candy corn. the season brings out the kid in me.

by wifepiggy | PARMA HEIGHTS, OH

Oct 09, 2013

Kit Kat and Reeses!

by ShellM4 | RED HOOK, NY

Oct 09, 2013

I aleays loved Reese Peanut butter cups and Airheads. I now steal all the almond joys from my kids as I am addicted to anything with coconut :)

by yoliflores | Chicago, IL

Oct 09, 2013

Cannot resist the candy corn -- it's been my all-time favorite!