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Vampire Repellent Dip is a garlic lover’s dream! Plus, with the addition or orange bell pepper, it is orange for Halloween! In these photos, next to the orange tablecloth and the orange pumpkin-shaped tortilla chips, Vampire Repellent Dip looks yellow. But, it is, truly, a lovely shade of orange! And, if you are looking for a way to naturally dye…
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I have this “thing” for crows. Maybe it’s because (1) I’m not a farmer and don’t have crops and (2) because we have a flock that are regular visitors on our land. In fact, here’s a photo of 3 of them on our bird bath chowing down on a block of bird seed: This is a pretty good photo, if…
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Scaredy Cat Pie Crust Cookies are an experiment gone awry! Inspired by two of my most pinned recipes, Sweetheart Pie Crust Cookies and Firecracker Pie Crust Stars, I set out to create pie crust cookies for Halloween. Looking through my collection of cookie cutters and being a lover of all things “cat”, my choice was clear – a black cat pie…
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A poem to mark the beginning of Halloween week: The Halloween Dance As ghouls, goblins and ghosts fain devilish delight A skeleton dances with a witch ’round a fire burning bright. Beware, take heed, look around and think twice Disrupting this dance could exact an unfathomable price! One night a year the spirits and phantoms come out to play…
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I rounded up 42 Halloween words, focusing on ghosts, goblins, and ghouls, and made a couple of free printable Halloween word scramble games just for you! I’ve never made a word scramble before and thought I’d give it a whirl for Halloween. But, even though my 42 Frighteningly Unearthly Creatures That Haunt Halloween Word Scramble is fun, it’s a tad…
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Salted Caramel Candy Corn Pretzel Crack is inspired by a recipe from Trisha Yearwood called Sweet and Saltines. She makes an easy candy using saltine crackers, homemade caramel and melted chocolate. I set out to make a similar recipe, using white chocolate chips and pretzels instead, and as happens (often) with me, my concoction went awry! But, the end result…
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