halloween countdown, day 18, cheese cloth corn starch ghosts and a short story? Something spooky is happening here! Now a house that has been baking Halloween cupcakes all week is sure to attract some unsavory guests, of the flying, spooking by night sort: ghosts! These corn starch stiffened ghosts last year after year if stored […]
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spiderweb cupcakes
Halloween countdown day 17, spiderweb cupcakes and Arachnophobia I hope everyone had a great cupcake week! For the last day of this special week, I have to post the easiest, cutest Halloween cupcake ever. This is the icing spiderweb cupcake! This year I amped it up by coloring the icing (just a mix a couple […]
broken glass cupcakes
halloween countdown day 16, the do you trust me cupcake and the shining In New York, needless to say, Halloween is a big thing. Its even more than a big thing, it is a feeling that settles over the buildings and tree tops and just blankets the whole city in creativity, haunting and pumpkin spice. […]
pumpkin patch
halloween count down day 15, candy corn cupcake topper and willy wonka this corn kernel is going as a candy corn for halloween this year! I thought they made the best cupcake toppers in 1998 and I still think they make a perfectly adorable cupcake topper now. I’m talking of course about candy corn pumpkins, […]
jeepers creepers
Halloween countdown day 14, sugar glass eyeballs and Rosemary’s Baby Reading Lord of the Rings with my oldest son, for my second time (millionth if you count watching the movies), I’m really struck by the descriptions of Sauron’s ever watchful eye. The idea of this giant eye tracking the earth, looking for its dominion […]
meringue ghost cupcake toppers
Halloween Countdown day 13, meringue ghosts and casper Of all the stuff I’m afraid of, and it’s a lot of stuff, the one Halloween thing that isn’t creepy to me are ghosts. I feel like if a ghost hurt or killed me, so what? I could then become a ghost, too, and bug the […]
Bride of Frankenstein Cupcakes
Halloween countdown day 12: bride of Frankenstein! Happy day 2 of cupcake week within the october halloween countdown (sheesh its a lot going on!) Even before I saw any Frankenstein movies, I knew and loved the image of the Bride of Frankenstein. Maybe it was her crazy curly hair (curly heads always stick together.) And […]
Venus Figgy Fly Traps…
Halloween countdown day 11: venus man traps and Little Shop of Horrors Growing up I was always fascinated by meat eating plants. I secretly judged other kids who only knew about the ‘super star venus fly trap” (what no knowledge of pitcher plants? total pleb.) I think that is how dinosaur kids feel about […]
haunted gingerbread house
halloween countdown day 10, haunted gingerbread house and disney’s haunted mansion Ok guys, this is a big how to-post. Gingerbread houses are one of the most magical creations humans have ever thought up. They smell amazing and can create a whole world where everything is delicious, inviting and whimsical. I don’t think they should be […]
creepy doll gingerbread cookies
Halloween countdown day 9, creepy dolls and scooby doo One of the most fun parts of writing these countdown to Halloween blogs is that I get to think back on all the times in my life I have been utterly terrified for my life. And, I can honestly say the most unnerving, spine shuddering experience […]