Fun Halloween Party Food Ideas

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Getting ready for a howling Halloween party this year? Spruce up your partythis year with some icky, but yummy party food. Here are some fun food ideas foryour ghostly Halloween party:

Snot cubes
Refrigerate yellow and green Jello (anyflavors) in ice cube trays. Serve chilled.

Worms in snot
Make snot cubes, as directed above, out ofJello. Insert gummy worms in each cube of Jello then refrigerate. Servechilled.

Bad apples
Using a small, sharp knife cut a small, roundhole in one side of the top of an apple. Insert a gummy worm inside the hole.Create display of "bad apples" in a wooden bucket.

Monster Mash
In a large bowl, combine the followingingredients:

* 10 cups popcorn
* 1 pound plain M&M´s
* 1-14 oz. jar dryroasted peanuts
* 1 cup raisins (optional)
* 1 cup Reece´s pieces (foundin baking isle by chocolate chips)

Bowl of Brains
Scramble several eggs. To get the graybrain color, mix in green, red, and blue food coloring as you beat the eggsbefore cooking them.

There are limitless ideas to the fun you can have at a Halloween party. Overthe years, Halloween has grown into a sophisticated, adult celebration. Returnto the fun kids had years ago with these basic but fun Halloween party ideas forkids.

Apple bob - Fill a large tub with water and apples. Let kidstake turns bobbing for apples.

Costume contest - Once all your guests arrive at the party,take a vote on the best and scariest costumes. Add as many categories to yourlist as you want and hand out a grand prize to the best costume.

Pin the nose on Jack ‘o Lantern - This is a spin-off versionof the all-time favorite game among children. Make a huge Jack ‘o Lantern,leaving off his nose. Let kids take turns being blindfolded and pin (or tape)the nose on Jack.

Pumpkin carving contest - Hold a pumpkin carving contest.See who can carve the funniest or silliest face into a pumpkin.

Make a mask - Give younger kids at your Halloween partyconstruction paper, round-ended scissors, markers and glue. Let them make theirown face masks for the party. Punch a hole in both sides of the mask and tiestring or tiny elastic on the mask.

Guess how many seeds - Place counted pumpkin seeds in alarge bowl or jar. Each party guest takes turns guessing how many pumpkin seedsthere are. Whoever guesses closest to the correct numbers wins a prize.

Pumpkin seed spitting contest - Cut the top off a largepumpkin and remove the inside meat and seeds. Give each kid five seeds and seehow many seeds they can spit into the pumpkin from a distance.

Buggy Ice Cubes
Insert gummy worms or raisins (for bugs)in ice trays with water and freeze. Insert frozen buggy ice cubes in your bowlof party punch.

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