Every year we have a "spooky" dinner. We have always held it the night of Halloween, but this year we decided to try having it on a different night. The kids have always loved this tradition. I love how my husband really gets into it, too. In past years he has been the genius behind the food, except for the homemade root beer (made with dry ice in our plastic cauldron), which is my job (recipe here). This year I prepared it with the kiddos before he got home from work. Mostly, we rename normal foods with gross names. But we also have a few just-for-Halloween treats. This year we debuted our new brain jell-o mold with mixed results. We usually have spaghetti (calling it brains) but this year we had cheese fondue, (yuuuumm) one of my favorites. My kids helped a lot and my son made this cute menu all on his own.
We told them to act crazy for the following photos, but they didn't really need any encouragement-- they were so excited.
MENU
1…..Coffin Carrots
2…..Witch’s Eyeballs
3…..Zombie Fingers
4…..Pus Stew
5…..Fresh Monster Brain
6…..Witch’s Fingers
7…..Toad Warts
8…..Bunnicula Veggies
9…..Bat Wings
10…..Severed Giants Toes
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What are your Halloween traditions?
Eva Isaacson said: Love it! So creative! Our best tradition started one year when our children were young. I noticed that only 3 out of the many little trick-or-treaters who came said "thank you." I didn't want manners to die out, so the next year I decided to do my part to help the children of the neighborhood learn some, so I decided to give a SECOND treat to any child who said "thank you," and I told several of the mothers in the ward so they could let their children in on the secret. That year, many more children said "thank you," and the following year when we had over a hundred trick-or-treaters, EVERYBODY SAID THANK YOU!!! Every year I think I'll quit doing it--after all, it's been about 27 years now and I figure I've done my part to bring appreciation back into the world--but I haven't quit yet, so send your kids on over tomorrow night! P.S. Loved the owls.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Eva! How kind of you to give second treats to all those trick-or-treaters. A lesson they won't forget, I'm sure. We'll have to come over and practice our manners on you! :)
DeleteI love your creative menu K! Super idea and great photos, too.
ReplyDeleteI just zoomed in on Ava's face in one of your "scary face" Halloween pictures. hahahahahaha.
ReplyDeleteha ha, me too. thanks, you just made my day.
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