Halloween night can be a whirlwind of commotion with greeting trick or treaters, transforming your family into spooky costumes, and of course making dinner. Need some easy Halloween dinner ideas? Try a delicious and nutritious make-ahead meal: Ghostly Potato Soup.
Kids and adults alike will get a scare as they top their soup with grated cheese, sour cream and green onion served in this chilling Skeleton Hand Condiment Set courtesy of Pottery Barn.
INGREDIENTS:
4-6 potatoes, cubed
3-4 stalks celery, sliced
3-4 carrots, sliced
1 large onion, chopped
6-8 cups chicken or vegetable stock
12 oz. evaporated milk
salt + pepper to taste
TO MAKE: Add potatoes, celery, carrots, onion and chicken broth to slow cooker. Pour stock over vegetables. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours. Before serving, slowly stir in evaporated milk for a creamier taste and ghostly appearance.
Festively wrapped popcorn balls are the perfect party favor for a Halloween Carnival. We used this recipe for the easiest popcorn balls ever, and packaged them up like old-fashioned candy.
TO MAKE: You will need one batch of caramel popcorn shaped into balls. Let cool and harden. Trim the bottom seam off of regular, clear-plastic party favor bags. Slip popcorn ball into the center of the bag and twist-tie both ends shut. Finish by tying on several decorative ribbons.
Be sure to capture all the spooks and skeletons that haunt your festivities with this fun Halloween Carnival photo booth. Interestingly, our ghosts really did show up in pictures!
TO MAKE A PHOTO BOOTH: Get several yards of a neutral colored fabric and affix to a wall with painter’s tape. Use orange and black streamers to add carnival-inspired stripes to the background. Decorate an over-turned, galvanized-metal tub to look like an elephant stand from the circus. Cut triangles of orange and black paper then tape on with painter’s tape. Go here to see how to make the ghost’s eerie Trick-or-Treating lantern.
How cute are these Halloween Carnival cupcakes decked out with a circus-tent inspired flag? They are just begging to be given away in a Cake Walk, or simply serve to satisfy your guest’s sweet tooth.
TO MAKE: Download and print our cupcake flags template. Cut flags down to size then glue a polka dot to a stripe flag with wrong sides together. Cut an inverted V shape on both ends then wrap around a toothpick and secure with a glue dot. Don’t forget the sprinkles! We use white sugar pearls along with black nonpareils and orange nonpareils.
Step right up! Test your guests pitching arm with a classic Halloween carnival ball toss. Our version can easily be assembled with items you probably have around the house.
TO MAKE A BALL TOSS GAME: Gather six, 15-ounce recycled tin cans and clean well. Download our free printable Tin Can Wraps and print out three copies. Cut down to size, wrap around cans and secure with tape.
