10 Easy Halloween Ideas
It’s my favorite time of year; Halloween! I love making special treats for the kids or doing fun crafts. But it has to be easy, not time consuming and fun! Here is a round up of 10 Easy Halloween Ideas for you to try with your family.
1. DIY Ghost Candles
These ghost candles were so fun to make, I might go back and make 25 more! This is definitely an adult activity as there is hot water involved. The kids can paint spooky or silly faces on them though!
Fill a dish with the hottest tap water you have- I find a baking dish works best.
Add your candles and let them soak 5 minutes. Taper candles work the best.
Start bending the candles. If the candles don’t bend easily, replace the water with new hot tap water. Gently bend the candles how you want, don’t go to fast or bend too hard or the candles will break. It’s easier to bend them in the water.
After you’re happy with your candles remove them to a paper towel to dry.
With some black acrylic paper and the back of a paintbrush, paint on a face. Let dry.
You can light the candles – but if the candles are facing downward or off center, be sure to put a mat under them to catch the dripping wax.
Tips! Be careful with kids, that’s your safety warning. Be careful of dripping wax. If the candle burns through the face, paint a new one!
2. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
Just 4 easy ingredient to these moist and fluffy muffins. The chocolate chips are optional; but are they really optional? Not in my house. 😉
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
Equipment
Materials
- 15.25 ounce box spice cake mix
- 15 ounce can pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup milk any
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together. Evenly pour into a greased muffin tin and bake at 400°F for 15 minutes. Enjoy! 🎃
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3. Ghost Cake
A fun addition to a Halloween party using a square and a round cake pan.
`1. Prepare 1 box of your favorite cake mix according to the package instructions. Divide evenly between a square cake pan and a round cake pan.
Make sure both pans are the same size; either both 8” or both 9”.
2. Bake according to the directions and let cool completely.
3. Slice the circle cake In half. Slice one of the circle halves into 3 half circles to resemble the bottom of the ghost.
4. Assemble the cake: put the half circle on top with the square in the middle and finish with the bottom. Shave the cake tops as needed to match.
Ice the cake with white frosting and add a face with black frosting.
4. Ghost Jars
This is the easiest and most inexpensive DIY Halloween decor idea because you can use jars or vases you already have around the house!
Grab some empty jars, mason jars or vases from around the house or a thrift store. Fill them with the spider web stuffing you can find at the dollar store.
Cut out eyes and a mouth from black construction paper and tape on to the jars. That it!
Add fairy lights inside for extra twinkle. You could fill the jars with candy or marshmallows instead of the spider webbing for easy treat jars!
5. Witch’s Hats
Breakout the crescent rolls for this easy snack.
Crescent Roll Witch Hats for Halloween
Equipment
Materials
- Crescent Roll Dough 8 count
- 4 mozzarella cheese sticks
- Pepperoni
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F
- Roll out the crescent triangles.
- Cut each cheese stick in half.
- Add a cheese stick to the bottom wide part of the crescent roll triangle. Roll once or twice so the cheesestick is covered in dough. Pinch the sides so the cheese doesn’t melt out while baking. Repeat with all crescent rolls and cheesesticks. Add to a baking sheet.
- Next use a tiny circle cookie cutter and star cut out shapes in the pepperoni (optional). Add to the top of the crescent roll triangles.
- Bake 10-12 minutes until golden brown.
- Dip in marinara sauce.
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6. Candy Corn Layered Pudding Cups
Even if you aren’t a fan of candy corn, you’ll love these pudding cups!
Candy Corn Pudding Cups
Materials
- See through cups
- 5.9 ounce box instant vanilla pudding + milk to prepare the pudding
- Orange food coloring
- Cool whip or whip cream
- Optional- candy corn
Instructions
- Prepare the vanilla pudding according to the box directions. Take half of the pudding and add a couple drops of orange food coloring and stir.
- Let the pudding chill completely
- To the cups add a scoop of regular yellow vanilla pudding to the bottom. Smooth layer with a spoon.
- Then layer the orange colored pudding. Smooth with a spoon.
- Add a dollop of cool whip to the top and add candy corn.
- Serve immediately
- Optional- draw Jack-o’-lantern faces on the cups.
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7. Graveyard Poke Cake
This Halloween Graveyard Chocolate Poke Cake is the perfect addition to any Halloween party!
If you are not a chocolate lover- this recipe is NOT for you, I’m afraid. This cake is loaded with decadent chocolate deliciousness! It begins with a devil’s food cake base (for Halloween, of course), then it’s studded with gooey chocolate fudge, with a layer of homemade chocolate whipped cream and topped of with crushed Oreos.
Grab the full recipe for Graveyard Poke Cake Here!
8. Eyeball Spaghetti
A fun twist on Halloween dinner! Make a big pot of spaghetti and meatballs. I use a soup ladle and fork to twirl the spaghetti into nests and add to a large serving bowl.
Cut out circles of white cheese and slice green olives in half. Place both onto the meatballs to look like eyes and snuggle the meatballs into the spaghetti nests.
Don’t forget the mummy garlic bread! Would your kids find this spooky Halloween dinner fun or creepy?
9. Butter “Scream” Treat Board
This Butter “Scream” Board is perfect for any Halloween party! You can take care of the desserts on one board!
You’ll need buttercream frosting in any color you choose. I took a shortcut and bought white buttercream at Publix in the bakery section. Publix makes THE BEST buttercream. It’s not too sweet or taste like straight sugar like some buttercreams. It’s velvety smooth and they sell all colors! You can, of course, make it at home though.
Pipe your buttercream into any Halloween character you choose. This board can be large with many different buttercream characters, or smaller. I went with a ghost, but you could pipe out a pumpkin or jack-o’-lantern, a black cat, bat, witch, etc. Get creative!
I added parchment paper on my board first for easy clean up.
Once your buttercream is on your board add cookies, candies, and salty snack all around for dipping. Anything goes here! This butter “scream” board will be a huge hit and it’s so fun to make.
10. Halloween Snack Mix
This sweet and salty Monster Mix, made with pretzels, Chex cereals, peanuts, candy corn, and M&Ms is the perfect snack mix for the Halloween season.
Get the full recipe for Monster Mix HERE!
Bonus! Witch Hat Cookies
These cute witch hats are so easy! You’ll need:
- Chocolate cookies-I’m using Oreos, you could also use homemade chocolate cookies, Keebler Fudge Stripe cookies, or even brownie bites
- Various colors of icing
- Hershey Kisses
- Halloween sprinkles
Pipe a little icing in the middle of the cookie, top with a Hershey Kiss and add a touch of Halloween sprinkles. So easy! Great for a party.
I hope you found some ideas to use for your spooky season! If you like some more Halloween recipes, check out this post.
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