Halloween Playdate

Do any of you kindred Pinterest lovers feel the need to make all of the cute things you find? I sure do! Sometimes I stumble across something and feel like I HAVE to have a party, just because something is cute. Like when I was searching for inspiration on making Cayben's mad scientist costume, I found so much fun stuff I now think I need to throw a science party.

Anyhow, the same thing has happened to me with all of the great Halloween ideas floating around. I HAD to have a Halloween playdate.

I made up several Halloween themed snacks and used free printables to label the food.

We had Stuffed Roaches made from cream cheese filled dates. These were my favorite, but aren't they so gross looking?

The Biting Apples made from apple slices, peanut butter and marshmallows were delicious, but not as easy to make as I'd hoped. Everything was sliding all over the place.

The Witches Fingers (cheese pizza) were the hit of the playdate.

The Mummy Juice was made from gauze-wrapped juice boxes and washed all the food down nicely. Ok, not really. Do juice boxes ever seem to have enough juice? Maybe they're not intended for adults. Ha!

 The Veggie tray was not the most beloved food at the party (Are they ever?) but cute anyway.

And finally a pumpkin brownie. In reality the frosting was a vibrant orange, but looks pink in this picture.

I thought this was so good. I adapted the recipe from this recipe. Here goes the simplest recipe ever.

3 Ingredient Pumpkin Brownies

Ingredients: 1 (family size) box brownie mix

                      1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin puree

                      1/2 Cup chocolate chips

Directions:  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray your pan with non-stick cooking spray. (I used a pumpkin shaped pan, but you could use a 9x13 inch pan.) In a bowl, mix the brownie mix and pumpkin puree. Fold in the chocolate chips Then pour it into your pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Easy right? And it is so moist and delicious! I used a royal icing recipe found here. 

Now onto the playdate. Friends came over, and in addition to the food, the kids enjoyed decorating sugar cookies and painting/coloring mini pumpkins.

 

Oh… and painting themselves a bit too!