Halloween 2013

Best Day of the Dead Costume Ever

Best Day of the Dead Costume Ever

We spied this amazing Day of the Dead costume online today. The dress is skillfully made of “cups, plates, and plastic utensils,” and it looks like the suit is made of garbage bags. Not sure how “recycled” the materials are, but a great re-imagining of those form factors nonetheless. Do you know who these makers […]

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Q-Tips and Earwax Appetizer

Q-Tips and Earwax Appetizer

If your party guests are people who you’d like to remain friends with then maybe it’s for the best if you don’t have time to make these Q-tips and earwax appetizers from The Food In My Beard, but these look so gross that they’re totally making my holiday anyway.

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Halloween Jack O’Lantern King and his Scarecrow Minions

Halloween Jack O’Lantern King and his Scarecrow Minions

For the last few years I’ve been putting up a Jack O’Lantern scarecrow field in my yard, lorded over by a very large Scarecrow King. Each pumpkin is a reusable Funkin that I carve myself. They all have individual flickering LEDs inside that I wired and hooked to a central timer and power source.

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How-To: Yarn Pumpkin Garland

How-To: Yarn Pumpkin Garland

Need some last-minute Halloween decorations? Grab your yarn stash and whip up a cute string of festive fall decor with this yarn pumpkin garland tutorial!

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How Would you Catch a Pumpkin Thief?

How Would you Catch a Pumpkin Thief?

I’m looking for ways to trick our pumpkins thieves next time (if they should be so bold!) Please post in the comments ways you would recommend making anyone trying to take off with our pumpkins, um, change their minds. It should be simple and relatively inexpensive to do if possible. Oh yeah, and safe

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