Candy Corn is a long-time staple of Halloween candy. In fact, the sweet treat has been around since the 1880s. In the video above, The Harvard Crimson tests a recipe from The Field Guide to Candy by Anita Chu. Watch to learn how to whip up your own batch of kernels using a few household ingredients: corn syrup, powdered milk, salt, vanilla extract, food coloring, sugar, and butter.
While I think it’s changing, for many years I approached Halloween with a chip on my shoulder due to the masses of scantily clad women in unimaginative costumes. (Yikes, I sound like my grandma!) At any rate, I love the suggestions for costumes based on historical figures from Take Back Halloween. It includes ideas and […]
Another lovely, dark and fun Halloween costume idea is to go as Black Swan. Refinery 29 shows a really rad make-up tutorial that will help you master the look.
With Halloween fast-approaching, here are two adorable and funny costumes you can easily spin out of one project, Eggs and Bacon and Breakfast of Champions. Want to include your small-fry? I show you how to scale down the measurements for your dog or kiddo.
This peacock tutu tutorial that Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shared on The Train to Crazy has me completely rethinking my Halloween costume. Head over to the site for details on how to create your own! [Via One Pretty Thing] Inspired to craft something for Halloween? Be sure to enter it in our CRAFT Halloween […]
My son was Frankenstein for Halloween when he was about two years old. Something about that little round face in the boxy Frankenstein costume just melted my heart. Maybe if I show him how awesome this Frankenstein hat from Delia Creates is, he’ll agree to going as Frankenstein for a second time. [via Dana Willard […]
Our friends at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories have come up with some awesome specimen jars that will add the perfect touch of creepy to your Halloween table. They are even (generally speaking) edible, though folks’ stomachs might be turned a little too much to want to eat them. See what secret ingredients create these realistic […]
