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• A clean glass bowl, one for each kid
• A bunch of candy and gum wrappers
• Clear water-resistant sealer, such as Thompson's Water Seal
• Water
• Sponge
• Glue

Spread a very thin layer of white craft glue on the outside of a clean glass bowl. Cover with candy and gum wrappers face down so they can be seen through the inside of the bowl. Let Dry. Glue on a second layer of wrappers with the good side facing out. Let dry. Coat the outside with a clear, water-resistant sealer. To clean bowl, wipe lightly with a damp sponge. Do not Soak. Fill the bowl with some Halloween treats and enjoy!

Halloween On A Budget

Here are a few Halloween tips to help budget-strapped families make their little gremlins happy.

Face Paint - 1 teaspoon corn starch, 1/2 teaspoon water, 1/2 teaspoon cold cream, food coloring. Mix all ingredients in an old muffin pan and you are ready to paint. Use the same amount of ingredients for each color.

Deviled Eyeballs - Make deviled eggs, then add a green olive with pimento in the center for an eyeball.

Radioactive Juice - Mix equal parts Mountain Dew and blue Kool-Aid.

Toxic Juice - Add some green food coloring to lemonade for a spooky color.

Bloody Eyeballs - Boil cherry tomatoes for 30 seconds. Allow to cool; then peel the skin.

Fake Blood - Mix 2/3 cup white corn syrup, 1 tsp red food coloring, 2-3 drops blue food coloring to darken and 1 squirt of dish soap (this will help the blood to run well)

Brains - Scramble eggs with some green, yellow and blue food coloring.

Infected Eyeballs - Drop some green grapes into a bowl of tapioca pudding.

Halloween Jack-O-Lantern Jars

Here is a fun, easy way to make some outdoor decorations. Spooky for the outdoors.

1. Wash some old food jars; let dry.
• Note: make sure the jars are not broken or have cracks on them.


2. Cut orange tissue paper into strips to form pumpkin wedges and glue onto jars; let dry. Varnish; let dry.



3. Glue green tissue paper around rim for stems.



4. Cut triangles for eyes and a crooked smile out of black tissue paper and glue on features; let dry. Varnish again; let dry.



5. Twist floral wires tightly around the mouth of each jar, twisting ends around a pencil to form curled vines. Attach another wire to form handle.



6. Put a candle inside, light it, hang it from a pole and have some fun!

Some Very Easy Halloween Decorating

Turn dimmers on low and replace regular light bulbs with black lights or bulbs that flicker.

Create cobwebs with fiber stuffing (available at crafts and fabric stores). Simply pull it apart, then tape it to door frames and drape it over furniture.

Scatter plastic spiders, bats and bugs around the room. Use long lengths of thread to dangle some from the doorways or from the ceiling.

Make fog by putting a few large chunks of dry ice (see "Ice" or "Dry Ice" in the Yellow Pages) in a large metal washtub. Add warm water to create the fog and use a fan (set on low and placed away from the water) to send it creeping around the room.

Creepy Halloween Tree - Make a Halloween tree with black pipe cleaners. Insert several pipe cleaners into a florist's block for the base. Then wrap more pipe cleaners around the upright cleaners to create a bent and gnarled trunk. Make branches by attaching and twisting pipe cleaners into different shapes. Wrap small bundles of candy in orange fabric or napkins and tie with orange ribbons to hang from the branches.

Halloween Centerpiece - Cover the center of your table with leaves and place a decorated pumpkin in the center. Or make a family of three different sized pumpkins; each decorated according with black markers. Add curly ribbon hart to the top of one and glue bushy yarn eyebrows to another or use sequins, beads, buttons and other odds and ends for your creations.

Group tiny pumpkins together as candle holders. Cut a hole in the top of each, large enough to insert a candle. Line them up on the windowsill. No pumpkin carving is needed.

Weave orange and black ribbons through a loose-reed basket and fill with candy corn. Tie the handle with a large crepe paper bow and set it in a visible place.

For an elegant Halloween centerpiece, begin with a large Styrofoam ball. Cut strips of different shades of orange ribbon long enough to wrap from the top to the bottom of the ball. Attach one end with a pin into the top of the Styrofoam and bring the other end to the opposite side. Attach with another pin. Continue to wrap the ball in this way with alternating shades of color. Cut felt leaves and a stem and attach to the top of the pumpkin with pins. Or use a ribbon that can be curled by firmly drawing it over a scissors to make a clump of green for the top. Curl ribbon over a pencil and attach it for the trailing vines. If you can't find a large enough Styrofoam ball, make several small pumpkins.

Halloween Suncatchers

Oiled-paper suncatchers are easy and fun to make. They add a touch of Halloween to any window.

Here are the directions to make a Jack-o-Lantern Suncatcher. I have given a lot of detail in the instructions to help you do it the first time. Once you learn the method you will think of other designs to make. How about a black cat with green eyes? Or a haunted house with yellow, glowing windows?

• Materials construction paper
• White printing paper
• Colored markers
• Scissors
• Tape
• Clear mineral or baby oil
• Cotton-tipped swabs
• Jar lid (to hold a little of the mineral oil)
• Thread or string (optional)
• Old newspapers to keep things tidy!

1. Draw a pumpkin shape on orange construction paper. Cut it out.
2. Carefully cut out two triangle-shaped holes for the eyes.
3. Cut two rectangles cut from the plain white paper -- one to cover each eye-opening. These rectangles will later be taped onto the back of the pumpkin so make each larger than the eye-opening.
4. Put your pumpkin over on the other side of the room far away from where you do the next steps.
5. Things can now get a little messy. Lay out newspaper to catch drips. (Last and final warning: If you have not already done step 4, do it now.)
6. Use a yellow marker to color one side of each rectangle.
7. Place the rectangles with the colored side up on a pad of newspaper.
8. Pour a little mineral oil into the jar lid.
9. Dip a cotton swab into the mineral oil and carefully "paint" the entire rectangle. The paper will become translucent. Use only a little oil at a time. You don't need very much and if you use too much you will have one grand mess!
10. Set your oiled rectangles to dry on a pad of newspaper.
11. Clean up the area well. Wipe out any extra oil from the jar lid with facial tissue. Wash your hands with soap and water to remove any oil residue.
12. Do the next steps while waiting for the rectangles to dry. (Don't forget step 10!)
13. Go retrieve your pumpkin. Use you markers to add the rest of the jack-o-lantern's face. You may want to use construction paper to add leaves or other features.
14. When your rectangles are dry, tape one over each eye-opening. Have the side you did not color showing through to the front. Use tape on all four sides of the rectangle.
15. Use a small piece of tape to attach your suncatcher to the window glass. Or, add string to the top to hang in front of the window or other light source.

HINT: To make a double-sided suncatcher, cut out your original pumpkin and eye-holes from two pieces of construction paper at the same time. After adding the oiled-paper rectangles to one pumpkin, paste the second pumpkin to the back of the first, lining up the eye-holes.