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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, October 27, 2006 - 5:41 pm
What a great costume!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, October 27, 2006 - 7:25 pm
Wow that kid looks amazing! So that's how a son becomes his mummy's mummy! hahaha
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, October 27, 2006 - 9:58 pm
I just carved this tonight? Do you like it?
(it's pumpkin pi)
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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Friday, October 27, 2006 - 10:32 pm
Escapee, that is so darn clever! Is there a contest somewhere you can enter? I'd vote for you.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, October 27, 2006 - 10:33 pm
Ditto! 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, October 27, 2006 - 11:23 pm
That is cute Escapee. And seeing that, I have a pumpkin question. The kids are begging me to cook the pumpkin seeds when they're done carving this weekend. I've never done it and don't even know where to begin. I asked my neighbor about it earlier, she told me to go to the grocery store and buy them, lol.
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 4:51 am
We had our Halloween party at our apartment complex today and the kids came around to the apartments after for Trick or Treating. It seems so boring to just hand them a few pieces of candy, but the cost for the cute little treat bags was just ridiculous. Luckily, I came up with a little brain storm when I looked at a jumbo size pack of white paper dinner napkins that I had bought at the warehouse store. I wrapped the candy up in the dinner napkin, tied it with twine and used a black felt tip marker to make faces on them. I wish I would have thought to make the pic before I gave most of them away. The basket was really cute when it was brimming with little ghosts. They were a hit with all the kids and so easy and fast to make!

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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 5:14 am
I love that pumpkin pi! I'll post my pumpkin picture later. We had faces on ours. I also have a white pumpkin that looks spooky with a flickering candle..LOL War, I've never cooked the seeds. I just throw the whole stringy mess out. People tell me they're good, though.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 7:50 am
You guys are so talented! Clever pumpkin pi and darling little ghosts. I can imagine how tickled the kids were.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 8:54 am
LOL, Az, that's cute! One year me and the kids did little ghosts with tissuesadded string to their heads and hung them from the trees. It was absolutely adorable....right up til the afternoon it poured down rain, lol. Then I had the biggest mess to clean up.
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 9:04 am
Wargod, it would be a great project to do with kids because they could easily draw three little circles for the eyes and nose on the ghosts. If a child were helping me, I'd give them a black crayon instead of the felt tip pen because it's easy to get too heavy handed with the felt tip pen and go right through the napkin. I just stuffed the heads with balled up napkins for the ghosts that I used for decorations on the basket handle and they would be cute strung up as decorations.
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 9:15 am
War, here is a recipe for roasted pumpkin seeds. * pumpkin seeds from 1 or more pumpkins * 1 tablespoon butter * salt Wash the pumpkin seeds to remove all the pulp, and place in a bowl. Melt the butter in a pan and then pour, bit by bit, into the nuts, tossing while you go. The key is not to use too much butter, but just enough to lightly coat the seeds. Smaller pumpkins may require less than 1 tablespoon of butter, larger ones more. Add salt. Preheat the oven to 250F; spread the seeds out over a baking pan and bake, turning occasionally, until crisp and lightly golden browned. Overcooking causes the nuts to toughen and lose flavor. Care2 I'd dry the seeds well after I washed them so the butter will coat them better, too.
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Moondance
Member
07-30-2000
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 11:55 am
Az too cute!!! Love the custom JB... he is so scary Cowboy's work has a coloring contest every year. There is a guy that takes first place every year... I came in second last year and was determined to beat him this year soooooooo here is my entry. I made a trick or treat safe back (the lights flicker) I got first place But then to find out the guy who wins every year and came in second for the first time in years was Cowboy's Boss. Ooppppsss, he didn't tell me LOL

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Moondance
Member
07-30-2000
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 11:57 am
Oh and I am doing my typical Halloween this year. I have a strobe light, fog machine, scary music, the front porch draped in black cloth and I am dressed as a VERY scary witch. I LOVE Halloween and scaring the kids!!!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 12:24 pm
Thank you Az, that sounds pretty simple (my kinda cooking, lol!) I'll give it a try tomorrow and let ya'll now how they come out. That's how we did the ghost (stuffing with tissue.) I never thought about stuffing them with candy though, that is a great and fun idea.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 1:21 pm
great Idea Az..great pictures too. We are going to an adult halloween party tonight...I have to remember my camera.
 
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 1:39 pm
Nice job Moonie! How did you do that bag? Cool idea with the ghosts Az!
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 2:22 pm
Love the pumpkin pi Escapee! How funny! A realtor left one of those tiny non-edible pumpk-ettes on my porch that I thought I would give to a friend tomorrow when she takes me to lunch. Think I'm going to find a black marker (hope you don't mind the copycatting, but I don't think you share friends since you're from out-of-state). LOL I've also got a cantelope (moan, probably one of the last of the season!) ripening that should be just perfect for her by tomorrow so that ought to get her in the orange spirit! AZ, that was really clever! Too cute and I bet the kids really love them. Do they celebrate trick-or-treat overseas a lot too?
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Moondance
Member
07-30-2000
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 2:25 pm
Thanks JB... I tried to trace the pix that was given to color but ended up free handing most of it with black puffy paint, painted in the colors then topped it off with sparkle paint.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 2:26 pm
Moonie, meant to say also that I think that bag is great too! Really artistic. What part had the flickering lights? Oh my, that boss must have been disappointed, does the judging panel know up front whose bag they are judging? Hope Cowboy isn't bucking for a promotion in the near future. LOL
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Moondance
Member
07-30-2000
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 2:27 pm
And the lights are little sparkle lights that are used in a Christmas wreath for your door so it is battery pack operated so I velcroed it inside the bag so you can turn it on and off. ed... Hi Bisc!! The lights are going up the smoke from the kettle. LOL when I went to see the other entries, I think everyone was secretly happy he lost. Cowboy thought it was kind of funny. We really wanted that Christmas bonus though LOL
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 3:16 pm
You guys sure have a lot of cute ideas! It makes Halloween so much fun!!!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 3:17 pm
Hey Jimmer, howsabout a halloween picture of your girls?
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 3:39 pm
Thanks for asking Julie! We'll see. As you know I'm a photographer - no time for pictures. 
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, October 28, 2006 - 5:55 pm
JImmer, it's like the saying, the shoemaker's kids go barefoot. GRIN.
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