In honor of the Great Pumpkin Party, it was only fitting for Little Crafter and I to do a little something to kick off the festivities! We recently received a copy of the Taste of Home Ultimate Halloween Issue {more about that tomorrow, including a giveaway!}. Inside, we found this adorable idea:
SNACK-O-LANTERNS
We mutually decided that it was the perfect project for us. All we needed were cupcakes, icing, food coloring, and candy! Little Crafter helped me get just the right shade of orange icing…
Then, he inspected my icing job…quality testing, you know…
Then came the fun part…decorating! We had jellybeans, gummy fruit slices, and licorice to play with. Here’s the first pumpkin face Little Crafter made.
…and some of his festive friends! LC made most of them, but I did a few too because it was just too fun!
Since hubby is particularly fond of yellow cupcakes with chocolate icing, we made a few that way for him. Since brown pumpkins aren’t particularly appealing, we decided to make those into monsters instead.
Here they are…aren’t they fun? The ones on the right are sticking out their tongues. Little Crafter’s favorite is the one with five eyes, right in the middle.
This was such a fun and easy project for us…and a yummy one too! Thanks to Taste of Home for the great idea. Be sure to stop by tomorrow to see some of our other favorite things from the issue and enter to win a free copy! And of course, don’t forget to share YOUR latest pumpkin projects at the Great Pumpkin Party anytime this month!
Happy Fall Crafting!
Kara @ Petals to Picots says
Cute idea and cute little helper 🙂
Shannah @ Just Us Four says
These are so cute! I love your little helper too. What a super fun project to do together.
Kathryn Ferguson Griffin says
So very cute! And, your little helper is quite a cutie. Thank you for sharing. Visiting from Bear Rabbit Bear. Would love it if you would share this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2012/09/make-it-pretty-monday-week-13.html Hope to see you at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
Jessi @ Practically Functional says
Oh my gosh, I seriously want one now, how cute! Thanks for sharing at The Fun In Functional!
Jessi @ Practically Functional says
Just wanted to let you know I featured this today on my blog! You can check out the feature and grab a button here: http://practicallyfunctional.net/2012/09/the-fun-in-functional-link-party-16/
ruthhill74 says
I love this, and I had to pin it!
Winnie says
These are super cute and adorable
What a joyful project 🙂
A Lived in Home says
These are so darn cute! How fun for kiddos to make! I would love for you to come link up to my Get Social link party that’s live right now. Come share your awesome blog! http://alivedinhome.blogspot.com/2012/09/get-social-sunday_8.html
Melanie @ bear rabbit bear says
So cute! Featuring these on Thursday
Heather says
These are so VERY cute!!! 🙂 I am defiantly going to be making these with my kids for Halloween this year.
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