Sunrise Creations Blog

Sometimes the big day sneaks up on us, making it a mad scramble to create an atmosphere where there is none.  When you are working under pressure it can block your creativity.  Ideas are suddenly few and far between.

I found these gorgeous images at Better Homes and Gardens in one of their Halloween slideshows.  What appealed to me about these ideas is that they are all created using just paper cut outs or ribbons and string.  They aren't hard to do at all.  I hope these images give you some ideas that you can use at your place at Halloween.  Drop into Better Homes and Gardens and look through the rest of the images.  They are fabulous and really not difficult to do.

Have a happy and ghoulish Halloween!

There’s a heap of information and resources out there on making Halloween fun for the kids, but what about the adults? Surely they’re allowed some fun, too?

Halloween is, really, just another excuse to host a party. This time, you have a theme you don’t need to think to hard about.

Obviously, you want everyone to come in character; Halloween themed character, of course. The themeing doesn’t stop there however. Simple touches, like orange and black napkins, balloons, streamers and other decorations.

Add some cardboard skeletons, hang some bats and fake spider webs and cover the windows with black cloth and you’re on your way.

The right music will enhance the night dramatically – songs like Werewolves of London, Psycho Killer, Monster Mash, Black Magic Woman and Sympathy for the Devil are a good start. There are plenty more where they came from.

Food, of course, is an important element of any social gathering. You can make your Halloween party so much more fantastic with the right food. Drinks and cocktails – in the right colours of course; red, luminous green and black – served from IV drip bags, or in punch bowls filled with “body parts” (peeled grapes, chunks of watermelon) add to the effect.

You are looking for impact with your choice of food, so make sure that it looks effective and gets even an adult imagination wondering.  You might like to try something like "Eye of Newt" from the Betty Crocker Kitchen. Until you taste it, you won't be quite sure what it is...

Finger foods are also handy; like Mummy Dogs or Frankenstein Finger Dips (using carrots and … a dip!)

Of course, don't forget the drinks.  They have to match the theme, too.  I love the sound of the Green Ghoul cocktail.

Ingredients:

• 1 part Midori Melon Liqueur
• 1/2 part Strega Liqueur or Yellow Chartreuse
• 1/2 part Canton Ginger liqueur
• Ginger Beer or Ginger Ale

Preparation:

There’s plenty of food ideas out there on the web, but really, all you need to do is take a nice, easy recipe you know, and spooky it up! A dash of red and some squiggly lines makes brains or body parts in an instant.

You’re only limited by your imagination.

And how much fun you can handle!