Mad Scientists at Work

Today we decided to do some experiments on some of the kid's halloween candy. I got this idea from an article in Family Fun magazine. The kids each picked out some candy and we covered each candy with either water or vinegar in separate glasses. We looked to see if they floated or sank, and just what they looked like after soaking. One of my favorites was seeing how the "S" on each skittle would come off and float to the top of the water. The kids got really into it and we had to keep pulling out more and more glasses so they could try just one more. I think this might just become a tradition! 

My little mad scientists.

Costumes

My daughter wanted to be a banana this year so I kinda winged it. I used felt and first sewed some batting to the wrong side (or would become the wrong side) of the fabric. I used an oblong piece for the front and kind of a crescent shaped piece for each side. I stuffed the top and bottom and left room in the back for her to be able to just slip it on.

My son this year wanted to be an eyeball this year so I sewed his out of felt as well. I cut four panels the shape of what a globe would look like if it was taken apart. On the front panel I sewed the iris and pupil which I made by making a compass with a string and a pencil to make each circle. The string was the length of the radius of the size circle which I wanted. I held the string down on the fabric and with my other hand held the pencil and string together and went around and it made my circle. Then I sewed each panel together. On the inside of the eyeball I sewed a tube which was attached to the bottom and then went over his shoulders. Then we stuffed the costume with grocery sacks which were crumpled up in between the eyeball layer of fabric and the tube layer.

Here are all the kiddos. My youngest two are wearing costumes I made for the older ones when they were that little. I used a pattern for those but I can't remember who puts it out. The felt costumes helped keep my little ones warm considering we had a chill Halloween night.

Halloween Treats

Our Girl Scout Troop had our annual Halloween party. We love spooky treats!

These creepy spiders are made of a marshmallow with chow-mien noodles stuck in the sides for legs. Next I melted some chocolate in a ziploc baggie and cut off the corner of the bag once the chocolate was all melted. (I put the chocolate in a bag, put it in the microwave for 20 seconds at a time and repeat until all the chocolate is melted) I drizzled chocolate over the marshmallows and then put mini m&m's on for eyes. 

My co-leader made these. The Eyeballs are made just like buckeye candies and then she put a mini m&m on top and made the blood vessels out of frosting.

These gruesome fingers are made from my regular roll recipe. Then I rolled the dough like when you made snakes out of play dough. Next I took a sharp knife to make a couple of slits in the middle for knuckle marks. Then I brushed the dough with an egg wash and put a slivered almond on the end to look like a fingernail.

These worms were definitely my favorite. I got the idea and recipe here.

We had regular fruit punch but we had a brain in it. The brain was made out of pink lemonade in a mold.

Columbus Day Dinner

This was our super last minute lets celebrate the day idea. We had chips that were the waves, hoagie sandwich and a straw with a paper sail taped to it. It was a big hit with the kids!

Party Banner

I made this banner with card-stock and ribbon. I used a five inch circle, glued a four and a half inch circle on top and then punched a 3 1/2 inch scalloped circle out of the card-stock I printed the letters on and glued it on top of the four and a half inch circle. Next I punched a hole on either side of each circle and double knotted different ribbon between each letter.  

Ladybug Party

Here are some invites from Kaitlyn's birthday party. We had a ladybug picnic and had fun in the water of course! The invites were pretty easy to make. I have a cricut which I used to cut out the invitations with and just cut the round part in half. I didn't have any black brads on hand so I just painted regular ones black. These pictures aren't the best! I think the munchkins got a hold of the camera.

These are the cupcakes from the party. We iced half of the top of the cupcake with red frosting and used red sanding sugar on top of that. For the spots I used chocolate chips upside down. Then the head is black frosting. 

Teacher Gift

This year for the class present I made this book.  She seemed to love it!  Who wouldn't love money?  I got this great idea HERE.  The full instructions are on her website.  I found my paper compound at Xpedx.