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Show Page C4 THE DAILY HLRALD. Prowi. L'tah, WediieMlav. atte 7, fW8 ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES Activity Recipes More 'crafty' creatures to create Spoottiacular Halloween treats ALEXANDRIA, Va. Halloween is the perfect occasion to throw a party and fill your haunted house with witches and ghosts, cobwebs and skeletons, and other creepy things that go bump in the night. By DONNA ERICKSON I king eaturek Syndicate Make eye- catching pumpkins from unusual Went moro? This activity and more can be found in Donna Ertekson's new book, "Donna's Day: Fun Activities that Bring the Family Together" (HarperCollins), available at bookstores nationwide. objects for your own indoor pumpkin patch. Here's an easy pumpkin made from a cotton skein. Purchase any size 100 percent mercerized cotton skein in bright orange or gold. The skein is typically used for crochet inn, knitting or darning. Set the skein upright on the table with an opening at the top. To create a stem, find a stick from a tr'.v branch that is 34 inch in diameter and about 2 inches taller than the skein. Place the stick through the top hole until it reaches the bottom. (Hue the end of the stick to the interior cardboard. Arrange Spanish moss or shredded tissue paper around the stem to cover the hole. Glue silk or cutout felt leaves to the stem. For an interesting pumpkin decoration, start with anv size Stvrofoam ball. Find some HALLOWEEN ribbon and a wide inexpensive fabric stick for a stem. Poke the stick into the ball to create a pumpkin stem. Spread white household glue on a small area of the ball. Now place a ribbon square on the ball and using a golf tee, gently push center of ribbon into the Stvrofoam. Continue until ball is completely covered with the ribbon pieces. gift-wra- cious snack food. I.iet's Go to the Movies Halloween Rent a flick, such as Ghostbusters, It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, or Frankenweenie and Hocus Pocus, pop some fresh popcorn, turn down the lights and enjoy fright night with the yong goblins. child-friendl- Continued from CI the longest, wins a pumpkin filled with pretzels. Spooky Word Scramble Hold up index cards with the jumbled letters of a Halloween word ghost, cobweb, witch, broomstick, devil, skeleton, and goblin displayed. The child who correctly guesses each word first wins a prize. Tell the Corniest Joke And um Ivicr nf mm rViirof Pumpkin Hoola Hoop Toss In this version of ring toss, paint points on pumpkins and arrange them with the highest score farthest from the starting line. Players stand on the line and try to toss a hula hoop I around a pumpkin. Three tries for each child; the highest score ' wins. Treasure Hunt Hide rub- her spiders, skeletons and other ' ghoulish objects throughout your haunted house. Every third prize is a deli GHOSTLY SAYINGS Halloween is a time for casting spells, carving out and donning costumes. This ancient pagan festival originated as a day out for the dead. People hid from unfriendly spirits by dressing up in disguise and putting out sweets to pacify demons. Test your knowledge of ghostly sayings by matching the following quotes in column one with their authors in column two. "He must have a long spoon that must eat with the 1. devil." 2. "I am a jack-o'-lante- with terrible teeth." 3. "For something is amiss or out of place when mice with wings can wear a human face." 4. "It's 5. "To be a thousand days a ghost is not equal to being one day a man." 6. "For Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do." 7. "Will you walk into my parlor?" said the spider to the fly; "'tis the prettiest little parlor that ever you did spy." 8. "A skeleton once in Khartoum asked a spirit up into his room; they spent the whole night in the eeriest fight as to which should be frightened of whom." A. Mary Howitt B. Proverb C. Carl Sandberg D. Isaac Watts E. William Shakespeare F. Anonymous G. Theodore Roethke H. Mary Shelley Answers: l (e); 2 (c); 3 (g); 4 (h); 5 (b); 6 (d): 7 (a); and 8 (f). YUMMY MUMMY Makes 12 servings Two packages cream cheese, softened 12 cup canned pumpkin 1 teasxx)n ground cumin 1 teasKxm salt Red and yellow food coloring (to make orange), optional 2 dark raisins or cranberries Potato chips, pretzeb and corn chips In large bowl with mixer set at low speed, beat cream cheese, pumpkin, cumin, salt and food color until smooth. On waxed paper, shape mixture into an mummy shape. Add raisins for eyes. With back of small knife, draw lines through cheese mixture to resemble "bandages." Refrigerate until mixture is firm. WITCH HUNT Makes 6 14 cup butter or margarine One package (10 miniature marshmallows 13 cup creamy peanut butter 6 cups popped corn 1 cup salted peanuts Wooden popsicle sticks 6 chocolate wafer cookies 6 sugar ice cream cones Peanut butter, dried fruit, small pretzel sticks In large saucepan over low heat, melt butter or margarine. Add marshmallows and peanut butter; stir until completely melted. Remove from heat. Add popcorn and peanuts. Stir until Lightly grease a large ice cream scoop. Scoop large balls of mixture onto waxed paper. With lightly greased hands, roll mixture into balls. Insert a wooden stick into each ball. Spread both sides of each cookie with some peanut butter; attach to top of ball. Attach an ice cream cone to top well-coate- Grand BLOOD-SUCKINSALSA Makes 2 cups 2 large ripe tomatoes, finely diced 2 scallions, sliced 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced 2 garlic cloves, chopped 2 tablespoons chopped fresh G Makes about 14 cups 10 cups popped corn 2 cups salted peanuts 2 cuns small pretzels 1 cup packed light brown cilantro 1 1 1 12 cup minced red onion Potato chips or tortilla chips In large bowl, combine oil, vinegar, salt and 1 abasco pepper sauce. Add black beans, corn, tomato, avocado and red onion. Toss to mix well. MONSTER MUNCH CRUNCH tablespoon lime juice teaspoon salt teaspoon Tabasco pepper sugar 12 cup light corn syrup 12 cup butter or margarine 12 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 12 teaspoon baking soda Preheat oven to 250 degrees sauce Tortilla chips In medium bowl, combine tomatoes, scallions, jalapeno peppers, garlic, cilantro, lime juice, salt and Tabasco pepper sauce. . F. In large roasting pan, combine popped corn, peanuts and pretzels. Place in oven while preparing caramel mixture. In saucepan, combine brown sugar, corn syrup, butter and well-blende- d Catalog Desk of each cookie. Use peanut but ter to attach dried fruit and pretzel sticks for faces. BLACK CAT BEAN DIP Makes 5 cups 12 cup olive oil 14 cup balsamic vinegar 1 teaspoon salt 12 teaspoon Tabasco pepper sauce cans black Two beans, drained and rinsed can kernel One drained corn, 1 large tomato, chopped 1 ripe avocado, halved, pitted, peeled and chopped and salt. Stirring constantly, heat to boiling over medium heat. Without stirring, boil for 4 minutes. Remove pan from heat; stir in vanilla extract and baking soda. Pour over warm popcorn mixture; toss to coat well. Bake 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Cool; break apart. P I With Georqie Global By Bryan Busby and Tom Gauer ll STRENGTH IN NUMBERS Hurricanes can be very powerful, but it is truly a team effort. A hurricane is much like a cluster of individual strong thunderstorms. 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