KMPH FOX 26 | Central San Joaquin Valley News SourceMommy Monday: Halloween Party Ideas

Halloween is a week away and if you are still looking for some fun ideas, Great Day was full of them on Monday.

Local blogger and Great Day's Mommy Correspondent Alissa Forester sat down with Kim and Kopi to give them some tips to throw a fun and easy Halloween party for the kids.

You can read Alissa's blog at: www.happyhourmom.com

What to do:

• Make Pirate Loot Bags - print up stencils from http://family.go.com/crafts/craft-766431-pirates-loot-grab-bags-t/
• Pre-cut construction paper in orange, yellow, brown and black, or let the kids do it
• They can be grab bags for the party
• Carve fanged mini-pumpkins- provide less sharp carvers for big kids, or carve out mouths ahead of time for smaller tikes
• Can upload template from http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pdfs/2011Q4/pumpkin-carving-vampire-1011mld.pdf
• Not nearly as messy as carving pumpkins! You don't even need to remove the seeds, just tuck them back.

What to eat:

• Apple smiles- easy to prepare, healthy, and will make your kiddo smile!
• Just spread peanut butter on one side of each apple slice (squeeze a little lemon juice over the apple if not serving immediately). Then place mini marshmallows in between the two slices, with the peanut  butter holding it all together: http://family.go.com/food/recipe-ak-836893-apple-smiles-t/
• Cheese and carrot finger food- for a healthy snack serve cheese sticks and carrots that look like monster and witch fingers. For carrots, http://family.go.com/food/recipe-ak-927008-witches--cauldron-with-severed-fingers-t/
• For cheese recipe see http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/cheese-finger-food-685121/
• Squashed guts! Yuck! Mix cooked spaghetti squash with tomato sauce, and place in a small glass or shot glass. Encourage kiddos to slurp up their guts!
• Mini mummies- modified pigs in a blanket. http://family.go.com/holidays/pkg-halloween/recipe-an-925721-mini-mummies-t/
• Mickey mummy cupcakes- http://family.go.com/food/recipe-924031-mickey-mummy-cupcakes-t/

What to give party guests:

• Candied apples- http://www.familycircle.com/recipes/desserts/fruits/candy-apples/
• Halloween cupcakes in a jar- make chocolate cupcakes, slice in half horizontally. Layer cupcake, then frosting, cupcake, frosting, cupcake, and frosting (3 layers of each). I used a vanilla cream cheese