Door to door trick or treating may be a thing of the past, but Kids' Halloween parties, done with imagination and creativity, can be an alternative not only every bit as much fun, but much safer than the door to door trick or treating you might have done in the past. You remember running excitedly from house to house on Halloween, yelling, "Trick or Treat!" and receiving goodies from everyone. A safer, more acceptable alternative is to easily and inexpensively entertain little ghouls and Goblins at your very own kids' Halloween party.
It is important to make a guest list for your child's Halloween party, and enlist the help of other parents who want a safe, but fun, alternative for their own children, to provide adequate supervision. Keep in mind that, to keep children entertained and occupied, you must provide more than treats. Games, contests, and activities are important as well.
Here are some safe, fun suggestions sure to entertain at your kids' Halloween party:
o A costume contest where each child votes for the best costume at the party, and the winner receives a prize.
o Pumpkin decorating contests. Each child is given a miniature pumpkin, and allowed to decorate the pumpkin with sequins, glitter, markers, yarn, etc. The children then vote on the best decorated pumpkin, and the winner earns a treat. Each child is allowed to take their decorated pumpkin home with them after the party.
o Musical ghosts: the children form a circle, and while spooky music plays they pass the 'ghost' (a white, plastic bag filled with goodies, tied with a rubber band, and painted to look like a ghost head) and the child holding the 'ghost' when the music stops is 'out' until only one child is left. That child is the winner, and earns the ghostly treat.
o A game sure to find approval is "Who's the Mummy?" where the children divide up into pairs, and each pair is given a roll of toilet paper. With one child wrapping, and the other child being the mummy, who ever wraps the whole roll fastest wins the game, and a treat.
o Another great game for your kids Halloween party, would be a quest to find the ghost who ate the candy. Small, white bags, with ghosts' faces drawn on, are filled with Halloween candy, and hidden throughout the party area. Children would be given hints and instructions, and allowed to search to find the bags filled with treats.
Though the days of children being able to go door to door yelling "Trick or Treat" may be a thing of the past, and your children's memories may be different from your own, your Kids' Halloween party can create wonderful memories to cherish, and be passed down from generation to generation, while keeping your children not only happy, but safe, at their very own Kids' Halloween party.
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Different Types of Flowers to Make Use of When Decorating a Wedding Cake
Flowers are essentially the most traditional kinds of tops on frosted cakes. There are different types of flowers used. Allow me to share a couple of of them.
Royal Icing dries solid and is used for many decorations like daisies, roses, violets, pansies, etc. Royal Icing is edible and is candy-like. Flower designs are usually made by piping buttercream into roses or flowers with or without leaves.
Gumpaste is best utilized when you want very hard flower designs and other decorative items. It's a sugar dough which may be rolled out and shaped into stylish flowers. These flowers are probably the most realistic and can be made on toothpicks or floral-wire in flower arrangements. Gumpaste arrangements are especially stunning cake toppers that may be kept as a memento for years to come. They can be made ahead of time, allow them to air dry, and keep in an open container, in any cool, dry place, until you place them on the wedding cake. Even though these designs are exceptionally beautiful, you should plan on paying Bakeries and at Home Cake Decorators extra for them due to the time it requires to make each gum-paste flower.
Fresh designs might be stuffed, like squash blossoms and then fried or used in stir-fry dishes. Safe to eat flowers may be crystallized; frozen in ice cubes and included with beverages; made into jellies and jams; used to make teas or wines; minced and added to cheese spreads, herbal butters, pancakes, crepes, and waffles. Many flowers can be used to make vinegars for cooking, marinades, or dressings for salad. Edible flowers can be used fresh as a adornment or as an essential part of a dish, for example a salad. When decorating a marriage cake some can make a large spray type arrangement on top and/or scatter some petals around the fringe of the wedding platter for a lovely final touch. You can find a lot of great ideas on the Cake Central website. They have thousands of great cake decorating ideas.
Fresh flowers are very popular and exquisite, but some can be hazardous if eaten. Take caution when deciding on the kinds of flower designs inside the arrangements for your cake. Use those that have not been sprayed with pesticides (or gather some out of your yard which are organic and natural). There are different ways to decorate with edible flower designs: Put together large corsage type arrangements, which are easy to place on the wedding cake when delivered. Another way is to clip greenery and flower designs just before the wedding and place them on top of the table surrounding the wedding cake. Or, shower some petals around the fringe of the cake platter for a stunning finishing touch when the cake is served.
Using fresh flowers also implies that you get together with the florist and chat about delivery times. It is not possible with transporting cakes to place flowers on before serving when you're having a function. A wedding cake is generally set up the morning of the wedding, regardless of whether the reception is for that evening. The flower designs need to be fresh and cold when setting up the wedding cake. Most highly regarded florists are accustomed considering the needs of fresh flowers resting on the cake.
Royal Icing dries solid and is used for many decorations like daisies, roses, violets, pansies, etc. Royal Icing is edible and is candy-like. Flower designs are usually made by piping buttercream into roses or flowers with or without leaves.
Gumpaste is best utilized when you want very hard flower designs and other decorative items. It's a sugar dough which may be rolled out and shaped into stylish flowers. These flowers are probably the most realistic and can be made on toothpicks or floral-wire in flower arrangements. Gumpaste arrangements are especially stunning cake toppers that may be kept as a memento for years to come. They can be made ahead of time, allow them to air dry, and keep in an open container, in any cool, dry place, until you place them on the wedding cake. Even though these designs are exceptionally beautiful, you should plan on paying Bakeries and at Home Cake Decorators extra for them due to the time it requires to make each gum-paste flower.
Fresh designs might be stuffed, like squash blossoms and then fried or used in stir-fry dishes. Safe to eat flowers may be crystallized; frozen in ice cubes and included with beverages; made into jellies and jams; used to make teas or wines; minced and added to cheese spreads, herbal butters, pancakes, crepes, and waffles. Many flowers can be used to make vinegars for cooking, marinades, or dressings for salad. Edible flowers can be used fresh as a adornment or as an essential part of a dish, for example a salad. When decorating a marriage cake some can make a large spray type arrangement on top and/or scatter some petals around the fringe of the wedding platter for a lovely final touch. You can find a lot of great ideas on the Cake Central website. They have thousands of great cake decorating ideas.
Fresh flowers are very popular and exquisite, but some can be hazardous if eaten. Take caution when deciding on the kinds of flower designs inside the arrangements for your cake. Use those that have not been sprayed with pesticides (or gather some out of your yard which are organic and natural). There are different ways to decorate with edible flower designs: Put together large corsage type arrangements, which are easy to place on the wedding cake when delivered. Another way is to clip greenery and flower designs just before the wedding and place them on top of the table surrounding the wedding cake. Or, shower some petals around the fringe of the cake platter for a stunning finishing touch when the cake is served.
Using fresh flowers also implies that you get together with the florist and chat about delivery times. It is not possible with transporting cakes to place flowers on before serving when you're having a function. A wedding cake is generally set up the morning of the wedding, regardless of whether the reception is for that evening. The flower designs need to be fresh and cold when setting up the wedding cake. Most highly regarded florists are accustomed considering the needs of fresh flowers resting on the cake.
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