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Home My WebLink AboutThe Times Advocate, 2006-10-25, Page 21Wednesday, October 25, 2006 TIMES—ADVOCATE 21 It's time to get ready for all those Idea #I Serve your Halloween punch or spiced apple cider from a large hollowed -out pumpkin. Use a large ladle to serve in orange cups. Idea #2 Old tree trunks or cut sections of thick limbs make great stands for your Jack 0' Lanterns. Idea #3 Hollow out mini pumpkins and use as votive candle holders. They are inexpensive and look really great, you can even carve faces in them! Idea #4 Ask your Halloween party guests to bring a carved pumpkin to the party. Set up a special table to display them all on (this will also enhance your party decor!) Idea #5 Serve fresh veggies using a hollowed out pumpkin as a bowl. Cut of the top and clean out, leaving the top in a jagged edge design! Use mini pumpkins to hold dips! Idea #6 Add the effect of lightning to your haunted house, yard haunt or Halloween party with a lightning machine. This unit realistical- ly simulates the effects of both thunder and lightning! Idea #7 Use clear food handlers plastic gloves to freeze ice hands to throw in the punch bowl. It will keep it cold and look great! Idea #8 For an eerie effect, hang glow -in -the -dark bats, skeletons and spiders from the ceilings and trees! Write scary Halloween messages or body outlines on Keep safety in mind on Halloween night Halloween is a magical time for kids, but it's also a time of year where safety should be as much a priority as collecting candy. There are measures to take whether you're manning the door or escorting the troops around town, in addition to general tips to heed. Check off each item as you complete the task. SCARE TACTICS In advance of Halloween, follow this advice. • Help children choose costumes that will be safe. Hems should be reasonably cut so that tripping will not occur, and proper footwear should be worn. • Masks can be hot and obscure vision. Consider water-based, hypoallergenic face paints instead. Use caution when applying around the eyes. • Stock up on glow sticks or flash lights children can carry. This way they'll be able to illuminate the way when dusk falls. They'll also be more visible to other pedestrians and drivers. Inexpensive flash lights are often sold at home centers and supermarkets. What's more, they typically come in orange - perfect for Halloween. • Map out an area that the chil- dren are allowed to visit, one you feel is safest. Set curfews. One safe option is to plan to take trick -or - treaters to a shopping or strip mall, where store owners often oblige candy -seeking children. It's well lit and public enough to improve the safety odds. HAUNTING THE 'HOOD It's easier to control safety at home, but while out and about, there may be inadvertent dangers. • Explain that children should remain on the sidewalk or illumi- nated paths. They should know the danger of darting out into the street or across driveways and alleys. Drivers can have a difficult time making out children in the twilight. • Obey all local traffic and pedes- trian regulations, such as crossing at crosswalks. • Assign a chaperone, either you or perhaps an older sibling, who can accompany younger children. Don't let young kids go out alone. • Children should not enter the homes of strangers. Be sure they are aware of this rule. • Inform children not to indulge in their treats before they get home. AFTERTHE PILLAGING Once trick or treating is over, the safety measures continue. • Treats need to be thoroughly checked by an adult when children get home. Tampering is rare, but proper precautions should always be taken. • Divide up the candy so that it can be enjoyed over the course of days following Halloween, and not just gorged on the day after. Special sugary goodness for those trick and treaters These chocolate suckers are a great Halloween treat and you can dress them up as much as you want! Make them simple or paint them with candy paints, either way they'll be the hit of the season! INGREDIENTS 1 bag any color chocolate melts sucker molds of your choice 1 bag of sucker sticks dis- posable pastry bags 1 bag of sucker wrappers you fill with orange. Just let the faces harden first, then fill. When they are full, insert the sticks, you may have to work them into the chocolate a little and top it off to seal them in. They may look a little bumpy but they will level out as the chocolate set- tles. Place in your refriger- ator to set. You can also look for dif- ferent molds that have witches, skulls, etc and fill them accordingly. To remove after they are set, just lift by the stick, they should easily pop right out. If they don't come out, just bend the mold slightly, like get- ting ice from a tray. You can use candy paints or glazes at this time to add some color. Or use decorating gel or frosting to add faces! w/ ties Halloween chocolate suckers PREPARATION To melt the chocolate, follow the directions on the back of the bag. The easiest way is to use a dispos- able pastry bag. Fill it with the melts, tie off the open end and zap it in the microwave. Squeeze the bag every few minutes as it melts to mix it. Cut off the tip of the bag and fill each sucker shape to the top. We used orange melts and jack -o - lantern molds. You can also melt some yellow and brown melts and fill in the jack -o -lantern face before 431% A1, Gaiser Kneale El EXETER - 235-2420 GRAND BEND - 238-8484 CLINTON - 482-3401 STORAGE & SERVING For a Halloween party, serve on a large serving tray or decorative plates. For treats, wrap individually in those little cellophane bags for suckers. You can find orange ones during the Halloween season. A very tasty little treat! 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