Chocolate Churro Bats
Bella Breakdown To make the spooky treats, cut bat shapes with a cookie cutter out of a soft tortilla. Use a paring knife to trim the edges. In a bowl, combine 1 cup of dark brown sugar, 2 tablespoons of dark chocolate cocoa powder, and 1 tablespoon of cinnamon. In a separate bowl, dip your bats into melted coconut oil, then dip them into the sugar mixture. Line a cookie sheet with tinfoil, then place a wire rack on top. Put your sugar-covered bats on top of the rack. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes. After they have cooled,...
3 Easy Halloween Crafts to Spook Your Guests
Bella Breakdown If you’re hosting a haunted bash, there’s no need to spend money on store-bought decor. With these three easy Halloween crafts – Spider Web Door Decoration, Spooky Candles, and Witches Brew Candy Display – your guests are sure to have a monster mash. Spider Web Door Decor To make the Spider Web Door Decoration, first spray paint round piece of cardboard and wooden skewers black. Next, slice a round Styrofoam ball in half and paint it black. Print out letter template and cut out the letters. Glue the letters onto the round black cardboard. Then, pin orange...
Fun Halloween Crafts to Make with Kids!
Conjure Up a Cool Halloween With These 4 Cute Crafts! Halloween is right around the corner! I was trying to think of some fun ideas of crafts to make with my 3 children who are all under 7, that wouldn’t require too much skill and didn’t require us to go out and buy lots of expensive supplies. As the kids and I were brainstorming, I couldn’t believe how many great ideas they had. We had a great time making them together and they were so happy to have their creative “works of holiday art” are proudly displayed in our home. Mom...
Punk Rock Inspired Pumpkins
Bella Breakdown Take your Halloween full-throttle this year with some punk-rock pumpkins… or should we say ‘punk’ins? Maybe we’ll lay off the puns and stick to DIY-ing from now on. Seriously though, these are super fun and easy to make! All you’ll need for this project is: Punking Black Craft Paint Paint Brush Pencil Mixing Tray Various nails and spikes What’s so fabulous about this DIY is that is can be done with real or fake pumpkins because there’s no carving involved! All you need to do is start by painting a face on your pumpkin. Once your satisfied...
