Halloween 2021

Maleficent and Diaval were out in full 

glory last night for trick or treating.  

Here in Utah when Halloween falls on 

Sunday we trick or treat on Saturday 

night.  We were blessed with a warm day 

and perfect weather.  

The catalyst for this year's theme was 

this Maleficent throne that I got 

last year from Throne Kingdom. 

I decided since Maleficent had her 

wings stripped from her that her 

detached wings should hang on the 

chair above her head. 

We decided against hosting 

trick or treaters with Covid last year, 

so Maleficent's throne finally came out.  

It was featured in my entry last year 

and some of the grandkids posed 

on it.  It stands 92 inches tall and 

is quite magnificent.  We ordered a second 

one to put in our theater room if we ever 

get started building our new home.  

The costume was ordered off Amazon 

last year also.  I didn't wear it to the two 

Halloween dinners we hosted as it is huge 

and heavy and the headpiece is heavy also, 

so I used an old one that was lighter weight.  

Since I was just sitting on my throne, the 

dress was perfect for the evening.  

Everyone wanted to know how we got the 

green glow.  That was achieved by two 

green light bulbs I purchased off Amazon.  

We shot two fog machines at the doors and 

the green reflected off the fog.  

I was surprised how many people didn't 

know who Diaval was - her sidekick crow 

that she turned into a human when she 

needed his help and then turned back 

into a crow, a horse and a bear when 

she needed.  

If you want to see a movie of 

Maleficent's outfit check out 

my IG post at

Jacquelinekayes

We had 600 kids (and parents)

come to the door - 

whew - that's a lot of candy!

Freeze Dried Caramel Apple Pops

Introducing our new freeze dried 

treat - Caramel Apple Suckers.  

We saw these for sale at a craft boutique 

this fall and decided they were one fun 

treat!

We ended up making tons of them 

and gave them away in these cute, 

inexpensive buckets.  Some of the kids 

were even stealing from other's buckets 

and putting more in theirs.  

I looked for instructions online 

and didn't find any, so I just decided 

to give them a try.  

I unwrapped and laid them out on 

parchment lined pans for the freeze dryer. 

I have a Harvest Right freeze dryer.  

I didn't know if they would have 

a problem sticking together, so 

I alternated their direction and 

spaced them apart, but as you can 

see, they pretty much took up 

the space they had. 

I set the freeze dryer for a standard time 

and that was perfect.  

They are a caramel flavored melt in your mouth 

crunch with a tangy green apple melt in 

your mouth surprise.  They were a big hit 

and so much fun.  

We have loved our Harvest Right 

freeze dryer so much.  It seems to 

be constantly running.  

I will post this on 

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A Hint About Halloween Night

Here is a hint about what is going to 

be happening here on Halloween Night. 

We actually got this chair for last year's 

Halloween, but with Covid, we decided 

to be gone for Halloween.  That is only 

the second time we have missed having 

fun for Halloween in 42 years of marriage.  

The other time the kids had Fall Break 

and we went away for it.  

This chair is 92 inches tall and I 

found it on Throne Kingdom.  

Ms. Maleficent will be sitting in it 

this year, with her sidekick Diavol.

We will be visited by about 

400 kids!  

My Haunted Village

Halloween is all around the house, 

and this year I decided to create 

a Haunted Village on the piano 

in the front entry, like I do the 

Christmas Village each year.

It all started because I made a new 

Haunted House and didn't know 

where to put another one!

I made and posted about this 

Haunted House last year. 

This is a house I had purchased from 

JoAnn Fabrics a few years back and 

I had dolled it up with a few pumpkins,

brooms, a banner and some pipe cleaners. 

This was a house we with our 

Craft Group a few years back.  

The craft leader that night had purchased 

houses from Hobby Lobby and then 

glittered them up and we all 

brought things to accessorize 

our houses.

The last house was also brought from JoAnn Fabrics and accessorized. 

Let me go back and show you some 

of the fun details to my new house. 

To tell the truth, it was this four poster 

witch's bed that captured my eye 

first at Michael's.  It has a fun purple 

bedspread and a hat on the bed and it is 

draped with black netting.  

The fairy witch is the owner of this house.  

Also notice the fun vanity mirror in the 

back corner.  These were all pieces from 

Michaels.  

The upstairs bath is a footed tub 

and a fun pedestal sink from Michaels.  

I cut some fur fabric for a bath rug 

and added a little folded terry towel.  

The silver mirror was purchased 

from Amazon.

I keep wanting to say this or that is 

my favorite thing, but this black 

cake has to be one of the top ones.  

it is atop a spider webbed table 

with sparkling bats on the chairs. 

But then again, this tufted sofa can't be 

beat!  No wonder I grabbed everything 

I saw!  

The outside porch is decorated with 

two haunted trees, a cauldron, 

some melting candles and 

some white pumpkins.  These are 

all from Michael's too.  

In order to have space for a porch, I 

found a slatted sign that was a gray 

wash and glued the house to it. 

If you have lost your way, these little 

spooks will help you!  

The house itself was a kit Michael's 

had for $24, that just glued together. 

The bad part of all of this is that 

everything was here and gone in 

August.  I went to a second store to 

pick up another couch and everything 

was gone the next day.  

Here are details from the inside 

of the house I made and posted 

last year.  

The furnishings came from Hobby Lobby, 

Michael's and Etsy.  

I made quite a few bottle brush trees 

for Halloween a few years ago and 

they are all over the village and even 

inside the houses. 

As you can see, Beaulah and I have been 

having a lot of fun for Halloween, 

flying here there and everywhere.  

We are so glad we flew on over to 

Michael's before all of these fun 

things were gone.

I will be posting this with 

Metamorphosis Monday.

Love Your Creativity

Disneys Haunted Mansion Tablescape

Welcome to Disney's Haunted Mansion, 

where Grim Grinning Ghosts came out to 

socialize for two parties this week.

The inspiration for our ghostly event came 

from this picture which we have had for 

quite a few years now.  We purchased it at 

Disney World a few years ago, 

signed by Larry Dotson, 2008. 

I happened to have this hearse 

that I got at Home Goods a few years 

ago, which looks so much like the one 

in the print.  

Then I got on Amazon and found table 

runners with the pattern of the 

Haunted Mansion, and the tables all 

came together. 

Hubby and I were Maleficent and Diavol 

for both parties.  This one was for a smaller 

party of ten, for friends.  

This one was for the family and we 

seated 26. 

I got new purple chargers from Amazon 

and used my white plates and gold 

flatware.  For the smaller group I was 

able to use these twig ones.  For the

larger group I used my everyday gold 

flatware, as I have more of those. 

A neighbor had gifted me 40 of these 

huge purple water goblets, as she knows 

I love tablescaping and purple.  Her 

MIL had these and had never used them. 

They were perfect for the large crowd 

and I didn't even mind using them on 

the kid's table as we had a few to spare. 

Of course, Madam Leota had to be 

present for the Haunted Mansion. 

And large candelabras are required 

at the Haunted Mansion.

I also purchased the Haunted Mansion 

music on Itunes and we had that playing 

as background music.  It features the 

entire soundtrack from the Disney ride. 

For the family party we asked everyone 

to make a Disneyland dish, so from left 

to right we have Bengal BBQ's spicy 

beef skewers, Carnation Cafe's potato soup, 

and Ronto Wraps from Star Wars.

A Disney inspired Halloween Macaron 

topped with Green Apple Pop Rocks 

and raspberry sauce and filled with 

black (cherry flavored) ice cream - wow!

We also had a huge assortment of 

wonderful Haunted Mickey cookies. 

For the friend party we did fondues. 

We had pizza fondue and cheese fondue 

for the main dish and chocolate 

and caramel fondues for dessert. 

So pack your bags and come along on 

our Haunted Mansion ride, 

but beware of hitchhiking ghosts!

Thanks for joining our scary ride and,  

"Hurry back, hurry back!"

I will be posting with 

Tablescapes Thursday

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