For Halloween this year, I tried a new idea, that I had gotten from the most excellent blog, Filth Wizardry. She did this as a fun project with the kids, and I thought it looked like a lovely and disgusting item for the Halloween buffet, especially for the kiddos. Now those of you who follow me on Twitter may remember this for the Dot Cooks “Live Tweet”, where I documented all my Halloween food prep (if not, you can see the summary here!).

So why am I showing you this now, since Halloween is a whole year away?  Well, I think…

Sorry for the light posting, I’ve been resting up from Halloween month!

I did promise a picture of the Flayed Skin cheeseball from the Halloween Party, so here it is. I added the mozzarella ball slices behind the olives for a more eye-popping look!

By the way, I wrote the how-to on this project up as an instructable, and it’s entered in the Halloween contest over at Instructables.com (great website!)- so if you like it, go vote for it!

And, here is an even more disgusting take on this idea that was left in the comments section over at Instructables, by…

Thanks for joining Dabbled for Halloween 2009… hope you enjoyed it!
You can see all the Halloween projects & posts here: www.dabbled.org/halloween.

I also wanted to point out one last cool costume..
Check this one out posted by Mod Mischief! Several other really good ones, and how-to’s there, too.

I’ll stick a few more pics from Halloween out on flickr in the next few days, too, and try to post some of the final party food pics.!

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I promised better pictures of The Boy’s Agent P Costume, and some instructions, so here ya go!

Here are some basic instructions, pictures follow.

Body:
At it’s simplest, you can do this with a green hoodie and sweatpants. Unfortunately for me, I couldn’t find a green hoodie, so I made a simple one out of fleece, by tracing around a current sweatshirt. (see pics below) I added a few pieces of ‘hair’ with black embroidery floss.

Bill:
The Duckbill was very easy! 2 pieces of craftfoam, cut into a bill shape. The bottom piece is slightly smaller than the top piece. I used a hole…

Yesterday I did a “live-tweet” of my cooking/prepping food for the halloween party.  Which basically consists of me taking cellphone pics of whatever I’m cooking.

So, if you don’t follow me on twitter, here’s what I posted!

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DotatDabbled: I’ll be ‘live-tweeting’ party food prep this morning, for real this time! Follow along at #dotcooks

I spent several hours yesterday making The Boy’s Perry the Platypus costume. My twitter friends will recall my desperate search for a green hoodie sweatshirt, which I never did find, so I made one out of fleece. The platypus tail (made of fleece, and quilted!) is the crowning touch, I think. We were running out the door to the Halloween festival, so I didn’t get any good pictures, but I’ll take some tomorrow so you can see the full effect. I also took photos of the process, so I’ll get a tutorial up too!

Halloween is almost here! But you still have a few days… So here’s a quick and elegant version of a lantern in a jar!

When I went to the Dollar Store to pick up items for my Dollar Store Crafts guest post earlier this month, I picked up enough for several projects–the creepy ravens & the bottle labels were 2 of them. Here is the final one!

For this project you need a glass container that will look good upside down (I picked a straight sided vase). You also need handmade paper in a dark and a light shade (Mine was purple and off-white, with…

Check out the fun and fabulous ideas for (non-edible) Skulls (based on Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls) from one of my favorite crafty fellow Atlantans– Colleen of Some Art Fabric & Sloth Craft. (She did a fun Girls Blue Jean Remake tutorial for Dabbled, too!)

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Today I’m over at Dollar Store Crafts, blogging about my nifty cheepy spooky labels for your Halloween bottles and jars! Go check it out…

I’ve written up all the instructions here as an instructable. Go here!

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Decorating your door for Halloween?  Here are some ideas..

• Funky Feather Wreath
• Halloween Guest Post: Recycled Halloween Wreath
• Googly Eye Wreath
• Another Feathered Wreath
• Rustic Wreath
• Martha’s Musty Relic Wreath
• Martha’s Silk Flower Halloween Wreath
• What I THINK is the original Monster Wreath

Dabbled’s Quickly Drawn Monster Wreath Tutorial

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