Fast and Easy Recipes for Drinks and Goodies for Kids' Halloween Parties

It's fun to flip through the Halloween books and magazines and imagine crafting and cooking all the darling holiday ideas. Then reality gets in the way. You probably don't have an extra 30 hours to commit to preparing your kids' Halloween party, so here's some super easy and affordable food and drink ideas to make your party a hit.

Monster milk recipe

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Encourage your mini monsters to wash their candy down with a glass of milk.

Make monster milk by adding 3 drops of green food coloring to every 8-ounce glass of milk.

Mummy hot dogs recipe

Want your kids to eat some actual food before they go trick-or-treating? Prepare some fun mummy hot dogs.

You'll need:

11-ounce tube of ready-to-bake bread stick dough 12 hot dogs 1 egg a little water a little mustard

Open the bread stick dough package and separate the strips of dough. Wrap a strip around each hot dog. You'll want to leave a gap in the wrapping close to one end. This leaves an area to add eyes to the mummy. Arrange the wrapped hot dogs on a greased baking sheet. Whisk the egg with about a tablespoon of water and brush over the dough. Bake the wrapped hot dogs at 350 degrees F for about 15 minutes, or until lightly browned. Use a toothpick to place dots of mustard on the hot dogs to give the mummys eyes.

Ghost finger sandwiches recipe

Find a ghost-shaped cookie cutter at a grocery or craft store. It should be about 3 to 4 inches in size.

Then you'll need:

24 slices of white bread 12 slices of deli ham 12 slices American cheese mustard and/or mayonaise

Use your ghost cookie cutter to cut ghost shapes from the bread. Cut the same shape from the cheese slices and ham slices. Lightly spread mustard and/or mayonaise on the ghost bread and apply a cheese ghost to half the ghost breads. Then add ham pieces and finish assembling the sandwiches. Should make 12 ghost sandwiches.

Mad scientist punch recipe

Fill your cauldron at your Halloween party with this yummy green punch.

12-ounce can frozen orange juice concentrate, partially thawed. 1 quart white grape juice 1-1/2 cups water 5 drops green food coloring 2 liter bottle of lemon-lime soda Garnish with an ice ring filled with creepy gummy candies

In a big pitcher mix the juices, water, food coloring and then chill. Next, arrange gummy candies like worms and fingers in a ring mold and fill with water. Freeze overnight or at least 8 hours. When it's time to party, pour the chilled juice mixture in a punch bowl, slowly pour in the lemon-lime soda so it does not fizz too much. Add the ice ring and serve.

Fast and Easy Recipes for Drinks and Goodies for Kids' Halloween Parties

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