If you bought enough mini chocolate bars and bags of chips to feed the entire neighbourhood but had a lackluster turn out on Halloween, never fear. Here are 15 creative ideas for utilizing your leftover treats when you can no longer pawn off them off on your co-workers.
What’s the plan for your pumpkin post-Halloween? You could just light it for the next couple nights and wait for it to rot before finally tossing it into the compost bin, or you could bring it down to your neighbourhood park and place it with its pumpkin brethren. If you live near a park that does a pumpkin parade, we highly recommend the latter.
You and your neighbours bring your jack-o’-lanterns down to the park, line them up and light them up one last time. Some parks, like Toronto’s Christie Pits, also invites you to bring a marshmallow stick and a flashlight for the accompanying bonfire while Sorauren Park‘s parade promises to have thousands (thousands!!) of pumpkins on display. Toronto Parks & Rec will then pick them up for composting. Read more...
4. Did you know there’s a candy hierarchy? We don’t totally agree with it, as while the top tier are in fact top tier, the gummies and rockets need to be higher for the sake of balance and seasonality.
5. We wish we made this adorable and spooky short film:
2 Styrofoam balls or pom-poms, one being slightly smaller than the other. This is your spider body
Black paint, fabric, sparkles, or some other method of making your spider body black (or whatever colour you wish). We sacrificed a black reusable shopping tote because it’s what we had on hand
Googly eyes. For a less goofy spider, we think two red sequins would make good eyes.
Sure, Christmas is alright. There’s tasty baked goods, family dinners, A Christmas Story and gifts, but where’s the spookiness? Yes, a large man dressed in Coca-Cola colours creeping around and eating your cookies is a tad spooky, but it’s no Halloween. October 31st has ghosts, goblins, freaks and free candy. The Pettit household loves Halloween so much, we’re planning on making a eerie advent calendar filled with ghoulish goodies to help count down the days. Read more...
