Bats everywhere!

An easy and great way to make an entire room look dressed for halloween is to add black bat cutouts to the wall. Get some back paper, ideally with different finishes, e.g. plain, velvet, glitter, to have more dimension. Then search online for bat clipart. Pick one you like and print it out. Cut out the bat form and then trace it onto the backside of your black paper. Cut the traced bats out of the paper, you can likely do up to 3 at a time. Tape onto your wall with tape you know will come off easily. 

Giant Spider

So simple to make and yet very impactful. Just go online and find a spider clipart that you like. Buy a large piece of black cardboard. Using a white colored pencil replicate the spider clipart onto the cardboard, be sure to scale it up so you end up with a large spider. Try to fill the entire piece of cardboard! Then cut out and presto you have an awesome piece to stick on the wall to decorate for halloween. 

Use leftover cardboard or some black yard to add to the spider to make it look like it is hanging from a web. 

Edible Broomsticks

What you'll need

• 6  String cheese sticks 
• Thin pretzel sticks

Directions

• Unwrap and cut each cheese stick into thirds.
• Using a small, sharp knife, fray one end of a of cheese by making small cuts on just one end and feathering them out a little. Be careful not to cut too high or the cheese won't hold together when the pretzel is added. 
• Insert the pretzel into the non-frayed end of the cheese very carefully so as to not break the cheese.
• Repeat until you have used all of the cheese pieces. 
• Don't be dismayed if a few do not work and the cheese breaks apart, it is inevitable. 
• If you'd like to get extra fancy and have the time, tie a piece of chive to the top of the cheese, just below where it connects with the pretzel, it will make them look more like a broom and likely give them a bit more structural integrity. 

Clementine Pumpkins

Super cute, super easy to make and a nice healthy treat. 

What you'll need

• 12  Cutie/Mandarin Orange or Clementine (Or one per guest, or enough to fill a platter and put the rest in a nearby bowl)
• 1 celery stalk

Directions

• Cut celery into small pieces, to resemble a stem as in the picture.
• Peel oranges. If doing so much before the party, cover so they do not dry out. 
• Stick the stem in the top center of each orange and arrange on a platter.