Party Time Roundup!

Happiest Halloween, y'all!

It was party time yesterday at our house!

All of my elements I have been making  were finally pulled together:

Clicking the following images will open the pages to the tutorials, printables, and recipes noted.  I have been preparing for this all month and most of these are the tutorials I have made, so you can make the same awesome things for your Halloween!  From the upper right hand corner clockwise to the center:
1. Jack-O-Lantern Luminaries used as vases & tulle bats:

 
2. I am going to put on a tutorial to make the table canopy tomorrow.

 
3. Jack-o-Lantern Balloon Garland and Tulle Spider:

4.Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes:

Pumpkin Cake Recipe from Bird on a Cake, made without the crumbles on top.  The recipe made 36 cupcakes.

I made the buttercream icing.  Here is the recipe:

2 lbs Confectioners Powdered Sugar

3 c. of Butter (6 sticks) at room temperature (no substitutes-margarine is too runny and shortening is gross)

1 T. Pure Vanilla 

3-5 T. of Milk

1/2 tsp. Salt (if you used unsalted butter)

Orange and green food coloring

To make the pumpkins:

I used Wilton tip 98.  Pull a stripe of icing down the middle with the orange icing.

Ice out from there, slightly rounding until the rounded edges.

With the green icing an Wilton tip 5 make a stem off of a center stripe.  Curl vines off of the stem.

Using tip 67 squeeze leaves onto the stem and vines.

5. Pumpkin Pie Playdough and free printables for party favors.

6. 10 minute, no sew bat wings!

I wanted to have the children make these great printable crowns from Piklebums, decorate cookies, and play keep up the Jack-o-Lantern with a JoL balloon, but all they wanted to do was change from costume to costume.  Hahaha!

It was a great day and I am thankful for another sweet year with my pumpkin.  :o)

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