Oct 29 2016

Free Printable Halloween Coloring Page feat. Pumpkin

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Disney Princess Palace Pet Pumpkin is ready for Halloween with her pumpkin dress, hat and shoes! Starting a stylish trend is no easy task but Pumpkin is up for the Halloween challenge. After all, a Halloween party isn’t a party without the perfect attire, and Pumpkin’s vine decorated pumpkin style is surely to be a head turner.

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We can celebrate Halloween with Pumpkin and the adorable free printable coloring page featuring Pumpkin in her Pumpkin attire! This coloring page was inspired by the image posted on the official palace pet facebook page.

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To download this free coloring page click the image below and save the pdf to your computer. Then print and color for Halloween fun!


HAPPY HALLOWEEN!


Oct 28 2016

Dinotrux Halloween Pumpkin Templates and Recipe!

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Halloween…the countdown is on! There’s still at least one weekend to get in as many fun family activities as you can; so here’s some new DINOTRUX pumpkin stencils and a really nifty Wrecking Ball Apple recipe from your friends at Dreamworks Animation! To download the templates and the recipe, click the images below!

How to use the Dinotrux Pumpkin Templates:
items needed:

  • Pumpkin
  • Carving tool
  • Large metal spoon or fleshing tool
  • Masking tape
  • Needle tool
  • Battery operated LED

Directions:

  1. Cut a hole in the bottom of your pumpkin. Scoop out the flesh and seeds with a spoon or fleshing tool.
  2. Securely tape your design to the pumpkin and trace it by poking holes along the dotted lines with a needle tool.
  3. Remove the template and use your carving tool to cut along the pattern you created with the needle tool. Note: You will be cutting out and removing only the gray areas of the template.
  4. Place a battery operated LED underneath your pumpkin for a Halloween that ROARS!

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For the Wrecking Ball Apples you will need

  • 6 granny smith apples
  • 2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup light corn syrup
  • 1/2 cupwater
  • 1/2 cupheavy cream
  • 2 tbsunsalted butter
  • 1 tspvanilla extract
  • pinch of sea salt
  • 15 chocolate sandwich cookies (finely chopped)

To get the recipe click the image below!

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Happy Halloween!!


Oct 25 2016

Delicious Disney Pumpkin Cupcakes Recipe

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I was looking for a fun pumpkin treat for my family this fall, when I cam across this little beauty on family.disney.com. These Delicious Pumpkin Cupcakes are featured at Walt Disney World in their Contempo Café. With such a prestigious locations, I knew they would be very yummy! In fact, family.disney.com makes sure that all viewers of the recipe know just how special this recipe is,

This pumpkin cupcake recipe comes from our friends at the Contempo Café at Walt Disney World Resort. Follow the directions below, and you’ll enjoy this delicious pumpkin treat in no time! family.disney.com

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This recipe features a cream cheese filling and a Cinnamon Buttercream Icing (oh so good). While these pumpkin cupcakes are certainly worth a try, it is made from scratch and has quite a few steps. So be prepared for a little mixing, combining and some work to assemble. However, even a messy cupcake tastes delicious, so don’t let the assembly get you down. Just have fun and enjoy, NOM!

Disney Pumpkin Cupcakes

  • Servings: 12
  • Difficulty: intermediate
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 cup canned pumpkin puree
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 (8-ounce) blocks cream cheese

Cream Cheese Filling:

  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
  • 1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar
  • 3 tablespoons sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cinnamon Buttercream Icing:

  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
  • 2 cups cream cheese
  • 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Photo and recipe from family.disney.com
Directions

  1. Pre-heat your oven to 350°F. Line two muffin pans with paper liners; set aside.
  2. Cream the sugar and butter in an electric mixer bowl at medium-high speed for about 4 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile, sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt. Set aside.
  4. Add the eggs one at time, allowing for each one to fully incorporate after each addition, scraping the sides of the bowl after each addition.
  5. Add the pumpkin puree and vanilla extract, mixing until combined (about 1 minute).
  6. Add flour mixture in two additions on low speed. Turn the mixer to medium speed; mix 2 minutes until completely combined.
  7. Pour batter into lined muffin pan, filling wells 3/4 full.
  8. Bake approximately for 20 minutes, or until cupcakes spring back when lightly pressed.
  9. Allow cupcakes to cool completely before frosting.

Cream Cheese Filling:

  1. Cream the butter, confectioner’s sugar, and cream cheese in the bowl of an electric mixer until smooth (about 4 minutes).
  2. Add sour cream, mixing to combine.
  3. Add vanilla extract, mixing until completely incorporated (about 2 minutes).
  4. Set aside for filling cupcakes.

Cinnamon Buttercream Icing:

  1. Cream the butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer until fluffy; add confectioners’ sugar in 4 additions. Beat on medium-high speed for about 4 minutes, scraping sides of the bowl as needed, until light and fluffy.
  2. Add vanilla extract and cinnamon, mixing to combine (about 1 minute).
  3. Put into a piping bag or a heavy-duty re-sealable plastic bag; cut off tip of bag and set aside.

Cupcake Assembly:

  1. Remove the center core of each cupcake by cutting into the center of the cupcake with a small serrated knife, 1/4 inch from the edge, at a 45-degree angle. Cut about 1/3 of the way through cupcake, being careful not to cut all the way to the bottom. Gently move the knife in a circle, creating a cone-shaped piece. Gently remove the center from cupcake and reserve. Repeat with remaining cupcakes.
  2. Put cream cheese filling into a piping bad, and cut a small hole in the corner. Squeeze filling into the hollow centers of cupcakes. Place centers on cupcakes, upside down, so the flat side is touching the filling.
  3. Pipe cinnamon buttercream icing onto cupcakes, fully covering cones.


Oct 24 2016

Printable Jolly Roger Pumpkin Template

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Arrg Mateys. It be Halloween, ‘n as band ‘o pirates we have some ‘o th’ best pumpkins around. ‘Tis year we be sharin’ one ‘o our designs fer all ye pirates to heartly enjoy! That means we be givin’ ’tis scurvy pirate pumpkin template fer free!

As ye can spy wit’ ye eye in th’ image, ’tis template features a ruckas Jolly Roger scurvy pirate skull ‘n cross swords. To download, simply click the image below and save the PDF to your computer. Then print and carve for the best pirate pumpkin this side of the seven seas.

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What you will need:

  • a pumpkin (of course)
  • a printed copy of the template
  • Pumpkin carving kit
  • a battery operated tea light or actual tea light candle
  • Thumb tack
  • tape

How to use:

  1. Wash and dry the outside of the pumpkin
  2. carve a whole in the top around the stem large enough to fit your hand through. Be sure to carve at an angle so that the lid can sit easily on top of the pumpkin and not fall into it.
  3. Scoop out all the innards and save the pumpkin seeds to bake later.
  4. Tape the template to the pumpkin
  5. Using the thumbtack, poke holes into the pumpkin around the black portions of the template to put the pattern on your pumpkin.
  6. Remove the template and carve out each of the black areas now featured on the pumpkin like connect the dots.
  7. smooth all edges
  8. place candle in center, place stem back on and display.

Grog-filled Halloween!!!

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Oct 22 2016

Printable Halloween Spooky Paper Lanterns

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Halloween is getting close! The excitement is literally building. I am already decorating, pumpkin carving and having a blast making DIY projects with the family. Halloween just isn’t Halloween without a few fun DIY projects. Whether it be a homemade Halloween Wreath or Ghostly decorations, we come together with glue guns in hand ready to take Halloween by storm.

This year, We made several paper lanterns and hung them in LED lights to shine up the house. They are perfect for our Halloween party and they are a spooky addition to the decor. Of course, if you don’t want to hang these little lanterns, you can always display them on tables, desks, or anywhere that needs a touch of Halloween. These lanterns come in 4 different colors: Red, green, purple, and orange. If you want a different color, I could probably make that for you and add it to the list. They feature a Black Cat, Jack-o-lantern, A spider in it’s web, and a Skull.

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To make:

  • Download the PDF by clicking the images below
  • Print on Cardstock
  • Cut out the lantern around the outer solid black lines.
  • Fold along the inner dotted lines
  • Fold top panels outward (color sides together) and then upward to form the top of the lantern and glue in place.
  • Glue side tab to the opposite edge to form the square
  • Curve the handle over and glue the tab underneath the opposite edge.
  • String on LED lights or display on tables

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Oct 21 2016

Free Printable Voltron Pumpkin Stencils

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It is no spoiler when I say we Voltron fans are waiting for the epic continuation of the new Voltron: Legendary Defenders by Dreamworks, after they left us with a rather crazy cliffhanger. January 20th can’t come fast enough. However, while we are waiting, Dreamworks animation is helping us to show our fandom the Halloween with a few free printable Voltron Pumpkin Templates featuring all five lions and the head of Voltron.

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To download these free Voltron Pumpkin Templates simply click the image below and save the PDF to your computer. Then select the Lion you want, print it out and begin carving your pumpkin!

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Oct 21 2016

15 Free Jack O’Lantern Templates for the Whole Family

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Halloween is just around the corner! As you are scrambling to put together a costume for yourself and your little ones, we have something to make holiday decorating just a little bit easier. Personal Creations created 15 Jack O’Lantern templates in a range of difficulty levels and styles. The whole family can get involved – the teens can carve a fun emoji face, the crafter can do a graveyard scene and you can carve a cute ghost! If you have kids too young to handle sharp objects, they can also paint, glue beads or decorate with yarn. Happy Halloween everyone!

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What you will need:

  • Printer
  • Paper
  • Desired Pattern (click the image below to find your pattern)
  • Pumpkin
  • Pumpkin carving kit

How to carve a pumpkin:

  1. Wash any dirt off the pumpkin.
  2. Cut a round circle at the top and remove the stem. Make sure to keep it in tact to use later!
  3. Using the pumpkin scooper, remove all of the gooey insides and the pumpkin seeds. If you are adventurous, you can clean off the seeds and bake them with sea salt and spice for a protein-packed treat.
  4. Pick your template, print it out and tape it to the side of the pumpkin you wish to carve.
  5. using a thumb tack, puncture holes around the outer black portions of the template. Be sure the holes go into the pumpkin and leave the pattern in the pumpkin.
  6. Remove printed paper from the pumpkin
  7. Next, get to cutting with the pumpkin carving saw, following the design left by the tacks. Be sure you are only cutting the black parts of the template from the pumpkin.
  8. Place a tea candle inside and admire your handy work!

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From Personal Creations

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Oct 20 2016

Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show Season 3 This Friday

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The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show is back and crazier than ever! After last season’s cliffhanger, Season 3 opens with Peabody and Sherman teaming up with alter-ego versions of themselves to defeat an evil cyborg version of Mrs. Hughes and fix the course of history! The zaniness continues when the Penthouse is invaded by neighbors, a slippery mouse, a radioactive meteor, a massive storm flood and a full-blown forest with woodland creatures. They also switch bodies, turn into hideous monsters, and discover a rival late-night talk show. Season 3 of The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show is available on Netflix as of Friday October 21st.

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Check out these exclusive clips of the new season and check out Season 3 on Netflix this Friday!

Monster Transformation | THE MR. PEABODY AND SHERMAN SHOW

Sherman’s Treehouse | THE MR. PEABODY AND SHERMAN SHOW


Oct 19 2016

Printable Slugterra Halloween Pumpkin Templates

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This Halloween I wanted to make a very cute Slugterra Pumpkin of Burpy. However, to my surprise, I discovered that there are no Slugterra Pumpkin templates available…None…Nada…Zipola… Imagine my shock and horror. How could Slugterra be lacking in this department? These slugs are so cute that they should be displayed in a jack-o-lantern. With my search coming up empty, I realized that I would have to be the one to rectify this nonsense. I went to work straight away. I mean, Halloween is just around the corner and it is time to display our pumpkins.

First I made Burpy…of course. He is definitely my top favorite with his leadership skills, strength, and mischievous side. You can’t have anything Slugterra without this little fire slug. It is also perfect that he is a “fire” slug considering how one lights up a pumpkin. 😉

After Burpy I made Spooker the Frightgeist slug. With one hit, this little guy will make you afraid of everything, including your own shadow. I think he would be funny to have at an entrance to a haunted house. It sure would make everything a whole lot scarier.

The last pumpkin I made was Goon, the mortal enemy of Eli and Burpy. He is certainly one of the more scarier Ghoul slugs with his ability to take over a mind and bend it to his will. Goon’s evilness will go down in history for making Junji destroy his home and nearly duplicating his success with Eli.

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These three Slugterra Pumpkin Templates are free to download, simly click the images below and save the PDFs to your computer. Then Print and Create to make that perfect Slugterra Pumpkin! You can choose Burpy, Spooker or Goon…or Get all three! Be sure to share your images using hashtag #SlugterraHalloween

Burpy the Infurnus Slug and Shane’s Best Friend

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Goon the Goon Doc Slug and an Enemy of the Shane Gang

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Spooker the Frightgeist Slug

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Oct 18 2016

Yummy Halloween Pumpkin Deviled Eggs Recipe

Photo from www.orientaltrading.com

Photo from www.orientaltrading.com

When getting ready for a party, some of the hardest things to come up with are delicious Halloween related food items. While the ever poplar Witches Brew drink is a definite must, the rest of my food can quickly become easy snacks from a bag. While that is not a bad thing, because who doesn’t love pretzels, it doesn’t really show off my creative side. Therefore, I needed a refresher and did a quick internet search for snack and food ideas. Talk about foodie overload. There is so much out there it was almost too much to sift through, however, I did find one perfect snack to serve at my next Halloween party, thanks to www.orientaltrading.com.

Deviled eggs with a tasty twist! This easy appetizer recipe takes everyone’s favorite party snack and transforms it into a Halloween hit. Ghouls and goblins will gobble up this simple Halloween recipe in no time. Set them on your Halloween party table or take them to a fright fest celebration and be the hit of the night! Conjure up even more tasty Halloween delights with easy recipes on our site. www.orientaltrading.com

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I personally would never have thought about turning the yellow yolk of an egg into the shape of a pumpkin, and find the recipe awesome. It is spicy, delish, and fully in the Halloween theme. What is even better is the recipe is free and easy to make, simply follow the recipe below. Click the print button to print or save the recipe to your computer!

Classic Halloween Pumpkin Deviled Eggs

  • Servings: 6
  • Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

  • 6 eggs
  • 2 tbsp mayo
  • 2 tsp thai curry paste
  • ¼ tsp sriracha
  • 1 tsp spicy mustard
  • 1 tsp ketchup
  • ½ tsp paprika
  • Green onion/chives
Photo and recipe from www.orientaltrading.com
Directions

  1. Bring eggs to boil. Cover and set aside for 15 minutes. Drain and place in fridge until chilled.
  2. Once chilled, peel eggs and slice each egg length-wise. Gently remove the yolks. Place yolks and all ingredients in a bowl or food processor and mash until smooth.
  3. Place the mixture into a Ziploc® plastic bag, making sure the bag is securely closed. Cut a small hole in one tip of the plastic bag. Fill the egg white evenly with the mixture creating a ball or mound.
  4. Use a toothpick to draw pumpkin line segments into the yolk mixture. Sprinkle with paprika.
  5. Cut the green onion or chives into small sections and place into the top of the yolk mixture to form the stem.

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Disclosure: SKGaleana receives products in order to conduct reviews. Unless noted otherwise, no monetary compensation was provided. I only share and recommend products or services I think will be a good fit for my readers. All the opinions are 100% my own. In exchange for referrals, some posts may contain affiliate links that I may receive commission for payment. (See more here)
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