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6 DIY Crafts and Recipes for Halloween

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SMCVT chapter.

Halloween in college is not like the Halloween’s of our youth. Ladies sometimes have three different costumes for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night. We don’t dress up all day anymore. My RA freshman year told me that costumes are acceptable when the sun sets, but I think everyone should just do what they want. We also don’t get to go door-to-door asking for candy, which is a real shame because college students love free food. To make sure you have enough sugar and a room to celebrate in, here are 6 crafts and recipes for a great Halloween!

1) Witche’s Brooms      

This “recipe” for Witch’s Brooms includes no baking and two ingredients. Just buy some mini-Reese’s and pretzel sticks. You’ll have a sweet treat to share with your friends while you get your costumes on!

2) Creepy Ice Cubes      

Keep friends away from your drink by adding something creepy to your glass. Kirsty Colquhoun put plastic halloween skeletons in ice cubes. You could use plastic spiders or bats or if you’re not into creepy crawlers, find some mini plastic pumpkins!

3) DIY Sparkly Pumpkins      

Want to decorate your room with pumpkins, but don’t want the mess of cleaning out and carving one? Try something new this year by adding sparkle! You’ll need glitter, glue, a paint brush and pumpkins!

4) Candy Apples With Character!      

Nothing says “fall” quite like a bushel of apples and “Halloween” like jack-o-lanterns! Combine them to make these cute candy apples. Make a night out of it with friends and snack on them while you watch scary movies!

5) Funny Bone Treats      

This recipe is straight from Disney, so it is time to embrace your inner child! All you need are some marshmallows, pretzels, and white chocolate to create small bones. The combination of salty and sweet will make your taste buds scream!

6) Sparkly Spiderwebs      

Pull apart spider webs from Rite-Aid can be messy and hard to hang. These sparkly spider webs only require wax paper and glue! You can customize them for your dorm and use them on tables as a decorative table cloth!

Photos and Recipes from:
http://kirstycolquhoun.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-137-witches-broomsticks….
http://kirstycolquhoun.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-118-skeleton-ice-blocks….
http://brunchatsaks.blogspot.com/2011/10/halloween-diy-glitter-pumpkins….
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/candy-apples-10000000258724/
http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/funny-bones-1024764/
http://www.redbookmag.com/recipes-home/tips-advice/bootiful-home-ideas#s…)

Lauren Mazzoleni is a junior at Saint Michael's College where she majors in Digital Arts, Media Studies, and Journalism and minors in Psychology. Lauren and Alexandra Brenock are the two campus correspondents for Saint Michael's HC Branch. At Saint Michael's, she is a student blogger, a tour guide, and a disc jockey at WWPV 88.7 FM. Many of her friends would say that when she is not busy attending her classes or working on HC articles, you could find her watching many of the shows she always DVRs (Glee, Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, etc), shopping on Church Street in downtown Burlington, and hanging out with her friends from Saint Michael's and from her hometown in NH.