Ghost Feet

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If you are looking for a cute Halloween craft that is super easy and cute, look no further.

I just think that these ghost feet are so cute. And it really was so easy. No craftiness required.

My sisters-in-law and I made these a few weekends ago. Everyones turned out so cute. Really it is hard to mess it up when it is so easy.


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This is where I got the idea orginally. But we adapted it and made ours on wood. The one above is on a canvas. Both ways are cute. We just happened to have spare wood around.

I used 2 pieces of wood and drilled two little holes in the side and used wire to hold them together. But one long piece is also cute. It would be similar to the canvas.

Materials:
-Wood or canvas, be sure it is the right size to fit all the feet you want and any writing you may want to put on it.
-Black spray paint
-White paint
-Black paint
-a shallow dish (like a paper plate or a paint tray)
-a foam roller
-Thin tipped paint brush
-Ribbon or wire
-drill (if you choose the wood)
-Kids feet

How too:
1. Paint your canvas or wood. I did both sides of my wood because I knew that you would be able to see the back where I was putting it. Obviously if you chose canvas, don't spray the back. Let it dry
2. If you are using wood you need to drill holes in the top for the ribbon (if you are using one piece) or drill holes in the two sides that will connect with wire. Touch up any paint around the holes.
3. Pour a small amount of white paint into your shallow dish. Roll your roller in the paint and then cover the entire bottom of your childs foot. (if you are doing both feet on your kids just paint one foot at a time and be sure to wash the first foot before you start the second) Make sure you get the toes.
4. Line up the foot and press down firmly. Be sure to press down the arch and each toe. Release foot. You may have to fill in the arch of the foot with more white paint. If you want. I filled in the arches of my kids feet, just to give it more of a ghost shape. But if you don't want to, it still looks cute.
5. Using black paint and a fine tipped brush, draw on eyes and a mouth onto your ghost.
6. With white paint and the fine tipped brush, you can write the names of your kids or the date under their feet.
7. With white paint write "Happy Halloween" across the top.
8. If you used the canvas, glue your ribbon along the underside of the top of your canvas. If you are using the one piece of wood, insert your ribbon through the holes that you drilled and tie knots in either end. If you used two pieces of wood like I did, thread your wire through the holes and wrap it and then coil it around a pencil (for the cute curly wire).
9. Display and adore.

Chiffon Pumpkin Pie

This probably should have been posted before thanksgiving so that you all could have made this for your Thanksgiving dinners. But I was busy eating this pie (and others) and travelling up and down the province. But now you can all make it for American Thanksgiving or maybe just any random day, because do you really need a holiday to have pumpkin pie??

This is the pie that my mom makes every year. It is my fav. It is not your traditional pumpkin pie. This is light and fluffy and oh so good. And anything served with Whipped Cream on top is always so good.

I volunteered to make pumpkin pie for dinner at my in-laws house. I made two different pies (forcing everyone to have a slice of each). I wanted to share the other pie with you too, but I didn't have my 'good' camera with me when the bulk of the prep was being done for that pie and my layers got reversed. I'll share the recipe with you at the bottom, but you just won't have pictures of the other pie.

But the Chiffon is a classic to me and my all time fav pie.


You can use either a regular pie shell or you can use a gingersnap crust. Usually my family serves it with a pastry pie shell, but the gingersnap would be good.

You need to use a 9inch pan/shell. If you use an 8inch, there will be too much pumpkin filling.

I didn't feel like making my own pastry (I was pressed for time), so I just used the pilsbury pie dough. It fills a 9inch pan.

Bake it according to the package. Poke your shell with a fork. This allows it to breath and your shell won't shrink. It may look like I went crazy with the fork, but I didn't want it to shrink. It did anyway.



Mix gelatin, brown sugar, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.

Stir in Milk, water, egg yolks, and pumpkin.

Cook over medium heat.

Remove from heat. Chill.

Beat egg whites until stiff. Add sugar.

Fold pumpkin into the eggs whites.

Pour into your baked pie shell.

Serve with whipped cream.

Chiffon Pumpkin Pie

1 envelop knox gelatin (powder)

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 cup milk

1/4 cup water

3 eggs, seperated

1 1/2 pure pumpkin (not pie filling)

1/4 cup sugar

Mix gelatin, brown sugar, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon.

Stir in Milk, water, egg yolks, and pumpkin.

Cook over medium heat until gelatin dissolves. (about 10 minutes)

Remove from heat and chill in the fridge, Stirring occasionally until mixture mounds when dropped from spoon.

Beat the egg whites until stiff. Add sugar.

Fold egg whites into cooled pumpkin mixture.

Pour into baked pie shell. Chill until served.

Serve with Whipped Cream.

Here is the recipe for the other pie that I made. It is really good too.


Snappy Pumpkin Pie

Crust

1 1/2 cup crushed ginger snaps

1/4 cup melted butter

1/4 icing sugar

Mix together. Reserve 2tbsp for garnish on top.
Press into 9 inch pie plate. Bake at 325 for 10 minutes.

Filling
1/3 cup icing sugar

1 envelop knox gelatin (prepared according to pkg- mix powder with 1/4 boiling water)

1 1/4 cup pure pumpkin (not the pie filling)

1/2 tsp all spice

1/2 tsp ginger

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

In sauce pan, stir and cook over medium heat for 2 minutes. Let cool.

3 egg whites

1/4 cup icing sugar

beat egg whites and gradually add icing sugar. Beat until firm. Fold into cooled pumpkin mix.

Filling #2

1 1/2 cup whipping cream

3/4 cup icing sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla

Beat until fluffy.

Divide in half.

add 1/2 tsp cinnamon to half

To assemble

1. Crust

2. 1/2 of pumpkin mixture

3. Plain whipped cream

4. 1/2 of pumpkin mixture (remaining half)

5. cinnamon whipped cream

6. sprinkle 2tbsp of crumbs