Hocus Pocus Chocolate Covered Rice Crispy Treat Pops

Decided to make some Hocus Pocus book pops for a halloween party we're going to. Totally failed any blogging game I had on this one. Didn't do a great job taking pictures of the steps but here's what I did if you want to try it for yourself.

1. Spray baking sheet with cooking spray and line with parchment paper.

2. Make double batch of standard rice crispy treats. Place treats on lines pan using a rolling pin to get smooth even coverage. Chill for 15 min
3. Use double boiler to melt 3 cups of semisweet chocolate morsels, use a tablespoon of coconut oil to thin chocolate for easy spreading consistency (also gave a slight coconut taste, you can use shortening to thin chocolate if you want to avoid the coconut taste.)
4. Cut rice crispy into 15 rectangles, (approximately 3down, 5 across). Fold treats over popsicle stick and shape as needed (I shaped by putting parchment paper around the treats and and pressing to desired shape). Chill pops.

 5. Working in batches dip pops in chocolate, use spatula to smooth a thin even coating around pop, dip edges on a plate of sprinkles and set on parchment paper. Once batch is complete apply eyes and move to refrigerator to chill.
6. Use Wilson black cookie icing to add details to books and chill until ready to eat.

I used the leftover melted chocolate to make Elsa a pop, I added eyes and sprinkles that were still hanging around. It was a double win since it distracted her from the party pops.

Geranium Halloween 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' Dress

I tried this pattern a couple years ago, the sew along was awesome (I have almost no experience, and have learned everything I know from youtube and tutorials like this.) I found awesome Nightmare Before Christmas fabric at JoAnn and with Elsa being obsessed with the movie and soundtrack I decided to give it another crack. I put myself on a strict 48hr timetable to make sure that I completed the entire project (I'm really bad at finishing projects.) It definitely looks like a dress, so I got that going for me.

Even with my shotty stitch work she seems to love it. 

I let her pick out her buttons (because I forgot to buy them when I bought the fabric and was forced to take her to JoAnn with me to meet my self imposed timeline)

I ended up going back and sewing some lace ribbon as a sash to hide the bodice/skirt attachment stitch work, and had made a matching dress for little sister.

Heres a link to the super beginner friendly pattern I used http://shop.made-by-rae.com/products/geranium-dress

Interior Halloween Decorating

I love Halloween 👻 🎃🕸🕷
My oldest is 2 and complete obsessed with Tim Burton's 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' so we got to start decorating early. I treat Halloween like Christmas substituting costumes and candy for cards and cookies. This year I let Elsa pick her own costume, and she decided she wanted to be a Dragon that we found very reasonably priced ($15) at TJmaxx. She had also mentioned wanting to be a stormtrooper for Halloween but I knew there was no way she was going to wear the mask and those costumes are hella expensive. However, I did find a stormtrooper mask in the Target dollar bin for $3 that she wears for 3minute increments.

My husband doesn't want me getting anymore stuff since we're moving in the spring, but I couldn't resist Edgar, my daughter loves him and he's become like a family member to us.

This year marks my 10th Halloween with my husband. I found this lovely couple last year.

I love spiders for decor they're classic and cheap

 We also found a skeleton rat, that she's now in love with

Lastly I tidied up the kids bookcase pulling out halloween titles front and center