Halloween Pumpkin Spice Cookies
When it's there's a storm brewing outside, and Halloween is just around the corner, it's a perfect excuse to hunker down indoors and bake some spooky cookies. My 8 yr old and I really had fun making these together. It
{Edinburgh} The Botanics Halloween Trail 2023
I've been talking a lot about pumpkin patches recently, but another wee Autumn tradition we love is the Halloween trail at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, or the Botanics for short. They've been doing these for a few years now,
Some More Favourite Halloween Books
Happy Halloween! Welcome to the third and final part of our Halloween books mini series. Due to some computer issues this past week, this episode is going out much later than planned, but I hope you still enjoying discovering some
Our Top 8 Picture Books About Ghosts
Welcome to part 2 of our mini series featuring our favourite Halloween picture books, and today it's all about ghosts! While we do have books about witches, monsters, vampires, werewolves, skeletons and more, it's ghosts that seem to be most
9 Picture Books about Pumpkins – and one Turnip!
We absolutely love Halloween, and our seasonal Halloween picture books! We've added a few more to our collection since I last made a video, so I thought it was time to do an update. But as our collection is quite
DIY Halloween Gravestone Decorations
With Halloween only a couple of weeks away, we’ve ramped up our decorating and have been crafting some spooky gravestones out of recycled cereal packets. These are really super simple to make. The puns are optional, haha. I made these
Halloween Eyeball Mocktails
Since guising (as we call trick-or-treating here in Scotland) is off the cards this year, I've promised the kids a spooky Halloween dinner instead, and we're going to make some Halloween mocktails. These eyeball mocktails are not as creepy as
Marshmallow Ghost Cookies
I've got a really easy Halloween cookie recipe to share with you today. In fact, it's so easy, does it even deserve to be called a recipe? Consider it more of a Halloween cookie inspiration - they just require a
Halloween Lego Duplo Ideas
It's been a bit quiet on the blog over the past week, as my kids have been on their October half term holiday and I've taken some time out to spend quality time with them. But the good news is
Easy Gluten Free Pumpkin Pie
The first pumpkins have started appearing in the shops, which means an excuse to bake pumpkin pie! This is actually a recipe I have shared before on my previous blog, but it's so good I thought it needed sharing again.
Spider Web Cupcakes (GF)
If you are looking for some easy peasy Hallowe'en party food to make, look no further than these spider web cupcakes which will wow your guests but are simple to put together. BAKING THE CUPCAKES First of all, you will need to
How to Carve a Turnip Lantern
Just a week to go until Hallowe'en! We have been busy visiting pumpkin patches, picking pumpkins and carving pumpkin lanterns. But as I mentioned in my post from a wee while back, about the Celtic origins of Hallowe'en, it's actually