Full Body Mummy Cake

A few days ago I posted THIS mummy cake

Like I said, I made it many times but when it came time for a big Halloween party (go HERE to see the food from that party) I needed a cake that would feed alot more than that little mummy head could

Soooo....

I decided to do the full body version of it

I drew a template onto poster board and cut them into various pieces (legs, arms, torso) that I fit onto 2 sheet cakes.  I also baked a cake in a small bowl for the head

Piece it all together and frost well

Cover in your strips of fondant and add spiders

He's a cute little guy isn't he?

Halloween Party Food

In the spirit of Halloween I thought I would share a few themed party foods

These are from 2 years ago....back before I got more of a knack for table and food presentation and my pictures are TERRIBLE  (well...let's face it they still are lol)

So please have some leniency in your judgement! haha

First off.....

Spider Web Dip!

Just your basic 80s style 7 layer bean dip....but with a sour cream web and a fake spider

Monster Eyes

Deviled eggs with slices of large green olives for eye balls

Mold & Mildew Dip

Just Spinach Artichoke dip and bread renamed to fit the theme.  Simply renaming these things can go a long way

Witches Fingers

Homemade shortbread cookies formed to look like fingers with almond nails

Marshmallow Ghosts

Homemade marshmallows cut out with a ghost cookie cutter

Mummy Toes

These didn't photograph too well, they looked much better in person

They are little smokies that I cut squares out of for nail beds and then wrapped in crescent dough

Eerie Empanadas

 

These are potato and chorizo empanadas that I dyed the the dough some fun halloweenie colors

Shrunken Pumpkin Pies

Pumpkin pie bites made in a mini cupcake pan.  I put out a can of whipped cream with these

There were a lot of "pickies" out as you can see, but I also wanted one main dish so I made a big put of chilli along with all the toppings

With boned shaped breadsticks

So there you have it.   Sorry for the lame-o presentation and pictures but I just wanted you to get the gist of it

Skull Halloween Wreath

So I sort of dropped the ball at the end of Halloween wreath week.  I got super busy again.

Go figure!

The only one I didn't get around to posting was the one we ended up keeping.

I had made some many different wreaths and each time I got done with one I declared it my favorite.....

Until I made the next one

So I gave The Boy the task of picking one and this is what he chose

 This is just a variation of my SKULLS & SPIDERS WREATH

if you go there you can see how I did the skull

I think he made a good choice!

Mummy Cake

I first made this mummy cake for a Halloween party at my sisters 4 years ago

and I've made it many many times since

It was one of my most requested cake designs ever

  

It's super easy to make yourself too!

All you have to do is bake your cake mix in an oven safe bowl in whatever size you want.  Mine was either 8 or 9 inches

Then just frost the entire cake except leave some of the cake bare on top  for where you're going to place the eyes.

Cut strips of white fondant (I always made my own out of marshmallows)  and place all over the cake, pressing it into the frosting a bit.

Make your eyes and place over the area you left plain, securing with frosting.

Add a spider on top of the head for a touch of fun

And that's it!  Perfect for a kids party

Black & Purple Spiders Wreath

Are you sick of wreaths yet?

I don't blame you if you are

So I'm going to keep this short and sweet and just show you the picture

Spiders & Web Wreath

For this one I used some wood letters again that I painted

The green crinkle paper

An assortment of glittery spiders

And a glittery black web hangy thing from the dollar store

It had a black widow with that red hour glass bow tie looking thing  (which I don't understand but I know means something...I should probably look that up haha)

I wasn't crazy about the spider so I glued it to the side a little to cover most of it and then put one of my spiders over the remaining part that showed

 I like that the web isn't dead center because of that

I also added some black roses because it felt spidery to me

Skulls & Spiders Wreath

Next stop on the tour of Halloween wreaths.....skulls!

I got these cool skulls at dollar tree

Spray painted it gray

Then gave it a few coats of glittery silver acrylic paint

It's amazing what paint can do huh?

My background is a mix of purple and black crinkle paper

And then glued on some spiders and decorative foam glitter balls

Still kinda cutesy but slightly more spooky.  I like it!

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Bat Wreath

I wanted to make at least one wreath that was classic orange and black 

But of course it needed glitter

So thus both glittery bats from the dollar store and a black glitter bow was used

I just cut the bow a little so it wasn't as long

Then just added some wood letters I painted black

I swear the  bow is straight   I just hung it all wonky

Spiders and Bows Halloween Wreath

On this episode of

Halloween Wreath Week

Ok so it totally looks blueish in the pictures

But this wreath is purple and green

Bible

(in my best Kardashian voice)

Glitter balls....glitter spiders.....glitter bow

It's sparkly

Or as my niece Katie used to say when she was little

"Spaw-co-leeeee"

My families ability to talk normal has been forever changed

We have our own language and dialect now

Oh and the background filler stuff is a mix of purple and black

Candy Corn Wreath

Geeez!  Another long stretch without blogging

I've been a busy broad!

(see...see what I did there?)

Again this whole "job thang" is just cramping my blogging style

I wish I could just stay home all day and craft and blog my little heart out

But me and the husband have a lifestyle we have to maintain

We like to eat

Oh and we like having shelter too

We're weird like that

It wasn't just work that's kept me busy.....I've been a Halloween wreath making fool!

My entire living room is covered in wreaths (and glitter..sorry hubs!)

For realz

But that means I present to you......

Halloween Wreath Week

over here at The Busy Broad

Makes me feel like a legit blogger

Even though I'm pathetically far from legit

But all the cool bloggers have enough "like" material to fill up an entire themed week

So the fact that I do now too make me feel like one of the cool kids 

First wreath up is the Candy Corn Wreath

All my wreath starts off pretty much the same because I'm a creature of habit  

if you go HERE  you can see detailed instruction

But you're a smart cookie and I'm pretty sure you can figure out how hot gluing works

Made the big corn out of foam

And the little ones are wood that I painted and then covered in a lightly glittery paint but it doesn't show up in the picture well

That's it!

Stay tuned for more Halloween Wreaths

The biggest issue was deciding which one to keep for ourselves