Cute Enough to Eat

So, I was on pinterest tooling around and thought "I bet there's cute halloween nails out there"

I saw these, Candy Corn, and thought to myself "i'm so dumb. why didn't I think of that on my own?"

http://pinterest.com/pin/141089400797418024/


Now the real sugary sweet confection looks like this:

Because the orange is in the middle (and it's the darkest color) I painted half my nail yellow and half white. I let this dry then painted an orange stripe in between.

Clearly the orange stripe is too wide, but it was a first attempt. However, I did get several compliments and "Oh! Her nails look like candy corn!" comments.


Time taken: 15 minutes
Difficulty level: Low
Pro-tip: DO NOT USE SCOTCH TAPE. It will take the paint off. If you want perfect lines either buy the stuff designed for nails or use something flat and straight to make an edge. The whole "just use scrapbook scissors and scotch tape to make cute nails" BS. Doesn't work. It strips the pain.


Best of luck and Happy Halloween month! May you have a Boo-tiful October!

Halloween Fruit-O-Lantern

So I'm sure that everyone has all sorts of Halloween ideas circling. I threw a party two years ago where I made Halloween Fruit-O-Lanterns. It was super easy, cute, and I wish people had actually come to my party to enjoy them.


FRUIT O LANTERNS (supplies)
Clementines or Oranges
An X-acto knife
Green spoons or forks (plastic)
Whatever other fruit you'd like in a fruit cup


STEP ONE

Cut! Get clementines (or standard oranges), cut off the tops. By tops I mean just a tiny section at one of the ends of the fruit. It should look like you have a little hat on top of it. So like 3/4-7/8 of the fruit, and then cut off 1/4-1/8 to make a little hat.

STEP TWO

Scoop! Scoop all of the orangey goodness out of the orange / clementine. Put that in a bowl to the side. Mix it with whatever other fruit you'd like to be in your fruit cups.


STEP THREE

Carve! You want to take an x-acto knife and carve little adorable faces into your oranges. White you've got that knife out, remove the little pit end from the "hat" you cut off. So there's now a hole in the top.

STEP FOUR

Fill!  Take that orange goo and whatever other fruit you have on hand (chopped up tiny) and fill the orange rinds to make little fruit cups.


STEP FIVE

Push! Push a green spoon or fork through that hole you made so that the handle is now sticking out

STEP SIX

Finish! Just push the spoon or fork down into the little cup so that the "hat" now sits back where it originally came from. You have a cute mini jack-o-lantern made out of an orange, filled with a healthy snack, with a green plastic spoon for a stem.