OCTOBER
OPTICAL ILLUSION Two women talking, or a
scary demon?
GAME o' THE MONTH - BOBBING FOR APPLES Truly a classic Halloween
game. All you need for this fun filled Halloween game is a large plastic, metal or wooden tub filled most of the way to the top with water and some fresh apples. Plastic Halloween tubs like the one shown to the right are ideal for this game and can be found at most department stores during the Halloween season. Just be sure that you clean out the tub completely before using it for the game.
First, you will want to remove all of the stems from the apples and wash them thoroughly.
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Not to make to any harder than it has to be, we like to use smaller apples, as they tend to be easier to bite into.
Next, fill the tub with an apple for each player and then fill it to within a few inches of the top with water.
Its also a good idea to have some towels available for players to dry their faces off with.
The players now take turns trying to retrieve an apple with only their mouth by placing their heads in the tub. This is actually more difficult than it might seem, since the apples bob around as you try to bite into them.
Players who are able to retrieve an apple are rewarded with a prize. In the old days, a player who successfully retrieved an apple won a kiss from the player of his or her choice.
Fresh is the air in the Michigan orchards. Fresh are the fruits and vegetables we pick ourselves when visiting a Michigan Farm. Fresh is the fun we have with our families on a visit to a Michigan farm, orchard, or cider mill. This is the refreshing way to answer questions like “Mom, where do apples come from?” This is where open-air Michigan farmers markets and u-pick farms enliven our recipes. This is the true meaning of the phrase: farm fresh. So let’s visit Michigan farms, orchards and cider mills. Because nothing refreshes our lives like Pure Michigan.
SPOOKY
GHOST JUGS
A Great
Project To Frighten Up Your Walkway This Halloween
THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL
NEED
Clean plastic gallon milk jugs
Black permanent marker
Craft knife
String of 50 clear low-wattage holiday lights
THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO
DO
Draw ghost eyes and mouths on
the jugs.
Use the craft knife to cut a half-dollar-size hole in the back of each jug
(a parent's job).
Arrange the ghosts near each other and string the lights between them,
stuffing bulbs into each of the jugs.
AUNTIE
MARGARET SEZ: When you are drawing the ghost eyes and mouths on the
jugs, leave the caps on while you do this, so the jugs don't
dent.
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