Ghosts in the Graveyard

"You'll Need:

1 pkg. (16 oz.) chocolate sandwich cookies 3 1/2 cups cold milk 2 pkg. (4-serving size)chocolate flavor Instant Pudding 1 tub (12 oz.) frozen whipped topping, thawed

Procedures : Crush the cookies in zipper-style plastic bag with rolling pin or in food processor. Pour cold milk into large bowl. Add pudding mixes. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes. Stir in 3 cups of the whipped topping and 1/2 of the crushed cookies. Spoon into 13x9-inch baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining crushed cookies. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until ready to serve. Store leftover dessert in refrigerator. To Decorate Graveyard: Decorate assorted cookies with decorator icings to make ""tombstones."" Stand ""tombstones"" on top of dessert with candy corn and pumpkins. Drop dollops of remaining whipped topping onto dessert to make ghosts. BOO Cups: Layer pudding mixture and remaining crushed cookies in 12 to 16 paper or plastic cups. Decorate as desired"

Gelatin Jigglers

"You'll Need:

2-1/2 cups boiling water or apple juice (Do not add cold water) 2 (8-serving) pkg. Gelatin Dessert, any flavor; OR 4 (4-serving) pkg. Gelatin Dessert, any flavor

Procedures : Stir boiling water into gelatin in large bowl at least 3 minutes until completely dissolved. Pour into 13x9-inch pan. Refrigerate at least 3 hours or until firm (does not stick to finger when touched). Dip bottom of pan in warm water about 15 seconds. Cut into decorative shapes with cookie cutters all the way through gelatin or cut into 1-inch squares. Lift from pan"

Flower Pot Dirt Cake

"You'll Need:

1 (20oz) pkg. oreo cookies 1 cup powdered sugar 2 (3-1/2oz) pkg. instant vanilla pudding mix 3 cups milk 1 (8oz) pkg. cream cheese 1/2 stick margarine or butter 1 (12oz) container whipped topping

Procedures : Remove the middles from the oreo cookies. Crush the cookies in food processor and separate into three equal parts. Cream the butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar and the oreo middles. In a separate bowl mix the whipped topping, milk and pudding mix. Combine the two mixtures and mix well. In an 8"" flower pot (clay pots not recommended) layer the crushed cookies (white mixture, cookies, white mix, crushed cookies). Be sure to cover the top entirely with the crushed cookies. Place a silk flower in the middle and decorate with a few gummy worms. Serve with a garden trowel"

Fish Bowls

"You'll Need:

blue jello gummy fish clear plastic cups.

Procedures : Make blue jello according to the directions on the box. Pour into clear plastic cups. Let them cool in the refrigerator until partially set - about an hour. When they're partially set, place a few gummy fish in each cup. Put them in the refrigerator until they're completely set. Eat and enjoy! Frozen fish-Popsicle's: (just freeze the jello in popsicle molds - add the gummy fish when they are partially set - unmold very gently when entirely frozen"

Edible Garden

"You'll Need:

a pound cake or other loaf-shaped cake (homemade or store-bought) chocolate frosting ladyfingers chocolate wafer cookies sugar gumdrops green toothpicks.

Procedures : PREPARE THE FLOWER BED: Ice the top and sides of the pound cake with chocolate frosting. Then trim the top of each ladyfinger into a point to resemble a fence picket. Gently press the pickets against the frosted sides of the loaf cake. Seal a handful of chocolate wafer cookies in a plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin. Sprinkle the crumb ""soil"" on top of the loaf cake. PLANT A ROW OF TULIPS: Sprinkle sugar onto waxed paper. Roll the gumdrops to a 1/4-inch thickness using a rolling pin on the waxed paper surface. With kitchen scissors, cut notches in the tops of the flattened gumdrops to create tulip shapes. Insert a toothpick stem into the base of each blossom. Make a pair of leaves for each tulip by trimming flattened green gumdrops into teardrop shapes. Spear the base of each leaf with the toothpick stem and push it halfway up the stem. Now plant the tulips in the cake. For a fun finishing touch, sprinkle coconut tinted with green food coloring around the garden to resemble grass"

Earth Bowl

"You'll Need:

1 (4 oz.) pkg. raspberry gelatin dessert 1 (4 oz.) pkg. instant vanilla pudding 1 (8 oz.) pkg. black cherry gelatin dessert 4 cups boiling water (can be boiled and kept hot in thermos) 4 cups cold water 3 mixing bowls 12 graham crackers 1/2 cup melted margarine 1/4 cup granulated sugar 10"" diameter clear glass bowl

Procedures : Make the gelatin desserts in separate bowls and according to the directions on the side of the box. Put in refrigerator to set. Have the children crush the graham crackers into fine crumbs. This can be done by putting the crackers in a zip-lock bag and having the children pound the bag until the crackers are in very fine crumbs. Mix the graham cracker crumbs with the melted margarine and granulated sugar. Press the mixture on the bottom and along the sides of the glass bowl to form a crust. Set aside. After two hours the gelatin will set. Spoon the black cherry into the graham cracker crust. Form it so that there is about a five inch pocket in the middle. Next, spoon in the lemon gelatin, leaving a two inch hole. Into this center, spoon the raspberry gelatin. Allow time for each child to take a look at the Earth Bowl and discuss its layers. Important Concepts: (1) In the Earth Bowl the graham cracker crust represents the earth's crust which is about 20 miles deep; the black cherry is the mantle (4,000 miles deep); the lemon gelatin is the outer core (2,200 miles deep); and the raspberry gelatin is the inner core (800 miles deep). (2) Although the Earth Bowl is made of cool gelatin, the center of the earth is actually extremely hot. (3) In the kitchen the Earth Bowl took only a few hours to make; in actuality the earth took 5 billion years to form."

Cinnamon Toast Fingers

"You'll Need:

2 slices bread butter 1 tbl. sugar 1 tsp. cinnamon

Procedures : Toast the bread. Cut each into four strips. Butter each strip. Mix the sugar and cinnamon together. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar on the toast strips. Put under broiler (or in a toaster oven) until sugar melts"