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Hallowe’en breakfast — oatmeal in a pumpkin
I don’t have a kid, but I do strenuously maintain a childlike sense of wonder inside my own self, so there’s a wee bit of giddyness bubbling up inside me as I read through the recipe for Baked Pumpkin...
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Ways to use your leftover pumpkin
Obviously one of the best parts of Halloween is the pumpkin carving. But what to do with it after your done? Here’s some ideas! Click for larger image! Making a vase and candle holder are a little …...
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Planning to dress up as an astronaut for Halloween? Here’s your pumpkin
I saw this on Boing Boing, but it was tweeted out by @RobertPearlman. Now that the space shuttle program is dead, I guess you could go as a zombie space shuttle program? Actually, zombie astronaut...
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Butternut squash Jack o’Lantern skull
Want to carve a Jack o’Lantern but don’t have any pumpkins? Only have a butternut squash? Well, problem effing solved, my man! (via Skull A Day)
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Now this is pumpkin-carving
Um, wow. Take a gigantic pumpkin and let a master carver at it, and you get something a little bit better than the standard Jack o’Lantern. You get zombies bursting out of it! Incredible. Check out...
View ArticleSlow-motion pumpkin smashing
Um, yes! Also, can I say that I love the idea of a really smoky Jack o’Lantern? The way it oozes out is creepy in a whole new way — different, not really better or worse than a flickering candle. The...
View ArticleDo-it-yourself Halloween projects
I posted this in longer form on my work blog, but the videos were too good not to share here, as well. I estimate you could do both of these projects with about $20 and in two or three hours. This is...
View ArticleCool ‘zipperface’ costume idea
Amy and I try to find couple costumes, so unless we go as Mr. and Mrs. Zipperface, this idea’s not for us. But I was struck by how realistic it looks, and how simple the project basically is. It’s...
View ArticleMade-for-TV zombie apocalypse movie. Called “Zombie Apocalypse”.
Ha! Although the special effects don’t quite look as convincing as they could, I think I’m definitely ready for a bit of cheese with my rotting flesh. Plus, how can you say no to a made-for-TV movie...
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This is my Jack o’Lantern
As I mentioned when I posted it to Facebook, “I carved a representation of the existential pain of having your head hollowed out.” And I think I am quite the little sculptor, too!
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There are no better ways to spend 15 minutes this Halloween
It’s “Thriller”. You can’t go wrong! And, if you don’t have 15 minutes, well, first stop lying to me, of course you do. And second, here’s the best part of the whole video, in 1/15th of a minute:
View ArticleEverything wrong with Halloween
We found this video by merely searching “Halloween” on YouTube, and then we killed ourselves laughing.
View ArticleGreat Halloween prank? Or the greatest?
I love how this turns the tables on the ol’ haunted house trope and puts the “trick” back in trick-or-treat. (via BB)
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Take it from the Great Pumpkin — and put the apostrophe back into Hallowe’en
Sure, I did the quickie Photoshop job, above, and I co-wrote the interview (with Diane Nelson), but you can’t argue with the authority of the Great Pumpkin — especially when he’s talking about...
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