Entertaining Halloween-style

The bewitching day is upon us! Gather the goblins, conjure up some creative costumes and prepare scary, scrumptious sweets for a great ghostly gathering.
Making some frighteningly fabulous party treats together is a perfect way for everyone to share some “spooktacular” fun.
Cast a spell right from the start with a Happy Haunted House. Begin with a ready-to-decorate Halloween Cookie House Kit available at craft and hobby stores. The house is pre-assembled; just decorate and enjoy!
Kids can use Goldfish graham crackers as roofing tiles (affixing them to the roof after it’s been iced), making sure to give equal representation to each flavor: cinnamon, honey and chocolate. The sparkling blue piping gel moat and pond need to be stocked with Goldfish, too. Complete the decorating with green coconut grass, a candy corn fence plus the icings and the candies that come with the kit.
Add some fun treats for party guests and you’re all set:

Yummy Mummy Madness
In addition to dressing up in a costume and trick-or-treating, Halloween party guests can have some fun helping out in the kitchen and preparing some cookies for the haunted holiday.
The Chocolate Mummy Cookie recipe uses a cookie mix base, which makes the baking process quick and allows more time for decorating the mummy with wrappings and frightening eyes. Or, if guests want to squeeze in more trick-or-treating than baking, cookies can be pre-baked and cooled, ready for the little ones to decorate.
If guests want to bring home some of the scare, these cookies also make great
party favors.
Finally, carry out the mummy theme with a fun party game. Split up into teams and give each team a roll of toilet paper and some props. Each team should select one person to dress up as a mummy. The team that comes up with the most stylish, scary or creative mummy is the winner.

Chocolate Mummy Cookies
    1 pouch sugar cookie mix
    2 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa
    1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
    1 egg
    1 container (1 pound) vanilla frosting
    12 small jellybeans, cut in half
    Black decorating gel (from 0.68-ounce tube)