October and November are fun months in our family. I enjoy celebrating Halloween almost as much as the kids. We plan a party with friends, dress up the dog, and pass out treats. This year, while shopping at World Market, I found something new. Have you heard of the upcoming film, The Book of Life, appearing in theaters on October 17th? It’s based on the cultural celebration of “Dia de los Muertos” (Day of the Dead),which is a day devoted to remembering the memories of lost loved ones. The film is an animated Romeo and Juliet inspired love story featuring Tatum Channing as a matador who wants to be a musician. Manolo is competing to win the love of Zoe and will have to face his greatest fears to reinvent his destiny. I was quick to incorporate them into fun Dia de los Muertos and Halloween recipes for kids, including this fun Popcorn Monster Mix that’s perfect for snacking before seeing The Book of Life.
By now you know almost everything I make has to be easy. This recipe is simple enough for the kids to spend an afternoon mixing up their own concoctions. I started with a Book of Life Tin Keepsake box and some packaged Halloween Candies. I poured the candies into different Halloween containers, placed the popcorn in a small resealable plastic sandwich bag, and set out cups. I made my snacks like a parfait with layers of popcorn and candies, but the kids were happy to simply mix candy and popcorn in plastic bags. For fun I topped my concoctions with a candy jelly eyeball. I bought Book of Life Swirly Slime to play with after the kids were through snacking. Slime and a snack, what more could you ask for?
To wash our Popcorn Monster Crunch down, I made Orange Eyeball Punch. With only three ingredients this is a snap to put together but looks so spooky. For each drink I mixed 1/2 cup Lorina Blood Orange drink and 1/4 cup Bubble Up soda. I topped each drink with 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream and a jelly eyeball. It looks spooky, but I told you it was simple!
What treats are you planning to make this Fall?
What fun Halloween treats! I want to start making some Fall treats!
Super Cute! I love these ideas and the sweepstakes sounds like an awesome prize! I’d love to win movies for a year!
Well those look frightfully delicious. I bet they are a huge hit with the kids, mine would ick and ew and LOVE it. 🙂
i love that eyeball punch. looks like a great treat. i will probably just make it one day without telling my daughter, she will love it.
That drink looks so good even with the gummy eyeball in it. I love the giveaway too. I don’t enter them but this one I will.
Such cute ideas for Halloween! I love the eyeball punch!
Soo cute. I completely forgot about the Book of Life movie. We saw a preview for it some time ago and it has slipped my mind.
That eyeball punch is freaky looking, but I could see kids loving it. Great ideas.
This is why HAlloween is my favorite holiday. There are so many ways to get creative!
What a fantastic and cute idea! My kids would think I’m awesome if I did this! Thanks for sharing I need new fun ideas!
That popcorn mix looks really delicious! The Book of Life looks like it’s going to be a cute movie!
what fun snacks for halloween those eye balls are super fun I need to get some too.
Oh my gosh those are so cute! I love Halloween!
This sounds like a really nice prize package.
Cute idea. The orange soda sounds so yummy.
Those are some pretty great prizes!!! Your oeey eyeballs are freaking me out a little bit.
This is my kinda craft – beautiful but simple! I love the shakes. I am definitely going to surprise my kids with it 🙂
The popcorn would be fabulous for when we sit down and start watching our family Halloween movies! And the giveaway sounds fabulous too!
The popcorn I could handle. But that eyeball punch, not sure sure! But the kids sure would love it!
I think my daughter would love the popcorn monster mix! Although the punch looks creepy, it sounds pretty tasty!
My boys love anything Halloween-related. These look super cute!
That eyeball punch looks really scary!
We make anything and everything pumpkin lol. Those look like great snack ideas and the prizes are awesome!
How much fun! I like stuff that doesn’t take a scientist to make – that means I can duplicate it and it might just look the same as the pictures!
These are great ideas for Halloween snacks. I bet the punch tastes amazing.
Oh the eyeball punch looks creepy, but I bet it tastes good!
What an adorable lunch box! The colors really pop out.
Love the Eyeball Punch, would be great for school parties.
That is a fun way to spruce up popcorn! I bet kids would love this!
Those drinks are too cool! My kids would love them!
Those are so cute! Halloween treats are the best!
I love seeing all of the FUN Halloween ideas! Eyeballs and monsters for everyone!
These are some fun ideas for Halloween! Love the eyeball punch!
This is such a cute idea, you can never go wrong with popcorn. The punch sounds really good too.
These are really cute – I pinned them to my Halloween Board. Davey will love the Spooky Eyeball Punch!
i just pinned them, too. So cute!!
That is such a fun idea. My boys would love those!!!
My whole family would love the popcorn – My hubby is a popcorn eating monster!