I miss Halloween. I really enjoyed taking the girls trick or treating and dressing up to distribute candy.
Alas, in Switzerland Halloween is not much of a thing. In the “expat bubble” communities (that is, those Zurich suburbs where you can’t swing a black cat without hitting an English speaker) there is usually Trick Or Treating going on, but for the most part in Switzerland October 31 is just another fall day. Still, you’ll find private Halloween parties and all that, but the general populace won’t be turning their front lawn into a scary cemetery, nor decorating with Jack o’lanterns.
So these days I get my Halloween kicks from Pinterest.
An amazing Halloween party by Loralee Lewis. Check out the hunted mansion cutouts!
(Also take a peek at her Wicked Witches Tea Party)
Tombstone Cookies and Dark Chocolate Graveyard Pots de Crème, from Sunset magazine.
Some scarily awesome cupcakes from a Brit expat in Germany (shared here)
Genius! A can of black spray paint and some glitter turns a “Christmas village”
into a spooky village.
(36th Avenue)
Some BOO-tiful cookies from Sweetopia. Who knew spiderwebs could look delicious?
If you want something simpler, dig out your gingerbread man cookie cutter and make these mummy cookies.
And for some easy decorating, here are some free printables to give your windows, walls, candy jars and party drinks a spooky makeover.
Happy Halloween!
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WOW! These are awesome decorations! Wish we had Halloween in Greece!
hey fellow hot mama, i get all my kicks from pinterest lately, haha!!! we need to figure out a day to maybe meet in the middle zug for some cafeeeeee…..wesley usually sleeps during outings, haha
Hahaha those tombstone cookies are beyond words! Happy Halloween, Elisa!
You can come here and celebrate. I love Halloween but am SO not in the mood for it tonight. I’m not up for trick-or-treating and I want to curl up in bed. :> Miss you!
Cool. What a great post for Halloween! I love the pictures and wish I could have made such nice cookies! Hope you had a great Halloween.
I really admire people who get into the spirit – typically I’m thinking about what a hassle it is to clean up. Oh but in Switzerland, you all have such a lovely Christmas!
That is the CUTEST Halloween decor I have ever, ever seen – love it!!
Isn’t Pinterest just the BEST?? So, so many great ideas over there!! And yes, you could potentially spend an entire day over there! Hope you had an enjoyable day anyway Elisa!!
xo
Jeanne