Halloween Spider Cookies
Easy

Oreo cookies
frosting mix
red licorice ropes
chocolate chips
or red hots

Split the cookies and put three lengths of red rope licorice across the frosting, letting about 2 inches hang out both sides for legs. Add a little canned frosting and put the cookies back together. Put two small dollops of frosting on edge of cookie and add two chips or red hots for eyes.

Halloween Ghoul Punch
Easy
surgical glove or
rubber glove
Juice or Colored water

Pour  juice or colored water into the  glove, tie shut and freeze. 
Place into the punch bowl at serving time... watch the kids eyes when they see a hand floating in the punch!

Witch's Brew
Easy

3 pints purple grape juice
1 1/2 pints club soda
grapes
apples

Mix the grape juice and soda in a pitcher. Cut the apple into small chunks. Float the fruit in the brew just before serving. Like magic, the grapes and apples will look just like eyes and teeth. Make a swizzle broomsticks for each cup, with a straw and black paper cut into a fringe.  

Monster or Witch's Hands
Surprise party guests or classmates with a spooky snack!
You'll need: 
Clear disposable plastic gloves, 
popped popcorn,
red or green small gum drops and 
spider rings (optional).

Place a gumdrop into each finger of the glove 
(these are the fingernails) fill glove with pop corn. 
Tie off the end with rubber band or ribbons. 
Add a spider ring for fun. 

Grave Yard Dessert
Moderately Easy

 CRUST ~
2 cups chocolate wafer cookie crumbs
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup margarine, melted
FILLING
8-oz package fat-free cream cheese
12-oz tub Cool Whip Free®, thawed
2 cups boiling water
2 (4-servings) packages orange gelatin
1/2 cup cold water
Ice cubes
DECORATIONS
1/4 cup chocolate wafer cookie crumbs
7 rectangular shaped sandwich cookies
7 oval shaped sandwich cookies
Decorator icing brown, green, orange, and white
Candy corn
Candy pumpkins 
Preheat oven at 350 degrees F.
Prepare a 9 x 13 x 2" pan with cooking spray and flour. 
To prepare crust, combine 2 cups cookie crumbs, 
1/4 cup sugar, and margarine in a small mixing bowl. 
Press firmly into prepared pan. Bake for 10 minutes 
and then chill. 

To prepare filling, combine cream cheese and 1/2 cup 
Cool Whip in a mixing bowl. 
In another mixing bowl, combine boiling water into gelatin until completely dissolved. Mix cold water and ice cubes together to make 1 1/2 cups. 
Stir ice water into gelatin until thickened. Remove any remaining ice 
cubes. Spoon gelatin over cream cheese layer. 
Refrigerate 3 hours or until firm. 
Spread remaining Cool Whip over gelatin layer. 

Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup cookie crumbs. 
Decorate as a "grave yard" by poking sandwich 
cookies on end into dessert. Decorate the cookies 
as tombstones with the decorator icing. 
Scatter candy and pumpkins around the surface.