Better Homes and Gardens Big Book of Halloween

by Susan M. Banker

Book Overview

Offers ideas and instructions for creative decorations, treats, and costumes, and includes tips for planning a Halloween party. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069621654X
• ISBN13: 9780696216541
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Better Homes and Gardens Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.1" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Good photos, okay crafts, good food

Full color, lots of huge photos. Unfortunately, bad binding: first time it's ever been opened and dozens of pages are dropping out. Crafts for families who are aiming to please the kids. Not crafts for kids to make all by theemselves. Mood is cute, non-historical, silly, hokey, occasionally country. The jack o' lantern designs seemed pretty original until I realised that the theory behind them was just to glue anything you can find onto the pumpkin-shell. Bits of wire, leaves, beads, glitter, whatever- just make it thematic. That seems to be the idea behind it. Still, that's pretty fun. The costumes were disappointing. Almost all for children, no-sew, quick and simple. The multi-wearer caterpillar was a pretty good idea, for example, but none of them looked very snazzy in execution. Not as artistic as the jack o' lanterns at all. The other decorative crafts were more artistic again. I think I may actually try those. There were a lot of lanterns, though they could have been better. I think I'll try making the crepe paper decoupage jack o' lantern basket. The party ideas were well-worn. For example, one of those beanbag toss games. Not as innovative as the rest. The food was the best part. They vary from long and complex, to no cooking required. Some look like they'd be very good to eat, and others seem to be mostly for looks (such as the scowling goblin head food sculpture.) I'm most likely to try the witch hat cookies, which have a cookie for the brim, a candy-filled ice cream cone for the peaked part of the hat, and icing for the hatband. The witch hat cake (made of precariously stacked cakes, then iced over) would actually be edible, too, and would look great. Like a lot of things in this book, that could be for a Harry Potter themed party, too!