Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Photo Props

What you will need:

Kids, have a grown-up help you with the scissors and hot glue.

Instructions:

  1. Print the pages onto heavy printer paper.
  2. Cut out the art as close as possible.
  3. Turn over the prop and hot glue a wooden dowel to the back to use as a handle.

TIP: Glue the dowel at an angle for the hat and bat props.

SPELL-WORTHY Spiral Notebook Covers

What you will need:

Kids, please have a grown-up help you with the scissors.

Instructions:

  1. Measure the cover of the spiral notebook with a ruler.
  2. Print the cover onto sticker paper.
  3. If the measurements are less than 8 x 10.5 inches, trim away the extra sticker paper to fit the size of your notebook.
  4. Peel the back of the sticker paper off, and affix to the front of your notebook

Hallowed Ground Word Guessing Game

What you will need:

 Kids, have a grown-up help you with the scissors and glue.

To make the game cards:

  1. Print the Hallowed Ground Word Guessing Game pages onto card stock.
  2. Trim along the dashed lines and fold the cards in half, with printed side facing outwards.
  3. Apply glue to the inside (blank side) of the card and adhere.

To play the game:

  1. Choose a card and show everyone else but you the word.
  2. You will need to guess what the word is from the clues your friends are giving you before the time runs out.
  3. The clues cannot include the word(s) you are trying to guess.
  4. If you guess correctly you get to keep the card.
  5. The player with the most cards at the end of the game wins!

Hocus Pocus Photo Props

What you will need:

Kids, have a grown-up help you with the scissors and hot glue.

Instructions:

  1. Print the pages onto heavy printer paper.
  2. Cut out the art as close as possible.
  3. Turn over the prop and hot glue a wooden dowel to the back to use as a handle.

 Special instructions for Winnie & Sarah hair props:

For Winnie: Apply tacky glue to the white tab on Part B and carefully align the art on Part A. Secure with tape on the back and allow the glue to dry. Turn over the prop and hot glue two dowels as shown to create a handle.

For Sarah: Apply tacky glue to the white tab on Part A and carefully align the art on Part B. Secure with tape on the back and allow the glue to dry. Turn over the prop and hot glue four dowels as shown to create a handle.

Hocus Pocus Witches Brew Of Immortality

For some dastardly directions on how to make this bewitching brew, visit our D23 TikTok for a step-by-step walkthrough on creating this curious concoction in your own cauldron at home!

Ingredients:

  • 1 (12 fl. oz.) bottle of green apple soda
  • Chilled 1 liter club soda
  • Chilled lime sherbet
  1. In a large pitcher, pour in 12 fl. ounces of green apple soda and 1 liter of club soda. Stir gently. Gently add several scoops of lime sherbet to the punch mixture which will begin to create foam.
  2. Allow the sherbet to melt a bit and gently mix into the punch. Pour into glasses and top with sherbet.

TIP: Substitute the green apple soda with other bright green beverages such as Hawaiian Punch®.

Jack’s Swirly Crispy Rice Treats

Ingredients:

3 tbsp. butter
4 cups mini marshmallows
6 cups crispy rice cereal
White candy melts
Chocolate candy melts
Small zip top bags or piping bags with tips

  1. Melt the butter in large sauce pan. Add the marshmallow, and over low heat melt the marshmallows until smooth. Pour in the cereal and fold until covered.
  2. Pour mixture into a 9 x 13 inch nonstick cake pan and press flat with parchment paper. Let cool.
  3. Cut into squares.
  4. Melt the chocolate candy melts per product instructions in a bowl. Dip one side of the treat into the chocolate and let harden.
  5. Melt the white candy melts per product instructions in the zip top bag. Snip a small hole in the corner of the bag to gently pipe the frosting out to decorate the treats.

Binx the Cat Cookies

Ingredients:

  • Prepared dark colored chocolate cookie mix
  • Black decorating gel
  • White canned frosting
  • Gel food coloring

Small zip top bags or piping bags with tips Preheat oven to 375°F.

  1. Mix together the chocolate cookie mix and black decorating gel until the dough appears black.
  2. Scoop out about 1 tablespoon of dough, separate and create two triangle shapes for ears. Place about an inch apart onto a cookie sheet and flatten a bit.
  3. Scoop out about 2 tablespoons of dough and roll into a ball. Gently flatten out the ball into a round shape for the head. Place the round shape onto the cookie sheet overlapping the base of each ear. Repeat.

Bake for approximately 12-14 minutes. Let cool.

In small zip top bags, mix red food coloring with a small amount of white frosting for his nose and ears. Mix yellow and just a touch of green food coloring with white frosting for his eyes. Fill another bag with white frosting for his whiskers and teeth. Snip a small hole in the corner of each bag to gently pipe the frosting out to decorate the cookies.

Old Burial Hill Finger Sandwiches

Ingredients:

  • Sandwich bread, cut into shapes with cookie cutters
  • Provolone cheese slices
  • 1 (8 oz.) package of cream cheese

For garnish:

  • Basil leaves
  • Black olives
  • Red pepper
  • Black decorating gel

Basil pesto cream cheese spread

1 cup packed basil leaves
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese 2 cloves of fresh garlic
2 tbsp. of olive oil
3 tbsp. of toasted pine nuts
4 oz. of cream cheese, softened

Combine above ingredients in a food processor until finely chopped. Cut into softened cream cheese.

Red pepper pesto cream cheese spread

1 cup roasted bell peppers, rinsed and drained
1 cup packed basil leaves
1/3 cup toasted pine nuts
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 tbsp. olive oil
1/8 tsp. black pepper
1/4 tsp. sea salt
4 oz. of cream cheese, softened

Combine above ingredients in a food processor until finely chopped. Divide in half and cut into softened cream cheese.

Sriracha tuna fish spread

1 can of albacore tuna packed in water, drained
4 tbsp. of Japanese mayonnaise
1 tbsp. of dill relish
2 scallions, finely chopped
1/8 tsp. white pepper Juice of half a lemon
1 tsp. of Sriracha sauce

Mix ingredients together.