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Keep Halloween free of tricks and full of treats with help from Hy-Vee. Spook up your front porch, Create a creepy jack-o’-lantern and dress up in the coolest costumes ever.
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Clean dirt off the pumpkin with a sanitizing wipe or soap and water; dry. Use a serrated knife to cut a circular lid around the pumpkin stem. Clean out the inside of
the pumpkin.
creating an entrance
Decorate a not-too-scary entryway that shows your Halloween spirit and invites trick-or-treaters to your door. Cover a pumpkin with bright pom-poms, then use googly eyes and paper cutouts to form a face. Stick larger googly eyes in potted plants to bring them to life.
DESIGN 101
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SPIDERWEBS AND
HAIRY SPIDERS
Decorate your door or porch with glow-in-the-dark spiderwebs complete with a few hairy spiders.
Choose a pumpkin with a smooth, even surface free of bumps and scratches. Clean it with a sanitizing wipe or wash with soap and water to remove dirt.
When the pumpkin is completely dry, paint with the base color. Use washable paint if kids are painting, or longer-lasting acrylic or spray paint.
Apply a second coat of base color, if necessary. When dry, paint on any details or glue on embellishments like ribbons or buttons.
how to paint
a pumpkin
Place a teal pumpkin on your porch to signal that you have nonfood treats available for trick-or-treaters with food allergies.
Teal
Pumpkin Project
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Instead of candy, consider handing out small toys, stickers or other Halloween goodies.
Create monster fur and eyebrows with cut and crumpled tissue paper, and use paper plates, googly eyes and paper cutouts for eyes and teeth. Attach candy bags to the door for trick-or-treaters.
Monster Door
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Choose the design you want to carve onto your pumpkin, and print it out on plain paper. Use tape to secure the design to the smoothest, least-blemished side of the pumpkin.
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Using a small knife or pushpin, carefully punch holes about ¼" apart through the design and onto the surface of the pumpkin. Or carefully use a knife to cut through the design and score the pumpkin.
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Remove the paper and trace over the design with a black permanent marker. Then use a sharp serrated knife to cut through to the inside of the pumpkin, starting with the face and arms and removing pieces as you cut.
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MORE OUTDOOR DECOR AT HY-VEE
STROBE LIGHT
Create an eerie, glowing jack-o’-lantern by picking up a pumpkin and carving kit at Hy-Vee, then placing a multicolored LED strobe light inside.
In addition to DIY projects, dress up your front porch or yard with ready-to-display Halloween decorations.
fun ideas for
nonfood treats
Some Halloween candies, including
Skittles, Starburst, Dots, Lemonhead
and Smarties, are naturally free of
common allergens like milk, eggs and
tree nuts. You also can look for brands
like Enjoy Life that make allergen-free
candy bars.
allergen-free candy
how to paint
a pumpkin
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HALLOWEEN TOYS
Fill a bowl with small Halloween toys like spider rings, mini jack-o’-lanterns and fake snakes.
HOT WHEELS
Start your engines! Give each trick-or-treater their own Halloween-themed mini race car.
glow Bracelets & Lanyards
Just bend and shake to light up the night while haunting the neighbors.
FRIGHT
NIGHT
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Some Halloween candies, including Skittles, Starburst, Dots, Lemonhead and Smarties, are naturally free of common allergens like milk, eggs and tree nuts. You also can look for brands like Enjoy Life that make allergen-free candy bars.
allergen-free candy
DESIGN 101
pumpkin
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Remove the paper and trace over the design with a black permanent marker. Then use a sharp serrated knife to cut through to the inside of the pumpkin, starting with the face and arms and removing pieces as you cut.
4
Using a small knife or pushpin, carefully punch holes about ¼" apart through the design and onto the surface of the pumpkin. Or carefully use a knife to cut through the design and score the pumpkin.
3
Choose the design you want to carve onto your pumpkin, and print it out on plain paper. Use tape to secure the design to the smoothest, least-blemished side of the pumpkin.
2
Clean dirt off the pumpkin with a sanitizing wipe or soap and water; dry. Use a serrated knife to cut a circular lid around the pumpkin stem. Clean out the inside of the pumpkin.
1
Choose a pumpkin with a smooth, even surface free of bumps and scratches. Clean it with a sanitizing wipe or wash with soap and water to remove dirt.
When the pumpkin is completely dry, paint with the base color.
Use washable paint if kids are painting, or longer-lasting acrylic or spray paint.
Apply a second coat of base color, if necessary. When dry, paint on any details or glue on embellishments like ribbons or buttons.
how to paint
a pumpkin
1
2
3
Place a teal pumpkin on your porch to signal that you have nonfood treats available for trick-or-treaters with food allergies.
Teal
Pumpkin Project
HALLOWEEN TOYS
Fill a bowl with small Halloween toys like spider rings, mini jack-o’-lanterns and fake snakes.
HOT WHEELS
Start your engines! Give each trick-or-treater their own Halloween-themed mini race car.
glow Bracelets & Lanyards
Just bend and shake to light up the night while haunting the neighbors.
Instead of candy, consider handing out small toys, stickers or other Halloween goodies.
fun ideas for nonfood treats
In addition to DIY projects, dress up your front porch or yard with ready-to-display Halloween decorations.
MORE OUTDOOR DECOR AT HY-VEE
STROBE LIGHT
Create an eerie, glowing jack-o’-lantern by picking up a pumpkin and carving kit at Hy-Vee, then placing a multicolored LED strobe light inside.
SPIDERWEBS AND
HAIRY SPIDERS
Decorate your door or porch with glow-in-the-dark spiderwebs complete with a few hairy spiders.
Decorate a not-too-scary entryway that shows your Halloween spirit and invites trick-or-treaters to your door. Cover a pumpkin with bright pom-poms, then use googly eyes and paper cutouts to form a face. Stick larger googly eyes in potted plants to bring them to life.
creating an entrance
Decorate a not-too-scary entryway that shows your Halloween spirit and invites trick-or-treaters to your door. Cover a pumpkin with bright pom-poms, then use googly eyes and paper cutouts to form a face. Stick larger googly eyes in potted plants to bring them to life.
creating an entrance
Keep Halloween free of tricks and full of treats with help from Hy-Vee. Spook up your front porch, Create a creepy jack-o’-lantern and dress up in the coolest costumes ever.
