Soap Bottle Ghosts

Happy Halloween to all my kind readers! Today I want to show you how to make some really easy ghosts. Your children and grandchildren will love this. There should be no need to buy anything, you should have all the necessary material right at home. This whole project will take less than 15 minutes to make but will decorate your bathrooms and kitchen sink areas.

Homemade Ghosts

You will need a pump soap dispensers and kitchen soap bottles. These bottles can have soap in them already or just empty bottles or dispensers. You will also need napkins, paper toweling and or old dish towels.

I will show you how to make three ghosts, one from the dish soap container and one from the soap dispenser. Both are very easy to make and will make a quick and easy decoration for bathrooms or your kitchen sink

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1.       First, the soap dispenser. Take the paper toweling and cut a little circle out of it in the middle of your paper toweling.

2.      

Place the paper toweling with the whole just below the pump area.

3.      

Place a rubber band around the paper toweling to hold it in place.

4.     

  With a marker draw a face on your ghost.

5.       Now you have a soap dispenser ghost.

1.       With a napkin cut the corner out.

2.      

Unfold the napkin and place it over your soap dispenser.

3.     

  Take your rubber band and place it around the napkin at the top.

4.      

With a marker make a face on your ghost.

5.       Now you have a napkin ghost.

1.       Take your dish soap bottle to make this ghost.

2.      

With an old dish towel or rag, cut a little circle in the middle of the dish towel.

3.     

  Place the towel over your dish soap bottle.

4.       Place a rubber band around the top to hold in place.

5.      

With a marker make a face on your ghost.

6.       Now you have a dish towel ghost.

All three of these ghosts can be made with any of these materials. Whatever you decide to use the paper toweling, napkins or dish towels they all make really cute ghosts. Let your children and grandchildren be creative when they make these ghosts. This little project cost me nothing because I had everything right at home. I hope you all have a Happy and safe Halloween from Suzie Homemaker.

More Halloween Cheese Goodies

I found another fun way to use Halloween cookie cutters for you today. Since I am on a cheese kick lately, here’s another healthy Halloween treat. I like Trick or Treat like everybody else but do not like all the candy and sweets. This project would be good to do with your grandchildren and children when they have friends over.

Things needed

1 cookie sheet sprayed with non -stick spray.                             1 knife

Cheese of any variety                                                                   bread of any variety

Halloween cookie cutters                                                             toaster

1.       First, toast your bread.

2.    

   Now take your Halloween cookie cutters and press down on your toast to cut out your Halloween shapes.

3.     

  Since my Halloween cookie cutters have shapes in them I cut out the shapes. If your Halloween cookie cutters that do not have this just let your children cut out shapes themselves.

4.      

Next, cut any variety of cheese and use the cutout pieces of toast as your guide. Cut the cheese into your cut out shapes.

5.      

Place the cheese into the cut out places.

6.     

  Put your Halloween cut outs onto a sprayed cookie sheet with your cheese in the places you cut out.

7.     

  Broil until cheese is melted.

8.       Let cool and enjoy a healthy Halloween treat.

Let your children and grandchildren get creative with this. This is a fun activity you can do any time and it does not take very long to do. You could even use some vegetables with this also to make different shapes and colors.

Halloween is a fun time of year for the kids and adults, but too much candy is not good. Why not put a little healthy snack along with the candy. I hope you like my Halloween cheese treat from Suzie Homemaker.

Healthy Halloween Treats

Today I have a fun activity to do with kids of all ages for Halloween. This can be used as a snack for school or any time you want to do something fun with your kids or grandchildren. This little food project takes less than 30 minutes to make, bake and eat. You only need 3 ingredients which you should have at home. This is a healthy snack that everybody will love.

What you will need

Bread of any variety                                              cheese of any variety

Garlic salt                                                                 Halloween cookie cutters

Cookie sheet

1.       Take your bread of any variety and toast it.

2.     

  Cut some cheese slices big enough to place your cookie cutter on.

3.     

  Using your Halloween cookie cutters, cut out your shapes of ghosts, cats, and pumpkins.

4.     

  Place your Halloween shapes onto your toast. Depending on how big your Halloween shapes are you may have to have a bigger piece of bread.

5.      

Place the bread onto a cookie sheet with your Halloween cutouts on top into the oven. Turn your oven on broil and watch closely until cheese starts melting.

6.     

  Now you have a Halloween cheese snack.

7.      

Bonus, if you like garlic salt sprinkle a little on top of your melted cheese.

8.      

Eat and enjoy a fun Halloween snack.

When I was a kid this was a fun Halloween snack that we took to school. When my children were little this was a great healthy snack to take to Pre-School to share with the class. Let your children and grandchildren get creative with this easy food project. They could cut out eyes, teeth and more depending on your cookie cutters design. They could even add vegetables as eyes for decorations.

This is an easy project to do anytime during the Halloween season. You could make this for breakfast, dinner, supper or for just a fun healthy snack. Let’s have some fun this Halloween from Suzie Homemaker.

Airbnb vs. Hotels

Another year has gone by and we are at another Fin Con (Financial Convention). My husband is not up for another award but we are here to enjoy the time off and to learn more. Last year the convention was in Texas, this year we are in Florida (Orlando). Leaving Wisconsin at 50 degrees and going to Florida will be a nice warm up. The weather here in Florida is in the 80’s and 90’s. So today I want to talk about saving money on airlines and hotels

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Airlines

Using credit cards that earn you miles is a great way to start. Saving up your points allows you to get your tickets cheaper or even free if you have enough points racked up. We decided to try a different airline this time to save some money. We went through Allegiant, but they tend to charge you for every little extra’s they can think of. If you can grab a snack before going on the plane this will save you a lot of money because this airline charges you for snacks and drinks. Allegiant also only goes to certain locations on certain dates and times. You have to plan accordingly. The flight was nice and the flight attendants were very friendly. Again you have to do your research to find the best deals and times available.

Hotels vs. Airbnb

We decided not to stay at the convention center because they were charging over $150 dollars a night. This year is our first time trying an Airbnb. We are about 1 mile from the convention center. We decided we are going to walk it each day to the convention center. If we get too tired we can always use an Uber. The Airbnb we are staying at is really nice and the people who are taking care of it are very friendly and helpful.

First, we are saving a bundle on going out to eat three meals a day. We walked to the nearest grocery store and bought some food to make at the Airbnb. We have access to a kitchen and a refrigerator. We spent $35 dollars on some groceries that will last us at least 3 days. One day going out to eat here would have cost us over $100 dollars, so I say this is a great advantage and a great way to save on food costs.

We have our own room with our own key and a shared bathroom with any other guests that come in. So far we are the only guest here. We share the living quarters and kitchen area. For the one week that we will be here, we are paying under$500 dollars. We are saving over $500 dollars by staying at this Airbnb vs. staying at the convention center.

I would recommend checking out an Airbnb next time you need a place to stay. So far we are very happy with this place and the people who run it. It has been a really different experience. We feel right at home and comfortable using the kitchen and sitting at their table for meals. Do your research before trying this and make sure everything is secure and safe from Suzie Homemaker.

Apple and Pear Chips

Summer is coming to an end and my gardens are almost done. I am finishing up with the last of my canning of tomatoes. I have a few peppers left and some parsley still left to deal with, plus I have some watermelon still growing. Now I have one very big pear tree that is loaded this year with pears to deal with, and two apple trees loaded with apples. What do I do with them all? I can only can so many pears and freeze them. My apple I can only make so much jam and applesauce. So this year I decided to try something different to make with my apple s and pears.

This year I decided to dehydrate most of my apples and pears. I thought this would be a nice snack for the whole family to enjoy on the go and at work. I started dehydrating 4 days ago and I have dehydrated over 20 trays of apples and pears already. My family loves them. So today I will show you how I dehydrated my pears and apples. I call them apple and pear chips.

Dehydrating

1.       First, pick your pears and apples and wash them very well.

2.     

  Start peeling and coring your apples and pears.

3.      

Slice your pears and apples in thicker pieces. If you slice them to thin they tend to stick to your trays too much.

4.     

  Start arranging them on your trays. I place mine together quite closely so I can get more on a tray.

5.     

  Start stacking your trays of apples and pears. Check your directions to see how many trays are allowed when dehydrating. I have an American Harvest dehydrator and I can stack up to 12 trays at a time. Always place an empty tray between your heat source so your fruit does not touch the motor.

6.     

  Check your directions for temperature needed to dehydrate your apples and pears

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7.      

To dehydrate my apples and pears it took about 8 to 10 hours before mine were dry enough.

8.       Depending on how hard or soft you like them depends on how long you will need to dehydrate them.

9.       Your apples and pears will be slightly brown when done.

10.  

Place in a sealed zip lock bag or sealed container. The apples and pears should last for several months this way.

My whole family loves these dehydrated apples and pears, so I am going to keep dehydrating them until I feel I have enough to last for several months. This is a nice healthy snack everybody can enjoy. I would advise anybody to look into buying a dehydrator. There are so many different things you can dehydrate, from fruit to vegetables and herbs and spices and more. A dehydrator is something worth looking into. I hope you like my dehydrated apples and pears chips from Suzie Homemaker.