10 Fun Things to do with your Kids for Halloween!

Here are 10 fun activities and crafts that you can do with and for your kids to celebrate Halloween!

Pumpkin Pie Pops

I decided to make some more pie pops, however, this time I tried using a pumpkin pie filling... and I put them on orange polka dot paper straws! I made them the same way I did before so you can visit my other post here to follow the step by step directions.

The only difference was that I used a pumpkin pie filling, and I made my filling a little bit thicker for the pie pops by not adding all of the evaporated milk that the recipe called for. I just used the recipe on the back of the canned pumpkin, however this is way too much filling for just pie pops! Unless you're planning on making hundreds of them. ;) I made about 12 pie pops and also used my filling to make mini pumpkin pies in a mini muffin tray and still had leftover filling. You could still fill a 9" pie crust really well after making 12 pie pops because you only use a very small amount of filling in each pie pop.

To make the mini pumpkin pies I cut circles from the pie crust just like I did for the pie pops, but placed them in the mini muffin trays using a pampered chef mini-tart shaper. Then filled each one with filling just below the top of the crusts. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes.

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Pie Pops

When I saw this idea over at Bakerella I was anxious to try it. I love the idea of putting food on a stick, somehow it just makes it more fun and really cute. These are really easy to make and you can use your favorite pie filling, even one from a can to make it really simple. I made a pie filling that originally comes from a Pillsbury recipe that you can find here. However I cut the recipe down so there isn't as much filling, but I still had some extra leftover. You can find the filling recipe I used below.

 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees, and prepare your pie filling.

 I used the box of pre-made Pillsbury pie crust. Roll the pie crust out on a floured surface and use a cookie cutter to cut out your desired shape. I was able to make 19 pie pops from both 9 inch pie crusts that come in the box. However you will have scraps that you can roll back out to cut out more circles if you want to make more then that.

Place the circles on a cookie sheet leaving room for the sticks and gently press the sticks (find them in the baking isle of a craft store) into the dough.

Now spoon about 1 Tablespoon or less of the pie filling onto the center of the circles.

Take another circle and place it on top of the other and press the edges down using an extra stick. Now brush the tops of the pie pops with egg whites and place in the oven for about 12 minutes or until the tops are golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool.

Pie Filling:
(Mix all of the ingredient together in a large bowl)

• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup corn syrup
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup walnuts
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
•  Oats and Honey granola bars (1 pack, 2 bars)
• 2 tablespoons oats
• 3 tablespoons mini chocolate chips