Hey Young Chefs!

Today I helped my mom, Author and Storyteller Dianne de Las Casas, with her show, “Scared Silly” at the Council for Aging for the St. Bernard Parish Library in Chalmette, Louisiana. Above, I am dressed as a witch. Below, I am posing for a picture with a fan.

Mommy performed Scared Silly spooky tales. My favorite was “The Ghost of Mabel Gable.” Here I am, helping her perform a song she wrote called “Shake-a-Shake Them Bones.”

Afterwards, we took pictures outside. This is me by the bale of hay.

And here I am, chillin’ on the swing.

We cooked up some fun in the story cauldron and had a great time!

Remember, cool kids cook so get creative in the kitchen!

Bon Appetit, Eliana

Hey Young Chefs!

Saturday was the night of my Spookover! 7 friends came to my house for a spooky sleepover. We were treated to ghoulish games, frightening food, creepy crafts, and spooky stories. The above picture is me dressed up as a pirate girl – Argh! Below, you can see all the costumed cuties!

First, we did the ghoulish guessing game where we had to guess which monster was pinned to our backs. Then we did a cool costume contest. I won first place. The princess bride and the hip hop dancer won second place.

Next, we played “Pin the Hat on the Witch.”

The “Creepy Clothes Race” was so much fun. We had to race and put on different clothes – shirt, shorts, gloves, scarf, cape and hat. My team didn’t win but we laughed a lot.

The last game was “The Mummy Wrap.” We were divided into 2 teams. The smallest person on each team had to be the mummy. The other team members had to wrap the mummy with toilet paper. We had to finish by the end of the song “Monster Mash.” Afterwards, we had a toilet paper explosion.

Check out our terrifying table display. We had Jack-O-Jam cookies, bloody pigs in the blanket, petrifying pizza party pinwheels, and popcorn chicken parts. Fun and frightening food!

Look at the bubbling Witches Brew! (Here’s a secret recipe: it’s just one 2-liter bottle of 7Up and 10 scoops of Lime Sherbet ice cream).

After we ate, we started making crafts. We made Batty Sock bats out of foam, googly eyes, socks, and Fiberfill.

After that, we made mummies out of strips from an old t-shirt wrapped around toilet paper rolls with googly eyes.

Then we made boo bags from white paper lunch bags, markers, stickers, and chenille sticks.

After crafts, we headed outside to the patio for marshmallow roasting and spooky stories. My favorite story was “Blood Red Lips.”

Finally, after spooky stories, we set up our sleeping bags on the living room floor and watched Ghostbusters. My cousin, Camrynn; my friend, Bienelyn; and I were the last ones to fall asleep after the movie was over.

I loved having a Spookover! It was tons of fiendish fun with a bunch of goblin girls. I can’t wait to do it again! Have a spooktastic time with your friends.

Throw a party because cool kids cook and get creative in the kitchen!

Bon Appetit, Eliana