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Buy a bug catcher and fill it with lollies and trinkets.  Add a ribbon and thank-you tag and stick a bug on the lid.  Viola.  Simple and effective.

Don’t you love no bake party food - especially when it is this cute (or should that be creepy)??  My sister-in-law made these for Skye’s Spooky party.  To make them you will need:

• Black licorice, cut into 10cm narrow strips -  (apparently Pull-n-Peel Twizzlers work well)
• Oreos or other cream-filled biscuits
• White Icing Tube
• Black Icing Tube

Put the Oreo in the microwave for 10-20 seconds, then take the top off of the biscuit.  Place 4 of the licorice strips across the cream of the biscuit, pushing them in slightly before replacing the top biscuit.  Use the Icing tubes to add the eyes.

Tip:  If you are having trouble getting the licorice to stick to the Oreo, put the Oreo back into the microwave for a few seconds to let the cream in the centre melt a little more (or use a dab of icing or melted chocolate).

Sack races are an oldie but a goodie!  And don’t despair if you don’t have a pile of hessian sacks lying around - you can use the eco fabric shopping bags as an alternative.  The kids can climb into the bags and hold onto the handles, or you can cut the base off of a bag and sew it to the top of another.  Much cheaper than making them from scratch.

Hold sack races as a stand alone game, or use the sacks to tie in with other games.  For example, at the dinosaur party, I read a letter to the kids telling them we needed to go on a dinosaur hunt, but the only way to get there was with “dino” sacks.  The kids were only too keen to climb into the sacks and jump their way to the imaginary destination!  This is a good way to eliminate the winning/losing scenario that younger kids don’t always deal with too well!

Sacks can even become cocoons for a butterfly party or mermaid tails for a mermaid party!

These straws add a sweet touch for all kinds of insect and garden parties.  Simply cut a leaf shape from green card and attach an insect sticker.  We found these ladybug stickers at a variety store.  Put a hole in your leaf and push it through a straw.

These straws can also be good to label the kids’ drinks.  Write their names on the leaves and you’ll know which drink belongs to whom!

These chocolate spiders are so easy and being chocolate are, of course, delicious!

All you need to do is melt 200g milk chocolate with 2 tbsp crunchy peanut butter.  Once melted, add 100g of plain fried noodles and mix well together.  Place 8 pieces of licorice strap or cut licorice pieces in the form of spider legs on baking paper.  Drop a teaspoon of the chocolate noodle mix on top of the licorice.  Repeat until you have used all the ingredients, then place your spiders into the fridge for 30 minutes.  Before serving, you can add icing eyes to complete the effect.

Cute and tasty little spider treats!