Apple-Candy Monsters

My kids had a ball making these apple monsters.  I first saw them when Sun Scholars posted them in her Halloween Inspiration link.     I knew when I saw them that we had to try them, especially since we have a big bowl of apples sitting on the counter that we picked last weekend.     Kara and I went to the dollar store to pick up some cheap candy.  

I added the candy that we bought to a stash we already had for a couple other projects.  I basically just put all the candy on the counter and told the kids to have at it.  When given free reign, my kids can be so creative.

I used a paring knife and cut out the mouth shape.  This picture cracks me up, because my kids are posing with their apple mouths. 

Kyle immediately went for the candy corn.  He wanted to make candy corn fangs.

Kara took a "nicer" approach, she wanted to make an apple angel.

This what they came up with..   Just a FYI, the giant marshmallows are not her ears, but her wings.    Kyle added candy stick horns and a gummy worm.  He added the toothpick not only for a scarier effect but to to keep the teeth in place to hold the worm.  He also used a lot of orange gel to add on his eyes, for a bigger Ew factor.   LOL!

Here are some of the apples we made.

Kyle was brave enough to eat his creation.   This was one way to get him to eat an apple. He normally doesn't eat a lot of fruit, unless it is a banana that I want to use for something else.. :)

Making Apple Monsters would be a great activity to do at a neighborhood Halloween party, or just to have fun in the kitchen with your kids.