Isn’t every celebration really a good excuse to share a feast?  If you’re entertaining this weekend then here a few easy ways to put the spooky into your spread…

Cupcakes have become essential buffet party food and are easily decorated for each different occasion with toppers.  The Purple Pumpkin shows they’re “an easy way to tart up baked goods too” if you don’t have the ingredients for cupcakes, skewering her’s into doughnuts instead.  Her designs include a pumpkin, skull, devil, vampire, ghost and Frankenstein ‘s monster.

If you do have a well-stocked larder however, head to Party Delights blog for a “scarily simple cupcake recipe” as well as their free printable cupcake toppers.  Featuring black cats, ghosts, witches and spider webs, “download, print and attach to cocktail sticks for instant Halloween cake decorations that your guests will love!”

And, if you do still have time for a spot of baking, click print on Holiday Cottage to have a go at its Melted Witch Cookies whose pointed hats will certainly stick out on your table or head to the Woodland Trust’s Nature Detectives for downloads on fairy cakes, surprise fillings, spooky toppings and exploding frosting or check out the Tongue-tingling things to eat section of its Free Spooky Activities page for instructions for pumpkin soup served in a pumpkin cauldron, toffee apples and spiced apple juice.

Party Planning Center’s “dememented bat” Free Printable Halloween Wineglass Lampshades come in two colours – don’t forget you’re printing them out on paper so, as Carla suggests, “Your best bet (especially if children will be present at your Halloween party) is to use battery operated votives”.  She also includes coordinating treat bag tops and labels on her blog too.

Putting chocolate bars out on the table or in take home treat bags?  Why not take the opportunity to wish your guests a Happy Halloween again with Living Locurto’s orange, black and white Free Printable Halloween Candy Wrappers.

Remember Lia Griffith’s chalboard-style invites from our Halloween stationery post? Don’t forget they were part of a whole party kit which includes stickers, candy wrappers, food and treat signs, cupcake wrappers and toppers, straw flags and decorative belly bands.

Don’t miss Turn your amiable abode into a haunted Halloween house, Printable pumpkin carving templates, Printable spooky goings on for your Halloween fright night, I ain’t afraid of no ghost…, Looking for a spooky disguise this Halloween? and Are you hosting a monster mash?

Do you love finding printables on the internet? Do you have particular favourites? Or have you featured some on your own blog? Email karen.malpass@inkfactory.com with your links and we may be able to feature them in a future post.