Growing up the Savoie children loved attending the annual Our Lady’s School spook house. Our grandmother, Grace Savoie, started the first haunted house fundraiser for Our Lady’s School around 1964. Students always looked forward to being scared out of their wits. When Our Lady’s decided to no longer host a halloween night, the Savoie’s had their own. We borrowed many of the school’s props, which made for a very spooky trip through our haunted forest. Dad set up some special effects in our yard including a ghost on a pulley system enabling it to walk along with the children. There was a large spinning table saw with a dummy sporting a bloody leg. We had fun writing clever epitaphs on the grave markers in the graveyard. Dad had a trailer load of hay delivered to the patio for the children to sit on and left some on the trailer for hay rides. There was a witch serving bubbling punch out of a black kettle. The pool room was set up as a science lab with jars of fake eyeballs and brains. We worked so hard and had so much fun. What great memories.
These Halloween inspired lunch box goodies are simple to put together and are sure to make your kids think, “Don’t I have the greatest mom?” Sandwiches pictured are by Elizabeth Savoie Dronet.
Eyes on sandwiches: raisins or other dried fruits, marshmallows cut with scissors, fruit snacks (Walmart brand is round) cut with scissors and center removed with a straw. Attach with peanut butter or mayonaise.
Boiled Eggs: For boiled egg eyes, cut eggs in half and place yolk-side down. Use food writer markers to draw eyeballs.
You can also draw a ghost face on pudding or yogurt packs (Boo-berry for blueberry flavored) or string cheese.
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When the string cheese is refrigerated I can not get the sharpie to write on the cheese. What do I do????
Are you writing on the package? Make sure it’s dry. We didn’t have any trouble, but I’ve had trouble writing on oranges with a sharpie before. If you want to write on the cheese itself, try food markers.