Happy Halloween

Hand carved pumpkin

Hand carved pumpkin

Happy Halloween from Create Display!

We hope you enjoy a fun filled weekend celebrating everything spooky, scary and Autumnal related.

As you can tell our favourite part (along with some great spooky music classics) is the pumpkin carving which has been part of Halloween tradition for generations.

pumpkin in garden

pumpkin in garden

Here we have created a simple welcoming display at the cottage by stringing up soft white fairy lights in a festive path to the front door.

A clear plastic shoe box has been quickly covered with recycled clear gold star wrapping paper. This provides a base to support a rectangular stone and  this jolly glowing alternative lantern.

A basic cm diameter white candle is stuck into the middle of the orange vegetable and lit with a match. The 'lid' is then popped on to add to the striking effect.

pumpkin cake and pumpkin soup

pumpkin cake and pumpkin soup

The wonderful thing about pumpkins is there is a whole big mixing bowl of pumpkin flesh with which to make delicious dishes. Here we have chosen to bake a pumpkin and cranberry cake with ginger and cinnamon. Warm up ready for going out into the cold with a healthy soup with red onions, lentils and spinach and plenty of spices.
Don't forget to bake those pumpkin seeds for 10 minutes,  yum!