Glow In The Dark Ghost Nails

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Here’s a short description of how I made these glow in the dark ghost nails. Just the little ghost looks great on a dark base colour and would work well for Halloween. Giving them this glow-in-the-dark effect using a special glow-in-the-dark top coat is just an added bonus! I had this idea for Halloween because I had two types of special nail polish that I hadn’t used much before, but would be perfect to do this. The following nail polishes are all those I used and the latter two are the ones that were helpful to draw the ghost and give it its glow-in-the-dark effect.

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Jack O’Lantern Sugar Cookies (Miroirs/Spitzbuben)

Still looking for a treat to make for Halloween? Well, look no further! img_2530

These sugar cookies are based on the typical cookies called miroirs in French and Spitzbuben in German for which I already posted the recipe here. I still used the same recipe for the dough, but adapted the part for the icing and filling to make these Jack O’Lantern Halloween cookies. I haven’t been able to find a cookie cutter with the shape of a pumpkin, which is why I drew my own template. In case you need one as well, here’s a PDF of it that you can print, cut out and use to make your own Jack O’Lantern cookies as well:

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