Carla Blackmar of Sparrowpost has a great Dia de los Muertos sugar skull how-to. She decided to pay a gorgeous and hilarious homage to the fallen pets of her childhood:

Making candy skulls out of sugar is a Mexican tradition. According to internet sources, each skull is painted with the name of a deceased loved one, and then placed on the family's "Day of the Dead" alter. WASP-y girl that I am, the notion of writing the names of my dearly departed in frosting on my sugary craft project seemed a little indecent...
Instead, I decided to make skulls to memorialize all of the various pets of my youth. This was to be an act of atonement, as I was the primary suspect in most of these murders. While I was able to purchase a mold to make the traditional human sugar skulls, it wasn't going to be quite so easy to find a confection mold for a bird skull. Instead, I improvised, using bottles from my recycling bin as molds.

Have fun making your own variations! Link.

Flickr user Girlontherocks created a hilarious yet gross "inside-out" costume for her Blythe doll, including a removable magnetic heart and i-cord intestines. Link.

OK, so Natalie and I just returned home from Saturday's CBS Early Show taping last night, and already one of our Craftzine readers has made a costume from the segment! Jennifer Ramos of Textile Fetish created her own adult-sized version of Diana Eng's Lego costume, and put a new twist on things by adding criss-cross straps at the back. Awesome! If anyone else makes a costume from the segment, feel free to add pix to the CRAFT Flickr pool. Link.

The time is upon us...time for spooky-kooky crafty fun! Jenny B. Harris of Allsorts is getting in the spirit with this grey pumpkin-shaped softie, adorned with Shrinky-Dink eyeball "punkpins". Eek! Link.

We did it! CRAFT Senior Editor Natalie Zee Drieu and I have spent the last week coordinating a Halloween fashion show for the CBS Early Show, working with some wonderful CRAFT contributors (Nancy Flynn, Cathy Callahan, Susan Beal and Diana Eng) to create some adorable yet easy outfits for kids. It's been a whirlwind of activity, but we taped the show this morning and it went off without a hitch! We'll let you know when the video makes it to CBS online, but until then please check out our special Halloween Kids How-To page for photos and instructions on building these super-cute custom outfits. Link.

Natalie and Diana adjusting the straps on our 4-year-old sushi roll, Cyerra.

It's a fully-interactive primer on how to make your own Halloween candy bars. Childhood favorites like Twix, Snickers, Almond Joy and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups get a grown-up update--complete with technique videos, gear round-ups--even printable candy bar wrappers!

Threadbanger's 2nd to last episode of Halloweeny Wednesday is now out! Rob teaches us how to make a halloween robe - great for many costumes such as Warlocks, Witches and Ghouls!