Time Honored Traditions

So, I am hosting a party for my daughter's Kindergarten class for Halloween (or Fall Harvest as the politically correct would say). So I called her teacher to plan and was told that we had wheat, egg and peanut allergies to work around! So much for brownies. So I settled on Rice Krispie treats. It will be great, I thought. I will cut them with a Pumpkin cookie cutter, frost little happy Pumpkin faces on them. The kids will love it. Well, Martha Stewart I'm not. My husband laughed at the treats, calling them Halloween Ovals. Yes, the time honored tradtion of the Halloween Oval! The problem is that with the coarseness of the krispie treat, you lose the little details of the stem and the ridges in the pumpkins. Oh well, and as for the faces, I felt so deafeated by the shape, that I put some orange and black sprinkles on them and called it a night. It was a fun night too, as the kids watched the Peanuts special and I cranked out Krispie Treats like a madwoman. They taste really good, that's what matters right?
I've had some successes with creative treats in the past, but my lack of planning and procrastination sometimes does me in. Here's a treat I made for the department 'goodie day' last year.
And here is another one of some cookies I made last year (try to ignore the lack of makeup or hairstyle in this one). By the way the cookies looked fabulous and tasted pretty iffy, the pinecone however was delicious, It was a spicy cheeseball with almond coating. The cookie centers are made with crushed life savers which melt and form the 'glass'. Pretty crafty huh?
Okay so does anyone have a clue what happened to Tom? I need to get to work, maybe I'll blog again soon.