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In European folklore, the witching hour is the time when supernatural creatures such as witches, demons and ghosts are thought to be at their most powerful, and black magic at its most effective. This hour is typically midnight, and the term may now be used to refer to midnight, or any late hour, even without having the associated superstitious beliefs. The term “witching hour” can also refer to the period from midnight to 3 am, while “devils hour” refers to the time around 3 am.

So host a witching hour party. Make it as fun or as creepy as you like. Royal Tart has helped you out with The Witching Hour Party, complete with witches cauldron, skull mugs, eerie decorations and spellbinding invitations.

Cheers,

Tricia

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There are so many fun things to do during the month of October. Many of them are centered on Halloween but even if you don’t celebrate Halloween there are plenty of fun Harvest activities, parties and traditions to enjoy…check out Royal Tart’s suggested list of ways to celebrate.

Halloween Checklist:

Trick-or-Treat

Trick-or-Treat

Carve Pumpkins
Throw a Halloween Carnival Party
Throw a “Cities of the Dead” Party

Tarot, Gris Gris Bags & Crystal Balls

Tell Ghost Stories
Read Edgar Allen Poe
Watch scary movies
Make costumes
Roast pumpkin seeds
Throw a Witching Hour Party

Haunted cemetary in your front yard

Visit a pumpkin patch
Boo the neighbors
Celebrate Day of the Dead
Hold a Séance
Have hot apple cider & donuts
Make Pumpkin Soup
Dance in the fallen leaves
Enjoy hot buttered rum
Enjoy Halloween crafts with the kids
Throw a spooky soiree
Do the Monster Mash
Invite the Vampires over for a snack…

Cheers,

Tricia

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After a few mugs of this brew you will divine it all…

Witches' Brew Cauldron & Mugs

WITCHES’ SPELL FOR CLAIRVOYANCE:

Into a fiery cauldron of boiling water (2 quarts of water to be exact), add two handfuls of clotted dirt (2 cups of brown sugar), a scoop of worm innards (1/2 cup of butter), a grain of sand from an hour glass (pinch of salt), three branches from the river Styx (3 cinnamon sticks) and a handful of bat eyes (6 whole cloves). Cover the cauldron with a lid; simmer for 666 seconds or more. Lift the lid of the cauldron and deeply inhale the vapors of the bubbling brew three times. Take a normal breath of air, and then once again deeply inhale the vapors three times. Add a jug of wart juice (2 cups rum); cover the cauldron with the lid. Lift the lid of the cauldron and deeply inhale the vapors of the toxic bubbling brew three more times. Take a normal breath of air, and then once again deeply inhale the vapors three times. Ladle the Witch’s brew between several skulls (scoop the brains from the skulls before filling). On top of the brew slick a scoop of bug larvae (sweetened whipped cream) whilst chanting, “Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble.” Add a grind of lizard bone (nutmeg). Toast your fellow witches and warlocks; Drink deeply the bubbling brew three times. Take a breath of air, and then once again drink three times. Repeat this for three skulls-full, and if you have allowed yourself to properly enter a psychic state, you may begin to receive prophetic visions…

Witches Cauldron

Enjoy your hot buttered rum!

Cheers,

Tricia

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Do you remember the pre-Trick-or-Treat dinner? My mom always made little pizzas. They were a big hit as pizza wasn’t quite as easy to come by back then. After our healthful dinner (read: no sugar lots of tummy filling carbs and protein) we were off with our pillow cases to trick-or-treat, as an adult I have found that I prefer a magic elixir as one of my Halloween traditions–in a Halloween mug, of course. Actually, in our home it is a harvest tradition. We drink it at Halloween, Thanksgiving and any and many Sunday afternoons. You can check out the recipe at Fractured Toy. They published Royal Tart’s Witches Brew for Clairvoyance (read: Hot Buttered Rum Recipe).

Fractured Toy also provided a great review. Thanks so much. We love it–and it is always so nice to hear what families do to celebrate. Royal Tart loves celebrations, rituals & traditions whether they occur around a holiday or just because– that’s why we started this business after all. Thanks again!

Royal Tart is giving away two (2) skull mugs through the Fractured Toy Blog. The review is bone chilling in a good sort of way.

Thank you to Fractured Toy. If you would like a chance to win the skull mugs head over to Fractured Toy and enter.

Cheers,

Tricia

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Whilst the wicked wind blows this Halloween season create a special spell for your small ones. On any given afternoon, but especially on October 13, invite your favorite boys and ghouls over for a warm potion. Begin your potion for small ones with the below spell (recipe).

To a magic cauldron add the juice from four rotten apples (4 cups cran-apple juice) and a storm cloud. Stoke the fire and add a canister of alien secretion (two cups orange juice); inhale deeply. Magic the small ones to your side (holler at them to come into the kitchen) and instruct them to inhale deeply three times. After inhaling, the small ones shall add six bat eyes (six whole cloves); a small branch from the River Styx (one cinnamon stick) and three dried spiders (three allspice berries or a ½ tsp allspice). Give the potion a monster mash. Simmer gently while singing “strange brew [stills] what’s inside of you” seven times (Who knew Eric Clapton created such a divine spell?). Add a sprinkling of sand from the shores of the River Styx (sugar to taste—one to two tablespoons); give the cauldron a final stir. Dash the fire and serve in ghoulish glasses. With one last incantation, add to the ghoulish glasses two dragons’ eyes (Maraschino cherries) and serve to your little ghosts and goblins.

Cheers,

Tricia

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