{"id":12123,"date":"2015-10-29T10:57:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T15:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=12123"},"modified":"2015-10-29T10:57:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T15:57:21","slug":"adults-can-also-have-fun-with-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/29\/adults-can-also-have-fun-with-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Adults Can Also Have Fun with Halloween!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12102\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7906.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12102\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12102\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7906-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Halloween is for dults, too!\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7906-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_7906-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Halloween is for adults, too!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Halloween isn\u2019t just for children! If you don\u2019t expect a lot of child-aged trick and treaters for Halloween, why not plan a simple Halloween get-together with your friends and family?<\/p>\n<p>Decorate with orange and black crepe paper and wine glasses filled with Halloween candy. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbylobby.com\/\">Hobby Lobby<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaels.com\/\">Michaels<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joann.com\/\">Jo-Ann\u2019s<\/a> are wonderful stores where you can\u00a0buy additional Halloween and autumn items to include in your d\u00e9cor.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Add a Candy and Wine Pairing Tasting<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>A chart for candy and wine tasting chart is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thekitchn.com\/choose-the-perfect-wine-to-go-with-your-halloween-candy-food-news-211620\">online<\/a>. It may be just what you need to help plan this unique pairing. When planning a candy and wine tasting for Halloween focus on a few of the many popular Halloween candies.<\/p>\n<p>Before the candy and wine tasting, prepare some other types of food perhaps tapas, pizza, pretzels and chips. Have additional beverages available including: coffee, tea, and water.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Write a Haiku about the Wines and Candy<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Challenge each of your guests to write a haiku for each of the tastings. A typical haiku has three lines with 5 syllables on the first line, 7 syllables on the second line and 5 syllables on the third line.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Create Art<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>If you collect wine bottle corks, share some of your excess corks with others at your party. Using a little ingenuity corks can be used to make some creative Christmas ornaments. Perhaps you can turn some of the corks into gift tags.<\/p>\n<p>Just as some wineries offer paint and wine classes, you may want to create a space and materials for wannabe painters to try their hand at painting wine glasses or wine bottles.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s your party in your home, so be sure to have fun while providing fun for others.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<br \/>\nKathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Adults Can Also Have Fun with Halloween!\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=12123\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween isn\u2019t just for children! If you don\u2019t expect a lot of child-aged trick and treaters for Halloween, why not plan a simple Halloween get-together with your friends and family?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[1676,3492,98,3493],"class_list":["post-12123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-newscommentary","tag-halloween","tag-party-ideas","tag-wine","tag-wine-and-candy-pairing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12123"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12126,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12123\/revisions\/12126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}