Newsletter #115 - Making festive ghosts; tasty Halloween snacks; how to make pumpkin spice snowballs.

TeenHelp Newsletter

TeenHelp Newsletter #115 - October 25th 2019 - http://www.teenhelp.org

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TeenHelp News

TeenHelp regularly makes changes to its site and services. Some of these are large and noticeable, and others are small and much less so, but each one contributes to the positive development of TeenHelp and how our users experience our community. Below are some of the most recent developments.

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World Mental Health Day (October 10th 2019)

World Mental Health Day takes place on October 10th to raise awareness about mental health issues. This year they are focusing on suicide prevention. Join us in recognizing World Mental Health Day. We have an article that discusses ways you can cope with depression.

http://www.teenhelp.org/forums/f77-d...ng-depression/

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Latest Articles (October 2nd 2019)

Top 7 things to purchase at the Dollar Tree
The Dollar Tree is a great place to purchase interesting inexpensive items. This article lists some of the best things to buy at the Dollar Tree.

Festive sweet and savory snacks to celebrate Halloween
Halloween is coming up and many people enjoy celebrating by making tasty snacks! Read this article to learn some fun, easy-to-make Halloween recipes.

The petition to change Halloween
Halloween was originally a Pagan festival where people wore costumes to keep ghosts away. It then became popular in America. Today there is a petition to celebrate Halloween on a Saturday instead of on the traditional date of October 31st. This article describes both sides of the petition.

http://www.teenhelp.org/articles/

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Tips Of The Month

Each month we share small bits of practical advice that you can implement to improve your life or that of others.

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How to make festive ghosts

Festive crafts, like Halloween enthusiasts themselves, come in all forms. Here is an inexpensive yet cute craft to try during the spooky season.

• Gather what you need. For this craft, you'll need small white trash bags, paper towels or newspaper, twist ties (rubber bands work, too) and permanent markers. Glow sticks are fun to add, but not required.
• Start making the ghost's shape. Use your paper towels or newspaper, and crumple it up. Next, put it into the trash bag and tie it off with a twist tie. You can also wrap a rubber band around if you'd like to.
• Use your permanent markers to create the rest of the ghost's face. You can get creative with what type of attitude it'll have. Consider attaching glow sticks within the ghost so it glows on Halloween.
• You're all done! Make one for fun, or make several to hang up in your house or in a tree in your front yard. Consider making the ghosts with different sized heads or different colored faces.
• Keep getting creative! Look around online to find ways to make bats, spiders, and pumpkins out of trash bags as well.

http://www.teenhelp.org/forums/f219-lifestyle/

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Pumpkin spice snowballs

Pumpkin spice snowballs are a delicious and easy to make treat that you can share with friends and family this fall season. Try it for yourself using the recipe below.

• Gather the ingredients. You will need 1 cup unsalted butter, 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar divided,1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons cinnamon divided, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, 1/4 teaspoon ginger, 1/4 teaspoon allspice, 3/4 cup chopped nuts.
• Preheat oven and mix ingredients. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Mix the butter, 1/2 a cup powdered sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer until they are fluffy. Then add the flour, salt, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ginger and allspice and mix until it all comes together. Then stir in the nuts.
• Scoop into balls and bake. Scoop the mixture and roll into balls and place on a cookie sheet baking for 7-8 minutes. When they are done baking let them cool until you can handle them.
• Place remaining powdered sugar in a bowl. You will have 1 cup of powdered sugar remaining. Place that into a bowl along with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. Roll each cookie in the sugar mixture until coated.

http://www.teenhelp.org/forums/f184-food-recipes/

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Interesting Things (on TeenHelp)

A lot of content is posted to TeenHelp every single day, from threads to articles, social groups to albums. But it is difficult for even the most veteran user to keep on top of it all, so we have selected a few items from among the masses that we thought were interesting to draw your attention to.

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Threads

Paella
Paella is a Spanish food that is typically made from several types of meats, rice, and other ingredients. This user is looking for recipes in order to make this dish.
http://www.teenhelp.org/forums/f184-...159295-paella/

It went great
The user in this thread met up with a friend and had a great experience. Come here to read about their experience, and share your happy days with us in the Good Days forum.
http://www.teenhelp.org/forums/f29-g...-went-great-d/

Halloween
Halloween is quickly approaching. Feel free to share your costume ideas and to discuss what you plan on doing for Halloween.
http://www.teenhelp.org/forums/f32-c...349-halloween/

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Picture Of The Month

Each month we feature a picture by one of our users. If you would like to see your picture here please contact us by replying to this Newsletter, emailing us at publications@teenhelp.org, or messaging our Newsletter Officer (.:Bibliophile:.) on the website.


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