CraftFail

The Halloween worms that never were

November2

by iizLiz

Back in early September, I bookmarked this awesome idea by The Idea Room to make jello worms. I saved this recipe for a full two months, hell-bent on impressing the neighbor kids with this winning idea (I have a side hobby of freaking out the neighbors with a worm composting bin so I figured this would be perfect.)

So this is the photo of the beautiful, perfect worms conjured by Amy.

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And these are mine:

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Nice work!

I really had two problems here… first, I didn’t have a empty milk carton to hold the straws and that was kind of a problem. The jello leaked out of the bottoms of the straws which resulted in worms only a couple of inches long.

Leaky straws

And secondly, I didn’t quite get the part Amy said about using HOT water to run over the straws before trying to squeeze out the jello. Note to those of you willing to try this — listen to Amy. Really. Use HOT water for this step.

The results were so bad I tossed the whole thing. But I’ve since tracked Amy down on Twitter (so I can ask her questions), and I’m ready to try again!

Besides Liz’s culinary fails, you can check out her parenting fails vis-a-vis the crying photos of her kids on http://www.babyblooze.com.

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9 Comments to

“The Halloween worms that never were”

On November 2nd, 2009 at 10:51 am Heather from DollarStoreCrafts.com Says:
Those are awesomely nasty. They look like raw hamburger meat. Ewwww!! Yours don’t quite measure up… but still nasty! :) ha ha!
On November 2nd, 2009 at 12:05 pm Leslie Says:
I agree with what Heather said, ewww!
On November 2nd, 2009 at 1:22 pm Lydia, Clueless Crafter Says:
Good Lord, that stuff is scary. I think it’s good they didn’t turn out so great;-)
On November 2nd, 2009 at 3:46 pm marge, easy does it Says:
Oh, I just found your blog and have been scanning through your entries. What a *relief* to see I’m not the only one who bites off more than I can chew when I try new craft ideas or recipes. I’m starting to finally accept that I only have a prayer of finishing a craft if it is labeled as very easy! Other more complicated ideas end up in my bin of “someday I’ll do this” crafts, but they somehow never get done.
On November 2nd, 2009 at 3:54 pm uberVU - social comments Says:
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This post was mentioned on Twitter by IIZLIZ: Today on @craftfail – Halloween perfection (via @theidearoom) compared to a miserable mess (via @BabyBlooze): http://craftfail.com/?p=699...
On November 3rd, 2009 at 9:14 am Amy Says:
HaHa! That is so funny! Not that your worms failed of course, but that I had no clue their was this site where you could send you craft failures to in all their horrendous and shameful glory. My worms worked out, but I have stacks of stuff that have ended up in the trash. Now I know where to send the ones that don’t get posted! Thanks for the laugh!
On November 3rd, 2009 at 11:52 am Tammy Says:
I wish I had seen this how-to! I would have tried it also… and I’m sure would have ended up the same.
(What a year for Halloween disasters, never had so many myself actually.)

Scary is the point though, huh?
On November 4th, 2009 at 6:36 pm val Says:
heehee…a friend of mine emailed me that same link knowing I would love it.

I knew I wouldn’t have the patience though so didn’t try it…..but I’m glad you did…so I’ll know what to do NEXT YEAR!
On December 22nd, 2009 at 8:06 pm amy Says:
I saved this recipe to make for my brownie troop and just ran out of time, I guess I’m glad I didn’t take the time to do it! Thanks for the laugh.