Tomorrow is the 1st of October and the beginning of Halloween month. Although Halloween is not celebrated in southern Africa, I have always enjoyed dark and macabre stories and so I love joining in America’s celebrations with all my blogging friends.
In anticipating of this terrific month of spooky treats, books, movies, and all other things Halloween, I am sharing some of my Halloween confectionary creations over the years.
Skelly and the Wild Dog
Skelly was an existing character when I created this version of him dressed as an Afrikaner ‘boer’ (farmer) during the frontier days of South Africa. Skelly has a pet wild African painted dog and they both died when their wagon was attacked and burned. Skelly and the wild dog are made of fondant and the wagon is made from gingerbread.
This is the final piece called Burning Ox-wagon:
This is my YouTube video of Haunted Halloween Safari that I made a few years ago. I still find it very entertaining:
About Robbie Cheadle
South African author, photographer, and artist, Robbie Cheadle, has written and illustrated seventeen children’s books, illustrated a further three children’s books, written and illustrated four poetry books and written and illustrated one celebration of cake and fondant art book with recipes. Her work has also appeared in poetry and short story anthologies.
Robbie also has two novels and a collection of short stories published under the name of Roberta Eaton Cheadle and has horror, paranormal, and fantasy short stories featured in several anthologies under this name.
You can find Robbie Cheadle’s artwork, fondant and cake artwork, and all her books on her website here: https://www.robbiecheadle.co.za/
Social Media Links
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/robbiecheadle.bsky.social
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVyFo_OJLPqFa9ZhHnCfHUA
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15584446.Robbie_Cheadle
TSL Publications: https://tslbooks.uk/product-tag/robbie-cheadle/
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Robbie-Cheadle/author/B01N9J62GQ
Unsplash profile: https://unsplash.com/@r_cheadle
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