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• Make the chilled version of the Spiced Apple Cider recipe below and pour in a punch bowl.
• Pour cider into an ice cube tray and put a small plastic spider in each cube.  When frozen, pop them out and float in the punch bowl.
• If your spiders are too big for an ice cube tray, freeze them in Styrofoam cups, using enough cider to cover spiders.
• If available, you can substitute gummy spiders for plastic ones.
• Do not put the spider ice cubes in drinking cups since it is a potential choking hazard.
• Print poem here and slip sign into small acrylic frame.  Set sign by punch bowl.

Spiced Apple Cider Recipe

1 gallon apple cider
3/4 cup brown sugar
juice of 1 lemon
4 cinnamon sticks
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

Mix together all of the ingredients in a large soup kettle. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for ten minutes. Serve hot, or cool to room temperature and chill before serving.