DIY Spooky Blackbird Pie

I am on a roll with fun and spooky Halloween decor! This week I put together a 'blackbird pie' that you can copy for yourself. Check it out:

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I have a handful of these tiny Styrofoam birds in my craft supply and thought they would work just fine with a little makeover. After a coat of black paint and some yellow detailing on the beak, my bird was ready!

I made the bottom of the crust just like I did with these miniature pumpkin pies (salt dough in the oven), and filled it in with extra dough. After placing my blackbird, I continued adding clumps of dough until I had a nice pie shape. Then I flattened out a circular shape just bigger than the pie to serve as my top crust.

After cutting a hole for my little bird to peek through, I crimped the pie crust edges with my fingers and used a knife for the detailing on the top.

After getting the dough to look the way I liked, I popped the entire pie back into the oven to get the top and filling dried out.

Though the dough did just fine, the eyes on the bird melted away! It's hard to see in these photos but I ended up using black puffy paint to recreate the small, shiny eyes.