Greek Cinnamon Rice Pudding
I wonder if you could do this in the crockpot/slow cooker? Thanks for the recipe though, roomies kiddos LOVE rice pudding, but the little girl and I are both sensitive to eggs. Shell adore this!
Paper Mache Pumpkin?
I second the balloon idea. once the initial papier mache form is dry, pop the balloon, glue the bendy bits of drinking straws on vertically at intervals and papier mache over them and then start putting more strips on to give it a more pumpkin-y shape.
Pattern for Crocheted Chess Set?
Theres this one, http://www.midnightknitter.com/knitpixiepatterns/uploads/mini_checkerboard.htm for a checkerboard, just use white intead of red. OR, of course, you could always crochet 32 white and 32 black granny squares... as for chessmen, yikes! I guess...