Halloween Party
Host a spooky Halloween party
One of the best ways to get into the spirit of Halloween is to host a Halloween party. Halloween party supplies including invitations, decorations and music will help you host a truly ghoulish bash. Halloween invitations make your guests anticipate the party, and your decorations will create the spooky atmosphere.
Kids Halloween Party Ideas
When decorating for a kids Halloween party, look for Halloween-themed decorations that are festive without being too scary. Purchase or make friendly ghosts and smiling pumpkins. Spider webs, spiders and flies can accent room corners. Halloween-themed paper tablecloths, plates and napkins will make cleanup a breeze and add to the atmosphere. Choose finger foods that appeal to kids, such as sandwiches shaped like pumpkins or ghosts. Chocolate cake with gummy worms on top makes a great, ghoulish dessert.
Be sure to plan some Halloween games and activities for the kids. Purchase miniature pumpkins and provide markers, glue, scissors, and construction paper so kids can decorate them. Play a game called “Don’t Get Caught Dead”: Purchase or create a fake tombstone and have the children sit in a circle and pass it around while you play some Halloween music. When the music stops, whoever has the tombstone is out. Have an age-appropriate Halloween video playing in the next room so eliminated children will have something to do.
Adult Halloween Party Ideas
Halloween parties give adults a chance to feel like a kid again. If you want your guests to come in costume, tell them so on the invitation. Rent a dry ice machine for your front yard so smog will create an eerie effect before your guests enter. Change the bulbs in your exterior lights to orange for a Halloween glow and place pumpkins near the door. Although you can decorate as much of your house as you want, the dining room, powder room and primary party room are sufficient. Spider webs, voice-activated Halloween decorations and wall scenes are plentiful and easily purchased. Place a candelabra with black candles on your mantle or table. Play Halloween-themed music or a CD of scary sounds.
As guests enter, take Polaroid photographs and display them on poster board. Once everyone has arrived, let guests vote for the scariest, funniest and best overall costumes. While games are not necessary at an adult party, you can have one or two small activities throughout the evening for those who wish to participate. Play “Taste Dracula’s Blood” by covering red wine bottles with paper bags, each with a different number. Provide each participant a sheet of paper listing a description of each wine with a blank space next to it. Participants then taste each wine, and try to match it to its description.
Parties are a great way to celebrate Halloween with your friends, colleagues and neighbors. Whether it’s a simple get-together to watch a scary movie or an elaborate affair complete with costumes, decorations and themed food, you’ll be sure to have some fun, and maybe even a fright or two!
