Planning A
To throw a Halloween Party that no one is soon to forget,
follow these simple tips to ensure a ghastly time is had by all!
Pick a Theme: By picking a theme, this will make the rest of
your planning much easier – costumes, menu, decorations. Some
ideas would be TV show/movie (a cast of characters),
masquerade, food, wild west, famous couples, politicians or
always a classic costume party with ghosts, vampires, monsters,
witches etc.
Invitations: Get creative! You can always do the classic paper
invitation but with a twist. Make paper coffins with a skeleton or
“severed” finger inside, headstones made of foam, origami bat,
paper jack-o-lantern that is filled with treats and party
information, a traditional envelope with “blood spatter” on the
outside. These are sure to capture your guest’s attention and set
the tone for the party to come.
Decorations: Jack-o-lanterns should be present at any
Halloween bash, but an added twist may be that your guests
each bring their own creation and a winner is announced at the
end of the night. Also, as guests come, they can place a light in
their jack-o-lantern along the path to your home and create
some spooky illumination!
Instead of buying expensive decorations for spiders, rats,
bats etc. use some black construction paper or poster board and
cut the shapes out and hang/tape these critters along the
floorboards, walls and ceilings.
Start saving those empty milk jugs now and you can place a
small battery operated light in the base or place jugs strategically
on a string of lights with a hole cut out in the base, tape/glue
some faces on the front and you will have a bunch of
friendly/scary ghosts lining your party room!
Menu: Finger foods are the best approach for your gathering.
It allows your guests to mingle and munch. Here are a few ideas
that will have our guests asking, ”Should I eat that?”…
Deviled Eyes: A twist on a classic appetizer. Add some food
coloring to the yolk in your deviled eggs, place a sliced black olive
in the middle and add some red food coloring in the white area
for a bloodshot eyeball!
Earwax Appetizers: Take some lollipop sticks and place a mini
marshmallow on each end. Then dip both
ends in melted butterscotch chips.
Mummy Hot Dogs: All you need for
this festive food are hot dogs, crescent
rolls and mustard. Cut a crescent roll in
half, pull slightly and wrap around the hot
dog. Cook for about 13-15 minutes at 375
and add two mustard dots for eyes.
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