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Plan a Halloween Party they’ll never forget! by
EarTwiggle
Have you noticed that Halloween isn’t just for kids anymore? It can be a great night for the whole family and particularly if you want an alternative to trick-or-treating. Throwing a Halloween Party is a sure fire way to get both adults and kids excited about Halloween.
Halloween party invitations are very important. They are the best way to get your guests excited about the party. Send out some great hand made Halloween party invitations, it will get the kids involved, and you can be sure your party will stick in people’s minds. Two weeks in advance is the best time to send them. Let them know there will be prizes for the best costume or scariest pumpkin (more about this later *)
- Create a cute ghost card using your kid’s footprint. Use some black construction paper and fold it in half. Have your child dip his/her foot into white paint and stamp the card with the footprint. Let your cards try. With a black marker draw a face to your ghost. Write a message with a gold pen inside your card.
- Use some of our printable Halloween invitations and write your message with a shaky hand, then wrap it in a little cob webbing and enclose little black plastic spiders for extra creepiness.
Create the spooky ambiance Halloween is famous for. Hairy spiders in webs in ceilings and corners is the classic but here are some other decorating tips:
- Cover tables with black table cloths and decorate with pumpkin cutouts and pumpkin garlands (you can get a pattern to make it yourself) Cover sofas and chairs with white sheets.
- Light essential passageways to the toilets or the bar with inexpensive rope lights but try to keep general lighting to a minimum, substituting black or red light bulbs.
- Have a pumpkin contest (announcing it in your invitation). * Ask your guests to bring their carved pumpkins to the party and you will have some of the best decorations delivered to your door.
- Make a pumpkin patch. Put some boxes on a table to get different heights for display, draping dark fabric over them. Add some real vines of leaves or green ribbons for contrast and of course use tea lights to illuminate. This could also be a good place for your snacks.
- Roll up orange napkins with black cutlery inside placing it inside a bat napkin holder.
- Place rows of tombstones with the names of your guests leading up to your door. Use decorated cardboard or cereal boxes.
- You can also hang Halloween lights around your front door and use a fog machine to welcome your guests (available at party rental stores)
Games and Activities can really make all the difference and they encourage people to mix. Don’t forget to have lots of prizes on hand.
- Create a Halloween photo backdrop for everyone to get a picture taken.
- Have an area where kids can create their own frame for their photo.
- Have a dance contest to the Monster Mash song.
- Have a Halloween Lotto giving out prizes of miniature candy bars or party favors.
- Rent Halloween videos for later in the evening.
When it comes to food and refreshments, it’s hard to know where to start. Serving chips and dips in black plastic cauldrons or floating a rubber hand in the punch bowl are just the beginning. There are many sites with great Halloween resources.
Halloween isn't just ghosts, witches and monsters or about candy or costumes. Halloween is a perfect time for spending time with family and friends. Having a Halloween party offers plenty of easy and interesting decorating projects and activities for kids as well as for adults.
Jolanda Garcia is a former teacher and educational content designer and runs several websites. Her goal is to provide parents and teachers with great resources to nurture children's health, development and creativity through crafts and activities. Visit her websites at: Kids Activities and Crafts at www.KidsSoup.com, Halloween Party Ideas at www.Halloweenpartybox.com
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Some
Party Food Ideas To Go Along With The Halloween Party
Skeleton Pizza:
To make scary skeleton pizzas, all you need to do is
first bake your pizza or bake boxed pizza. Either one works fine.
Then cut the pizzas into skeleton head shapes or use a skeleton head
cookie cutter. Use olives for eyes, nose, and mouth.
Monster Sandwiches:
Monster sandwiches involve lots of colorful veggies
and an imagination. You can use carrots, cucumbers and different
colored olives for the eyes. You can use green onions for legs
horns, or spike hair. You can use carrots or sugar snap peas
for noses or any combination above. You can also use sandwich meats
and pepperoni for added gross factor! Get creative!
Eyeball & Spider
Cupcakes: Make cupcakes like you normally would.
For the eyeball cupcakes you will need to make red icing and eyeball
gumballs. You can get these at candy stores or online at oriental
trading. You may even be able to get them in your trick or treat
section of the grocery store right now. After you have put the icing
on the cupcake, top it off with an eyeball gum drop. It's gross yet
fun. What kid wouldn't love this? For the spider cupcakes, all you
need is either orange or black icing and fake plastic spiders. These
spiders are very inexpensive. All you need to do is put the spider
on top of the icing and your done!
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