How To Throw A Halloween Party!
Halloween is a BOOtefull excuse for throwing a party, and you don’t have to live
in Transylvania to pull it off. All you need is some imagination plus a
reasonable food and festivities budget.
Of course, it goes without saying that a Halloween party is a costume party.
Anything less wouldn’t be Halloween.
You’ll get your best results if you pick a Halloween costume theme and then ask
guests to come in the appropriate type of costume. You can choose famous Grade B
movie ghouls, or characters from any of the teenage death movies that are always
popular. Or, you can go back to the more traditional Halloween roots and have a
Celtic theme. It’s your party so you get do decide.
Be sure to put the word out that that anyone arriving without a costume has to
parade around in their underwear all night wearing a dunce cap. THAT ought to
get everyone thinking about what they’re going to wear. Be sure to send your
invitations out by the first week of October because Halloween is a major party
season and you don’t want someone else’s party competing with yours.
Decorating Tips
If you want to go all out, follow the tips in our How to Create Your Own Haunted
House article, or just build upon these great ideas:
• Decorate the main party room with artificial spider webs, or let the real ones
build up all year long.
• Replace your normal light bulbs with colored ones. You can usually find orange
bulbs in the home centers but you’ll almost surely find them in the party stores
as Halloween approaches.
• Drape the traditional black and orange crêpe paper from the ceilings and door
frames and hang up some of those fake spiders and bats for added effect.
• Cover the tables with black shower curtains or pick up some Halloween
tablecloths while you’re out getting the light bulbs. Don’t forget to sprinkle
the tables with Halloween party confetti and plastic cockroaches.
• If you can find some of those life-like fake rats, grab a few and put them in
wonderful places like inside the refrigerator. Put one in your bathroom medicine
cabinet and when you hear screams you’ll know that you’ve caught a snooper.
• Carve a big jack-o-lantern as a centerpiece. Black flowers (real or
artificial) look great in black cat vases.
• Follow our tips in the our How to Create Your Own Scary Sound Effects
and Halloween Sound Track article, or cheat and just go buy one. Either way,
make sure that you’re spinnin’ some gruesome tunes when your guests arrive.
Food Tips
Snack foods go well with Halloween parties. People aren’t expecting a sit-down
meal, but you should have more available than chips and dips. Buffalo wings are
always a hit and, if you want to be dull and boring, you can always order pizza.
But why not make some scary looking Halloween specialties that have the look
that screams Halloween? I’m no cook, so I’m going to leave this part to the
experts.
Entertainment Ideas
Scary soundtracks will only get you so far, so make sure that you have a good
mix of party and dancing music available. Get copies of some of the Halloween
classics like Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, which is the classic Halloween organ
music. You’ll recognize it as soon as you hear it. Monster Mash, Pumpkin Head
Harvey, Somethin' in the Swamp, In Salem Town, and, of course, Ghostbusters are
fun to mix in during the evening.
Have a costume judging event with plenty of prizes. Winning categories can
include: Best Costume, Worst Costume, Scariest, Sexiest, and Nicest Underwear
(male and female) for those who arrived sans costume.
Remember this one rule when throwing a Halloween Party: There are No Rules, so
enjoy!
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