Pumpkin Theme Halloween Party: Jack O'Lantern Jamboree
What’s better than using pumpkins as your theme for your Halloween party? Here’s a step-by-step plan for the perfect pumpkin theme Halloween party! Use pieces and parts or do it all—and just add some entertainment (like a pumpkin carving contest, pumpkin cookie decorating, pumpkin pie eating, etc.)… if you’d like.
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pumpkin theme halloween invitations
Send your party invitation early enough that your guests can save the date and get super excited for an extra special pumpkin party! Here are a few pumpkin theme invitations:
- Friendly Pumpkins Invitation
- Jack O'Lantern Invitations
- Pumpkins and Candy Invitations
- Pumpkin Patch Invitations
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- Line the walkway or driveway with a pumpkin luminaries to light the way to your front door.
- Rows of jack-o-lanterns on your front steps makes the perfect decoration!
- Hang a halloween party banner above the door welcoming guests to your party. There are plenty of pumpkins ones to choose from that fit your theme!
- Of course you'll need LOTS of pumpkins outside of the party area. Fill a wagon or wheelbarrow with pumpkins and add a personalized sign that says, "Welcome to the Miller's Pumpkin Patch!"
- Inflate orange balloons make balloon bouquets! Add green ribbon and a green balloon weight so they look like bunches of floating pumpkins.
- Personalize Your Party! Place a personalized pumpkin cut-out with your face welcoming all (you can even add a speech bubble).
- Pumpkin Lanterns- These are perfect for a large room or hanging over a buffet.
- Pumpkin Patch Scene Setter - Hang this behind a focal table (buffet, dessert) or on a bare wall as a backdrop for a photo op.
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Set a Jack ‘O Lantern Tabletop! Set the table with pumpkin theme paper goods that fit the theme perfectly with no washing dishes afterwards!
- Set out beer and water bottles with personalized bottle labels in a haunted house inflatable drink cooler.
- Insert orange cutlery in napkin and then tie a black ribbon around it.
- Set out a real pumpkin as your centerpiece (carved or un-) or a pumpkins and bats centerpiece.
Serve "pumpkin juice" for any of the adults (and a non-alocholic orange juice for the kids).
pumpkin juice3 oz vodka
1/2 oz triple sec
1 dash orange bitters
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When they are done carving their pumpkins, challenge everyone with a jack o' lantern piñata!
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- Halloween squeeze balls
- Light up pumpkin magnet pins
- Spinning pumpkin wands
- Pumpkin glasses
- Light up pumpkin head boppers
- Orange pumpkin glow sticks
- Personalize Your Party! Send everyone home with a sweet treat, a personalized pumpkin candy bar or a personalized Halloween mint tin.
MAKES ONE GREAT PUMPKIN-THEMED HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION