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Halloween House Party!
HALLOW BE HALLOWEEN!
 I love this holiday! I get to play dress up. Be who I could never be before. Act out
because I have a mask on my face. Do silly things. The only sad part is, as an adult...I
can't "Trick or Treat." Bummer. I loved dumping that bag on the carpet and
picking out the chocolate stuff.
I also love to see what my friends
will wear. Couples costumes are great fun.
Don't know what to do this year? The Party Girl comes to the rescue with fun ideas that
are budget conscious and guaranteed to make your friends say, "That was the best
Halloween EVER!" or your money back. What? This is free advice?...Oops, I almost
forgot. So don't give me any lip...just read, do and have a fantastic party.
Where
At home, in a party room, in a tent (if you live in a climate where weather permits),
or even in an old building, a friend's warehouse or empty garage!
When
October 31st or the nearest weekend evening.
Halloween House Party Invitations
 The Party Girl thinks Party411’s Creations for You has
a great selection of
Halloween invitations. We personalize them, the colors
are great, and you have time to do other things. But there are other
options.
You can buy some fairly creative invites at your local party or card store, or you can
do them yourself. Typeset it with two up
on letter size (that way you can get two invitations out of each sheet). What should it
say? Make it simple, don't reinvent the wheel.
Try this:
Hallow Be Halloween
You're invited to a Halloween Party!
We'll be goblin' all sorts of
goodies,
and you'd be outta your
skull not to attend!
Friday, October 31
9pm
Witch way to go?
(Your address)
RSVP soon or we'll send the grim
reaper!
You
can sprinkle a little
Halloween confetti in the envelope to dress it up!
What to wear - The Best Halloween Costumes
 If
you want to look great, take some time and look through our selection
of thousands of costumes.
There are some fun (and some sexy) costumes
for the hostess in 2009.
Of course
the host also should wear a
new for 2009 costume.
I know you want to have the coolest costume of all but keep in mind your
duties will make it tough to wear certain costumes. Pick something that
leaves your hands free and doesn’t limit your vision.
I know many people who go with a
mask or wig
 (I’m
thinking of going as the
Mad Hatter this year)
or just make excellent use of some Halloween
makeup.
We’ve put together a great selection of fun and different Halloween
decorations at
Halloween Decorating411. Remember you’re most effective decoration is
yourself! Picking a fabulous costume is important.
Halloween Decorations
and Party
Supplies
 Along your driveway, put
eyeball light up lawn stakes. Light up your
trees with
spooky flashing eyeballs.
At the entrance to your driveway, how about a
8' inflatable witch with a grave globe
or another great giant inflatable? I love
them!
If you'd like to get the kids
involved, let them help you make ghosts to hang from the trees. Get small
white garbage bags and fill them with paper of leaves. Tie them off at the
"neck" and add a sting to hang with - cute and easy. You can also get
pumpkin theme garbage bags for all of your leaves. The kids will love
filling them and you'll get a clean yead out of the deal!
Also, greet guests with a
lifesize cutout of you or a
special friend dressed as a witch or mummy. (Or use the
photo op and let them be the
witch or mummy!)
As people enter, have a large canister of
animal noses available for them
to wear (just in case they didn't come in costume--I'm one of those). As well, you may
want to give them a Halloween flashlight (less than a $1 apiece plus batteries) that has
either a pumpkin or skull face. You can find these at any drug store.
Hang bats
and spiders with webs
on fishing wire from the ceiling at different levels in the entryway.
A big blank wall is a good place
to hang an inexpensive, but very cool
scene setter.
Let's not forget the bathroom. Turn out the lights, fill the room with glow-in-the-dark
insects, skeletons and skulls. Light the room with candles.
Halloween Table Decorations
 Centerpieces can be
as simple as carved pumpkins. Next to your real pumpkins, set out some
cute
pumpkin candles.
Or, the
Party
Crasher table cover is hilarious.
If you
want to get a bit more crafty, try this: Fill 3 jars with water.
Put cauliflower in one, cooked spaghetti in another (with red food coloring)
and small onions in another. Label them brains, intestines and
eyeballs. Yum.
You know I'm all about making life
easier. So, use paper goods at your party. There are fabulous
paper good designs
available for Halloween.
Whether you like giant
pumpkins or witches and ghosts, the colors are fabulous and the graphics are too.
Lots of patterns to choose from and each comes with matching cups, napkins, banners,
vinyl window decorations, stickers, loot bags and more...so you can stay with your theme.
Special candy for the tables is also available--Devils Dentures, a clear plastic jar
that contains a full set of chocolate teeth, the ghoulish kind--green teeth with black
gums--filled with mouth-watering milk chocolate; white chocolate pretzel knots packaged
with two foil-wrapped spiders in a clear cello bag decorated with spider webs and black
raffia; novelty pops--bats, spiders, ghosts, eyeballs and skeletons--on a stick; shish
kabobs--tricks on a stick--colorful gum drops, taffy, gummi worms--a tower of treats.
Great buffet accessories are available including an
old lantern,
crystal ball foggers, Halloween
candelabras and a
animated candy bowl
to make your table scary. Take a look at the
complete selection.
Halloween Party Activities
No Halloween house
party is complete without a costume contest! Let your guests know that there
will be a contest on the invite and prepared to be wowed. Give a fun
Halloween trophy to the winner.
Karaoke is another great activity for a house party. Buy, rent or borrow a
karaoke machine and serve a up a list of spooky songs for your guests to sing -
- Thriller – Michael Jackson
- Don’t Fear the Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
- Superstition – Stevie Wonder
- Love Potion #9 – The Clovers
- Witchy Woman – The Eagles
- I Put a Spell on You -
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
- Lil’ Red Riding Hood – Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
- Monster Mash -
Bobby Boris Pickett
- Purple People Eater – Sheb Wooley
- Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo
- Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
- Black Magic Woman – Santana
- Highway to Hell - AC/DC
- Devil with a Blue Dress On – Mitch Ryder
- Super Freak – Rick James
For the kids you can have a pumpkin decorating contests using pumpkin sticker decorations (and whatever
else you provide). These kits are inexpensive and fun. For more ideas
check out our
Halloween activities page.
Halloween Party Favors
 No party is
complete without party favors, especially not a Halloween party!
Personalize your party and give your guests a
personalized candy bar.
Chocolate is a must.
Or fill a
pumpkin
container with Halloween candy for a sweet way to say thanks for coming!
For the kids your can fill
skeleton
hand shaped treat bags with candy,
eyeball
rings,
witch
fingers and other small Halloween toys.
Have a great
Halloween. Boo!
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