Have a Really Spooky Halloween Party

Halloween is a great time of year, and of course you want to host a wicked Halloween party for all your friends and family. The problem is you don't know how to plan it! Well, worry no more because this article will promise you a great Halloween party that people will be talking about until wintertime.

Ingredients

For meatloaf severed hand:

  • 1 2/3 pound ground beef
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 4 cloves of garlic, chopped
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Worcestershire
  • 5 tbsp ketchup
  • 2 tbsp BBQ sauce
  • 1-2 eggs
  • 2/4 cup oatmeal

Steps

Choosing a Hosting Area

  1. Find an area to host your Halloween party. Depending on how many guests and the space available, suitable places may be: your house, backyard, a club building, a local (well-lit) park or a party-friendly room in a local restaurant.
    • If using a public place for your party, be sure to seek permission. It's not a good idea to just rock up in a park and start a party!

Inviting Guests

  1. Make some invitations. They don't have to be fancy; use cut-outs printed from the internet, such as a ghost or a witch.
  2. Tell people the time, the place and the date. Consider the date with care, as you don't want to interfere with trick and treating.
    • You might want to have your Halloween party on the day before Halloween, so everyone can still go trick or treating next day. Or, you could have your party during either the first hour or second hour of trick or treating to give your guests the option of doing both on Halloween! In many cases, making it open house so that people can come and go as they like works well.
  3. If you want your guests to wear spooky costumes, make this very clear in the invitation. Explain how to Make a Quick Halloween Costume if anyone is unsure. They can choose something super scary like a zombie, a blood demon, or a devil, etc.

Making Spooky Food

  1. Make some spooky food. This can go on display on a large table. For example, make a meatloaf severed hand:
    • Mix all ingredients in a large bowl.
    • Sculpt the meat into the shape of a hand on a baking sheet.
    • Add slices of onion for finger nails and the center of the onion as the wrist bone.
    • Bake at 350ºF/180ºC for 30 minutes.
    • Add cheese for skin, and continue to bake.
    • When the hand is finished cooking, add ketchup or spaghetti sauce as blood, and plastic flies and maggots as decorations.
  2. For more ideas on spooky food, see Make Creepy Food.

Setting the Mood

  1. Make Halloween Decorations for Your Yard. Place them in the yard or party room, as needed.
    • Fake spider webs can be draped on things like cupboards, a fence or the fridge, whatever you want!
    • Make sure to carve at least one pumpkin.
  2. Print off or make your own scary stories. Have them ready to tell around a bonfire or when huddled in a dark circle.
  3. Have some fun Halloween songs that people can dance to, like "Theme from Ghostbusters", "Thriller", "Calling all the monsters.", Rocky Erickson's "I Walked with a Zombie", and "Monster Mash".
  4. Have some scary or not-that-scary movies handy. That way, if you don't have anything to do, you're always prepared. Movies such as, "The Shining", "Blood Feast", "Trilogy of Terror", etc. Less scary movies include some of the classic black & white movies, like "Dracula", "Frankenstein" "Plan 9 from Outer-Space" etc., or newer movies like "Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit", "Bird-mic" and of course, "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"!

Sample Party Invitations

Doc:Spooky Halloween Party Invitations



Tips

  • Organize some games like hide and seek in the dark or bobbing for apples. You could also tie apples from strings to a tree, and see if people can bite them!
  • Organize a walk to the local forest (or drive if it's too far.) You could hire people to jump out and scare everyone! Usually 5 to 10 people is enough to really surprise your guests!

Warnings

  • Make sure that the ratings on movies are age appropriate, and check for any inappropriate parts.
  • Provide lighting in areas that need it, such as the bathroom, steps and stairs, anywhere that has potholes or sharp edges, etc. That way, nobody will trip over or get lost.
  • Always set the party theme to the age of the children; too spooky for the younger ones can result in crying kids at your party.

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