| During Fall there are many Halloween parties to | | | | decorations and food and planning the |
| attend. Instead of just taking the kids trick or | | | | entertainment. Oh, and don't forget your |
| treating you may want to gather all your friends | | | | Halloween costume. There are so many choices |
| and family and throw your own party. But just | | | | that it might be hard to know where to start. If |
| where do you start? Follow this step by step | | | | your creative then make your own costume to |
| guide that will show you exactly how to throw a | | | | make sure its different to everyone else as I'm |
| Halloween party that will make you the envy of all | | | | sure you will have a lot of witches all from the |
| your friends. | | | | same coven! |
| The first thing that you need to do is choose a | | | | Decorations fill many stores each falls and you |
| date and time for your party. The most obvious | | | | can go overboard with the spook-tacular items on |
| choice would be on Halloween itself. So if you | | | | display. Try and think of your house (or other |
| want to secure this date, make arrangements | | | | party location) as a haunted house and decorate |
| and send invitations out early as there may be | | | | as such. Ideas would include blacking out the |
| many other parties going on at the same time. | | | | windows, throwing white sheets over the |
| My personal preference is to hold a kids party | | | | furniture, hanging up cobwebs and fake bats and |
| that starts at 4pm and finishes at 5.30pm. The | | | | spiders and playing spooky music. Have a fog |
| kids then go trick or treating for an hour or so | | | | machine in your front yard and also some fake |
| after the party. | | | | tombstones. |
| If you are throwing a Halloween party for | | | | Use regular party food but give them gruesome |
| teenagers or adults then you will want the party | | | | names like dirt and worm pie, eyeball trifle or |
| to start much later. You may also be clashing with | | | | mummified hot dogs. Don' forget the witches or |
| many other parties later in the evening as this is | | | | blood bath brew! |
| when most companies or groups tend to throw | | | | Keep everyone entertained with some spooky |
| parties for workers or members and their | | | | Halloween music and a costume competition. But |
| families. An alternative date would be an evening | | | | you can also try some of these horrifying games: |
| on the weekend before or after Halloween. | | | | - Pass The Orange - Players stand in line and take |
| Once you have found a time a date to suit you a | | | | turn to pass the orange to the next player via |
| location for the party is next on the list. Are you | | | | their chin. Arms must be behind backs and the |
| going to throw the Halloween party at your home | | | | players that drop the orange are out of the game |
| or garden or are you going to rent out a hall | | | | and must do a forfeit of your choice! |
| (essential if you have loads of guests and a small | | | | - Bobbing Apples - The traditional game of apple |
| house). It may be wise to draft up a guest list to | | | | catching with your hands behind your back. |
| help you decide on a location for the party as | | | | - The Mummifier - Divide the teens into groups of |
| then you will have more of an idea of the space | | | | 3 or 4 with a couple of toilet rolls each. One |
| you will need. | | | | person must volunteer to be the 'mummy' and |
| Now onto the invitations. You can either buy | | | | the others must race against the clock to |
| ready made Halloween invitations or you can have | | | | mummify that person using the toilet roll. The |
| some fun making your own. I always prefer to | | | | fastest team wins. |
| make my own as you can be sure that no one | | | | - Ghost Stories - Sit in a circle with the lights off |
| else will be the same. I usually use a word | | | | and using a torch point the beam at each teen in |
| processor and some spooky Halloween clip art. It | | | | turn to see who can tell the spookiest story for a |
| is also fun to put a little verse in whilst still giving | | | | real scary Halloween party idea for teenagers. |
| all the party details: | | | | - Pumpkin Toss - Using a cleaned out pumpkin get |
| "BOO, (guests name)! | | | | the girls to throw small plastic bats and spiders |
| Calling all witches, ghouls and ghosts on the eve of | | | | into the pumpkin. Whoever gets them into the |
| Halloween when the moon is full, at precisely (time | | | | pumpkin wins. |
| of party) there will be a celebration of spooktastic | | | | - Pin the Nose on the Witch - A simple Halloween |
| proportions at the haunted house of (hosts name | | | | party game idea game using a large poster of a |
| and address). | | | | witch and a cut out witches nose. Who can be |
| Trick or Treat? RSVP to (name and number)" | | | | the first one to pin the witches nose in the right |
| Once all the invitations are out it is time to start | | | | place. Then finish off with some trick or treating! |
| planing the rest of the party. Buying or making | | | | |