Plan a Halloween Party They'll Never Forget!

Have you noticed that Halloween isn't just for kids anymore? It can be a great night for the whole family and particularly if you want an alternative to trick-or-treating. Throwing a Halloween Party is a sure fire way to get both adults and kids excited about Halloween.

Halloween party invitations are very important. They are the best way to get your guests excited about the party. Send out some great hand made Halloween party invitations, it will get the kids involved, and you can be sure your party will stick in people's minds. Two weeks in advance is the best time to send them. Let them know there will be prizes for the best costume or scariest pumpkin (more about this later *)

- Create a cute ghost card using your kid's footprint. Use some black construction paper and fold it in half. Have your child dip his/her foot into white paint and stamp the card with the footprint. Let your cards try. With a black marker a face to your ghost. Write a message with a gold pen inside your card.

- Use some of our printable Halloween invitations and write your message with a shaky hand, then wrap it in a little cob webbing and enclose little black plastic spiders for extra creepiness.

Create the spooky ambiance Halloween is famous for. Hairy spiders in webs in ceilings and corners is the classic but here are some other decorating tips:

- Cover tables with black table cloths and decorate with pumpkin cutouts and pumpkin garlands (you can get a pattern to make it yourself)

- Cover sofas and chairs with white sheets.

- Light essential passageways to the toilets or the bar with inexpensive rope lights but try to keep general lighting to a minimum, substituting black or red light bulbs.

- Have a pumpkin contest (announcing it in your invitation). * Ask your guests to bring their carved pumpkins to the party and you will have some of the best decorations delivered to your door.

- Make a pumpkin patch. Put some boxes on a table to get different heights for display, draping dark fabric over them. Add some real vines of leaves or green ribbons for contrast and of course use tea lights to illuminate. This could also be a good place for your snacks.

- Roll up orange napkins with black cutlery inside placing it inside a bat napkin holder.

- Place rows of tombstones with the names of your guests leading up to your door. Use decorated cardboard or cereal boxes.

- You can also hang Halloween lights around your front door and use a fog machine to welcome your guests (available at party rental stores)

Games and Activities can really make all the difference and they encourage people to mix. Don't forget to have lots of prizes on hand.

- Create a Halloween photo backdrop for everyone to get a picture taken.

- Have an area where kids can create their own frame for their photo.

- Have a dance contest to the Monster Mash song.

- Have a Halloween Lotto giving out prizes of miniature candy bars or party favors.

- Rent Halloween videos for later in the evening.

When it comes to food and refreshments, it's hard to know where to start. Serving chips and dips in black plastic cauldrons or floating a rubber hand in the punch bowl are just the beginning. There are many sites with great Halloween resources.

Halloween isn't just ghosts, witches and monsters or about candy or costumes. Halloween is a perfect time for spending time with family and friends. Having a Halloween party offers plenty of easy and interesting decorating projects and activities for kids as well as for adults.

Jolanda Garcia is a former teacher and educational content designer and runs several websites. Her goal is to give parents and teachers great resources to nurture their children?s development and creativity through crafts and activities. Visit her websites at:http://www.KidsSoup.com and http://www.HalloweenPartyBox.com

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Spooky Halloween Decorations - They'll Make For One Ghostly Atmosphere

Halloween is one of the happiest times for children. This is something that they will surely remember their whole lives. It is kind of like preparation for the festivities of Christmas. Halloween is so much fun going door to door trick or treating. Going out with friends and collecting as much candy as possible then dividing the collection equally.

Spooky Halloween decorations will surely make this semi-holiday more exciting especially for kids. There are many kinds of spooky Halloween decorations. You need to put some together in order to really make your house stand out from the rest of the neighborhood. Here are some of the most common kinds of spooky Halloween decorations:

Skeletons, Skulls and Bones

These are by far the most common kinds of spooky Halloween decorations. Of course, it is very important for the decoration to be life-like in order to be truly spooky. These decorations can be placed in different areas of the house like in the porch area or on the window.

Skeletons, skulls and bones decorations can be made of many materials like plastic and wood. The paint is very important in order to look realistic and scary. Some skeleton decorations are battery operated for extra spookiness. These are great decorations to scare little kids away.

Ground and Wall Coverings or Nettings

This is a great idea if you have a little more budget. You can make your house or some parts of your house look like an authentic haunted house. Several themes are truly spooky like dungeon, spider webs and many more. This is a good decoration if you are planning to convert your porch or front lawn into something really scary. These decorations combined with others like mummies and skeletons will really give that spooky look.

Scene Setters

These are special props that come in many forms which truly makes your Halloween very memorable. Scene setters are also ideal for Halloween or costume parties. Posters are the most common kind of this specific Halloween decoration. Life size posters of scary characters like Jason from Friday the 13th or Freddy Krueger from Nightmare on Elm Street displayed in some areas of the house will really look scary.

Window silhouettes are also very spooky if used properly. Neighborhood kids will surely be terrified and adults will be intrigued with your decorations. You can also use also spooky stickers for bottles and cans to make your party real freaky.

Witches

Witch decorations are also very popular spooky Halloween decorations. You can hang life-sized witch dolls in different places of your house to set the ambiance for Halloween. Just make sure that you remember you have these decorations when you get up late at night or else you might have a heart attack.

Brooms and witch potions can also be placed in different areas of your house to make it look like an authentic witch home. One of the scariest decorations for Halloween is the realistic witch on a broom which can be suspended in different areas of the house. This decoration will really make the setting scary at night.

So get yourself some Spooky Halloween Decorations and make your party atmosphere one of the best you've ever had. You'll be amazed at the quality and quantity available when you visit my favorite decoration website at http://spookyhalloweendecorations.org/.

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