A Halloween Night Theme Party
It's Halloween Night. The sexy costumes have been purchased, the Halloween recipes are made and the Halloween decorations are up. The only question remains, "What happens once all the people get here?" It can be bad news to have everyone standing around in costumes with nothing to do but make the same host of remarks about everyone's costumes again and again for several painstaking hours. The best Halloween parties have some sort of theme in mind and a few key activities planned.
Comedian ("Strangers with Candy") and Entertainer Extraordinaire, Amy Sedaris, recommends hosting a Halloween Night Movie Party. "The fun of the party to me is the movie I'm featuring," says Sedaris, who personally recommends classics like Dracula and Frankenstein, Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte, The Trilogy of Terror, The Bad Seed, and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Of course, there are countless movies from which to choose. To create the in-home theater, she moves the TV to the center of the room and arranges cushy beanbag chairs and furniture around it so everyone can see.
Then she places food trays around the room in accessible spots. She serves meatloaf, mashed potatoes and corn because "you don't have to see it to eat it" and she also highly recommends pumpkin pie dessert and pumpkin seed snacks. She likes to start the Halloween fun with a pumpkin carving activity too. Drinks can include a Bloody Mary, a Berry Rum Punch, Sangria or a witch's brew. Sedaris also recommends sending out invitations that look like a movie ticket or film reel, draping red velvet around the room, playing elevator muzak, setting up 25-cent concessions booths and throwing a few of the more traditional Halloween decorations around. "Entertaining alone is one of the most creative and rewarding experiences I can think of," she concludes.
If you fancy yourself the neighborhood socialite or would simply like to get to know your neighbors better, then consider organizing a Halloween Night block party to bring the community together. Yes, it is a lot of work, but it's not insurmountable. Start planning the Halloween fun several months in advance and meet with neighbors to assign tasks. Divvy up the Halloween recipes, set someone in charge of games, ask someone to organize prize bags, put someone in charge of the costume contest and be sure to check with City Hall about permits, insurance and zoning. You'll need the city to close down the street, which will require a permit and barricades from the local police department, which you'll need everyone to chip in to pay for. Encourage neighbors to decorate their yards for Halloween, so you can have a contest to award the best Halloween decorations. While it may sound like a Herculean task, imagine the example it will set for the children and how the renewed sense of community will bring your neighborhood together!
An easy October 31st festivity is to plan a "Murder Mystery Party" by using one of the many boxed game sets out there. You'll typically receive character and costume suggestions for each person, music and decoration ideas, Halloween recipes, music suggestions and scripts. Check out www.dinnerandamurder.com, www.acemurdermystery.com, www.tailormademysteries.com, www.mysteriesbyvincent.com or www.host-a-murder.com for starters. Some kits allow hosts to download all the materials they need, while others offer more person-to-person party planning advice. There are also murder mystery kits you can buy at game stores, notably the Bepuzzled brand "A Taste For Wine and Murder," which comes with recipes, character booklets, invitations, a CD, secret clues and costume/decorating advice. Murder mystery games are great guides to hosting your first Halloween night party!
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Or perhaps you're looking for fun Halloween party games for teens. Don't feel daunted in your quest for "the cool factor" with this age group, as they're a lot easier to impress than you may think! One mother said she sent out a story starter with the party invitations and asked the kids to write a creepy ending to be judged at the event. She said the stories were so funny, gross and fascinating that they reread them each year! Given the popularity of YouTube and viral videos, and how tech savvy kids are these days, you may also want to have a "Blair Witch Project Style Film Festival," asking each kid to write and film a five-minute horror movie to be screened at the party. Or if you'd like, you can make this a party activity by assembling old costume accessories and writing down movie ideas, letting kids pick out of a hat. Give each team 20 minutes to film their own movie as the other kids do another activity, waiting for their turn. Halloween hide-h-go-seek can be terrifying when the seeker is dressed up like a horrifying monster, creepy music is playing in the background and those caught have to lay on the floor like vampires in their coffins. Board games are always a howling good time for teenagers as well.
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