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Halloween Re-Vamped

A Haunted Halloween party

Have you started feeling déjà vu at every Halloween party that you attend? The same people, in recycled costumes, playing the same games and eating the same food. Now that is the real nightmare! AAAAAHHHHH! Let Party411.com help you re-"vamp" your party and bring your social life back from the dead.

Whether you're 8 or 80 years old, you are never too old for Halloween. Follow Party411.com through a haunted house where we will divulge the best costume ideas, newest and most creative decorations, silliest games, and most gruesome looking (but delicious) treats. Enter if you dare... MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

Spooky Halloween Party Location

You don't live in a haunted house? There isn't a pumpkin patch nearby? Where will you have your party? One of the best places to have a party is in a basement. Think about it… it's dark, cool, creepy, away from the rest of the house, and best of all it's underground. It is also an inexpensive place to party and simple to decorate. Just add a some inexpensive scene setters. Since we are creating a haunted house use a haunted forest scene so people feel like their trapped inside looking out a window.  Or maybe the skull border if you don’t have a full wall. 

Another fun idea is to go to your local bowling alley and check out the accommodations. Some places have spooky midnight bowling, where everyone dresses in costumes and bowl in very limited lighting. Most alleys also have party rooms where you and your guests can chill if you're all bowled out. None of these ideas strike your fancy? Throw a frightfully fabulous bash in a garage or in an empty warehouse. Rent an old barn, find a pumpkin patch or cornfield.

Halloween Party Invitations

Attach all of the spooky details on your party to a funky Halloween keychain and hand-deliver each invite to your guests. (Make sure to dress up when you're delivering the invitations too.)  Start with a spooky Halloween invitation.  Be creative and write funny responses to the "Who, Where, and When" for the party. Next to "Who," write, "The most evil witch you know- (name)." Next to "Where" write "The Cemetery located at (your address)." Next to "When," write "4 hours before the witching hour" (8pm).

If you feel like making your own invitations, cut out huge orange circles and make each guest his or her own paper pumpkin invitation. Write the details of the party on the pumpkin and then attach a "lollighost." To make a "lollighost," take a lollipop and place a square of white fabric about 5" x 5" over the candy portion of the sucker. Tie the fabric at the place where the sucker and the stick meet so that it looks like a little ghost. 

If your party has a specific costume theme like Alice in Wonderland or Roaring '20s, look for an incredible mask to send to your guests. Attach the party information to the mask, but make sure that it is easily detached. Everyone must wear his or her masks to the party.

We've also got great Halloween ticket invitations. Invite them to a haunted happening with an orange event ticket personalized with all the details!

Halloween Party Decorations 

Outside set up a glow in the dark tombstones mixed with an assortment of other tombstones. Hang spider webs from the trees, and put out lots of carved pumpkins complete with candles inside to light up their faces. Make sure they are scary jack-o-lanterns though.

Also, ghouls, ghosts, skeletons, witches, and the rest of the scary Halloween crew can hang in your front windows. A fun way to decorate the door to the party place is to make your own candy wreath. Yummy!

Light the way up the walk with skull light up lawn stakes or light up skull fence. Have a Frankenstein, Dracula, or other Halloween character life size cutout to help decorate the entry to your party. Add the face of one of the hosts or hostesses and event a speech bubble welcoming everyone.  Make sure to hang a sign warning others that your party is a "HIGH RISK AREA" and to "ENTER IF YOU DARE."
 

As your guests enter the party area make sure that spooky Halloween music is playing in the background to set the eerie mood for the evening. Hang a creepy talking headless corpse with light sensor to terrify your unsuspecting guests. Our 9' eerie estates super-sized scene is great for creating a mood.

Think spooky when you set up your party!  Take a look at some Creepy Things to Surprise, Shock and Amaze that are perfect for a fun and slightly spooky party. 

Spooky Halloween Table Decorations and Party Menu

If this is a casual party, then set up different types of food on each table. However, if this party is on the snazzy side, place a different Halloween item in the middle of each table (on a pedestal and with balloons attached) and give each table a different name. One table can be the "Petrified Pumpkins", while another table can be the "Goofy Ghouls." Decorate your tables with Midnight Dreary theme paper goods.

The Cemetery Terror table decorating set comes complete with 3 tombstones and makes a perfect centerpiece.  It works perfectly with the skull theme paper goods.  And add a sprinkling of skeleton body parts on your table.

Name the foods on your party menu after Halloween "characters" like, Frankenstein's Frightening French fries, Boogie Man Burgers, Ghoulash, etc. You can even have Dirt Cake for dessert (stick gummy worms in the dessert to make it look authentic).

A great way to sweeten the party is to create some Lip Puckering Pumpkin Punch. Seven Up mixed with orange juice or lemonade will usually do the trick. Throw in some orange and lemon slices to sweeten the mix. Visit PartyMenu411 for great menu and recipe ideas from America's best chefs.

What to Wear 

This year there are some great new costumes that will be a hit at any Halloween party.  New for 2009!  Every year we come up with new costumes to help you win the prize as the best-dressed!  Be sure to pick something a bit spooky for this party!

• New Horror/Gothic Costumes - From Vampires to Werewolves, there are 90 new options.

• New Men's Costumes - From Michael Jackson to an inflatable sumo wrestler there is something for everyone!

• New Women's Costumes  - Steal hearts with an Enchanting Queen costume or kick some butt as a Warrior Goddess!

No matter what, be sure to wear a great costume of course! Do not be a party pooper!!! It doesn't matter how great your costume is as long as you wear one. You will stick out like a sore thumb if you don't dress up. You can always dress from the neck up. (See our Neck Up Halloween Party)