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Dress Up from the Neck Up

A Halloween Mask Costume Party

This is great fun and not as much trouble as the usual Halloween costume party. Ask your friends to come and only dress from the neck up. Or supply them with what they need to do just that (just in case they come out of "costume"). Why bother with the whole rigmarole (I'm not sure how to spell that, folks) when you can limit your Halloween costume to your neck, ears and head.

Halloween Mask Invitations

Send a personalized Halloween invitation that will wow your guests and conveys the rules...dress up from the neck up! Put on a Halloween hat and have someone take a picture. 

Another creative way to invite everyone to your Neck-Up Halloween party is to send them a "Create Your Own Mask" kit. Attach an invitation to the back of the package. This way you can give your guests a "head" start on getting their costumes together.

Another option is a Halloween fill-in invitation. You can just fill in the party info, sprinkle a little Halloween confetti in the envelope to dress it up, and then drop it in the mail.

Halloween Mask Costume Ideas

I think it is a great idea to let your guest know that you will be supplying the costume. Buy a variety of hats, wigs and masks or maybe some sunglasses or other fun eyewear ... anything and everything your guests can use to decorate themselves. And then let them have at it.

Now that everyone is "dressed up from the neck up" it is time to get some pictures! Hand out personalized Halloween cameras and let everyone capture the creative costumes! It's a good idea to set up an area for posed group shots. Hang up a white sheet as a background, or get an inexpensive scene setter and use that as a backdrop. We think the Eerie Estates scene would make for some great photos!
 

Halloween Mask Party Decorations

Your overall decorations should focus on heads. You can choose how gory you want to be. Try light up skeleton heads, witches heads, vampire heads, shrunken heads - you can find just about any type of head. Of course, I think you should put an enlargement of your head at the front entrance.  Hang it from the ceiling...

A fun table idea is to use a huge white cover. Gather enough material to form a ghost's head, stuff it and draw a face on it. Tie with a festive Halloween ribbon, and you've got a head centerpiece and your table cover all in one. Little bat and crow heads would make great confetti.

You might want to visit your local costume store for ghoulish heads that can be stuffed and placed as centerpieces. We love the Talking Head crystal ball and think it would be a great centerpiece!  You're guests will love hearing the advice she offers as well!

Or, you can try some Creepy Things to Surprise, Shock and Amaze, where the unusual is usual.

Halloween Menu

Serve goodies on Halloween paper goods. The Midnight Dreary theme features the skull and crossbones and works perfectly for this theme. 

Let your budget rule your menu. Finger food at a Halloween party is just fine. Color the food in orange and black (see our Black and Orange Ball) or just serve whatever makes your head feel good! Visit PartyMenu411 for great recipes and menu ideas.

Decorate the bar with sets of Skeleton head light strings. They light up AND make noise.   

Halloween Party Games and Activities

Take a few fun party games and make them fit your theme. Scavenger hunts are always a blast. Have your guests scurrying around looking for head related items, here are a few -

• Fancy toothpick

• Comb

• Q-Tip

• Travel pack of tissues

• Eyeglass repair kit

• Scrunchie

Or your can do "head" themed karaoke -

• Burt Bacharach “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” 

• Elvis “Hard Headed Woman”

• Tony Bennet “You go to my head”

• Tom Petty “A Face in the Crowd”

• Lynyrd Skynyrd “Hide Your Face”

• Peter Gabriel “In Your Eyes” 

You get the idea :) Don't forget to check out our Halloween Party Games and for more party game fun. 

Halloween Mask Party Favors

Try Halloween themed gift bags filled with candy. Most everyone has a sweet tooth, and since you're focusing on the neck up…or better yet, here are a few personalized options -

• Halloween Candy Bar - Personalized the wrapper of this delicious candy bar 

• Halloween Mint and Candy Tins - another "sweet" way to say "thanks for coming!"

Or, at each place have a mini top hat upside down filled with Halloween candy.  An adorable favor and they will wear the hats, for sure!