Halloween Haunt

Finally, my second party-theme post! I’ve had these photos since last October (when I threw the party), but I was good and waited to show them until the relevant planning time :)

This was such a fun theme to do, and I didn’t really spend much money, by using many bits and pieces I’ve collected over the years. So have fun with it, and use the Halloween season as a great excuse to throw a get-together with your friends!

Decorations

I went with a slightly glam look, using black, white, orange and silver, as the colour scheme. Here’s a list of what I used to create the look, but by using what you have access to, your party will be uniquely yours!

·      Various paper lanterns for roof (newspaper, tissue paper)

·      Branch (painted black) in vase with baubles

·      Cauldron (old cooking pot)

·      Antique looking cake stand

·      Antique teapot with black fake flowers

·      Mushroom, owl and hand ornaments

·      Different silver cutlery

·      Orange candle holders

·      Large fake spiders

·      Black and orange plates and napkins

·      Silver teacups and milk bottles with ribbon

·      Sweets displayed in jars – Liquorice, black jellybeans, caramel popcorn

Foods

Planning the food is lots of fun! Halloween is perfect to get creative with giving normal foods a whole other creepy interpretation :) Here’s what I served:

·      Eyeballs (meatballs) with Pumpkin sauce on Maggots (risoni pasta)

·      Witches brew (raspberry and lime punch)

·      Eyeball cookie-dough pops (coated in white choc, and smarties)

·      ‘Vampire bite’ red velvet cupcakes (poke holes, and drip jam for blood)

·      ‘Spiders’ (Chang’s egg noodles mixed into melted chocolate)

·      ‘Ghosties’ (Milk arrowroots with glaze icing, smarties and half jellybean)

Games and Activities

Last year, we just ended up dancing like crazy-dressed-up-people to really loud Halloween-themed tunes! But here are some other activities, if your not keen to jump around the room like a kid on cordial!  

·      Boo boxes (Bowls containing food items (spaghetti, gherkins, porridge etc), covered by a box with a hole just large enough for a hand, then watch your guests squirm whilst they guess what they are touching!)

·      Costume Competition

·      Cluedo Board Game

·      Spooky celebrity heads (Lady GaGa, Michael Jackson, Agent Kay etc)

Playlist

Definitely recommend a themed playlist, adds a nice element to the event.

·      Purple People Eater

·      Monster Mash

·      Disturbia

·      Thriller

·      Ghostbusters Theme

·      Sweet Transvestite

·      Wild Thing

·      Born This Way

·      Bad Romance

·      Time Warp

·      Toxic

·      Phantom Overture

·      Werewolves of London

·      Don’t Wanna Let You Go (5ive)

·      Poison (Grove Coverage)

   Happy Haunting! =O