We still have people talking about our Halloween party we did last year. So much fun to do, however this year I wont do quite as much food. (still trying to work out how we 'top' it... not convinced we can to be honest).
This post is about our Halloween Party from last year.
My dad is Canadian, so even though us kids are born and raised in Oz (where Halloween is just starting to take off) we have been trick or treating for as long as I can remember. (we must have had very patient neighbours back then).
So when my kids were old enough to go trick or treating I'd get dressed up with the kids and take them around the neighbourhood. After the first year, hubby decided he didn't want to miss out on the fun and started to come along too.
We loved walking the streets, but also missed seeing what people were dressed up in, so last year we decided to host our own Halloween party, and well, what a party it was!
I am an avid Pinterest fan, so when I knew we were going to have our own Halloween party. I scoured the pages for inspiration. Months of research and preparation went into this party, and in the end i think i cut off slightly more than I could really chew.
So here is my list: (I have added in photos at the end of the list for you to see how it turned out)
Food:
Sweets / starters
- monster men
- mandarin monsters
- graveyard desserts
- used ear wax buds
- eye balls
- pumpkin vomit dip
- bat poop
- freaky frogs
- goblin ghosts (chips)
- jelly shots (jelly)
- bones (meringue)
- vampire blood (candy jelly)
- witches broomsticks (lolly bags for the party kids)
- used band aids
- pumpkin poop (cheese and bacon balls - chips)
- shrunken kids (jelly babies)
- wicked worms
- blood platelets (clouds - red)
- lurking lollypops
- skeleton suckers
- mystical magic (popping candy)
- witches wands (cheese and pretzels)
- red back spiders (black pipe cleaner and red lollypops)
pumpkin teeth (candy corn) - eye of newts (licorice rings)
- dried scabs (dried cranberries)
- puffed maggots (popcorn)
- blood worms (jelly worms made out of straws / jelly)
Mains:
- mummy dogs (for the kids)
- eyeballs in blood (turkey meatballs with olive eyes in a tomato based sauce)
- corpse (this you just have to see!!) (photo at the bottom of the page)
Decorations:
I made / sourced off Pinterest
- Toilet monsters
- Happy Halloween banner
- Halloween subway art
- Witches broom parking (violators will be toad)
- Treasure hunt (for the kids)
- Black wreath - spiders, cobs web,
- old potion labels to use on wine bottles (painted black), glass jars (painted black)
- black fabric to create the jagged entrance
- scary tree in entrance - bought cob web
- mummies (art figurine wrapped in muslin)
- eye balls
- BOO lettering
- floating ghosts
Bought:
- skeleton (full size with light up eyes)
- head that glowed / flashed
- glow hand
- RIP gravestones (one had red glowing eyes, the others didn't glow)
- caution, beware taps
- bats
- Halloween fabric
- Halloween bowls, cake stands, napkins, plates,
- skull and cauldron small containers
- fake brains
- plastic bones
- skeleton ornament
- skulls
- bat that had glowing eyes
- Halloween door knock
- skeleton that made sounds
- crazy professor outfit
- cob webs
- shrunken heads
- eye balls
- spooky skeleton
- skeletons
- B O O letters
- items for in the glass jars on entrance mantle
- sphagnum moss
- green cellophane for the lights
- devil outfit (daughter)
- skeleton outfit (son)
- dry ice
Things we already had:
- scream mask
- glow in the dark ghost face
- witches outfit
- witches hats
- big spider
- some Halloween items
- bats
- beakers
How it all came together.
The front lawn / area - you needed to pass by this to get to the front door.
Halloween Mantle
Witches Broom art work
Witches Broom treat bags for the party kids (treasure hunt reward)
Inside food table
Outside Food table
Halloween Costumes
The Grand Finale - The corpse dinner
and to finish off the night (hot water in the dry ice) = mystical magical smoke
copyright M Scholtz 2013
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