Creative Halloween party & decor ideas?

Question

I am having a halloween party next week..it's going to be a costume party! I'm so excited :D

My question is do you have any ideas for how I could decorate for the party or any cool Halloween party ideas?

I get pretty into decorating so I mean beyond the basic stuff. Here is some stuff I already did to decorate: I draped netted material over the side of my staircase and put plastic ghosts and bugs through the holes in the netting. I put up caution tape. I bought a life sized Frankenstein and put it in my basement. I bought a chair from good will for $5 and painted it green and then with stencils and purple paint I painted words like boo and witches, etc. Then I attached a fake owl to the back of the chair. It looks pretty cute I think. I also went out and bought cute paper lanterns with halloween designs and I'm going to hang those up around the house. I have a giant spider that I am hanging above my front door. I did a lot more but thats all i can fit unfortunately.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Cool, I'm 13 too. Anyways, I would suggest watching scary movies while letting the kids goof around and talk for awhile. Then have activities like: -make the kids "act out" their costume and pick a winner -make "halloween" food -have a mummy wrapping contest with toilet paper -turn on fun music throughout the whole party to keep things lively Hope this helps :)

Answer 3

Pass The Pumpkins
Have kids sit in a circle and pass small pumpkins or gourds when the music is playing. When the music stops the child without a pumpkin is out continue until there's a winner.

Build A Scarecrow
Form groups and have a variety of old clothes, pillowcases for heads, markers and newspaper. Groups have 20 minutes to create. Give prizes to the scariest or funniest, then place outside.

Build A Scarecrow Game - #2
Divide your back yard into two sections by yellow tape (maybe 2 rooms or a basement if inside). Before your party, get together 2 sets of 6-10 items that can be used to build a scarecrow. Sample items: Hat, corn stalks, jeans, string... Now hide these items in order to make a scarecrow around each half (one side for each team). For small children you may want to play this game during the day and to make the game harder play it at night. When playing at night send out team member with a pumpkin with a pumpkin light or a candle inside), have one person from each team (starting at same time) go on a hunt to find one item. After all items are found, the team has to be creative and construct a scarecrow, using all items. The team that finishes their scarecrow first, wins.
Thanks Lisa

Ghost Hunter
Game for teams:
Get lollipops, ribbon, paper, tissue paper, and select 5-10 Halloween terms. You may want a styrofoam base to stick the ghosts into during the game.

Divide party guest into Ghost Hunting teams of 3-5 kids per team, the number per team may be based the ages of the kids.

Each team is given clues to find ghosts that can be hidden outside or inside. Note: Don't place all the ghosts together or the kids will grab the first ghost they see rather than find the ghost you want them. Also, tell them not to untie the ghosts until after the game is over. So send them off to different areas. You'll want 1 ghost per guest or a specified number per team, but have extras so each child gets a ghost.

Each ghost is a lollipop covered with tissue paper, tied with ribbon with a letter written on the ghost. Use a marker a add eyes and a mouth to the ghosts.

Send the kids with clues off to find ghosts. If young children have an adult go with them for safety and to assist if they don't understand the clues. Example Clues: I live near the large tree in the backyard or At night I come out from under Mr. Wilson's favorite chair. Fun, increase difficult with age.

Each team will return with 3-5 ghosts with letters. The corresponding letters will spell or help spell a mystery word that relates to Halloween. See the 2 versions below:

Young kids: Use words where all the letters are given: bat, witch, cat, hat, broom, ghoul etc... One team at a time, take the letters and mix them up. The Ghost Hunting team whose ghosts are being used get the first try to guess the mystery word. If they guess the word correctly they get a point, if they miss the word the other teams have a chance to get a point. Have them raise their hand if they know the answer, 1 guess per team. If no team guesses the word, then a simple clue is given and the process is repeated until the word is guessed. If there is a tie have a tie-breaker mystery word that is a little harder. Offer a small prize for the winners.

A little harder: In this version the letters on the ghosts only give clues to the mystery Halloween word. Word Examples: pumpkin, headless, horseman, haunted, goblins, Sleepy Hollow, etc... Arrange the letters in correct order leaving spaces for missing letters. The Ghost Hunting team whose ghosts are being used get the first try to guess the mystery word. If they guess the word correctly they get a point, if they miss the word the other teams have a chance to get a point. Have them raise their hand if they know the answer, 1 guess per team. If no team guesses the word, then a simple clue is given and the process is repeated until the word is guessed. Again have a tie-breaker word just in case and offer a prize for the victors.

Deja Blair Witch - Halloween Party
Friends with video cameras? Invite friends to create a scary or humorous 5 minute film in the style of Blair Witch, then have a Halloween Film Festival and play the tapes. Ideas could be: A bathroom with no toilet paper, In a mall with no credit cards, Halloween is here and I don't have a costume, have an idea? - So get going

Answer 4

I remember one Halloween we made a poor man's brain. Basically just spaghetti noodles mixed with a few eggs and baked in a bowl....you might even find a brain shaped bowl at a Halloween store. Looks weird and feels even weirder.

Answer 5

HI my name is stephanie and here are my ideas!


Here are a few suggestions for decorating an age appropriate party.


What’s better than walking into a home full of amazing pumpkins carved in all shapes, sizes and even colors? To decorate your home for a pumpkin themed party choose several pumpkins ranging in size from the small gourds perfect for tabletop use to the gigantic prize winning pumpkins perfect for starting the party at your doorstep.

Pumpkins even come in white, various shades of orange, and green. And you can find bumpy pumpkins for extra interest. Carve the majority of them either by using pumpkin stencils or by creating the faces yourself. Don’t forget to leave enough pumpkins so that every guest can carve a pumpkin at the party and take it home.
For the party that is going to be complete with a terrifying haunted house the decorations can’t be too over the top. Teenagers love to be scared and the decorations should set the tone. You can make your home resemble a mad scientist’s laboratory complete with an examination table, a cart, beakers full of steaming liquid, and a control box.

Here’s what to do:
The examination table is easily accomplished by placing a white table cloth over a long rectangular table. At the head of the table, place a large cardboard box covered in aluminum foil. Dials and buttons can be made with bottle caps, buttons, and plastic lids.

Run plastic tubing, bought at your local hardware store from holes in the box to a table nearby. On the table place several beakers, bowls, and jars filled with soapy water and food coloring. You can also use liquid nitrogen for a steamy effect. Take care to only let adults handle the liquid nitrogen!

To set the stage for a really disgusting party, place cooked spaghetti and doll heads or softened grapefruits in jars. Fill the jars with corn syrup and cap tightly. Let the kids dip their hands into a bowl of ‘eyeballs’ or peeled grapes. Let them stick their feet in a bucket of guts or cold spaghetti.

As children enter the party, don’t forget to hang spider webs, scary masks – with or without a head attached, and other scary monsters. You can also use police tape to cover doors of rooms that are not available to guests and you can make a chalk outline of a body on the floor for a ‘crime’ themed party.
Magic Wonderland Party
Harry Potter fans will jump on board for this edgy but not too scary themed party. Wizards and warlocks will cast magic spells. Dim the lights, add stick on stars to the ceiling and walls, and create a bubbling cauldron with liquid nitrogen in the corner on a table.

Hosts and hostesses can dress as wizards with long flowing capes, wizard hats, and wands.

Suspend clouds from your ceiling, made of pillow stuffing or crepe paper, and hang bats from the clouds. Lightening bolts can hang from the ceiling or be taped to the walls. Old frames, or frames made from gold foil, can be hung on the walls over pictures found on the internet.

Outside your home, hang small lights from tree branches or bring a branch or two inside, hang them over your doorway and decorate them with the small lights to create a stunning entrance.

If you’re looking for less wizard and more magician, consider replacing the cauldron with a magic hat and wand in the corner. A large cardboard box in the room can be decorated as the ‘saw the person in half’ magician’s prop and a table of cards and other magic tricks for children to try out.

Lighted luminaries, placed up and away from children’s hands, can add an eerie and magical glow to any party.
Of course no party is complete without some music to set the mood. Mood music can be found at your local library, online via download, and every Halloween scores of cds are released that are chock full of creepy sounds.


So yea... i'm having a halloween party next week too! i hope both of ours is a big hit! :)

Answer 6

Don't foget an old fashioned apple bobbing. =) They are always fun if you dont mind sharing germs lol. Of course we never thought of that as kids.