This past weekend my partner Brian and I invited some family members over for a Halloween party. I've wanted to have a Halloween party for some time now, but never have been able to, so I was glad to finally host one. This post includes instructions on how to make one of the crafts I made for my party, the Halloween egg platter, but also some ideas for party snacks, food related crafts, indoor and outdoor decor, and activities for your party.
Halloween Plate
Materials:
*Plate
*Halloween paper napkin
*Mod Podge
*Paintbrush
*Scissors
Directions:
*Trim napkin to fit the bottom of the plate.
*Apply a thin coat of Mod Podge to the backside of the plate and then stick on the napkin. Let dry.
*Once dry, apply a thin coat of Mod Podge over the napkin to seal it. Let dry. The plate should be hand washable, but I wouldn't recommend submerging it in water if possible and I also doubt it would fare well in a dishwasher.
Halloween Party Snacks and Food Related Crafts
Serve your guests these deviled eggs that will keep an eye on them. Just make deviled eggs as you usually would (or use Brian's recipe, given below) and then cut up a few olives into thin slices and use those for the pupils of the eyes. Also, if you're interested in making your own witch costume, here's how I made the one I'm wearing in the photo.
Brian's Deviled Eggs
Ingredients:
*1 dozen eggs
*5 tbsp mayonnaise
*1 tsp mustard
*Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
*Place eggs in a pot of water and bring to a roaring boil.
*Once boiling, turn the heat down some and cook for 20 minutes.
*Take eggs off the stove and drain the water. Set aside to cool.
*Once cool, cut the eggs in half and scoop the yolks out into a blender. Add the mayo, mustard, salt, and pepper and blend until smooth.
*Scrape the yolk mixture into a sealable plastic bag and cut off one of the corners. Squeeze the mix into the egg whites through the hole in the corner.
These cemetery cupcakes/cake are easy to make and delicious. Brian used a devil's food cake mix and his vanilla icing recipe (can be found in this blog post) with some added green food coloring to make it look like grass. Mys sister Katie and I used ground up Newman's O's (which Brian ground in the blender) for the dirt and chocolate orange Milano cookies for the tombstones. Like the cupcake stand? Here are the directions for how to make it.
Here's the snack table setup we had at the party. Brian's mom made the witch's brooms by poking pretzels into peanut butter cups. The gray thing in the very back, which is mostly hidden behind the food, is holding food picks, which we used to skewer cheese cubes. The directions are here. Also, if you like the tablecloth, here's how I made it.
This is what I did for the table setup. Here's how to make the goblets. I plan to write about the coasters (which you can't see very well here) in a forthcoming post.
Indoor Decor
Here are some simple DIY decorations. Directions for the Halloween curtain are here. Here's how to make the creepy dolls. I made the tablecloth using basic tie dyeing techniques described here. The morphing holographic photos came from Dollar Tree and Rite Aid, but I wrote about how you can make them look nicer here (even though it isn't mentioned in the post title).
Some more decorations. The little figurines and light up haunted grove my mom gave me years ago. The Halloween tree with the ornaments I made and I also made the potion bottles. Although I didn't include photos here, for the party I also put up my felt sleepy bat, my Halloween fuse bead magnets, and my Halloween banner.
Outdoor Decor
Now for some outdoor decorating ideas. I got the eyeball path markers from Kmart. They light up and play spooky sounds when someone walks near them. Two of the foam tombstones I made, and you can find directions for them here, while two came from Dollar Tree and I forget where the two little ones came from.
And a few more outdoor decorations. This spooky eyeball wreath I made also glows in the dark (directions here). I printed the door hanger from Family Fun's website years ago, but I can't seem to find the link for it anymore.
Activities
Looking for some ideas for activities for your party? We had a Yankee swap at ours. I used the mini paper witch hats I made a few weeks ago and either hid a little gift under them or adhered a piece of painter's tape to the bottom with a number on it. Each number corresponded to a particular gift that was too large to fit under one of the hats. Brian's mom got a bookmark that I made from the swap, as did Brian's sister Alissa. It wasn't one of these monster ones, but these are pretty popular and they're Halloween related, so I figured I would link to it to give an idea of a possible bookmark you could make.
My brother Adam got a photo of a giant pink dinosaur skeleton (the one by Perry's Nut House in Belfast), It can be fun to have some gag gifts, as long as your participants are good sports.
My dad got a pom pom pal I made. I also got one, but I gave it to Katie because she had to miss the party for work.
Brian (who is wearing the vampire cape I made for Halloween last year) ended up with some plastic Halloween rings. Alissa's boyfriend Kyle ended up with some Halloween earrings and mom got some fall leaf ones that I made by punching leaf shapes out of patterned cardstock and adding ear wires to them. We had two additional gifts left over at the end, a bookmark that mom got and some googly eyed thumbtacks (just take thumbtacks and glue googly eyes to them) that Alissa received.
For our other activity, we made caramel apples. Not exactly picturesque, but they're tasty nonetheless. Well, that's all for now. I hope you've enjoyed this blog post and I hope that it has given you plenty of ideas for your own Halloween party! If you are hosting a party of your own, I'd love to hear what your ideas are/how it goes in the comments below.
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