Halloween Party Ideas

If it's October then it's Halloween party time!

I love Halloween - spooky costumes, ghoulish grub, ghostly games.....fun, fun fun!

However don't fear if you aren't creative or imaginative as I have some great Halloween theme ideas to share with you and which anyone can do!

Halloween Costumes

I always feel that the costumes and the decorations are the most impressive part of any Halloween party. It is here that you can really show off and go to town.

When my kids were very little we lived in countries where you couldn't get hold of ready made costumes so we always made our own.

We used makeup, colored cloth, cardboard, scraps of 'anything' and our favorite character was a 'mythical creature' as then anything goes!

I know that making your own Halloween costumes and decorations takes a bit of time and imagination but just look around any of the Halloween costume suppliers websites and you are sure to get some inspiration and some quick ideas.

Below are some more Halloween costume ideas:

No-Sew costume ideas

Cardboard Box Costumes

Last Minute Costumes - quick and easy!

Have you made a great Halloween costume that you'd like to show off? Take some photos and send them to me here. I'll print your ideas on this website.

UK suppliers

US suppliers

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Halloween Food

The idea here is to make the Halloween food sound as ghoulish and ghastly as possible but obviously you want the kids to eat the food so make sure that it tastes good in spite of its name!

By each plate of food make a little card (in the shape of a tombstone and decorated with spooky stickers) with the name of the food.

Decorate the Halloween table with a black cloth and place lots of plastic/paper creepy crawlies amongst the food. As a centerpiece, place a large Jack-o-Lantern in the middle with a night light candle inside. Put plastic insects in each cup and give everyone green or black cups, plates and straws.

Here are some food suggestions:

• Bloody Intestines with Gallstones: Spaghetti & Meatballs.
• Crusty Scabs: - Toasted cheese on rounds of bread or cheese straws covered with cheese and grilled till crunchy.
• Cooked Phantom Brains: - Cooked Cauliflower.
• Cats Tongues: - Long, thin slices of Cheese.
• Tomb stones: - Yogurt covered muesli bars iced with R.I.P.
• Poison Punch : - Green colored fruit punch floating with lava ice (see recipe below).
• Lava Ice: - Gummy worms frozen in ice cubes.
• Boggie Slime: - Green jelly.
• Dracula Hand: - Disposable surgical gloves filled with sweets/popcorn and tied at the wrist end with a black ribbon.
• Maggot Mound: - Round chocolate cake covered in chocolate icing with rubber maggots or gummy worms half inserted into the cake.
• Sand-Ghosts: - Sandwiches cut in the shape of ghosts using a cookie cutter, with raisins as eyes.
• Strained Eyeballs: - Hard boiled eggs cut in half length ways and stuffed with cream cheese with slices of stuffed olives for the eye center.
• Severed fingers and toes: - Ladies Finger biscuits decorated with green icing along their length with a blob of red icing at one end.

My Top Halloween theme Suppliers

Making Halloween decorations with the kids is always great fun but sometimes if you are short on time and inspiration, a little helping hand can be very useful. Check out my favorite Halloween party suppliers below.

UK suppliers

US suppliers

One Stop Shop	Tableware	Paper Goods	Favors
Candy Wrappers	LED'S & Glow	Decorations	Makeup

Halloween Party Games and Activities

I've created a whole page of Halloween Party Games

Pinatas are always popular especially when you have a mixed or large age group. Fancy making you own Pinata?

My favorite Halloween Pinatas for this Year
 	Monster Pinata	Ghost Pinata
   		Witch Pinata

Other Halloween Resources

Halloween falls on the 31st October and in case you want to know a bit more about its origins and meanings Click here for a history of Halloween.

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Your Costume Idea

Have you created a great kids party costume? If yes, then we'd LOVE to hear all about and to see a photo or two.