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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!

Below are my favorite Halloween ideas that I have collected over the years that are going to give you one spooky, bone rattling Halloween Kids Party.

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.

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Fancy Dress Outfitters
Fun and festive fancy dress.
Jokers Masquerade
Another great source for Halloween costumes for adults and kids. Plus get a FREE Pumpkin carving kit!

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BuyCostumes.comBuycostumes
For a super choice of good value costumes.

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Halloween Food

Skull

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.
More Kids Party Food Ideas

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.

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Party Delights
One my favorites for all those regular and not so regular party supplies. Lots of Halloween decorations, treats and costumes.
Party Box
Inflatable giant spiders, bats and ghost, glow in the dark cobwebs, giant cardboard Dracula and witches, table decorations, hanging skulls, doorknob slime....

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Halloween Decor and Party Suppliescelebrate express
Celebrate Express has lots of fun kids Halloween party supplies and costumes.
Birthday in a Box
Birthday in a Box has lots of party-ware and favors and all at great prices.
Halloween Supplies from Shindigzshindigz
Lots of special offers throughout the year and my favorite for unusual Halloween decorations. Look out for FREE shipping deals.
S&S Worldwide Halloween crafts
For Halloween party crafts, games and favors.
Makesparties Halloween Supplies
For party-ware and favors at rock bottom prices.

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

 

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Monster Pinata
Monster Pinata
Ghost Pinata
Ghost Pinata
 
 

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witch 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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