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Your Theme Sets the Stage For a Happy Haunting!
Here's how to achieve the perfect party atmosphere for your bash!
The first thing I like to do for my parties is decide exactly what kind of "party mood" I want to create. Do I want my guests to feel this is a fun party? Funny? Scary? Creepy?
Fun/Funny/Whimsical Themes
From invitations to carved pumpkins, the feeling should be silly, happy or enchanting. Go for the fantastic. Make it your own. Use your imagination to pick a theme like:Scary/Terrifying/Ghoulish Themes
This is your chance to be gruesome, daring, tantalizing. Surprise the eye with caldrons of dry ice, black lights, bats hanging from the ceiling, spider webs in unexpected places. Some ideas for parties include:Whatever you decide, let every detail reflect your theme. Ask your guests to come dressed in a costume that reflects the atmosphere you are trying to create.
Your invitation to a Wonderland party could be a picture of a white rabbit
with a pocket watch. Your decor could be poster sized playing cards on the
wall, black and white checkerboard table cloth, and pink plastic flamingo's
on the lawn. You could dress as Alice and have friends come as the Mad Hatter
or Queen.
A Wild West
Cavalcade could have Annie Oakley on the invitation cover and feature western
decor and costumes. You could hand out tin foil sheriff's stars and tiny Western
hats for partygoers to wear at the door. You could dress as a can-can dancer,
or in a lavish Victorian ball gown. Your guests could dress as outlaws or
cowpunchers, Indians or preachers or Sunday school teachers.
At a monster
mash, you could send out a bat or coffin or Frankenstein's Bride shaped invitations.
You could focus on old movies, with posters from the Bride of Frankenstein
or Creeping Terror. Your house could be covered with cobwebs, coffins, bats
and skeletons and bugs! Ask your friends to come dressed as their favorite
movie monster.
You could give
your party a Phantom of the Opera twist by sending out invitations on white
party masks. Then fill your party room with elegant china and silver, candelabras,
trays filled with pearls and jewels, drapes of fancy fabric from the fabric
store. Don't forget to make an appearance as the phantom or his lovely opera
singer! Ask your friends to dress in their Victorian era best! Deck the house
with strings of pearls, fake jewels, candelabras and of course, spider webs!
I went to one party that was a rockin' 50's bash. Think poodle skirts, cool cars, sock hops. Early rock 'n roll stars wearing suits and thin ties! One girl came dressed as the young Elvis. Only she wore white makeup and had her face painted as if she were dead. Creepy!
More Ideas!!
Another cool theme is to do the Roaring 20's. Flappers, molls, gangsters, the Charleston. Get old movie posters and pictures from that era.
One of my favorites was a Star Wars party. Half the guests came as Imperials, the other half as Rebels. We had a Han Solo and Princess Leia and even a Wookie!
Have fun with whatever you decide! Let your imagination soar. When the moon goes down on your party, people will remember it because it was about something special that you cared about. Here's hoping you have a frightful, but delightful time --Tessa
Your Halloween Party ideas Wanted!
Did you have or go to the best Halloween party ever? Describe the party and what made it special. What was the theme? What kind of invites, decorations, party food and favor was there? What made that party the very, very best?
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