It’s Halloween and time to think about your party ideas! Don’t stress if you are stuck. These spooky Halloween party ideas will make your event so epic that even the ghosts and ghouls will arrive.
From pumpkin party bags to spider web wall decor, crazy cocktails, kid-friendly cupcakes, and eerie black table centerpieces, you will find everything you need to make your guests scream with delight.
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Let’s get the party started with a glass of punch, and it’s non-alcoholic, so everyone can enjoy it!
This fun Halloween recipe uses Sprite, pineapple juice, lime sherbet, green gel food coloring, gummy worms, and plastic spiders like these (eek!)
Sounds crazy? It is, but it’s delicious. Why not give it a try?
Check out these fun party hacks for your Halloween bash!
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Every party needs party bags, and for Halloween, you need to make them spooky. Follow this easy guide to make party bags using acetate sheets.
The clear sheets allow you to create a window to show off the tempting treats inside. Fill the bags with popcorn or candy and you have memorable favors for the kids to take home.
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Decorating your front door with a Halloween wreath is a great way to get your guests into the party mood.
Start with a plain foam wreath form like this and cover it with black tulle, lace, and feathers. Then, use a glue gun to attach spooky accents like faux spiders, bats, feathers, and mini pumpkins.
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When the lights go out, you need Glow in the Dark garlands to add to the scary Halloween vibe.
Follow the easy steps in this tutorial to create a fabulous garland decorated with friendly ghosts, pumpkins, and geometric shapes.
This is a fun and budget-friendly project that the whole family can get involved in making.
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If you are stuck for ideas on how to spook up your Halloween table, Nomita from The DIY Family comes to the rescue.
This cool blog post shows you how to create ghostly dinner plates, one-eyed monster wooden spoons, and masked bandit bat bottles for drinks. A downloadable PDF is available to help you along.
You’ll want to see these easy DIY party decorations.
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Witches are an integral part of Halloween, and if you don’t personally know a witch to invite, you can do the next best thing – create a bewitching hat display!
This set of 12 black witch hats can be decorated with ribbons, pom poms, paint, and glitter. Use the fishing line to hang the hats indoors or outdoors at different heights to create an eerie display.
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Thrill your guests with platters of creepy snacks. I am LUVing these spider pizzas, jalapeno mummies, bat tortilla chips, pumpkin deviled eggs, and apple and peanut butter monsters.
The snacks are not too scary, so they are ideal for kids. If your party is for adults only, go wild with fake blood, gore, and slimy eyeballs!
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Everyone will be snapping selfies at your Halloween party, but this awesome idea will take their photos to the next level.
Follow the steps in the post to create a delightful photo booth decorated with large cut-out monsters, bats, and ghouls. These cute designs are not too scary and are ideal for kids.
You can also add some BOO props on straws that kids can hold to add even more excitement to the photo shoot.
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Every party starts with an invite and your Halloween invite should set the scene. These cute bat invites are just what you need to scare your friends into attending!
Cut black card stock into bat shapes, clip the wings together so they move and you have a bat-tastic invitation card. While you are busy, make some extra bats to decorate your party venue.
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These fun smoothies are sure to get people grinning like Jack O Lanterns. The recipe uses everyday ingredients like oranges, bananas, yogurt, and chocolate chips to create the face designs.
They are also suitable for vegans, so everyone can enjoy these smoothie showstoppers.
These fun party games for teens would be a hit at a Halloween party!
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A balloon garland is a spook-tacular way to add eerie flair to your porch. This stunning display uses balloons in trendy colors of purple, black, white, and peach.
I found these amazing black star-shaped balloons and these fab checkerboard balloons on Amazon to add to your garland creation.
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After the kids have gone to bed, it’s time for the adults to enjoy macabre Halloween cocktails.
This gory mix is called “Corpse Revived’ and includes Gin, Lillet Blanc, Dry Curaçao, fresh lemon juice, a dash of Absinthe, and red Hawaiian Punch Syrup as blood. Only for the brave!
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Here is another sinister but fun idea for your Halloween party. Line your walkway with grinning pumpkin lanterns to guide guests to their tables.
I used these awesome pumpkins I found on Amazon. Transform them into enchanting lanterns by adding Tap Lights, thick glow sticks, or other flameless lights, making them shimmer with a magical, eerie charm.
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If you know about the ancient art of origami (paper folding) but not
kirigami (I didn’t), this blog post explains it all.
Kirigami takes origami up a notch by adding in cutting work which is great for building fine motor skills.
So, get the kids busy on a rainy afternoon and create this awesome spiderweb garland. Hang the garlands above your door and let them dangle from the ceiling to add a burst of color.
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Here is another fun Halloween party idea that the kids will love. Ananda from A Piece of Rainbow shows us how to make DIY magical non-scary bat decor using toilet rolls, paper, and glue.
If you are planning an all-adults party and want to make them more sinister, add evil-looking eyes and gunky red paste to look like blood.
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Don’t be stuck when it comes to table centerpieces for your Halloween party. This fun and easy project uses thin branches and bat cut-outs to create a tall, ominous vase display.
Trace your cut-outs onto black cardstock using a bat stencil like this.
I like to add a sprinkling of silver glitter!
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If you have left your candy bags for the last minute – here is a quick and easy idea.
This innovative crafter has hand sketched and cut out some pretty-eyed bats to attach to bright orange candy bags.
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I love carved pumpkins but I can never get them looking professional. Luckily I found that Jillian from Catch My Party has the solution.
Follow her blog post on how to use free printable pumpkin carving templates to make your pumpkins look like frightfully spooky works of art.
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Ghostly apparitions floating around your party venue are sure to freak out your guests. Make your own DIY ghosts using cheesecloth, balloons, liquid starch, and some everyday craft supplies.
I love how light and ethereal these ghosts look! Follow the easy tutorial to create these ghostly effects.
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Match up some eerie icons and shout ‘Bingo’! This fun free printable Bingo game is ideal for kids and adults.
Include the game in your party packs for guests to take home. Or, play Bingo at midnight and add some creepy prizes for extra chills.
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Halloween parties demand that cupcakes get a thrilling upgrade into the realm of spooky.
Be inspired by this awesome post and bake frightful cupcakes shaped like ghosts, pumpkins, candy corn, and cauldrons.
This Halloween set of cookie cutters has haunted shapes that include a spider, pumpkin, bat, cat, ghost, and a witch hat.
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A Halloween charcuterie board shaped like a coffin is the ultimate creepy treat!
Fill it with a mix of eerie snacks like blood-red cold meats, ghostly-shaped cheese slices, and spider-web-covered crackers, for a hauntingly delicious spread that will impress your guests.
Here is the perfect coffin-shaped charcuterie board for your party!
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I LUV this boo-it-yourself project! Follow the tutorial to make a cute pinata in the shape of an animal of your choice.
Use vibrant colored cardstock like this to bring it to life and make it a focal point in your party venue. If you think these are too cute to destroy, make the opening on the top bigger to keep or give as a treat box!
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When the kids are done eating all your delicious treats, they need to work off the sugar rush by playing a game.
Here is a fun Pumpkin Toss game you can make at home using toilet rolls, orange and green felt, construction paper, satin ribbon, everyday craft supplies, and a fall harvest-themed basket like this.
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Follow the steps to make eerie, weird, slimy green Halloween Jello shots topped with spooky eyeballs.
They are sure to add a creepy twist to your Halloween party. You can even add fun flavored gummy eyeballs like this that you can buy in bulk.
These cute jello shots include alcohol, so serve them after the kids have gone to bed.
You might also want to see these best beer drinking games for your party.
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Upcycle your old tin cans and turn them into ghoulish (or cute) characters for a Halloween Tin Can Bowling game.
Use craft paint to create ghosts, cats, and grinning pumpkins. Get creative and wrap some cans in white fabric strips to make spooky mummies!
After the season is over, you can use the cans as desk tidies or pen pots.
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Here is another monster-ific idea for Halloween parties – Let the kids dress up and have a costume contest.
If you need inspiration, this blog post shows you how to make a quick Lego costume using a cardboard box, spray paint can lids, spray paint in your choice of color, and a box cutter.
The Lego outfit is adorably cute and is ideal for girls and boys.
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Who wants meat when you can have a sweet treat? I am so inspired to make these delectable Gummy Kabobs for my Halloween party. I will certainly add candy eyeballs, teeth, ears, and worms.
These fun gummy y can be used as a garnish, cupcake toppers, or swizzle sticks. For the kids, you can wrap them up in cellophane and add them to a party pack.
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My next spooky Halloween party idea is a sensational backdrop to decorate your walls. Create a spider web by using double-sided tape or command mounting strips like this.
Next, cut out spiders from black cardstock or buy plastic spiders to stick at random over the web. The project will take minutes to make and is sure to frighten your guests!
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Add a sweet touch to your table – who can resist chocolate? I certainly can’t.
Follow this fun guide to create Halloween Chocolate Bark with spooky ghosts as decoration. The bark stores easily at room temperature and can be made ahead of time.
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My last Halloween party idea is a fun way to turn everyday cupcakes into Halloween treats.
Emma from Gathering Beauty has free downloadable topper designs. All you need is some cardstock and cocktail sticks, and you are set.
With designs that include friendly ghosts, grinning pumpkins, BOO, Trick or Treat, and witches’ hats, your table will look spook-tacular.
