Throw the perfect Halloween party
Filed under: Seasonal, October 2009
Us Brits aren't all that fond of trick-or-treating and there are many safer and far more fun ways to celebrate Halloween, such as throwing a big, scary party because everyone can enjoy a party whether they like Halloween or not.
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Next set the mood for your party. This can be easy and cheap to achieve if you use some spooky lighting - candles, especially inside a carved out pumpkin, create the right atmosphere. You can use chalk on black sugar paper to draw tombstones, or you could draw a body outline on the floor for a murder scene effect. Toilet paper is great for creating a mummified look.
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Next set the mood for your party. This can be easy and cheap to achieve if you use some spooky lighting - candles, especially inside a carved out pumpkin, create the right atmosphere. You can use chalk on black sugar paper to draw tombstones, or you could draw a body outline on the floor for a murder scene effect. Toilet paper is great for creating a mummified look.
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Elizabeth said 11:34AM on 10-29-2009
Clear Plastic cups/glasses - put jelly in - use orange/strawberry or lime flavours and before jelly sets put in things like - worms, teeth, eyeballs, laces.....sweets of course !!! and for a txist get some sour flavoured sweets ...............yummy :)
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Yvonne said 11:34AM on 10-29-2009
Don't put a candle in your jack-o-lantern, get your Christmas fairy lights out early and put those in the pumpkin instead, not only is it much safer, you don't get that weird smell of slowly cooked pumpkin.
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Ben said 12:12PM on 10-29-2009
Why not try out some of these festive recipes ...
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Witchs' eye ball punch,
Pumpkin seed bread and
'Snot' soup
Enjoy
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chrisandmariette said 12:16PM on 10-29-2009
Get a couple of the gloves with the long fingers attached and split guests into teams. Have a couple of large bowls or hollowed pumpkins and fill with rice crispies cereal, or jelly worms or whatever and have a spider ring for every member in too...teamates take turns finding their one ring,,,first team to finish wins...
Or, get rolls of loo roll, and have two teams nominate one person from their team...teamates then have one minute to decorate their mummy....good laughs.
I love halloween...cant wait till Saturday to get my party started! Mwahhahahaha!
Mo
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Mr. R. Moyes said 2:26PM on 10-29-2009
Whatever happened to Guy Fawkes and the old British tradition of " A penny for the Guy".
Now we are being swamped with Americanisation what with Proms and Hi and Guys.
I hope no one comes knocking for trick or treat on my door, they may get an earful of my objections to this rubbish.
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blondie said 3:03PM on 10-29-2009
You obviously don't have any sense of fun.
Theres nothing more enjoyable as a parent of small children - to watch their delight in being spooked, having a party with friends and enjoying trick or treating and all the festivities. Times have moved on - maybe you need to as well. Hope you get lots of knocks on doors on Saturday!
tania said 2:51PM on 10-29-2009
unfortunately mr moyes you are incorrect it is an irish tradition originally, then when they moved to the americas it was introduced there.
when i was young we did penny for the guy, but now that is classed as begging,
tania said 2:52PM on 10-29-2009
for our party, we are having apple bobbing, mummy game, eyeball relays , hula hoops on strings eating competition, and lots more.
we also light pumpkins with battery operated lights. party food from the xmas tesco range is reasonable too.
and online there ae lots of ideas for punch alcoholic or non alco.
enjoy saturday be safe, only go to pumpkin lit houses please, where u are welcome.
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