Halloween is obviously my favorite holiday. We have started an annual Tatton Halloween party tradition, and every year it just keeps getting better and better. I throw two parties on two different weekends. One with the family and one with the friends.
In order to have a successful party you have to make it a night your guests will never forget, and that is always my goal. Here's what you need for an unforgettable party- Exciting Unique Invitations, Party Theme, Perfect Costumes, Over The Top Decor, Fun Activities, And Lots of Creative Food & Drinks.
Exciting Unique Invitations: Unfortunately I hadn't thought of my theme before I made my invitations. You typically want them to go with your theme. You're invitations are one of the most important things to do in order to have a successful party. It sets the stage for what kind of party you're having. If I would have thought of my theme before I made my invites I probably would have gone with something like a Poisoned Apple or a Mirror. But I still LOVE my invites, they were so awesome and i got a lot of compliments on them. People like exciting things they get to eat or decorate with. Not just boring paper. The other important part of invitations is getting you're invitations out in a timely manner. I always try to get my invites out or at least tell them my date of the party by October 1st. That way I call dibs on that date before anyone else does and so that they have time to arrange their schedules to attend. Always ask them to RSVP in a timely manner so you know how many people to expect a couple weeks before the party. I usually invite almost double the amount I would like to come because a lot of people cancel last minute or can't attend. (Make sure you will have enough room if they do all decide to show up)
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Party Theme: For the theme of my parties I try to come up with whatever is popular at
the time. This year there has been so many Snow White movies and TV
shows for example- Mirror Mirror, Once Upon A Time, Grimms Snow White,
Enchanted, Snow White A Deadly Summer, The Original Snow White & The
Seven Dwarfs diamond edition. And then there's Snow White & The
Huntsman a more dark side of the tale.
Next year... Vampire theme!
Perfect Costumes: You obviously want your costumes to go along with your party. If you're the host, you better go all out! Queen Ravenna was an obvious choice for me. I like to dress up as characters that are evil and crazy but at the same time pretty. I love Charlize Theron, I think she's beautiful and a great actress
unlike some of the other characters in the movie. (I think we all know
who I'm talking about) And my husband never wants to be a sissy for Halloween so the Huntsman was perfect for him.
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| Huntsman Costume Inspiration | | | | | | | | |
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| Ravennas Costume Inspiration |
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| Ravennas Costume Inspiration |
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| Our Costumes (Got them online at Amazon, the best place to get amazing costumes!) |
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| Makeup Inspiration |
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| Hair Inspiration Mixed With The Next Photo |
Over The Top Decor: Wallpaper is the best way to do this. Pay attention to little details that go with your theme.
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| Castle Inspiration |
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| I turned one of our rooms into Ravennas Castle |
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| Mirror Mirror Figure Inspiration |
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| Our Mirror Mirror. This was a big hit at the party! It was actually pretty easy to make we got gold silk fabric from JoAnnes and put a head armor from the dollar store through it and hung it to the ceiling. Then we pinned it back to make it look like he had shoulders. This was a great photography prop! |
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| Mirror & Candle Inspiration |
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| Our game we played used the tv so here's our set up. | |
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| Mirror & Candle Inspiration |
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| I got the plates that look like the mirror and the skull candle from Michaels | |
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| The black roses, ravens, and candles came from the dollar store |
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| Ravenna looking in the mirror inspiration |
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| Our actual mirror |
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| For our living room we did the dark forest theme |
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| We put tree wallpaper, bats and spiders hanging from the ceiling, black twigs, and spider webs everywhere. We also had the movie playing in the background while we had the party. |
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| I get most of my traditional halloween decor from Michaels and Krumpets! My two favorite holiday decor stores. |
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| Picture Inspiration! |
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Fun Activities: If you're going to throw a big party you better have something to do! In the past I've done a dinner party with a four course meal. That was a lot of fun and delicious! But it's hard to plan for how many people because I had half my party cancel the day of my party last year. I was not a happy camper having spent all that money on food and the dining room hotel rental. Luckily my friends here in St. George are reliable and I didn't have that problem. But I learned my lesson last year and decided to make dinner simple and have a big candy bar and white chili for one party and pizza for the other. This years entertainment I bought a game call AtmosFEAR. It was kinda pricey but well worth the money!
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| You can get this game new on amazon for around $70 or used for around $55 |
Creative Food & Drink:
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| We got the lanterns at Halloween City. Aren't our guests costumes awesome?! |
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| I need a bigger house just for these parties! I got the charger plates at Michaels. |
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| May the odds be ever in your favor! Bad to the bone cup at Walmart also have one that says Boo-tiful! Love them, they are so cute! |
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| Halloween Hot Chocolate Bar! Signs- Dollar Store, Skull Cookie Jar I Used For Hot Cocoa- Harmons, Table Cloth- Target, Hot Chocolate Maker- Walmart |
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| What you need for a Hot Chocolate Bar- Straws, Whipped Cream, Marshmallow Bits, Halloween Marshmallows, Sprinkles, Hot Chocolate Stir Spoons, Cups, Pumpkin Spices, Pumpkin Hot Chocolate and Original Hot Chocolate |
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| Aren't these cute? I got this template online. |
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| Can't have a Halloween party without a candy bar!!! |
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| I had so much candy, not even two parties could eat it all! |
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| Next year I think I'm going to add some more healthy snacks. |
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| Crow Inspiration |
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| Crows & Poisoned Apple Cotton Candy mmm |
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| Poisoned Apple Inspiration |
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| Poisoned Apples With Daggers |
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| "Beauty is my power" - Queen Ravenna Inspiration |
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| Ravennas Beauty Potion & Age Substation Potion (Powder Candy Tubes) |
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| Poisoned Apple (Taffy, Frooties, Caramel Apple Suckers, & Cotton Candy) |
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| Inspiration for Snow Balls, Red Lipstick Candy, Black Licorice, and Cinnamon Hearts |
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| Skin White As Snow (Snow Balls With Daggers) |
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| Huntsman Leather, Black Licorice, Snow Balls, Cinnamon Hearts |
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| Ravennas Finger Claw Inspiration |
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| I wanted to add some salty snacks in with the candy. Ravennas Finger Claws (Bugles) Crow Bones (Covered Pretzels) Crow Eyes (Chocolate Eyes) |
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| Troll Inspiration |
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| Troll Fingers (Lollipop Fingers) Huntsmans Drink To Drown Sorrows (Happy Cola) |
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| Dwarves Inspiration |
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| Dwarves (Sour Patch Kids) Dwarve Feet (Candy Feet) |
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| In the movie the Dwarf is high around the camp fire, very funny! Dwarf Shrooms (Mary Jane) |
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| Dark Forest Tree Branches (Pretzel Sticks) Dark Forest Creatures (Gummy Creatures) |
Missing From The Pictures- Troll Teeth (Candy Corn) Troll Snot (Candy Boogers) Troll Eyes (Candy Eyes) Lips Red As Blood (Red Lipstick Candy) Poisoned Apple (Caramel Apple Suckers)
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| Just for fun ;) |
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| I used this for our Root Beer drink dispenser. |
More entertainment:
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Chalk Board Signs Used For Photography Props. You can get them here-
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| For voting Best & Funniest costumes I used empty Halloween tissue boxes. |
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| I got these mini trophies at a party supply store. |
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| I made these little potions with bottles from Michaels. Fun huh? |
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Hope you enjoyed my Halloween blog! I'm going to be sad when Halloween is over. I'm thinking next party will be Twilight Part II Girls night, and Valentines Dinner Party. Until then!
