People from nearly every culture and religion celebrate the fall holiday of Halloween in one form or another. This very popular holiday dates back to the early sixteenth century and is still going strong. Both adults and children dress up in elaborate costumes and spend the evening going door to door for candy and frequenting Halloween themed parties.

Of course, to get dressed up, you need to have somewhere to go. The best thing to do is to throw a Halloween party and invite your friends. You need to buy a few accessories and holiday items in order to host your own party on All Hallows Eve. You’ll need at least a few weeks to plan the party. This way your guest will have time to make their costume plans. And you’ll be completely prepared when the big night arrives. To make things easier on yourself, make a list of the tasks you’ll need to accomplish.

Food is a key ingredient at any party, but there are some edibles that help make it a holiday. You’ll definitely want to have munchies like candy corn, popcorn balls, caramel apples and gummy worms on hand. These are foods that make people think of autumn and/or Halloween. Other ideas include making cookies shaped like ghosts and vampires or decorating cupcakes with scary faces.

Let you guests participate in the party preparation by encouraging them to wear costumes. You could even throw together a costume contest among all of the event’s guests. Ask participating party goers to contribute five to ten dollars. At the end of the night, vote on the party’s best costume and award the winner with the collected money.

Get into the scary spirit of Halloween by setting apart a few rooms of your house and making a haunted house. Have a CD of scary sounds on loop in the background and hang up fake cobwebs in the corners. You could also install a few black light bulbs and dim the lights. Everyone will enjoy going through the haunted rooms again and again, especially children and teenagers. They may even get involved and try to scare one another.

If you want to feature a few fun activities at the party, there are a number of them that will be perfect. The tried and true favorite fall game is bobbing for apples. This is great for all ages, and is one of the few games that puts adults and kids on a level playing field. Fill a large clean tub full of cold water and stock it full of ripe apples. Throughout the evening, add a few cups of ice to keep the water nice and chilled.

Another popular and slightly spooky activity is a blindfolded tactile tour of scary Halloween substances. In separate bowls, place chopped peanuts, hot dogs, grapes and cooked spaghetti. Have the guests dip their hands into each of the containers and tell them the contents are guts, amputated fingers, eyes and witches nails. Have younger children skip this activity and have them decorate their own cookies or cupcakes instead.

Last but not least, the decorations can sometimes make or break a Halloween party. Dim the lights and hang stuffed witches and plastic skeletons around the house. Visit party supply stores and find matching paper cups, plates, and tablecloths in Hallow’s Eve themes. You could even rent out a dry ice machine and let the spooky fog fill your home.

Author Bio: Find Halloween party supplies at Costume Stores in Orange County. You can also visit Haunted Houses in San Diego.

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