| A fun kid Halloween party idea is to turn the party into | | | | effect. Make a graveyard with cardboard tombstones |
| a haunted house! Kids love Halloween parties and | | | | and plastic skeleton bones. Set up a table covered |
| Haunted Houses so why not combine the two? This | | | | with a sheet for the mad scientist's laboratory. Large |
| Haunted Halloween party idea can be set up a family | | | | jars with green tinted water can display a cauliflower |
| room, garage, or backyard. | | | | brain, green olives in a ball of mozzarella cheese looks |
| Make announcements shaped like a haunted house | | | | like an eyeball, and lots of creepy bugs. |
| with black paper, and white or yellow markers. Let | | | | Lighting really adds to the effect of your haunted |
| everyone know what day, time and location of your | | | | house Halloween party. Cover any really bright areas |
| haunted house Halloween party. Let the kids and | | | | with black or dark cloth and hang twinkle, clip-on black |
| guests know to dress up as ghosts, ghouls, a mad | | | | and strobe lights in key locations. Look for areas that |
| scientist, and monsters. | | | | might become hazardous if too dark and add more |
| Once you decide on the location for the party, look at | | | | lights. String up lots of spider webbing all around the |
| the room or yard to locate any safety concerns, any | | | | room. Use dry ice with adult supervision or a fog |
| off-limit areas of the room or yard, and where to place | | | | machine to add to the spooky effect. |
| decorations. Ideas for decorations and supplies include: | | | | Serve Halloween party finger foods such as: |
| - White sheets, tablecloths or fabric to drape over | | | | - Bite-size pizzas (an olive in the center looks like an |
| furniture | | | | eye) |
| - Black fabric or tablecloth to cover any bright areas | | | | - Fried-ravioli (looks like knuckles) with red pizza sauce |
| - String twinkle lights, flashlights and litesticks | | | | - Chicken wings (tell the kids they are bat wings) |
| - Dry ice or fog machine with adult supervision | | | | - Frog-eye salad (ambrosia with green grapes) |
| - Lots of spider webbing and creepy creatures | | | | - Bubbly brew (punch) |
| - Scary looking jack-o-lanterns | | | | - Cocoa Cat Cookies (chocolate cookies cut into cat |
| - Assorted large clear jars for a scientist lab area | | | | shapes) |
| - Make tombstones from cardboard or foam blocks | | | | Play spooky music and use a strobe light to play kids |
| - Haunted sounds and eerie music | | | | games such as Musical Jack-O-Lanterns (use |
| Cover any furniture or large items with white sheets or | | | | pumpkins instead of chairs), Pin the Hat on the Witch, |
| cloth. Place or hang scary decorations such as spiders, | | | | or Freeze Tag if you are using the backyard. Send |
| bats and rats around the room or yard. Lots of | | | | everyone home with a treat bag full of goodies! |
| jack-o-lanterns piled in corners really adds to the | | | | |