Party Supplies For Your Halloween Party

Party Supplies For Your Halloween Party
By Mike Selvon

Call eight to ten of your ghastliest boy and ghoul-friends for this year's Halloween get-together and it's sure to be a scream! Party supplies are likely to include elaborate decorations, partyware, favors, themed food and party supplies costumes. You can have just as much fun planning the celebration as you'll have at the event, if you start a month in advance.

The first task -- that can be rather daunting -- is knowing where to look for costumes and party supplies. Party City is a great wholesale party supply store that will have costumes from $15 - $60 for adults.

However, you'll want to shop as early as possible to avoid barren shelves and poor selection. Buycostumes has unique costumes for reasonable prices. If you want a really horrific mask and are willing to spend a little more, Thehorrordome is your site. You can find hundreds of costumes at Orientaltrading, including plus sizes and couples options!

For decoration party supplies, check Frightcatalog, Orientaltradingpost, Partycity and Thehorrordome for some fantastic options. Wall-coverings, tablecloths and a few cut-outs can quickly transform your house into the scariest place on the block. Animatronics add additional scares, while cobwebs and balloons are cheap, creepy additions.

As far as partyware celebration supplies go, Orientaltrading offers 25 plates in themed colors for just $2.95, skeleton hand champagne glasses (12 for $18), decorated table cloths ($3), a skull punch-bowl set for $24, and monster hand Jello molds.

A traditional and cheap main entree is goulash made of just noodles, sauce, peppers, onions and ground beef. (You can serve a small army for $10). Other options include: Pumpkin soup or pie, deviled potato salad, herb-marinated olives, nutty phyllo ghosts, candy apples and more (at Foodnetwork.com).

A larger list of Halloween recipe sites can be found at: Darklinks.com/dhauntfood.html, which includes vegetarian and cocktail options.

For music party supplies, you can purchase a Halloween compilation or download the typical "Monster Mash" or Ghostbuster theme tunes. For more upbeat atmosphere, try a "horrorbilly" or "psychobilly" band or two.

The Matadors, The Creepshow or The Horrorpops give you Halloween-themed music with an old rock n roll twist that's sure to get your celebration dancing. Or purchase an inclusive murder mystery kit with food, music and entertainment directions.

Lastly, it could be fun to give your friends some favors to take home with them as a memento. Orientaltrading has an especially good selection of celebration supplies and favors by the dozen -- like 12 light-up skeleton shot-glasses for $10.

You shouldn't see cobwebs when you open your wallet after buying party supplies, as long as you've made a budget and stuck to it. Decide which area you'll want to spend in and recruit some friends to help out. Remember, decor is key for a creepy Halloween bash that your friends will always remember!

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Great Party Game

The best game I have ever played at Halloween is one I call "Guess What This Is!" . It can be the most fun and seriously disgusting game you could ever come across -- and it is all what you want to make it. I do not know if it is referenced by any other names, I just know that it is my absolute favorite freak-out game that I got from my mother-in-law. It is a "touch and feel" guessing game, but with a twist. Here is how the game is played:

1. Put something horribly smelly in a box. Tell them they are going to be trying to identify the items they touch, but that they get to smell it first.

2. Pair the smelly object with something that makes sense -- in the same box. For instance, my mother-in-law (yes, she really did this to her kids) put doggie doodie in a box on one side, and a ripe peeled banana on the other side. Believe me, a banana was not exactly what they thought they touched, but it is a great match for the game.

3. Blindfold the player or team, and begin. Cut a small "smell hole" on one side of the box. Hold the box up at nose level and have them sniff. Then, turn the box around, have the same player reach in and touch it and try and guess what it is. It is completely gross and one of the funniest things to watch. Do it by teams or individually, depending on your number of people.

This game is an awesome opportunity for some great laughs and disgusting Halloween fun. Whoever guesses the most items right wins. Just be sure you remember to keep the paired items straight... make sure they do not accidently touch the smelly stuff!

All About Fog...

Last year I took my kids out trick-or-treating, and honestly, one of my kids would prefer tricks to treats -- so it wasn't any surprise that they were particularly mesmerized by one particular house. The coolest house we went to had it's courtyard all fogged in. I had to have it.
So, this year I decided to check out some things to make my party and Halloween night a little more spectacular.

I am buying, not renting, a fog machine. I really had no idea they were so reasonable. They come in a variety of sizes, and if you don't like the smoky atmosphere you can also find items called Ultrasonic Mist Makers. The mist makers are low voltage mist makers that use very little water and can be plugged in almost anywhere, indoors or out.

By far, the most awesome site I've found so far to get all kinds of effects and costume stuff is at SpiritHalloween -- if you need anything at all, I recommend visiting it and checking it out.