My First Halloween Party For Kids

My daughter is 8 years old now, and I think it's time to make a Halloween Party for her and her friends. I have only tried having Halloween parties for adults, so this is going to be a whole new experience - and challenge.

I have scheduled the party from 2 pm - 5 pm. Three hours is a good time frame when you are dealing with young kids. We are only going to have 4 kids in total - this way it will be very cosy and manageable.

The program is as follows:

• Dress-up and makeup
• Pumpkin Carving
• Decorating muffins with orange glaze and Halloween candy
• Cutting out and assembling Halloween paper models
• Trick-or-Treat (4 neighbors have agreed to be ready at 4.30 pm)

And of course time to play :) As I haven't tried this with kids, I have no idea whether or not I have planned too much or too little for the children. Time will tell.

Halloween Decor - For the Kids and Nerdy Adults

Some years ago I stumbled across the Ravens Blight website. It has a lot of really cool Halloween paper models. I especially like this one of a decrepit old house - it has a very unique look, and it's not too demanding to make. My daughter certainly loved it. With the monster dolls that you can print also, she had a real monster doll house. It is open in the back - like a doll house. You can find the instructions for theses paper models - and many more - here at Ravens Blight. I have assembled the ones below, with huge success! I will definitely be adding to the collection this year.

Scary Spooky (and 1 funny) Movies from 2014-2016

So, I am going to mention my favorite movies to watch in October. I made a list in 2014 that contained - in my view - the very best Halloween worthy movies. This new list will be of movies made since then.

The first one is actually not that scary - but it is very, very funny.

1. What we do in the shadows - so funny
2. Crimson Peak - it's a gothic ghost/horror movie. I wish it had been better - but still way more watchable than all those horror-torture movies out there.

Well that was a short list. I just could not find any new movies that are truly scary. Gross torture movies/damsel in distress galore - but no decent, good quality scary movies out in recent years. Sad face :( Well, I guess I can re-watch some of the old, but golden, classics.

Halloween Props - Single Cover

It's the small details that give your Halloween interior design decor that extra something. This is a cover that I found years ago on the Internet (sadly, I cannot link to the original image, as I don't know where I found it).  I made the back cover to complete the illusion of a real record. I printed the two images and glued them to an old single record cover and finished with a layer of varnish to give it that old look.

Place Cards For a Halloween Dinner Party

Some years ago I made these place cards for our Halloween dinner party. When we were seated each guest would read the text on the back of the place card out loud in a funny / accented voice. It was great fun - and a good ice breaker.

Halloween Props

So, I have been thinking about this year's Murder House theme. Since I love decorating our home for the annual Halloween party, I am always looking for props to use around the house. I am going to print this old ad and hang it on a wall - or the fridge.

That Time Again

So, it's that time of year again where the Halloween invitations have gone out. Every year I design my Halloween invitation so that it matches that year's Halloween theme. This year I decided to have a Gore Galore Halloween Party. So, it will be fun to see what the guests make of that one for dressing up :) For decorations I will be doing a Murder House theme with plastic sheets on the floor and broken dolls/barbies hanging from the ceiling. Should be fun.

This is my 2016 Halloween invitation:

And these two are from previous Halloween parties: