Halloween Night Frightening Party Themes

The highlight of your Halloween night might be staying in to see all the cute toddler costumes, the creative kids costumes and the teenagers who thought you wouldn't recognize them beneath their Halloween masks! Yet, for others, slightly more self-centered gratification is in order. After all, the bowl of candy outside should work out just fine for the few kids who do come around the neighborhood, yet for some, the night of October 31st is the perfect time to party!

Perhaps you'd like to plan a formal Halloween Night Dinner Party. This is a great idea and works well if you'd like to make it a themed event. For instance, you could request that everyone dress up as pirates or in turn-of-the-century vampire/Renaissance costumes. For the best results, do a little research ahead of time and find adult costume sites to direct your guests to visit.

HGTV has some good "eerily elegant" Halloween decorations recommendations for you at www.hgtv.com/hgtv/pac_ctnt_988/text/0,,hgtv_22056_51609,00.html and www.epicurious.com offers a full selection of Halloween recipes for you to choose from. Your food should be planned out, from the appetizers and drinks to a main course and desserts, served up in themed kitchenware for the most memorable dinner.

An easy October 31st festivity is to plan a "Murder Mystery Party" by using one of the many boxed game sets out there. You'll typically receive character and costume suggestions for each person, music and decoration ideas, Halloween recipes, music suggestions and scripts. Check out www.dinnerandamurder.com, www.acemurdermystery.com, www.tailormademysteries.com, www.mysteriesbyvincent.com or www.host-a-murder.com for starters.

Some kits allow hosts to download all the materials they need, while others offer more person-to-person party planning advice. There are also murder mystery kits you can buy at game stores, notably the Bepuzzled brand "A Taste For Wine and Murder," which comes with recipes, character booklets, invitations, a CD, secret clues and costume/decorating advice.

Murder mystery games are great guides to hosting your first Halloween night party!

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