Halloween Discussion Forums, Costumes, Horror!

Hello! New Halloween junkie on board :twisted:

This weekend I'm working on some of the details for this year's Halloween party. We are throwing a witch's ball and I plan to play spooky tunes all night long. I've got a fairly good list going and have covered all the obvious but I need more. I plan ...

You can make your dolls pretty creepy for very little $$$$. You can tea stain the clothing then abuse the heck out of it. Take sandpaper to the clothes, leave them outside for days, drive over them with your car - whatever.

As for the dolls themselves you can just repaint their faces. Latex paint ...

Ah! One of my favorite themes!

MHooch listed a lot of great ideas. You can also add to that a layer of dust (just blow a handful or two of flour over everything. We made up "apothocary jars" by just adding some vintage looking labels to thrift store jars and filling them with colored water, slime ...

Our party prizes are usually related to our theme (last year we had a Clue theme and gave out the board game). We've done movies before and I also like Halloween goodie baskets. We just do up some baskets with an assortment of Halloween treats like candy, pumpkin carving kits, Halloween bath towels ...

Love it! Do you have contacts with anyone that owns a hearse? That would be a nice touch.

This year will be our 13th annual Halloween party. We are going with a Witch's Ball theme but I really like the funeral idea.