Halloween Children's Party Ideas Please...

wejustwant2:)

Hi!  I'm throwing a joint Birthday Party in Oct. for my daughters who will be turning 3 and 4 years old and am searching for cute, inexpensive ideas esp. re: decor, games and favors. 

It will be on a Sat. from 2pm to whenever - costumes and dress-up highly encouraged (some adults will dress-up some won't).  Probably a dozen or so younger children - mix of ages.  I'll do balloon animals, hats etc. myself and might hire someone to do face painting and magic or games.  Or try to do that myself as well.

For menu - Antipasti, Lasagna (I'm known for it and can make ahead and freeze), Salad, Swedish Meatballs, etc.  (would also love some cuter fall/Halloween themed recipes to fill in). Probably order plain Pizza for the kids.

Pinata? - my kids don't eat candy yet (maybe after this holiday they will...) is there anything else we could fill a pinata with?  The longer I can hold them off on candy the better. 

Thank you in advance any and all suggestions are welcome.

 

Nukke

Here are some cute decor/food ideas I've collected:

ice cube hand

hot dog mummies and ice cube spiders

Myriad of Martha Steward recipes.  (I've tried the ladies fingers and they turned out fantastic!  Actually, I dare say they looked way better than Martha. They looked so gross, and tasted great)

funny decor idea

for the adults?

gross guacamole

More cute ideas from Martha

cupcakes

cookies

and a snake wreath!

 

TarHeels&Rebels

Try searching Pinterest for Halloween ideas.  I haven't pinned them since I don't have kids, but there are really some brilliant ideas out there.  You have to do a punch with something floating in it

TarHeels&Rebels

Speaking of, a link to this just popped up in my Pinterest feed.  Several of them look like they won't ruin your kids' teeth

wejustwant2:)

Love it!  Love it!  Thank you both so much - tonight after my kids go to sleep I am going to start surfing and planning.

Cheers!

Febuary2011

DIRT CAKE! I am a October baby, and dirt cake was always my favorite. I cant find any amazing pictures, but there are tons of recepies and pictures out there.

 (something like this with worms on it would be cute)

 You can serve it with a shovel as well

Smoking punch is cute as well!

Ingredients 1 can lemonade concentrate 1 bottle jar white grape juice 2 pints water 2 liters Canada Dry Ginger-ale (not heavy in caramel) OR, 2 liters Sprite/7-Up/no name lemon soda 1/2 teaspoon green food coloring optional Method To make it ?smoke? put dry ice in the cauldron instead of regular ice. Pour the punch into a punchbowl that fits within the cauldron and pour water onto the dry ice. Do not put the dry ice into the punch. Water will activate the dry ice to create fog.  Popcorn in a glove would make a cute gift... (hot tamales for the nails with a spider ring on the finger)  This would be an easy craft.   SO CUTE for gift bags  another craft  this is a sucker with cloth over it and a face, and finish it off  with string! either cute for a craft, or to go in the gift bag.  could be used as a gift bag We also played a mummy game, where a group of kids would wrap another kid in toilet paper, you could do by who finishes first wins, or by who makes the best mummy (might be a bit younge?) Hopes some of this helps    

 

6fsn

Look in the favor section of Hobby Lobby or any store.  I got some slinkies, erasers, and silly bands for our pinata.

Magdala9

The last time  I saw a pi?ata, my prankster BIL filled in with the Hi bounce balls and boxes of raisins, when the kids finally hit it, those balls were bouncing everywhere.

Tweetysvoice

We always did the bowl in a box thing with our kids..  This is where you fill a bowl with cooked spaghetti noodles (guts), grapes (eyeballs), carrot sticks (fingers), etc.. and had them reach into the box to "feel".  They loved this

kjvogelsang

Something to put coke bottles or juice boxes in 

 

Decoration ideas! Or even have the kids decorate them! 

 

Food ideas for you

 

 

 

 

wejustwant2:)

LOVE all of these ideas.  I want to do everything!!!   Thank you all so much.

Surfinbride

I love that snake wreath!