Ideas for Halloween: what image to create, where and how to hold the party

Despite the fact that this holiday is not official in Russia and the CIS countries, people still like to celebrate it, because it is not only unusual, but also quite colorful and original.

Many people throw parties on Halloween. They can take place both in clubs, cafes and restaurants, and at home.

To decorate your room beautifully and prepare original Halloween crafts, we provide several interesting ideas, many of which you will definitely like.

DIY Halloween: Little Ghosts

You will need:

- Styrofoam balls (can be found at an office supply store)

- white cloth or gauze

- black pins

- thick thread.

1. Wrap each foam ball in fabric and tie a thick thread at the neck to secure the fabric.

2. Insert black pins to become eyes.

3. To hang the ghost, you can make a small loop of thread on the top of the head.

Ready!

Party style

☠️ The first stage is the most important, as it determines the direction of all subsequent points.

The theme for an ominous evening can be anything, the main thing is to focus on the preferences of your audience.

It could be a terribly scary party for adults, a lighter version for children, a “party in style” for teenagers, an office party or a themed holiday with pre-agreed costumes in the same style.

It’s important to think through a plan for your party so that no one gets bored or too scared.

DIY Halloween Crafts: Spider Garland

You will need:

- thin brushes

- strong thread

- needle and thread or tape.

1. Prepare 4 pipe cleaners, gather them into a bunch and bend them in half.

2. Grasp the top of the head where the pipe cleaners fold, bend it slightly and twist the pipe cleaners to form the body of the spider.

3. Start straightening the spider's legs.

4. Using a thread and a needle or tape, attach the spider to the thread.

5. Make a few more spiders to create a larger garland.

Games, pranks and prizes

?️ Coming up with something to entertain guests is also not a problem:

1. Classic games (cards, dice, board games)
2. Pre-prepared active games (catching apples out of the water without using your hands, guessing character voices using a helium balloon, speed drinking blood, or a detective quest to solve a murder mystery)
3. The highlight of the program should definitely be the awarding of a prize for the “most…” scary, funny, original costume. There may be several such nominations.
4. Pranks and practical jokes. You can place playful traps throughout the house, or prepare more elaborate “setups”.

DIY Halloween decor

For this project, you can use your imagination and use any objects (things, toys) to create an original Halloween corner.

In this case, a witch's locker was created. A large wooden box was used for this, but instead you can use a cardboard box to which you can attach several shelves and decorate with paints (gouache) and/or black duct tape (or duct tape).

As decorations you can add:

- toy skulls

- bats cut out of black paper

- artificial spider web (buy in cans or make your own from threads)

- candles

- old books and unwanted keys

- jars and cones, painted with gouache in the desired colors.

Food

? The main task of Halloween goodies and treats is that they should be scary and not cause much appetite?

Appetizers that guests always enjoy include: Zombie Fingers, Witch's Punch and Pumpkin Cookies. Simple-to-prepare snacks can be turned into fancy dishes with the right design.

To prepare themed cupcakes and cookies, we recommend stocking up on stylish baking tins.

You can also use special molds to create original pieces of ice for punch and other drinks.

DIY Halloween at home: bloody candles

You will need:

- food parchment (baking paper)

- white thick and thin candles

- 1 red candle

- pins and nails

- foil.

1. To begin, cover your work surface with parchment paper and remove all stickers (if any) from the candles.

2. Light the red candle and get ready to drip red paraffin onto the thick white candle. You can insert pins and nails into the white candle in advance. Be careful, remember - paraffin is hot.

3. The same can be done with thin candles and then insert them into the candlestick.

Music

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The selection of tracks is an important step in maintaining the atmosphere. It can be:

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• Creepy sounds and whispers of ghosts, thunderclaps, screams of victims and howling wolves
• Track listing of death metal bands
• Ready playlist on Yandex.Music
• Custom music list based on the theme of your party and your preferences

How to make a big Halloween ghost with your own hands

You will need:

- transparent garbage bags

- transparent wide and thin tape

- mannequin or volunteer

* you can use part of a mannequin (without the head) or something that has the shape of a torso, as well as a ball for the head.

- fishing line (for hanging).

1. Torso

1.1. Place a large clear bag over the mannequin. If you have a volunteer as a mannequin, make holes in the bag for the head and arms and then put it on it.

1.2. Start wrapping thick tape around the bag. Pay special attention to the most intricate parts of the torso. Wrap around your waist, neck and shoulders. Add some tape to connect all the already wrapped parts - a couple of pieces from the neck to the shoulders and a couple from the waist to the neck.

* For more difficult places, you can use thin tape.

In the picture you can see strips of blue tape - this is so that you can better understand what to do next.

1.3. Continue wrapping the tape, varying from horizontal to vertical strips. The main thing is that the entire torso is covered.

1.4. To make the shape stronger, add another layer of tape. You can add a couple more layers if desired, but the more tape, the less transparent the ghost will be.

1.5. Using scissors (preferably with rounded ends), cut the shape from the back from the neck to the waist in a straight line. The dark tape in the picture shows exactly where this needs to be done.

1.6. Carefully remove the form from the mannequin and set it aside.

7. Now
the head .
If you don't have a head model, you can use a regular ball of the appropriate size.

*Under no circumstances use a real person for this.

7.1. Place a transparent bag over the mold.

7.2. Wrap thin tape around the neck to secure the bag at the bottom. And to secure the bag on top, wrap tape around it in the forehead area. If you are using balls, simply place some tape on the bottom and then start wrapping it around the entire ball.

You can make several layers to secure the tape structure.

7.3. Carefully cut the tape and remove it.

8. Connecting

Place the pieces on top of each other and secure them with tape. You can first secure with a small amount of tape to determine the shape you like best. After that, simply wrap the figure in 2 layers.

9.

To make torn clothes for a ghost, take several transparent bags and cut off the bottom. Next, make a fringe from the bag. Secure the resulting part with tape.

* You can put a shawl or gauze on the ghost.

10. You can hang a ghost.

Guest list and invitations

?The list of guests will help you decide on the volume of treats and organization of space - it’s sad to watch 20 of your friends gobble up a delicious roast with plastic spoons on three chairs.

Designing invitations may not be necessary, but will definitely set the necessary tone for the holiday in accordance with the chosen theme. In addition, if the style of the party implies a certain consistent theme of costumes, then this should be communicated to the guests.

You can print ready-made invitation cards using free prints, or design your own invitations using stickers, 3D stickers, write-ups, etc.

You can go ahead and make the text entirely using cut out letters from newspaper or use special scrapbooking stamps. Or enclose your invitation in a themed rubber balloon.

Tim Burton

Let us separately highlight the works of the king of oddities and cute nightmares with a bright author’s style:

• Edward Scissorhands (1990)
• The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
• Corpse Bride (2005)
• Frankenweenie (2012)
• Mars attacks! (1996)
• Corpse Bride (2005)
• Nine (2009)
• Beetlejuice (1988)
• Hansel and Gretel (TV, 1983)
• Sleepy Hollow (1999)
• Corpse Bride (2005)
• Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
• Alice in Wonderland (2010)
• Dark Shadows (2012)
• Frankenweenie (2012)

In case you’ve already seen all of the above and don’t dare to watch it again, here’s an endless selection of Halloween-themed paintings (click here and here)

Dessert caterpillars

The simplest and almost children's recipe. However, neither kids nor their parents will refuse to snack on a cute caterpillar.

You can make caterpillars from green grapes. You will also need long wooden skewers and a piece of chocolate.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. We wash the grapes and remove the berries from the cuttings.
2. We put the grapes on a skewer.
3. Melt the chocolate in a water bath.
4. Apply two drops of hot chocolate to the outer grapes and let it cool.

Apply two drops of hot chocolate to the outer grapes

To make the eyes more realistic, they can be made from two colors of chocolate. To do this, heat a white tile and apply light drops first, and then dark ones.

The caterpillars are ready!

Apple Jaws

This recipe is not only original, but also very tasty. Apple jaws will decorate any holiday.

To prepare them you will need:

• Apples;
• Small white marshmallows;
• Peanut butter or boiled condensed milk.

Let's start preparing the apple teeth. Cut the washed apples into slices. Grease one side of the slice with paste.

Let's start preparing apple teeth

We expose the marshmallows, forming a “dentition”. Cover with a second slice coated with paste. Fangs can be made from apple pulp, cut into thin strips, or thinly sliced ​​almonds. Leave in the refrigerator for one hour so that the marshmallows stick.

Place the jaws tightly on a plate

We place the jaws tightly on the plate so that the teeth smile at the guests and create a great mood.

Cooking method

Monster Eyes Halloween treats are pretty easy to create.

For this we need dark chocolate cookies, which should be divided into two parts. On the one where the white layer remains, you need to stick an M&M's candy with the lettering facing down. After this, the “whites of the eyes” need to be painted with red jam, which will imitate blood vessels. At the end, the dessert must be kept in the cold, and then beautifully placed on a plate and served along with tea.

As for the half of the cookie where there is no white cream left, it can be used to make a delicacy called “Cemetery Ground”.

Movies

?And finally, a selection of visuals that are simply a must-watch during this mystical and terrifying time: TV series:

• American Horror Story
• Scream Queens
• Tales from the Crypt
• Masters of Horror
• Scary tales
• Stranger Things

Cartoons:

• Monster House (2015)
• Monsters on Vacation 1, 2, 3
• Coraline in Nightmareland (2009)
• Night of the Living Carrots (2011)
• Book of Life (2014)
• Coco (2017)
• The Black Cauldron (1985)

Movies:

• Halloween (1978)
• Donnie Darko (2001)
• Trick or treat (2007)
• Raven (1994)
• Witches (1990)
• Hocus Pocus (1993)
• The Addams Family (1991)
• Blair Witch (1999)
• Dracula (1992)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• Death Becomes Her (1992)
• Alien (1979)
• Psycho (1960)
• The Shining (1980)
• The Exorcist (1973)
• Nosferatu (1922)
• Harry Potter