The Halloween party is fast approaching and it is undoubtedly a great opportunity to celebrate with your loved ones! In order to help you organize a memorable evening, we have taken care to put together the best tips: here are 8 tips for organizing a successful Halloween party.
Theme of many films, books or series, the Halloween party, which is held every year on October 31, is an opportunity for children to dress up as ghosts, witches or other terrifying characters, and to go to the famous “candy hunt” – called “trick or treat” across the city – while adults dig pumpkins and decorate their homes with cobwebs, black cats and other bloody traces. Today denounced by some because of the commercial nature of the festival, Halloween has thousand-year-old roots, which must be sought over 2,000 years ago, on the part of the Celts. It’s a day when all superstitions came to life and inspire different Halloween costumes.
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The origin of Halloween
Halloween is initially a Celtic holiday of Irish origin. Celtic New Year! About 3000 years ago, the Celtic calendar did not end on December 31, but on October 31. And this last night of the year was the night of the god of death (Samain or Samhain). In October, the nights get longer and legend has it that the ghosts took the opportunity to visit the living. So to prevent ghosts from coming to haunt them, the Celts had some rituals including dressing in terrifying costumes to scare ghosts and meeting to party on the evening of October 31. It was the Irish immigrants who brought the Halloween tradition to America with them!
Where does the word “Halloween” come from and what does “Halloween” mean?
With the arrival of Christianity, Catholics decided from the 9th century to celebrate All Saints’ Day (“all saints”), on November 1st. And if we take a closer look at the English word Halloween, it is a kind of shorthand for the expression “All Hallows Eve,” which means “the evening of all saints”, that is to say the eve of All Saints’ Day, October 31!
The pumpkin: the symbol of Halloween
Originally, the symbol of Halloween was a turnip! From the legend of Jack-o’-lantern (Jack with the lantern, the character who inspired The Nightmare Before Christmas!), Condemned to wander eternally in the darkness between hell and heaven in s’ lighting with a brand placed in a carved turnip. In the United States, the turnip has gradually been replaced by the pumpkin which grows in October and which is much easier to carve! It is therefore the pumpkin that gave its orange color to the current version of Halloween.
What happens on Halloween, October 31?
The origin of Halloween as we know it by the Irish has therefore changed over time, when they arrived in the United States. Traditions have changed, we no longer dig beets or turnips but pumpkins that children have fun calling “Jack’O’Lantern” after a legendary Irish myth. We no longer walk around with our lantern made from vegetables; the pumpkin being too heavy, it is only used as decoration and ingredients to cook a pumpkin pie or “pumpkin pie.”
October 31
It is obviously October 31, Halloween day that the party is in full swing with the “passage of Halloween”. Some disguises are completely crazy. Discover a totally eccentric selection of Halloween costumes! Once dressed up, the children go door to door asking for treats. They shout “Trick or treat!” Which means “candy or a trick!” or “Trick or Treat!”, both work. They often leave bags and pockets filled with goodies. Be careful, make sure that they are not expired.
Tips for a fun Halloween party
A Halloween party invites participants to surpass themselves to succeed in sowing fear, dread and even sometimes, terror. Put on the costume of a conductor that is both methodical and evil and polish your strategy so that the trap closes on your guests. Theme assumed, invitation card full of promises, neat decoration, adapted cuisine, original disguises and demonic animations. Here are all of our tips for having a wonderfully evil Halloween party together.
Send invitations in advance
The many Halloween parties often take place on the same weekend, so if you want to entertain your best friends, send out your invitations ahead of time to make sure they haven’t already planned another party. Plus, people need time to get their costume ready, so the earlier you send out your invitations, the better!
Choose an original theme
In order to motivate people to dress up, you can assign a theme to your evening. This not only gives your guests an interesting challenge, they will also be more motivated to take part in your event! Psst!: Invites people not to reveal their costumes in advance, in order to generate a nice effect of surprise when they arrive!
Give 100% on the decoration
By simply playing with the lighting, you can literally transform your interior. Dim lights, a few torn garlands and scary decorative elements will make all the difference.
Provide good music
So that your evening doesn’t fall flat, make sure you have good music. Prepare a list in advance, taking care to include timeless classics (we think of Michael Jackson’s Thriller among others ) as well as a few hits of the hour. This way you make sure that your guests will have an unforgettable time!
Prepare thematic food
Have fun offering your guests food that seems disgusting, just to set the tone for your party! Make sure you offer bite-size snacks that are easy to eat so that people don’t all end up sitting down. Opt for a happy mix of sweet and savory to satisfy all tastes.
Plan activities and games
To make sure all your guests have fun and take part in your party, you can organize little games or activities. This will allow you to create a friendly and pleasant atmosphere for all! It’s also a great way to unite your guests, even if they don’t all come from the same circle of friends.
Store your fragile items
It may be a good idea to put your more fragile or valuable items out of the way to make sure they don’t get damaged during your party. Thus, you will not spend the evening watching your decor and you will have a more relaxed attitude. An accident quickly occurred!
Delimit the accessible space
You can certainly delimit the space allocated to the party by “barricading” a room or your stairwell, for example. This way, people will have less tendency to disperse in several rooms and thus, the party spirit will remain intact (not to mention that you will have less cleaning to do once the party is over!).
Choose your costume for the Halloween
For women, the disguises of evil fairy, gothic pirate, evil countess, white lady, are practical. They can walk in different universes and are able to be worn regardless of the theme. For tributes to cult horror films, succumb to the costumes of students or nurses. These are generally the easy targets of this type of film. For men, vampires are always sexy (remember Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in Interview with a Vampire) and clowns always have their effect, because they are invariably reminiscent of the famous evil clown Grippe-Sou from the horror film “It”.
Entertainment
Keeping your guests in a good mood throughout the event should be a priority for you. Games, such as the spooky scavenger hunt and the trivia game are usually among the favorite entertainment options. Games are also a good idea to help people relax and get to know each other better. It doesn’t matter whether you are having a costume party or not, it’s always fun to have some extra dress up items. Make therefore masks and wigs, plastic fangs, hats, caps, etc.
Themed horror movies / books
In choosing the theme you can also play with horror movies and books, or select one of the best known movies or most loved. The costumes and the settings of the party must therefore remember stories like Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dracula, and iconic characters like Samara from The Ring, the IT clown, and others drawn from stories about witches and ghosts.
Karaoke
At the party there could be those who want to show off their singing skills also on this occasion. A karaoke area can be set up for a Halloween party at home. Today it is easy to find platforms with which to do this activity, but even with a laptop and a microphone, that’s it.
Makeup for the Halloween party
One idea to get all invited children involved is to arm yourself with material to create a unique Halloween makeup. If in the family or among friends there is someone particularly artistic, who gets along well with painting and decorations, the party will be a success. You can find tips and ideas online, or directly from the imagination and desire of children.
Jokes
The motto “trick or treat” is taken seriously by certain children, who want to have fun with some jokes at this party. To prevent children from getting hurt or playing tacky pranks, it’s best to organize fun treats during the party that everyone can get involved with. The most classic, but always successful, are the ghost, in which a child can disguise himself as a ghost and hide, only to suddenly come out when a new guest arrives, and the fake mouse in the house.
The cake for the Halloween party
For a party the component of sweets is essential, especially on this occasion. It is good then to prepare a scary and themed cake. There is no need to resort to professionally made cakes that are perfectly produced. There are recipes that are simple enough to make at home, and they have the same effect.