Halloween Potluck Party Ideas

Once you have put your guest list together and decided on a suitable date for everyone, it's time for you to prepare your Halloween invitation cards.

Prepare your Halloween party for everyone by creating invitation cards with funny Halloween images. This can be an agreeable job if you make those cards yourself.

Select a scary, comic or TV series related theme, add some colors and make your guests know the type of aliments and/or beverage they will have to get and whether they have to wear a costume or not.

Do not forget to add an RSVP request so that you know how many guests you will have to hire chairs for and supply glasses, cups, plates, etc.

Ask your children to help you do this so that they take part to the event from the start.

Tip: if you are short on time, you can buy ready-made cards.

Have a few fun activities that both grownups and kids can do in common such as a costume contest with gifts for everyone.

Make sure to plan separate activities like treat hunting for children and another one connected to the party theme for grownups.

Have some age adapted Halloween DVDs for the children to watch as the evening progresses.

Once the children are gone to sleep, the party may become more scary and activities such as a murder enigma can add more fun.

Halloween is dealing with witches, macabre creatures, spiders, specters, jack-o-lanterns.

The most favorite Halloween party topic is a haunted house; so remember to supply reduced lighting, skeletons, images of specters and ghouls, spiders and webs and sound effects.

You will also might want to add some Jack-o-lanterns, in various sizes with a tea light inside them. While you are not obliged to wholly decorate your house, you should at least put Halloween decorations in the rooms where you'll hold the party.

Photo Halloween dinner settings, courtesy of Sandi from Gardenweb Forums - Purplemoon's Inspiration Album

Now it's time to make decision on whether you will host a sit down dinner or a buffet party.

The simplest way to host a Halloween party is by having a buffet. You will easily convert your dining table into a supper-table by placing it in a corner of the room. Utilize a big jack-o-lantern as centerpiece and put the dishes brought by your guests all around it. Make certain to provide sufficient eating and drinking ustensils.

A buffet is also a good way to have your guests in condition to communicate with everyone and make new friends but ensure you to provide enough chairs. Reserve an area in the center of the room for people to dance.

A smaller table in a different corner of the room - or in a different room - can be turned into the bar area.

Although you are hosting a pot luck party, the jack-o-lanterns you carved provided you with so much pumpkin flesh that you'll be for sure able to serve pumpkin pie while saving a little money on your food expenses.

Tip: an original idea would be to fill two big carved and decorated pumpkins with sangria for grownups and Halloween drink for the children.

Drink decorations: witch eyes. Here's the recipe:

* Canned peeled and drained litchis
* Incorporate a maraschino cherry into the litchis.

Photo Halloween dinner party food setting, courtesy of Dining Delight from Gardenweb Forums - Purplemoon's Inspiration Album

Last but not least, set the musical ambience by creating different play lists of Halloween music and sound effects.

However, there are chances that your guest would want to dance to the popular music of the day so make sure you have a compilation of Halloween as well as modern music ready for the party.

Add even more recreation by setting up a Halloween karaoke for the whole company before the kids retire.

I wish you a fantastic pot luck Halloween party!