How to have a Halloween party at home: 5 rules of a terribly good holiday

Although Halloween is not officially celebrated here, interest in this holiday is constantly growing every year… And this is not surprising! Well, who among adults does not want to take a break from the everyday hustle and bustle for at least a day and indulge in fun? Decorate the house with creepy decorations, sew yourself a festive costume, come up with funny but frightening pranks for friends…

If you don't mind having fun too, why not throw a house party for Halloween? Here are 5 simple rules, adhering to which, you will be able to arrange a holiday no worse than in American films.

The first step is to choose the theme of the party. For example, it can be a Harry Potter-style evening with black robes, magic wands and a frightening decor in the form of dementors. Or you can choose the theme of the zombie apocalypse. In this case, pay attention to makeup – let it be as creepy and realistic as possible.

You can draw ideas of the concept from classic horror films. What do you say about a party in the style of the movie "Saw", where guests will perform various tasks? Or you can have a "vampire" party and decorate your house in the style of Count Dracula's castle.

Coven of Witches, haunted house, The Addams Family, Alice in Wonderland… This is only a small part of the possible ideas for the theme of the holiday. Turn on your imagination, evaluate your capabilities and proceed to the main organization.

Invitations are a very important attribute of the holiday. After seeing them, the guests should immediately understand: it's definitely worth coming to this party! Halloween is not a wedding for you! Therefore, you can forget about cute pink invitations with a beautiful signature.

Choose the most creepy, creative and unusual format. What about the spiders in the envelope? Not real, of course, but still… Or you can, in general, send an invitation in a box and at the same time put someone's finger there (again, not real, don't confuse it!).

In general, in this case you need to show imagination and not be afraid of experiments. Ideally, if the design of your invitations will coincide with the general theme of the holiday.

Well, what kind of Halloween without decor? After all, it is for him, basically, that everyone loves this holiday. Usually such decor is expensive, but for an atmospheric house party, you can create decorations with your own hands.

To begin with, decorate the front door – let the guests already understand what awaits them on the threshold. Install pumpkins – nowhere without them! Draw scary symbols or use themed stickers. You can make a scarecrow out of old things and sticks, and a ghost out of a simple white sheet.

Then the guests will follow into the corridor, and here they also need to be surprised. Make this room resemble a typical deserted corridor in American horror films. Turn off the lights, light candles, hang artificial cobwebs and the spiders themselves on the walls.

Naturally, the "epicenter of horror" should be in the living room. Pay maximum attention to the decoration of this room. You can also not turn on the light here – make do with candles or garlands. You can also use special lamps in the form of a pumpkin or a ghost, or some other creepy character. And, of course, do not forget about snacks…

Surely, you have seen gingerbread with the image of pumpkins, finger-shaped cakes and lollipops in the form of eyes? So, all these or similar "frightening" dishes must be at a Halloween party. Let the guests be stunned when they see the snacks! After all, they will definitely want to have a snack, and here: fingers, eyes, tongues and other parts of the body ... preferably bloody.

If you have the time, desire and skills, you can prepare festive snacks yourself. Otherwise, you can order them in advance from a professional. Fortunately, now many confectioners are preparing a wide variety of Halloween treats to order: pumpkin cakes, finger cookies, cupcakes with images of spiders, ghosts, monsters, etc.

It is desirable that the dishes also correspond to the theme of your holiday. For example, at a "vampire" party, a bright red berry juice resembling blood in color will look great.

And, of course, do not forget about entertainment. When the guests get enough of your decor, enjoy delicious "fingers" and drink "blood", invite them to play a game. What kind of game it will be - it's up to you. Classic Halloween games are "Catching Apples", "Mummy", "Blackmailer's Letter" and "Terrible Bag".

But you can also come up with your own game, for example, let the guests do the tasks of the psycho John Kramer, who will be you. But the tasks, unlike those in the movie, can be made funny.

And if the games get bored quickly, invite guests to summon a ghost using any "spell" from the Internet. To heighten the effect, you can build a Ouija board and arrange a real seance.