HAPPY HALLOWEEN! This fabulous HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT PARTY was submitted by Karen Ayars! Such a darling set up! I love how the whole party was on a front porch….very fitting!
This is what Karen said about planning the party- “I did a VERY simple Halloween table this year. I wanted to make something affordable and easy that anybody could reproduce. We always set up a big Halloween table on Halloween night for the trick or treaters and many people in our town do too, so I wanted to do something that could be used on a porch on Halloween night. Most decoration items are from the dollar store like the signs, the skull, the RIP pieces, keep out tape, spider cut outs, spider webs on the table, happy halloween mat on the floor, tomb stone candy, monster cookie on sticks (inside the black caldron). The treats I also kept simple: cupcakes decorated with supermarket bought decor, candy, lollipops and rock candy at the local candy store, apple juice, and because I’m Brazilian there has to be some brigadeiro somewhere… and that’s what’s inside the little plastic containers with Oreo crumbles on top and an edible RIP sign from Wal-Mart.”
This darling SPOOKTACULAR HALLOWEEN THEMED PARTY was submitted by Lindi Haws of Love the Day! This whole printable halloween collection can be purchased for only $10 here!
How fun is this MICKEY MOUSE THEMED HALLOWEEN PARTY submitted by Patty Smith of Sweet Treat Stands!
Patty said this about planning the party- “This was a shabby chic Mickey’s Spooktacular But Not So Spooky Halloween Party. I’ve been wanting to throw a Halloween party for years and my 2-yr old boy loves Mickey! So I decided to throw a Mickey themed Halloween party. I knew I wanted it to be different though, so I did a spin off on the name of Disney’s annual Halloween party, Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party. I decided on a shabby chic look.
The tablecloth is made of burlap fabric with an orange and black tulle ruffle. The Halloween banner is made with different printed scrapbook paper, fan paper design, and Mickey and spider web cutouts. Twine was used to thread the banner.
The cupcake stand has 3-tiers wrapped in a variety of fabrics: orange with black dots, muslin/cheesecloth, black with orange dots and black lace on the insets in between the tiers. Black chandelier style beads are also hanging from each tier. The middle tier is a Mickey Mummy theme. It’s covered in a cream colored muslin fabric and then wrapped in cheesecloth like a mummy with a Mickey cut out using beautiful black printed scrapbook paper and just his eyes peeking through. I brought this theme back to the top of the cupcake stand with a Mickey Mummy head wrapped in torn strips of cream colored muslin and cheesecloth and adorned Mickey’s ears with the same black chandelier style beads as well.
For the backdrop, I incorporated the same/similar fabrics from the cupcake stand and tablecloth such as the orange and black polk-a-dotted fabrics, muslin, burplap and lace. The backdrop was made of fabric strips that varied in texture, color and width. They were staggered in length and even knotted together to add fullness and dimension.
The food ranged from gourmet style Granny Smith apples dipped in homemade caramel, semi-sweet chocolate, white chocolate, sprinkles and Oreo cookie crumbs with real tree branches. Homemade Mickey Mouse cookies drizzled in orange, black and white colored chocolate, Oreo cookie pops drizzled in white chocolate for that “mummy” look adorned above hand painted black wooden coffins that were filled with candies. There was also an assortment of chocolate covered/drizzled pretzel sticks and popcorn snack mix. There were a variety of yummy Halloween cupcakes from cute Mickey Mummy cupcakes to beautiful fondant covered cupcakes that were also nut free. The fondant cupcakes displayed were spider, mummy, spider web and ghost designed fondant cupcakes that were cream filled and provided by Juliette of Fairy Tale Cakes. Candy favor boxes with Mickey shape cutouts and ribbon were also provided. To match beautifully wrapped juice boxes in coordinating colors, ribbon, Mickey shape cutouts as well as Mickey Mummies and Mickey Ghosts. So cute!
We had potato sack (Halloween themed sacks) races that the children really enjoyed. It was such a great hit! We also had a beautiful backdrop set up for Halloween portraits by Wendhy Jeffers at the party! She provided the photography for this awesome photo shoot. So no need to head out to take Halloween photos. It was all taken care of at the party. Nice! To top it off she’s even having a photo contest on her blog of the portraits taken at the party. All of the kids looked so nice running around in their costumes :).”
Vendors and Credits:
Mickey Mummy Cupcakes: Carol Zeichner
Photography: Wendhy Jeffers Photography
Fondant/Nut Free Cupcakes: Juliette with Fairy Tale Cupcakes
Custom cupcake stand, dessert table backdrop, tablecloth, Halloween banner, candy favor boxes, wrapped juice boxes, gourmet caramel/chocolate apples, Mickey cookies/pops, other snack food: Sweet Treat Stands
Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop: Cupcake Liners Fabric Lollipop Sticks Jute Twine, Burlap Pillow Favor Boxes
This sweet CANDY CORN THEMED HALLOWEEN PARTY was submitted by Kate Petronis of And Everything Sweet!
Here is what Kate had to say about planning the party- “If you’re like me and my family, you LOVE candy corn!!! So when Halloween comes around it is time to bust out the candy corn and party!!! ;) This year I found the most adorable candy corn collection from Mimi’s Dollhouse. I LOVE this design that Holly created using the perfect balance of chevron and polka dots. It was exactly what I was looking for when I had a candy corn dessert table in mind!! I love the way it came out. I created really simple desserts (rice krispie treats, top hat mini cupcakes, lolipops (that I found at the dollar store), and cake pops) all resembling (obviously) candy corn. I also added a little salty snack of cheese puffs (at this point, why try to add anything healthy right?!) to the table in cute little dollar store boxes that I covered with crepe paper streamers to again, resemble candy corn. ITS ALLLLL about the candy corn on this table!!
My daughter and her friends had SUCH a great time. We did a Halloween treasure hunt using scavenger hunt clues to lead the children to different treasures (all stuff I purchased last year at post Halloween sales). We did a cute owl/pumpkin craft as well. And followed it up with desserts and good old fashioned play. :)”
Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop: Lollipop Sticks Ribbon Crepe Paper Streamers Cupcake Liners Tissue Pom Poms
Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop: Lollipop Sticks Ribbon Crepe Paper Streamers Cupcake Liners Tissue Pom Poms
This adorable ‘THE WITCH IS IN’ CHILDREN’S HALLOWEEN PARTY was submitted by Cris McGrath of Crissy’s Crafts.
Cris said- “For Halloween this year, we had a party with the theme “The Witch is In”. It was loaded with easy and affordable sweets. I truly believe that you don’t have to spend tons of money to have some fun, you just need to be creative! With that in mind, many of our sweets were store bought things that got a makeover. ;)
Before our witches hit the sweet table, they enjoyed some delicious witches’ brew sandwiches and edible brooms (cheese stick and pretzels). Some of our treats were cotton candy brew, cauldron cake pops, witch hats (chocolate covered cookies with a kiss on top), witch pops (dressed up Dum Dum lollipops), toads (chocolate frogs), wicked witch’s rings (lollipop rings), sweet brooms (mini Reese’s and pretzels) and witch’s chocolate fingers, to name a few.
As for activities, we played witches freeze dance, musical chairs and Bingo. Our witches had a blast!”
Vendors and Credits:
Styling, food and Photography- Crissy’s Crafts
Halloween party printables- Amanda’s Parties To Go
Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop: Mini Black Cauldrons Striped Paper Straws Popcorn Boxes Lollipop Sticks Taffy Mason Jars with Daisy Cut Lids Paper Plates
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