Posted on October 28, 2012 by Kara

Candy Corn Themed Halloween Party

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

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Kara

‘The Witch Is In’ Children’s Halloween Party

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

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Kara

Spookalicious Halloween Party

I’m in love with this SPOOKALICIOUS HALLOWEEN PARTY submitted by Elise Butler of Sweet Scarlet Designs!

Elise said- “It’s purple, it’s fun & it’s yum! Black Cats, Bats and delicious details really caught my imagination with this set. And, this table was fun to style because I got to use some of my vintage silverware for a spooky, gothic-feel.

Treats include Graveyard Mousse, Monster’s Pudding, Halloween Macarons & Mini Cauldrons full of Candy! Because that’s what Halloween is all about.

This printable set includes 2″ Cupcake Toppers, Water Bottle Labels, Editable Food Tents, Fun Favor Swing Tags, “Thank You” Favor Tags, Candy Bar Wrappers, Cupcake Wraps, 4″ Fold-over Bag Toppers, a “Happy Halloween” Bunting, 6″x4″ Party Signs & Straw Flags. Printables files are available for purchase in my Etsy shop.”

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Mini Black Cauldrons
Glass Milk Bottles
Ribbon
Chevron Paper Bags
Paper Straws
Cupcake Liners
Gumballs
Apothecary Jars

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Kara

Halloween Spooktacular Party!

How adorable is this HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR PARTY submitted by Kara Abrahamsen of Lillian Hope Designs!

Kara said- “It was so much fun to create this Halloween Spooktacular Dessert Table!!

Backdrop – I found this awesome lime green chevron wrapping paper at Target and then designed the rest of the party around this backdrop. The bat silhouettes are also from Target. I took a twig wreath that has been sitting in my craft closet forever and spray painted it purple. I then added a mini pennant banner that was made using the printable triangle flags from this collection and folding them over a piece of ribbon.

I used black ruffle fabric from Hobby Lobby for the front of the table and added some gauze spider webs over the top of the table. The spiders throughout the party were all originally black and orange. I spray painted a few purple and added glitter spray paint to all of them. I hung a Trick or Treat banner across the front of the buffet table; which is made easily by cutting out the triangles and using glue dots to mount the pieces to ribbon.

The spooky tree and spider web cake stand are both from Target. The spooky tree was purchased many years ago and I added glitter spray paint to jazz it up a bit! The witch brew bucket was purchased at Dollar tree and jazzed up with a printable party circle and some tulle. The chandeliers are from the Martha Stewart Halloween collection.

The purple cake stands were made from dollar tree items as seen on Joy’s Hope Blog. I used the same purple spray paint used throughout the party and then of course added glitter spray paint. The chevron favor bags with peek-a-boo hole where made using the tutorial on Kara’s Party Ideas. The witch hat cookies were made by my 7 year old daughter from Barb Schram’s blog.”

Vendors and Credits:
Party Styling and Printables – Lillian Hope Designs
Photography – Faith Photography
Cookies – 1 Smart Cookie
Chevron Skirt – Sweet Peppergrass
Witch Shirt – Pixie Chicks Bowtique

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Chevron Paper Bags
Cupcake Liners
Lollipop Sticks

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Kara

Black & White Sophisticated Halloween Party

This spectacular BLACK & WHITE HALLOWEEN PARTY was submitted by Debbie of Wants and Wishes Design!

Debbie said- “This was a Black and White Sophisticated Halloween Party! I wanted to create a little different Halloween collection….. something that would be suitable for all ages: adults, teen and the young kids! I went with the classic black and white color scheme {like the old Hitchcock movies}. This allows you to pop any color you want or keep it a classic with black and white. If you are doing a teen scary movie party you could pop red with “bloody” items and watch a thriller! For the young kids, add a pop of orange for a not too scary party. For the adults, you can stick with the black and white and and watch the classic old movies along with it.

To create this Spooktacular Halloween Party we had “sinfully sweet” candy and desserts. Candy bars, rock candy suckers, M&M’s, mini mint spider eggs for refreshing the pallet. Some of the baked goods we had were chocolate cupcakes with black and white swirled frosting, homemade ghost and spider suckers, and cookies and cream popcorn.

In a tree, we hung witches caldrons closed with our 2″ printable topper as the “lid” secured with washi tape! There was also a DIY spider pom pom (tutorial coming soon to our blog!).”

Vendors and Credits-

Party Styling: Wants and Wishes Design

Printables: Wants and Wishes Design

White tree branch with black leaves: Pottery Barn

Triangle potion bottles: Hobby Lobby

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop: