Costume parties might just be one of the best parts of Halloween. Whether you’re hosting a costume party or just attending one, we have tons of tips for an awesome Halloween party.
Check out our other party tips for decorating your Halloween party for a funny Halloween bash or a scary Halloween party. Hosting a costume party is just like hosting any other Halloween party—you’ll need decorations, food, tableware, and other party essentials.
A costume party, however, has the added fun of a costume contest. Create a runway for costume contestants to display their duds using Halloween gossamer or Spider Web Gossamer Decorating Material for drapes, curtains or a carpet. Have them enter through a doorway decorated with a Halloween curtain, or use an animated bone curtain for a special effect. It opens, lights up and plays scary noises when it senses motion! For a finishing touch, use a fog machine to fill the area with an eerie mist.
Have impartial judges decide who has the best overall costume, or divide the contest up into categories such as funniest costume, scariest costume, most unique costume, sexiest costume, cutest kids’ costume, or any other category you can think of. You could also have each guest cast a secret ballot into a cauldron and count the votes up—that way everyone is involved in the judging.
Hand out prizes to the winners when they’re announced. Try a Sexiest Costume Sash or customize an imprinted sash for each category. You could also hand out Halloween favor packs to each winner or fill a black cat favor box with your own personally selected goodies.
If you’re going to a costume party this Halloween, you’ll need a great costume! ShindigZ not only has party tips, we also have tons of great costume tips too!
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September 19, 2008 at 5:42 PM
this is a great article, especially the tips on haunted house props and themes for costume contests.
for any of your readers who are parents, give a look at this article for tips on planning a girls costume party as Halloween 2008 approaches
http://blog.hollywoodtoysandcostumes.com/?p=141
September 22, 2008 at 6:32 PM
Nice site….. But I’m not having a COSTUME party. Thanks anyway. The site is cool. People who ARE having a costume party should most DEFINETLY look at this site tho.