Party: Halloween Costume Party

Halloween has always been a fun time of year for us since we were little girls. We love to dress up! The best way to celebrate Halloween is to throw a party with a haunting atmosphere, eerie eats and drinks and of course the perfect costumes. We threw a Halloween party at Connie's house. Below are a few things you could do as well to create a memorable Halloween party. Instead of normal drinks create festive names for everyone to enjoy like, "Bloody Rum Punch" & "Wormy Jell-O Shooters" (which we used),  "Candy-Corn Cocktail" and "Monster Mimosa". The key is to be creative. If you serve the drinks in a punch bowl your party guests will be able to drink at their leisure. For treats there are many, many options. We have a “wormy Jell-o” to share with you.

Bloody Rum Punch

It is very simple to make the "Bloody Punch" all you do is combine all ingredients into a large punch bowl and place in the refrigerator for at least two hours before serving.

Ingredients:

• 1-750ml bottle dark or light rum
• 1/2 bottle red wine
• 6 oz triple sec liqueur
• 6 oz lime juice
• 6 oz simple syrup
• 2 limes sliced thin
• 2 blood red oranges sliced thin

A spooky addition to this drink is to buy plastic eyeballs to add to the punch as seen below. Beware, this drink is very strong and your party guests may get very intoxicated form multiple drinks.

Wormy Jell-O Shooters

This is very similar to the ingredients on the box.

Ingredients:

• 3 oz Jell-O or other gelatin (any flavor)
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1/2 cup Vodka
• 1/2 cup cold water

What to Do:

1. Pour gelatin into a medium sized bowl.
2. Add boiling water, stirring until the gelatin is completely dissolved.
3. Stir in chilled liquor and water mix.
4. Pour into plastic cup molds, or shot glasses.
5. Refrigerate until the jell-o hardens. (At least 2 hours, but overnight refrigeration is recommended)
6. Serve cold

 

Even your pets can be a part of the Halloween fun!

 

 

Another fun idea for your party is to create a Halloween Photo Booth. We hung up an orange plastic table cloth with a Trick or Treat banner and added pumpkins and candles all around. Some other ideas are to have scarecrows, skeletons, ghosts and/or witch statues, cob webs and spiders, basically anything that goes along with the Halloween theme.  

 

 

Connie & I were Inspired by The Great Gatsby so we dressed up as flappers.

 

 

Until we blog again, XoXo Connie & Jenn