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Top Halloween Party Games For Adults
It isn’t just the kids who want to have fun on Halloween. Even though adults don’t trick-or-treat anymore, they can still throw a mean bash and invite all their friends.
Here are some ideas for great grownup party games:
Truth or Dare – This game can take on all sorts of nuances and innuendo. It all depends on the group you’re throwing the party for. Write up a pile of questions and dares ahead of time, throw them in a bowl, and let the games begin.
Charades – Everyone loves a good game of guessing. Use Halloween themes for the game topics. Pick teams such as guys against gals, ghouls against goblins, or even dead against undead.
Name that Ghostly Tune – See which team can name the most Halloween classics from snippets played for them. For a real brain teaser, ask them to name the artist as well.
Karaoke – This game always brings out the laughter and fun. Sing your heart out to your favorite monster jam and ask everyone else to join in. Let judges decide who has the best rendition and offer a prize.
Who’s Who – This game involves the costume you choose. For example, the invitation may state that you should come as your favorite scary character. At a chosen time during the party, everyone will go into character, giving everyone else time to guess who they are and write it down. Keep the characters as obscure as possible to keep the guessing going.
Mystery Whodunit – The invitation for this type of party should stress an RSVP. Upon arrival, each guest gets a piece of paper detailing who they are to play in the mystery as well as instructions for their character. The host is the detective who helps solve the crime. Choose someone in your family who agrees ahead of time to play the murder victim. At the prescribed time, each person goes into character. When the lights go out, the murder occurs. When you turn the lights back on, there are clues to find out whodunit.
Fear Factor – Blindfold those who dare take the challenge and have them touch a series of things and try to guess what they are. It can be a bowl of cold spaghetti worms, gelatin brains, peeled grape eyeballs, or anything else that makes your guests get all creepy crawly inside.
Halloween is the one holiday we get to pull out all the stops and anything goes. Make your party as spooky and eerie as you like. Pick a fun and freaky party theme and start planning today!
Halloween Twilight Character Ideas
Twilight has joined the ranks of famous movie characters and has spawned costume ideas that will be quite hot this Halloween. To be cool at your favorite party this year, who will you be?
A Bit of Background About the Characters
So, here’s what everyone is raving about. A big city girl named Bella Swann moves away from her mom and in with her dad in the tiny, tiny backwater that is Forks, Washington. In the first movie, just from the scenery, you can tell this is going to be both gothic and strangely romantic.
To continue; Bella meets the sun-challenged Edward Cullen. His blazing eyes and porcelain skin suck her in right away (no pun intended). She is enamored with him even more when he saves her life from a runaway truck. It is here that our detective beauty embarks on a journey to find out who Edward really is – a vampire.
Jacob Black is the tanned, dark-haired friend of Bella Swan and also a member of the Quileute tribe on the local Indian reservation. Jacob likes Bella very much, and has an intense distrust of the Cullen’s (especially Edward) that she can’t understand.
Now that you have a quick synopsis, let’s discuss the look.
Costume Couture for Gals
For the gals, this is a no-brainer. Even though there are some gals in the Cullen household who could turn a guy’s head (Alice and Rosalie) – and not just to bite them – most girls want to play the love interest of the deeply mysterious Edward. That would be Bella Swann.
To pull off this look, you don’t need much. These are actually some of the easiest characters to portray without spending loads of cash. If you are a natural brunette, you are one step ahead of the others. If not, invest in a good long brunette wig.
Bella’s dress is simple: peasant shirts, boot cut jeans, garden variety blue kicks, and a jean jacket. Where you will stand out is the accessories: bracelets, rings, dark headband, and pale pink lipstick.
Costume Couture for Guys
So are you for Team Edward or Team Jacob? Playing upon your natural coloring may decide for you. For instance, a deep tan will naturally give you a head start on Team Jacob. If you are fair skinned, then Team Edward would be your natural choice.
Now guys, you will have to put on a little makeup if you want to have that undead look. Sweep the hair upward with styling gel and have those eyebrows arched. To shock and appeal to the ladies, brush a bit of sparkling body glitter just above your neckline to give them a hint of your vampire side.
As for clothes, you might already have them in your wardrobe: solid white or blue shirt, skinny but manly jeans, black Nike’s, long jacket, and cuff bracelet.
Jacob is buff, so guys, start doing your crunches now. You can be Jacob in Twilight with the long silky dark hair or in Eclipse with a short sexy slightly spiked coif.
As far as wardrobe, you can go with a pair of jeans. Jacob is often seen without a shirt, but October may not be the month to go shirtless, so try out a black muscle shirt for the look.
Who will you be? Let your inner Bella, Edward, or Jacob shine through with a bit of over-the-top clothing, hair, and makeup to inspire your best “fright night” ever.
Twilight Character Spoof Costume Ideas
Whenever there is a wildly popular movie, you can bet there will be a spoof waiting in the wings somewhere. There is one about to be released for Twilight called “Vampires Suck.” If you want to dress like the Twilight characters this Halloween, but from a funnier side, you just need to think of the sublimely ridiculous and run with it.
The Twilight Saga films are based on the series of novels by Stephanie Meyer. The first film in the series was Twilight, released in 2008 followed by New Moon in late-2009. The summer of 2010 brought the third installment, titled Eclipse.
The Twilight movies are a series of romance/fantasy/thrillers based on vampire Edward Cullen and his human love, Bella Swan. To add to the mix, Bella is torn between the sultry vampire and her friend, Jacob Black, who morphs into a werewolf.
Twilight Trickster Chld Costume
There is so much that you can do with these Twilight characters, especially the Cullen family. Think back to the traditional vampire lore: sleep in coffins, pale as death, sunlight burns their skin, and drinking the blood of unsuspecting virgins.
Makeup and Costume – Boys
Here’s where you will make a dramatic contrast. Instead of dabbing a little powder on, go with the deathly white look like traditional vampires. Don’t forget the blood red lips and black rings around the eyes. For the red eye thing that the Cullen’s seem to have, you can play that up with colored contact lenses. Your friends will get a kick out of that.
What about the hair? Now, for Edward, an exaggerated do will look something like Elvis having a bad hair day. Let that cliff-like coif stand high off your head. In fact, you can use an Elvis wig.
How about Jacob? Well, as you know, when he comes of age, he can shape-shift into a wolf. Play on that. Make your face up like a werewolf. Don’t go all wolf with a mask. It’s much more creative to go only slightly wolf-like, and much more eerie.
Use makeup glue and affix prickly dark hairs to your face like sideburns. Don’t forget the eyebrows and the chin. A prosthetic nose or face makeup can transform your human nose into a canine sniffer. A Wolverine wig would be the icing on the cake that is Jacob Black.
Makeup and Costume – Girls
Vampires often have telltale red rings under their eyes like they’ve been awake for a thousand years. Exaggerate that red makeup and add long false eyelashes. As far as the hair, go with wild blond wigs or spiky brunette ones if you want to spoof Rosalie or Alice. For the costume, think Elvira or Cyndi Lauper at her wildest.
To spoof Bella, give her a lot of makeup. Go over the top. If you’ve seen the spoofed trailer of New Moon, Bella looks more like Daisy Duke and Buffy the Vampire Slayer than a conflicted teenage girl. You can go with either one of those. Dress her in a black leather biker’s outfit with spiked heels. Or, on the other end, she can look like a farm girl with cowboy hat, plaid shirt and short shorts.
Making fun of popular Halloween characters is always good for a laugh. Go outrageous and let the fun begin!
Have a spooky great time!
Choose A Halloween Party Theme
Start with Spooky
Halloween is the one time of year when it is permitted to scare the ‘be-jeebers’ out of everybody. Nothing is off limits; the spookier, the better. Fine tune your scare tactics and bring your most ghoulish dreams to reality with a spooky Halloween party.
Pick a Theme
You may want your party to revolve around something hideous and creepy, but there are so many variations on that idea. Here are some themes you can use for the different age groups:
Youth Theme Party Ideas
With kids, the possibilities are endless because they have so many interests, not the least of which is dressing up… for everything!
Teenage Theme Party Ideas
Using the same basic concept for teens as for younger children, you just think of popular television and movie characters and stories and pick a theme. For teenagers, just step it up a notch and give them more bizarre options. Throw out some ideas and let your teen run with it.
Adult Theme Party Ideas
If you are throwing an all-adult party, be sure to plan for a long night. Make it fun and worth the extra effort it takes to plan and execute a costume to fit the theme. Find a babysitter whose willing to stay into the wee hours so you and your guests can howl at the moon. Couple parties as well as all-girl or guys night parties are especially fun for Halloween. Create some fun with this night away from the stress of work and family responsibilities.
The Planning
As with any party, the first step is the planning. If Halloween falls on a weekend, great. Otherwise, choose a non-workday and non-school day that’s close to Halloween for the best result. If you pick a day too far before or after Halloween, you will lose the festive feeling. Unlike Christmas, the ‘season’ for Halloween is short.
Halloween falls on the same day every year, so we all know it’s coming, and when! Sometimes the success of a party boils down to who gets their invitations out first. You will need to send out invitations before the social calendars fill up. Hash out the particulars of your party and let everyone know about the theme so they can get their costumes together. Once the invitations are out, get the decorations and food planned and ready. And, don’t forget your own costume!
Pick a theme for your Halloween party this year to make it even more spectacular. Make the theme scary if you like, or just make it fun. It doesn’t matter just as long as everyone’s having a good time!
Easy Halloween Costume Ideas
Each year, people spend hundreds of dollars getting tricked out and trussed up for the spookiest night of the year. We’re talking about Halloween, of course. But, at what cost? You want to keep more money in your pocket, and we want to help you do just that. Here are some easy Halloween costume ideas that are great for kids and adults alike, and that won’t put your budget at risk.
Kids and Teens Costumes
When you think “easy” you think readily accessible materials, quick, and very little cost. Never fear, brave parents. You can create great costumes with materials you already have at home. Very often these costumes are from ideas provided by your kids.
For the younger set, you may very likely need two costumes. Why two costumes? Kids like to dress up for their class Halloween party as well as trick-or-treating. Most kids like having a different costume for each party. After all, part of the fun of the Halloween costume is the surprise, or even shock. Those elements can be lost if the costume is worn twice.
To get started on a costume, look in the kids’ closets. If your kids are like most kids, they have a collection of play clothes including princess dresses, tiaras, cowboy hats, lassos, themed pajamas, and all sorts of accessories. The closets and dress-up bins are treasure troves.
Here’s an example for a young girl who wants to be a princess. If she has ever been to a Disney store or a Disney theme park, she may already have at least one princess dress. Start with that dress as the basis for your costume. Fancy it up with a tiara, a magic wand, and a pair of old shoes sprayed with glitter paint. What you don’t have can be found at the dollar store or in your closet. Try some simple face painting makeup to give her a resemblance of her favorite storybook royalty.
As an example for a teen who wants to be an old time rock and roll star, you may want to raid your own closet. Grab some old T-shirts and tear off the sleeves. Then find old jeans you can cut up and shred a bit. An old wig is fun, too, especially if the costume is more of a ‘heavy metal’ style rocker. Have your teen look through your old albums to get ideas, then go ahead and drag out that big box of old clothes and dig in.
Adult Costumes
Here is where the process gets easier still. You don’t have to go to a costume shop to rent or buy a witch’s outfit or Dracula costume. It’s time to hit the closet again.
Let’s start with the guys. Do you like gumshoe detectives; Spade, Marlow, Columbo? If you have a long trench coat, all you need is a wrinkled shirt, slacks, a hat, and a fake cigarette. Is surfer dude more your speed? Grab the board, put on your wetsuit and slick that hair up. A pair of silky pajamas and a silky scarf tied around your neck and you are the world’s most famous playboy.
We haven’t left you out, girls. What about your favorite little black dress? Add some spider webbed gloves, stilettos, a long black wig, red lipstick and fangs, and you are the sexy vamp ready for a night of bloodletting. You can also raid his closet and work wonders with one of his old suits. Grab a martini glass and you are the perfect Madison Avenue advertising executive.
Looking your best on Halloween doesn’t have to mean a trip to the costume store to buy an expensive get up. Start with what you have right in your home and accessorize to the hilt. Instead of spending hundreds of dollars on a costume, you can shop at home and look like a million bucks.