Remember the three Cs when helping the child in your life select his or her costume: comfort, climate and cost.
The comfort factor: When you’re planning your costume, don’t forget about comfort. If you can walk, sit and eat in your getup, it’s a go!
Climate control: In addition to hoping it's not going to rain or be too cold, make some costume tweaks in case the weather doesn't cooperate.
Cut the cost: Take the cost out of costumes by getting ideas and accessories in thrift stores and the back of your own closet.
Old-school Halloween activities like pumpkin carving and apple bobbing are always in fashion. If you want to skip the mess and possible safety concerns of pumpkin carving, have the children decorate mini-pumpkins with markers, tempera paint and multi-colored glitter instead. After they finish decorating them, you can display around their party for all the guests to admire.
Have a
costume contest, and award prizes for every costume category you can think of. Make sure to have enough categories so that all the kids get a prize of some sort. Since sweets will certainly not be in short supply, reward them with toys or Halloween-themed favors instead of candy.
Counteract all that candy you’re going to eat with
salty, seasonal snacks. Incorporate some fresh fruits and veggies as well to keep the children from going into sugar overload.
Add a
devilish twist to your meal with deviled eggs, devil’s food cake, even deviled fried chicken.
Remember, Halloween is the only holiday where it’s okay to serve
scary-looking desserts, which will definitely be a hit with the kids.
Featured Halloween Party Recipes from Epicurious.com
Punch is always a favorite at kids' parties. The non-alcoholic version of our Slime Punch packs both great lime flavor and fun Halloween flair.
Add some drama to classic iced tea by garnishing glasses with a small grape "eyeball," and voila! You have spooky "Eyes" Tea.
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| 1. | Monster Mash / Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers |
| 2. | Spooky / Classics IV |
| 3. | Season of the Witch / Donovan |
| 4. | I Want Candy / Bow Wow Wow |
| 5. | I Put a Spell on You / Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
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| 6. | Thriller / Michael Jackson |
| 7. | Love Potion No. 9 / The Searchers |
| 8. | Trick or Treat / Otis Redding |
| 9. | Superstition / Stevie Wonder |
| 10. | Ghostbusters / Ray Parker Jr. |
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