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The term house party refers to the kind of party in which many people or groups of people, most often high school teens but sometimes adults, gather at the house or apartment of the person hosting the party. House parties feature food, popular music, dancing and social interaction, and occasionally the consumption of alcohol. The first step towards arranging a house party for teens is to have a creative idea. A creative idea is an absolute necessity if you want the party to be a hit with your guests. Having a creative idea gives you the first step towards having a successful party.

If you want to throw an awesome Halloween party this year but you’re not quite sure where to start here is a step-by-step guide to making your party the one people will be talking about for ages.

Step One The Ambience – you can’t have a haunted house without a haunted house atmosphere, it just won’t work. Think about the lighting in the room, the obvious choice is to switch off all of the electric lights and use flickering candles around the room. It’s true, they do create a wonderfully eerie atmosphere as they cast their shadows around the room but you’ll have to keep an eye on them all night, replace them if they burn out and pray that none of your guests knock them over!! A more simple option is to buy battery powered tealights. You can, believe it or not, buy candle shaped battery powered lights and even the bulb at the end flickers like a candle.

My preferred option is to change the lightbulbs, It’s easy to do, safe for the guests – especially the kids and you can use lots of different colors. Choose green, red and purple bulbs and place the bulbs in your lamps around the house you’ll be amazed at the results.

Step TwoThe Decorations – You don’t have to spend loads of money on plastic dummies and special effects. If you’ve got your lighting right then you’re half way there. Try throwing white dust sheets over your furniture. It’s a simple idea but what easier way to suggest that the house has been abandoned. The sheets will also protect your furniture a little as well!

You can also make decorations, cut pumpkin shapes or other ghostly figures out of black sugar paper and back the sugar paper with orange tissue paper. TIP Fold the sugar paper in half before you cut out your pumpkin shape so when you open up the paper after the face will be symmetrical. Then stick the whole thing on the window with the black sugar paper touching the window and the orange tissue paper behind it. The black will block out the light from the room but the tissue paper will let the light through. People walking past the house will see glowing ghostly figures as they walk past your house.

You can also make different sized spiders out of two styrofoam balls, a cocktail stick, black paint, black pipe cleaners and goggly eyes. First paint the styrofoam balls black and leave to dry. Then connect the two balls using the cocktail stick. One ball represents the head and the other the abdomen so make sure the abdomen ball is slightly bigger than the head ball. A tiny bit of glue will keep the stick in place. Push in the pipe cleaners, four on each side of the abdomen and shape them to make them look like legs. Then stick on the goggly eyes and you’ve made a creepy spider. Hang them from the ceiling or place them around the room. If you hang them then make a hole in the abdomen with a pencil, blob some glue in it and put the string in. The spider will hang then just as if it’s letting out its web.

You can also make you’re own body to stick out from behind the sofa! after all, what Halloween party is complete without a dead body!! See the link below for more information.

Step ThreeThe Food – Finger food is always best for a Halloween party, no body want a sit down meal at a party like this (unless of course you are doing a murder mystery party). The trick is to make the food look like anything to do with ghosts, pumpkins, body parts etc! for example. Make little gravestones out of cardboard and place them behind chocolate brownies and they instantly look like gravestones! If you want to go a bit further instead of putting RIP on the headstones you can put your guests names!! Try to make carrot sticks, celery sticks and peppers etc look like fingers, the dips aren’t salsa, guacamole and soured cream they are Frankenstein guts, witches bogies and ghost vomit. The kids love it. Add jelly sweets in the shape of worms into the bottom of jelly bowls and call them witches brew. You get the general idea – you can make any food look like something spooky with a bit of imagination.

If you want a centerpiece for the table and you are not very artistic then just place different sized pumpkins in the middle, throw over some fake cobwebs and add a few tiny plastic spiders – job done! its effective and simple to do. Place items in sets of three as add numbers always look more effective than even groups. For a kids centerpiece hollow out a pumpkin (make soup with the flesh) and fill with sweets. If you do make soup, serve the soup in a very carefully hollowed out pumpkin for a more effective look.

So, you’ve got the best dressed house in the street, the creepiest food and the best centerpiece, what more could you guests possible ask for???

Step FourThe Games – Any of the usual party games with a Halloween twist will be a hit with the kids (and most adults!) for example, Pin the nose on the witch, Frankensteins footsteps etc. You could try making gloop and hide small gift in it to see if the kids can find them. Gloop is runny in the bowl but goes hard when you squeeze it – its amazing stuff and really easy to make. Pass the balloon using only your chin while the balloon is filled with gloop is a good one to try as well. Don’t worry the gloop just brushes off when dry or washes out. That is unless you put food coloring in to make it red or green etc so be careful. Don’t forget the Halloween treasure hunt. Get the guests to put their hands into boxes fill with yucky stuff to find the clues!

After all of your hard work don’t let your guests let you down, make sure they dress up! Let them know your theme on your invite such as massacre at number (?? – your house number) or witches and wizards, Dracula and dame, the possibilities are endless.

If you’ve just moved into a new home or apartment, there’s a great way to show off the new residence to your friends and family members. You should consider an open house warming party. These events are some of the most popular today and have long been a great choice for graduation parties. Many of the benefits include being easy to plan and very casual. This makes them quite enjoyable for the guest and for the host alike. Of course, before you start sending out the open house party, you may have some questions about this type of event. You’ll find some answers below that will help guide your preparations of the invitations open house.

How is an open house different from most parties?

With most parties, the host actually plans out some events and activities for the guests to enjoy. Think about the last birthday party you attended. In most cases, the party’s host has a set time to bring out the birthday cake, to open presents, to start the festivities, etc. That means the host is usually always thinking about what needs to be done and how to coordinate all of the events in an effective way. With an open house, the party lasts for a set time but guests can arrive and leave any time throughout that period. With the housewarming open house party, you provide refreshments that guests can enjoy throughout that period, for example.

What should I say in the invitations for the house open party?

You won’t find these invitations to be much different than writing any others. Of course, you can definitely have fun with the wording. You’ll want to keep the invitations open house party simple – that sets the tone for the rest of the fun party. You’ll find an example below:

We’ve finished the move and now we’re ready to party.
Join us for an Open House Party.
The festivities start on June 2nd from 5 pm to 9 pm
555 New Resident Avenue, Chicago Illinois 00003
We’ll have refreshments ready.
Feel free to bring your own choice of liquid refreshments.

Notice that these invitations don’t have any type of RSVP details because something that formal is also not needed. You want guests to be able to drop in as they want. Also, if you don’t want any children at the event, you may want to add an “adults only, please” message.

Do you have any open house party ideas?

One thing you should consider before mailing the open house party is the refreshments. You definitely want to keep the food menu simple because your guests need to be able to easily access the food. As the host, you also don’t want to serve anything that might make your job more time-consuming than necessary. Chips, popcorn, meat trays, relish trays, cupcakes, cookies, and even pizza are all excellent choices you might choose. Don’t forget to mention whether or not guests can drink alcohol on the premises in the open house party.