Children favorite holidays are Saint Nicholas (in Belgium) or Christmas, because of the gifts; Carnival (in Europe) because of the costumes, parties and parades; and Halloween.

Why do they love Halloween? Adults assume that children love Halloween because children generally love candy.

But children do not only love the abundance of candy at Halloween. They love partying, wearing costumes, watching torchlight parades…

Adults also love Halloween. Especially Halloween parties.

While reading lots of articles dedicated to Halloween, I noticed that people talk about Halloween parties for children or Halloween parties for adults. But they seldom talk about Halloween parties for everyone.

So this year, why not going for a Halloween party for everyone, adults and children?

Obviously, Halloween family parties are often organized: when the trick or treating is over, children come home with their candies and after verifying the quality of the sweets they received, everybody goes in the living room. While drinking pumpkin juice, parents tell
children some Halloween stories.

But there is a way to make your Halloween evening funnier for everyone. What about a pot-luck party? What about inviting your friends and neighbours; married couples or single parents and their children?

Unfortunately, there is a major inconvenient: when she guests a party, the housewife must stay in the kitchen to ensure that everyone has something to eat and to drink and to prepare the meal.

This year, the housewife will participate and enjoy the Halloween party. The principle of this event is the following one: each guest brings different dishes: meal, dessert, pie or drink – alcoholic or not.

Prepare your Halloween party for everyone by creating invitation cards with funny Halloween decorations. Set up a costume theme. Decorate your house. Ask children to help you: they also participate to the event.

The easiest way to guest a Halloween party is by organizing a supper-table. Convert your dinner room table into a supper-table. Place the Jack-O-Lantern on its center and each of the dishes brought by your guests all around it. Each participant will serve himself.

A supper-table is also an excellent way for your guests to be able to talk to everyone and meet new people.

A smaller table in another corner of the room will become the bar area. Fun tip: carve two large pumpkins and decorate them with Halloween theme and fill one of them with sangria or alcoholic punch for adults and the other one with fruit juice for the children. Decorate the drinks with Witch Eyes.

Witch Eyes recipe:

Canned peeled and drained litchis
Incorporate a black grape or a maraschino cherry into each litchi

Plan to have enough chairs for your guests and reserve some space at the center of the room to dance. Put the musical mood by creating some play lists dedicated to Halloween.

Here are some Halloween dessert ideas:

Halloween Lanterns:

Ingredients:
Montain oranges,
Chocolate mousse

Preparation:
Cut the top of each orange
Remove the pulp or the oranges
Draw eyes, a nose and a mouth as if they were pumpkins
Fill the oranges with chocolate mousse
Cap them with the top you cutted
Keep them in a cool place.

French Pumpkin Doughnut
Ingredients:
Cut 500 g of Hokkaido pumpkin into small cubes
2 tablespoon Sugar
2 tablespoon Soft butter
2 lightly beaten eggs
125 fl oz flour
Oil

Preparation:
Put the Hokkaido pumpkin in a pot
Cover with water and let it boil until the pumpkin is cooked and tender
Drain the pumpkin and combine with sugar, butter and eggs
Gradually add flour while beating
File a tablespoon of the mixture into hot oil for about 4-5 minutes
Serve warm.

Have a fun pot-luck Halloween party for everyone!

Halloween is one of the most popular festivals, which is celebrated in many parts of the world with much joy and enthusiasm. While primarily a domain of young people, Halloween also spells much fun for adults. The way we celebrate Halloween has changed considerably over the years. Gone are the days of simple and cheap homemade costumes, late night horror specials on the television and running around from door to door in the neighborhood crying, “Trick or treat.”

Today, Halloween is a much commercialized event. The market around this time gets flooded with Halloween products of all shapes and sizes – from every imaginable Halloween prop and innovative Halloween decor to the most diverse range of Halloween costumes. Indeed, it’s not difficult to celebrate Halloween in real style if you want to. All you have to do is to take your pick from among the hundreds of ideas that are available.

Horror-themed parties are particularly popular around this time. These can be attended by adults only, or by kids only, or by both. The age of the guests usually dictates the nature of these parties. Horror-themed Halloween parties for adults can get very stylish indeed where guests usually dress up in different kinds of fancy costumes and make-up that are not only macabre but also stylish and fashionable.

Your house can also get a stylish face lift during the Halloween season. A slew of products are made available around this time that can help your entire house get into the spirit of the season. From innovative Jack-o-Lanterns to scary props and atmospheric effects (great for parties and to make your guests scream) to the most intriguing lighting effects – the choices are many. In fact, if you start out with a fat wallet, you can easily end up turning your house into a real Gothic manor or something right out of the latest Wes Craven or Rob Zombie blockbuster. With exotic costumes, carefully chosen Halloween props and some suitable Halloween decor, you can have a truly memorable Halloween. Just don’t forget to check under your bed before going to sleep. 

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