When my daughter begged me to have a Halloween party for her friends, and then I was accepted to host a House Party, I thought, “Do I have the time and extra money to pull this off? And do the kids really need another party two days before Halloween?”
Somehow, I squeezed in the time, and believe it or not, I was able to put this party together on a budget. B-U-D-G-E-T. Using the gift pack from House Party, keeping the foods simple, and utilizing things I already had allowed me to keep this party affordable.
Instead of traditional cupcakes, I made healthier pumpkin muffins using this recipe from Skinny Taste. I used my own cream cheese frosting recipe, and love the look of the messy icing on only a portion of the muffins.
I am *in love* with the giant spider cake ball. The idea came from Hungry Happenings (a site totally worth checking out if you’re looking for fun food ideas).
I didn’t want too much candy, so I filled candy jars with only black licorice, Halloween Jujube’s and Peeps on sticks. I had the small white bags already, so I filled them with popcorn and made chocolate spider webs to place on top. The stickers on the bags came from Target.
Spider Cider, EEK! straw flags, and adorable Martha Stewart jack-o-lantern stickers on the drink table.
For lunch I served bean soup (not shown), Sunbutter sandwiches, cheese and cracker bites, veggies, orange and black Halloween chips, salsa, and mandarin oranges. (All foods were completely vegetarian and peanut free.)
Kim made these fabulously cute spider cake pops (well, I’m guessing they were fabulous by how fast they were gobbled up – I didn’t even get to try one!)
These Rice Krispie Treats were provided in my House Party pack. I used a paper punch to make the jack-o-lantern wraps for them. My daughter made the chalkboard sign.
For fun we had Monster Mash wii dancing, a makeshift photobooth, face painting, tattoos from House Party, and crafts.
Goodie/trick-or-treat bags, tattoos and Halloween flash lights provided by House Party. Naturally we had to throw some spiders in the mix, and every good Halloween party needs a set or two of vampire teeth.
EEK! Putting together this party was so much fun!
If you would like to use the Halloween Spider printables I made for this party, I have provided them for free HERE.
If you have any questions about anything, post a comment and we’ll be happy to answer them!
Happy Halloween, D.I.Y.’ers!
~julee~
