Have you ever been to a party where everyone is a little too polite and not really having fun? Odds are that the atmosphere for the party wasn’t quite right. I mean, who wants to dance when the lighting is so bright and florescent that you don’t know if you are at a party or visiting the dentist?
More than most any other type of party, Halloween especially needs a great mood to be set. People are dressed in ridiculous costumes, ready to let their inhibitions go, and as a host or hostess, you need to encourage the wild side of your guests.
Setting the Halloween mood requires two things – lighting and decorations.
Lighting
Gels – Theatrical gels can be found on Ebay from various vendors. They are pieces of thin, colored plastic that don’t melt even when touching hot electric lights. I would recommend getting a few green ones and a few red ones and putting them over any light bulbs in your home. They will still let enough light through, but will cast a dramatic colored light in the party rooms. Maybe do green if you are recreating a bat cave, or use red for a freaky glow in the kitchen.
Candles – Be careful, because drunk guests + fire is not always the best equation. But candles placed in a low-traffic area create an unparalleled ambience. If those candles are placed inside a creepy jack o’ lantern, even better!
Colored lightbulbs – These are great because they are easy to find in any home improvement store. Colored bulbs come in CFL now, which are much better because they don’t get so deadly hot to the touch, use less energy, and especially the black lights create a brighter effect.
Decorations
You can make fun decorations for free or at least buy them pretty inexpensively. Decorations are a must at Halloween. Seriously, why even throw a Halloween party in a van if you don’t want to make your house spooky?
You can deecorate each room as a different theme. For example – arachnid living room, bathroom or bloody Psycho scene in the bathroom with 3D blood drops, Zombie-attack food room, skeletons in the closet, kitchen = witch’s potion room. Some people who throw Halloween parties have a whole house theme that is different every year. You can get great ideas at the Halloween Forum website. Your guests will be expecting a lot from the decorations if they are invited to a Halloween party at your place – so don’t disappoint. You can easily buy the halloween fancy dresses online.
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