A Scary Halloween Party Idea That Dares and Delights!
This scary Halloween party idea was concocted when my 10 year old niece asked me to help plan her party. She wanted something cool that was not "babyish" and definitely "scary and fun". She trusted me enough that she wanted me to surprise her with the party theme. So.. my mind started working. At the time, two of her favorite TV shows were Fear Factor and Survivor. So why not combine them with a "Can you survive facing your fears?" theme. It was great. Please note this party is NOT for tots but it works great with the "tweens"! So here we go with the party planning ideas.. follow along!
Step 1 Invitations I created my own. I used a "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" theme for her invites. Since she wanted to be surprised this lent itself to the theme without giving away a clue! It also allowed us to combine her Halloween party with her birthday party. Click below and you can print these blank invitation templates. Just print, fold and fill in the pertinent information and your invites are ready to go. I would use card stock so they are not flimsy. Click here for this Invitation
Step 2 Food
Eat a worm Mixed inside a bowl of rice krispies were a couple of gummy worms. Each guest had their own bowl and without using their hands had to retrieve the worm from the bowl without spilling the rice krispies! They loved it!
Mud Pie Eating Contest Made chocolate pudding and added in smashed up chocolate wafers for texture, plus crunched up corn flakes and topped with a gummy spider. Put them in tins and face first they are off. First one to eat their mud pie wins!
Can you eat a dirty diaper??? Now this one was gross as could be but might have been there favorite. We gathered them in a circle and handed each one a diaper that was taped shut. Inside was chocolate pudding and chocolate covered "raisinets". On the count of 3..diaper on the floor and lick it clean.
Can you bite into the apple without eating a bug? We had big plastic black salad bowls filled with water down in the basement. We shut the lights off and in the bowls was one apple and tons of glow in the dark bugs. Their feat: to bob and get the apple amidst the creepy crawlers. Having the lights off and seeing the bowls glow with bugs was awesome. We actually had a couple that would not do it. 
Can you face your fear and find the Immunity Idol? The final challenge was a group treasure hunt to find the Immunity Idol! My kids were home from college, so I had lots of help. My sister, her husband, my husband and all 4 kids! We took plenty of flashlights and assigned a couple of kids to each adult. Rules were.. all stay together, no running in the streets and scream as loud as you want! We posted the clues to lead them to the Idol all over the neighborhood. The final destination was the backyard of one of the guests.. waiting there.. a whole group of dads glowing with light up necklaces and in Halloween masks..waiting with Silly String! Back to the house for prizes Of course, everyone successfully "Faced their Fears and Survived".. so each guest got a personalized t-shirt with an "I Faced Fear and Survived" logo that I had put together. As I always do, I make these t-shirts myself. Come up with a logo on the computer,decorate with free clip art and print on Inkjet Transfer Paper which is especially designed for t-shirt making. You can find this at Michaels, AC Moore, Joann's and even Office Depot. Just make sure you get the proper kind. There is one for light colored t-shirts and another type of transfer paper for dark colors. Read the directions carefully, print out and iron on. They come out great. They all put them on right away. See some of our survivors!
Party Favors What could be better?? Light Up Glow Cups.. with a laminated label that we attached that said "I survived". They loved them! These are all over the internet.. just search 'Light up party favors". We got both the cups and the necklaces for the dad's off the same site. Another favor idea would be to go to CBS "Survivor" site and they have those bandanas that the contestants actually wear on the show.
This was a ton of fun for all of us. Even though some of the games bordered on gross.. everyone loved them. This scary Halloween party theme idea has been borrowed and recycled numerous timessince its origination. It was made into a birthday party,a slumber party and a pool party. We even did a version of it for our youngest daughter's high school friends, combining it with a luau party theme. You are never too old to have fun!
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