Halloween Party Recap

Our BYOP Party has come and gone, and we had a blast! I’ll let the pictures do most of the talking…

First, you remember the invitations:

And the banner…

And the decorations…

I planned a menu to include the following:

Chili
Cheese and sausage dip
Mummy dogs (hot dogs wrapped in breadsticks)
Dirt cake
Caramel apples
Cupcakes
M&M’s and candy corn

Just a tip – don’t buy this caramel for your apples:

It tastes fine, but nothing sticks to it. I had to wet the caramel apples to get sprinkles to stick. Boo. We still made it work:

I picked 10 pretty red delicious apples:

Wrapped them in caramel:

Popped them in the oven for a few minutes, then wet them and decorated them:

After they were dry, I wrapped them in plastic wrap and tied them up with a cute little Halloween ribbon:

Marley helped me make dirt cake, too – love this stuff!

And cupcakes…

Marley made name cards for all the food, giving it “creepy” names 🙂

We hung our Halloween banner over the table, set everything up, and we were ready to party!

The kids made a spider craft out of egg cartons and pipe cleaners…

And what’s a Bring Your Own Pumpkin Party without pumpkin carving!

The kids had fun and so did the parents. Good food, good friends, and a good time – now I can kick my feet up and relax til Halloween!

See you tomorrow!

Linking to these fabulous blogs:
Life Made Lovely, One Artsy Mama, Skip to My Lou, Today’s Creative Blog, Tip Junkie
Funky Polkadot Giraffe, Reasons to Skip the Housework, Carolyn’s Homework, Sugar Bees Crafts
Night Owl Crafting, Sugar and Dots, Ginger Snap Crafts, Someday Crafts

9 Responses

Tanielle says:

October 10, 2011 at 5:58 pm

I love your printable art you framed! I framed the Trick or Treat one too, love the graphics fairy blog! But where did you find the halloween subway art printable! Did you make it? If you have a source I would love for you to share, pretty please! My email is taniellej@hotmail.com Thanks!
One Tough Mother says:

October 10, 2011 at 10:34 pm

Tanielle – Here is the link for the post I did showing the framed art – it contains the links to both printables. Thanks for visiting One Tough Mother!
http://onetoughmom.blogspot.com/2011/10/hand-made-halloween.html
Amy says:

October 11, 2011 at 12:41 am

What fun ideas! Looks like everyone had a great time! I’d love for you to link this to my kids’ crafts party!

http://oneartmama.blogspot.com/2011/10/fall-craft-challenge-5-kids-craft-or.html
Lissa says:

October 11, 2011 at 3:06 am

How fun! I love Halloween parties – your ideas are fabulous. I’m definitely pinning these on Pinterest. Thank you!
Tanielle says:

October 11, 2011 at 3:58 am

Glad I checked back! Thanks for the links!
shopannies says:

October 12, 2011 at 2:45 am

how cute love your party ideas they all look great come see me at http://shopannies.blogspot.com
Delightful Deets says:

October 15, 2011 at 7:02 am

What a fun party! Love the desserts and those little spiders, thanks for sharing!
Delightful Deets
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October 19, 2011 at 10:25 am

Totally fun party. I sure every visitor will enjoy in their first visit. The desserts and those little spiders, are too cute.
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April 10, 2012 at 1:21 am

Ha! great page, you’ve given me some great ideas for the kids next Halloween party! wrong time of year now but i’ve bookmarked your page for later on in the year 🙂

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