Thread: Costume Contest Questions

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In the past my husband and I usually get together (after way to many cocktails, beer and shots) and decide who we think for each category (I have 9 categories) with help from a few friends and we also go by what most have the crowd has been talking about. We usually average 100 guests so it gets crazy. Last year I printed off sheets on Halloween themed paper with the categories at the top of the sheet. I put each sheet on the tables beside the corresponding trophy and prize basket. During the party we kept making announcements (We have a woman who owns a Karaoke company come to the party each year and bring all her stuff and we do Karaoke and she plays dance music in between) to make sure you have voted for your favorite costumes. We provide plenty of pens on the tables. Of course the more people drink they will write crazy stuff down, but most people are honest and vote once per category. Before we announced the winners my husband and I and a couple of friends that helped bring us the trophies and prizes as we announced the winners looked over the lists and you could pretty much see who got the most votes. Most of the time with our parties there are the people who go all out in order to win. No matter what we will make the final decision because it is our party. We definitely don't do anything precise, but our party is more about having fun than who wins the contests, even though some of my friends take it pretty seriously. Good luck and Happy Halloween!!

Originally Posted by memphis306

lol.same with me.last year i was looking for my wife and as i walked into our main entryway,i looked left into the room and didnt see her,looked right and didnt see her and i kind of mumbled under my breath "where is she?" and this woman that didnt really hear me but could tell i was looking for something said,"you looking for the bathroom?its right down that hall"

Haha, that happens all the time at our party. We have so many people that come and bring people that we don't know as well as being in costume that sometimes you have to announce that excuse me, and cut to the front of the line to the bathroom and then explain to the drunken girls that are getting upset that this is my house.

We have done parties for 10 years now, when we started we did the ballot method. We lost so much time counting ballots (we have 5 categories that we do in 4 different age groups), now we do it by crowd response. We have done it this way for the past two years and it is soooooo much quicker! I announce 15 minutes prior that it will start in 15 minutes. I start with the youngest group, announce the category, stand behind each one and use the response to determine the winner. I go through each age group with each category. People seem to enjoy the participation aspect of it also. Last year I only had four kids in the youngest age group, so I told them that they all won and to go pick a prize, they were thrilled!