Thread: How Many Years In A Row Have You Thrown Your Halloween Party? :)

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Curious to know how many years in a row you've thrown your party. Also, do you decorate the same way each year or change things up?

This year will be my 6th year in a row. I try to do a different theme each year, but the marjority of the actual decorations are the same. I try to use them in different ways and have at least 1 different big wow effect each year. What also helps to change things up is the fact that I've moved 5 times over the last six years, however I don't recommend it

This will be our 5th year. Weve had a different look every year.

This is our fourth year. We add decorations each year and move around the older ones to different areas so if someone didn't see something for any reason, they should see it the next year.

This year will be my 4th party, but we skipped last year due to the poor turnout the third year (and getting sick myself and burnt out - last year was minimal decorating )

I add to the decorations each party so as to sort of keep in theme with the overall theme movie. Base decor is haunted house. I also tend to find/make new things each year, so it may look familiar, but there are new things mixed in with the old.

Themes
1st: generic haunted house
2nd: surreal estate/haunted open house
3rd: funeral
4th: spider invasion

Oh, and each year, the bathroom is completely different. I like changing out EVERYTHING for that as it's a small room where guests have to be alone - so that's always something weird and different.
This year we're either doing a psycho killer (newspaper/magazine papering the walls with words circled and faces with the eyes scratched out and red lights and a dripping burlap-wrapped head) or spider nest (webbing and LOTS of spiders dangling everywhere - blue lights).

Our family has been having a Halloween party for the past 18+ years!!! And every year it's different.

Originally Posted by ReaperRick

Our family has been having a Halloween party for the past 18+ years!!! And every year it's different.

Wow, that's awesome, Rick! How many people typically attend? Is it hard thinking of new ways to keep it fresh after all those years? Thanks for all the interesting replies!

we've actually been doing it for since 2001, so about 10 years or so... the hardest part is cleaning the 24x36 garage each year, holy crap, there's so much stuff every where and where to put it all. Incorporating your new props and designs it what makes everything so fun, and how important lighting and atmosphere...getting this right can make the party as it puts everyone in the mood right away. Not to mention a good sound system with good music is crucial. It's always fun to pull out the Wii on the projector have a 12x10ft projection is awesome, but, always do this later in the party, want folks to mingle and get happy first

I don't do it every single year but I've been having Halloween parties for about 14 years now. Most years I do but sometimes I don't if there is too much else going on.
I usually do similar decorations but not exactly the same each year, and I tend to add more things every year. However this year I will actually be doing a theme for the first time (Bioshock) so I won't be using a lot of my usual decorations indoors.

This is our 4th party...3rd yr in a row though. We have been adding decorations each year, and this is the first year with a theme, E. A. Poe. So we've added some theme related decorations, and are adding a mini graveyard and outdoor lighting (hopefully).