For those of you who do gift bags for the adults, do you do 1 per person or 1 per family? Last year I had about 40 adults and I was just wondering. Do you do them all the same or do male/female ones? I'm of course hoping for more people this year and I don't want to appear cheap but these things certainly add up! Of course each kid will get his/her own goodie bag. Thanks for your input.

Since my party consisted of adults only and I knew that I was going to have 50 quests. I made up 60 favor bags. The bag was filled with candy and handmade Halloween coins. Go generic, you can't go wrong. Just always remember to have extra for those that pop up unexpectedly....

I haven't done a halloween party in years,,im too busy "haunting"

But,,,my mom really gets into it and has a big halloween dinner she invites people too. Each year is diff theme. Last year was "Mummies" so food had a mummy theme to it, they even had a stromboli she made to look like a mummy, that was pretty cool. Anyway, instead of bags she gives out favors she makes up that are themed to the dinner.

This past year since it was "mummies" she bought little tins that were rectangular shaped and decorated them to look like ancient coffins. Inside she put bone shaped candies.

Not exactly bags, but thought it might serve to help with ideas

Mike

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I actually had my first adult Halloween party last year, but it was all women - witches to be exact. So I gave everyone a gift. Mine was a little glass pumpkin votive (with a tealight) and inside a Halloween take out (like chinese food) box - from Michael's. They were very cute and easy to pack (36 of them).

Personally, I think I would give out one per couple or per person if they come single. It can add up fast, but if you make a nice bag, couples are certainly not going to complain that they don't each get one - at least I can't imagine my husband and I or are friends doing that. Either that or you'll have to skimp a little and go cheaper and give one to each person if you're worried. I'd love to hear what you're giving, as I am considering mine already this year too.

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Pandora - sticking with my haunted hoedown theme, my adult gift bag ideas are: deck of cards or poker card set - from Dollar Tree; western shaped little soaps (boot & hat); small votive candle; personalized candy bars; misc. candy; possibly a saloon type coin. Not sure what else. The bags are plain brown, but either tied with orange & black bow string or jute type string. A thank you note will be attached and I've also got some little western charms that I might attach also. I'm always open to suggestions too! Hope this helps.

BooBerrie-the sounds adorable!! Those will come out great, I'm sure.

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Hi Pandora and BooBerrie, (love the names by the way) I'm spookilicious I have a halloween party that has both adults and kids at it. We usually use this party to kick off the Haunted House we do outside. I haven't given out gift bags yet but I was thinking this year of making a Halloween craft that I could give the adults. I'm all about that stuff. I thought it might be nice to give them something they could use as a decoration years after. Of course the kids always get some type of cool Halloween treat. My boys are 13 and 15 so I have lots of options for them. Never too cute for the boys though. I love the western theme that sounds like its going to be a blast. Good luck and I hope to hear from you.

Hey Lacey, its me spookilicious mama, tell me more about those handmade Halloween coins. They sound cute

I would be interested in hearing more about the halloween coins as well. I've been trying to get ideas for my party gift bags too and this sounds interesting.

I do an adult only Halloween party and have given out treat bags for the last two years. I try to keep the total cost of each bag under $3 but I only provide bags for students of the gym and their SOs so I'm only looking at about 45 bags. I buy from Oriental Trading and try to put things in them that aren't too "kiddy". Last year I had skull & crossbone car magnets, light up skull shot glasses, skull & crossbone bouncy balls, skeleton arm ink pens, and skeleton arm/leg suckers. Everyone seemed really happy with them.

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