I forgot that I bought some of the tabletop tombstones, that Rikki used, last year when they were clearanced for this purpose.

Now if I can only remember how many of them I bought!

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We did prizes last year, they went over great so I am sure that we will do them again this year. We went out and bought about 5 DVDs that were horror flicks (And Batman Begins because it was on sale.. and it just plain rocks.. lol) But we also bought 1 $20 gift card to Target and 2 $10 gift cards for the runners up. So the most voted for costume winner received their choice of 2 DVDs and the $20 gift card. The 2nd place winner got 2 DVDs and a $10 gift card, and the 3rd place winner got 1 DVD and a $10 gift card. Prizes totaled somewhere around $100, maybe a bit less. But it got people involved and excited. It was worth it. But now... I don't have that awesome money making job anymore so I don't think I can drop 2K on this year's party.

Hope that helped though!

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AngelEye, That sounds like me, I dropped alot of money last year and now I don't make as much so I'm settling for planning my friends party I'm hoping to have my own again next year (gotta save up for a year!)

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My dh made coffin boxes that were painted black, filled with burgundy fabric and a bottle of red wine and then tide with satin ribbon. The prizes were for best vampire, best slayer and best victim.

Wow, I love the mummied doll trophy's. Great Idea. I've been trying to come up with a prize/trophy for the person who solves the Murder Mystery I'm doing. I need to make one of Those! But - I think I'll corpse the doll!

Thanks for the Idea!

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You're welcome. They are the final results of several years of trial & error. We are actually going to be making this years' trophies this weekend.

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Where in the world did you get the vampire wine?!

Your baskets are gorgeous!

Thanks! I got the Vampire wine at Lee's Liquor in Las Vegas (I live close by) but they also sell it Cost Plus World Market. If you go to Welcome to Vampire.com they sell it online and also have a store locator. I just noticed that now they have Dracula wine! It went over really well and it is pretty cheap and tastes really good!

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Thanks for the fantastic idea! I am doing a vamp themed party this year, and it never occured to me to break up the prizes into best vamp, slayer, and victim. :-)

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Well, I've been doing some shopping, and have a few things to add into my collection. I'm trying to keep it as cheap as possible (as in as close to nothing as I can!) but found some bargain items!

In the local 99p store I got 3 large wicker baskets. I'll spray these black and they'll be perfect for the main 3 prizes! I also got 3 garden gargoyles (yes, 99p each!) which look pretty impressive for the price! I think I'll glue gems to the eyes to make them more sinister. For the kids hampers I got two "jelly cars" filled with glitter and bulging eyes. Total spend £7.92.

eBay is also providing me with Halloween on DVD for about £2.00, inc postage. Can't argue with that!

We're getting there!