Thread: Ghosts of Halloween Past Party Theme!

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Great party theme! I have always thought about incorporating a Ghosts of Halloweens past display board at my regular party with pics from past parties. Since this is only my 3rd annual, I need to wait a while unless I solicit childhood pics from guests.

I think classic Halloween symbols would be good decor, bats, spiders, tombstones, witches...

TarantulaMama, I'm actually including that game already! I bought a little jar at Dollar Tree a few days ago that I'm going to use. I'm not sure how I'm going to decorate it yet, though.

Halloween Princess, I do plan on asking my guests to bring pictures or mementos from their childhood Halloweens to share. Or just posting pictures on the Facebook page.

Classic Halloween is definitely my main decoration inspiration. I'm also trying to think of any popular holiday fads from the 80s/90s that I can incorporate. For example, those McDonald's trick-or-treat bags/buckets that kids used to get. I'm having a hard time of coming up with items specific to those time periods. I'm not really going for a skeleton-with-an-afro/80s/neon-colored/90s-inspired kind of thing. I'm trying to think of actual Halloween fads during those times that kids would remember.

I'm gathering up old Halloween commercials from YouTube, too. I want to put together a DVD so that I can play classic Halloween specials with the old commercials thrown in-between, as well as the theme songs for shows like Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Goosebumps, and Ahh! Real Monsters!

Outside, I want to play audio clips of children laughing, along with doorbells, knocking, and children saying "Trick or treat!" And, although it's not a childhood memory, I'd like to include Sam from Trick 'R Treat.. Maybe standing outside the door, holding out his bag for candy.

I'm really excited about the food this year, although I don't have any specific ideas yet. I want it to be fun Halloween food, as opposed to my normal, creppy/adult Halloween food.