Thread: Black Cat Auction

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I cant remember who it was but someone was talking about having a black cat auction at their witchy party. Id like to do something like that at mine too, if I could get more info on how it worked that'd be awesome
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Now that sounds interesting..... I look forward to hearing.

Oooo do you get a real black kitty?!?

Hi, it was me who mentioned having a Black Cat Auction at my Be WITCHY party. I had planned to have everyone bring a $10 gift and do an exchange. However, several of my friends just lost their jobs unexpectedly and I decided not to do tbis this year.

It was going to be like the Naughty Santa or Chinese Auction that is done during the Christmas season. I even found a story to read. It is like the Right Left Story we use at Christmas.


Here is the story:

He Left, Right?


You get your guests into a circle and give each a wrapped package. These contain 'white elephant' prizes like Dollar Tree Halloween stuff, spooky DVDs, candy, even one with an actual 'good' prize in it like a gift card or such. These are taped closed so nobody can see what they are. Then you tell your guests you'll be reading them a spooky story. Whenever they hear the word "Left" ... they pass the gift to the person on their left. When they hear the word "Right", they pass it to the person on their right.

(The story I use, but you can make up your own. The more you get into the telling, the better.)

It was a dark and stormy night. RIGHT in the next town, a young man LEFT his home and went for a drive. Sure enough, don't you know it, he went RIGHT out and got himself lost.

RIGHT next to where he'd broken down, RIGHT on the top of a hill, there was a broken down creepy old house. There was hardly anything LEFT of the pathway, as it was choked with weeds. RIGHT then, it began to rain again. He decided RIGHT away that he would have to take shelter in the house. There was no place else LEFT to go, RIGHT? He LEFT the car behind and went RIGHT up to the door. Inside, it was dark and forbidding. His hand drifted through some spider webs and spiders began crawling over his LEFT hand! He shook them off, but decided RIGHT then to not pester them further and LEFT the webs alone. On he moved, LEFT through the hall, RIGHT toward the stairs and and RIGHT up them. He turned the corner and ran RIGHT into a skeleton! RIGHT there! RIGHT at the top of the stairs!! He had only one option LEFT. He gave it a feirce LEFT! Then a RIGHT! Until there was nothing LEFT of the skeleton but dust.

He ran RIGHT back down the stairs and hurried out into the back yard. LEFT to his own horrible sense of direction, he found himself RIGHT in the middle of a graveyard. Lightning flashed! A bolt hit a tree and split it RIGHT down the center! The ground heaved and the gravestones began to tip RIGHT and LEFT, LEFT and RIGHT... He jumped RIGHT out of his skin and turned RIGHT around and LEFT the haunted house behind him. He ran RIGHT back to his car and hid until morning. Now, I hope you have the RIGHT gift in your hands because that is all that is LEFT of my story except to wish you a happy Halloween. Now, am I RIGHT or am I RIGHT?

Then everyone opens the package they wind up with. Usually they're so busy laughing at how easily they got their left and right mixed up and showing off their 'prize' of a jack-o-lantern oven mit or a DVD of Bela Lugosi meets a Brooklyn Gorilla that they forget that they're supposed to be shyly keeping to themselves.


You could easily theme the Black Cat items as all Halloween, or a witch theme, etc.

I plan to add this to my party next year. I love the idea, but didn't want to put a burden on my friends. After all they already had to come up with a costume and hat.

Be sure to let me know how it goes.

Thank you! This will be perfect.