I am having a halloween party on Oct. 27 with a medium sized group of friends, I was thinking of having them meet at my house to eat, then leaving and going to a haunted house/woods something like that, then coming back to my house and having some drinks and telling ghost stories, watching scary movies etc. I had also thought of having a costume contest but I don't want to force people to dress up if they don't want to, I also thought of having a pumpkin carving contest but that could get kind of expensive supplying all the pumpkins and such, but anyway please give me input/ideas...Thanks!
The age range of the people at this party will be 19-25 if that helps.

Here's some ideas for you:

- Depending on the group, have a "Bring A Pumpkin To Carve" party.

- Charades (Halloween theme)

- Make festive jello shots:

You'll need Dixie cups, jello packets, vodka or rum, water, and plenty of fridge space.

Follow the normal jello-making instructions that appear on the box, but substitute half of the hot water with the alcohol of your choice. For alcohol, you typically use the basics -- vodka and rum -- and sometimes something more exciting like fruity schnapps or flavored vodka. It's also fun to put little plastic spiders and other freaky gadgets in the jello shots. Fill the Dixie cups about 1/3 to 1/2 of the way full. Any orange (orange, apricot), green (lime), black (black cherry), and red (cherry) flavors are good for Halloween.

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I like it kind to be a muder mstery party. If you have ideas plz put them into steps of things i would need to do, supplies ineed, and how much it would cost.

Are you familiar with the board game "Clue"? You could have the guests act out a game, live.

I need cool effects and decorations and stuff. Not costume ideas or activities. I dont have much of a budget at all, I spent a ton of money already on this party, but even if you do say something that is expensive, i might have the supplies to pull it off. So any homemade decorations and effects that are cool. Plus, this party will be indoors. Just keep that in mind. PS no fire please.

Well, there's the old puking pumpkin, doesn't get much cheaper than that. A picture explains it instantly:

http://www.funpages.com/pukingpumpkin/

And the hand-shaped ice if you have a punch bowl, created with the use of a powder-free latex glove, filled with water and frozen, then just snip the glove off and put it into red punch. Depends on whether you're thinking of a gory sort of display with guts and ooze, or just faintly creepy, like having a wreath of all black plants and some cobwebs. I mean, I've been planning a party, but the age range (2-9) is such that even the black wreath would be overboard.

If you do have a couple more bucks to spend, places like Big Lots have some pretty cheap components that can be used with whatever you have already.

And I found this site, gallery at the top and much more info below.

http://members.tripod.com/~Motomom/index-2.html

It at least might give you a starting place for some ideas.

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