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.

I'm trying to come up with the some ideas for costumes, nothing too cutsey. I'm looking for something clever. In years past, I'ved colored tampons blue and gone as Picasso blue period and another year i attached smarties candies to my pants and gone as smarty pants. Any cool creative ideas along those lines would be great

you could go with a group of people dressed in green with green bandanas and be "gang green" (gangrene) or try going to this website they have lots of good ideas for the sarcastic costume u want

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span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Halloween is fast approaching. Only a few days left and we'll all be enjoying the party. Were you able to make a perfect plan for your Halloween costume this year? How about your kids? Do they have the best kids costume for this year? Letting kids wear last years costume is not a good idea so, we'll start by introducing bright ideas for this year's celebration.

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Roberta Groche
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Matthew Lester
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Here are some easy-to-make, kid-friendly party or trick-or-treat favors. This video is part of Halloween 2008 show hosted by Jennifer Perkins . SHOW DESCRIPTION :Let the ghoul times roll with our bewitching costume, pumpkin-carving, party-planning and decorating ideas-sure to spookify your home inside and out.

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