Coolest Adult Halloween Party Ideas

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Whether you're having the biggest party on the block or a simple gathering of close friends, these adult Halloween party ideas will keep your party out of the dead zone!

A Grave Welcome

What could be more gracious than setting up one of these grave markers for each of your guests?

Use strips of black paper or black painter's tape to mimic the wrought iron bars of the cemetery fence as a backdrop to these creepy cement fixtures.

To make the headstones, cut pieces of foam sheeting to size and paint them gray before writing on them with a large black marker. Another option is to simply cut the shapes from cardboard, paint them gray, and use paint or marker to add names.

If your party is too large for individual grave markers for each guest, then try this fun alternative.

Skip the names and turn them into superlatives, much in the spirit of your high-school year book. Best costume, most original, scariest, silliest, and even most unrecognizable are great headstone categories, and guests can write down their favorites as the night progresses.

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Get Into The Spirit

Here are some adult Halloween party ideas that are guaranteed to scare up some fun!

• Screaming spirit platters are great serving platters, but you can do so much more! Use them as wall hangings or to cover existing décor that doesn't fit into your Halloween scheme. Hang them in front of mirrors for a spooky surprise, especially in bathrooms where guests will find themselves alone with one very unpleasant face!
• Spiderweb tablecovers aren't just for tables! Use them as wall hangings or to block windows. Not only will they dim the light inside if the sun is still up, the orange will cast an eerie glow around the stark black lines of the web.
• Place slimy hands in unexpected spots such as the underside of door handles. This involuntary handshake will have guests shrieking! You can also use them in other high profile spots such as cooler handles, faucets, and windows.
• Freeze Glow-in-the-dark eyeballs into ice cubes and offer them to guests or float them in the punch bowl.
• You can't have a Halloween party without spider webs! Use realistic webs available from stores, or get creative with black streamers. Hang them from your ceiling so that they create a spider web pattern, or set a giant web up against one wall. Dangle large black spiders from their recesses.
• Cover condiments with spooky bottle stickers before putting them on your buffet. Guests will love putting Rat Poison or Zombie Virus on their foods! Great for bottled beverages, too! If condiments aren't on the menu, you can still have fun with these gruesome labels. Simply remove the labels and wash out any containers that you used in the party preparations – such as the cans from canned goods – and apply the new labels. For more visual interest, dent the cans before laying them on your food table. Spoon some of the contents of your buffet into each one for the "just spilled" look.

Creepy Cake Concoction

When you're planning your adult Halloween party ideas, don't overlook the cake. Even busy hosts can quickly put this cake together! Here's how:

1) Start with baked 8" or 9" rounds of devil's food cake (of course!)

2) Slice them in half horizontally for thinner layers with more icing, or create a lavish decadence with one towering cake.

3) The next step involves orange icing. You can buy it seasonally in stores, or simple dye store-bought white icing orange with cake decorator's orange coloring, available in party or cake stores. Mix well before use.

4) Spread the orange icing generously on top of the first layer, allowing it to spill over the sides naturally. Continue to layer the cake until you get to the top layer.

5) On top, pile the icing on just as you did with the other layers. Then use black icing in a decorator's bag and a small round tip (such as Wilton #3) to pipe circles on top of the cake. It should look like a bulls eye when you finish. (Hint: If you don't have cake decorating supplies on hand, snip the corner off the edge of a sandwich bag to make a small hole through which you can easily apply the icing).

6) Once the circles are there, pull a butter knife lightly through the icing from the center to the outside edge, working your way around the entire top surface.

7) Finally, place a large plastic spider in the center of the web. You're ready to serve!

Tricks and Treats

No assortment of adult Halloween party ideas would be complete without party favors! Try one of these tricky treats!

Pumpkin carving tool kits are exciting, practical party favors that are seething in holiday spirit!

If your party is too large to give one to each guest, then consider using them as prizes for tombstone superlatives or party games. These party favors are simple to put together but look amazing! To recreate your own, you'll need plastic cups, a hot glue gun, Halloween ribbon in assorted prints, leaves (buy fake ones unless you've got some really good real ones in your yard), and small stuffer ideas.

Need more suggestions? Halloween candy and plastic spiders are always in season! Halloween votives or tea lights will also make great gifts – they're inexpensive and they fit easily into the cups.

To begin, cut a length of wide ribbon, such as the black with stars print shown, so that it wraps completely around the cup. Use just a dab of hot glue to hold it in place (too much will melt the plastic cup). Next, tie a bow with a longer piece of thin ribbon and tack it on with hot glue.

The next part is the fun part! Fill each cup with Halloween goodies, placing decorative items such as spiders at the top so they're visible. Once the cups have been filled, tuck a few leaves down through the spaces between items so that they stay put.

These adult Halloween party ideas will have you well on your way to throwing the best Halloween bash ever!

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