Host a Costume Party to Remember

Costume parties might just be one of the best parts of Halloween. Whether you’re hosting a costume party or just attending one, ShindigZ has all the tips you’ll need for an awesome Halloween party.

Check out our other party tips for decorating your Halloween party for a funny Halloween bash or a scary Halloween party. Hosting a costume party is just like hosting any other Halloween party—you’ll need decorations, food, tableware, and other party essentials.

A costume party, however, has the added fun of a costume contest. Create a runway for costume contestants to display their duds using Halloween gossamer or spider web gossamer for drapes, curtains or a carpet. Have them enter through a doorway decorated with a Halloween curtain, or use an animated bone curtain for a special effect. It opens, lights up and plays scary noises when it senses motion! For a finishing touch, use a fog machine to fill the area with an eerie mist.

Have impartial judges decide who has the best overall costume, or divide the contest up into categories such as funniest costume, scariest costume, most unique costume, sexiest costume, cutest kids’ costume, or any other category you can think of. You could also have each guest cast a secret ballot into a cauldron and count the votes up—that way everyone is involved in the judging.

Hand out prizes to the winners when they’re announced. Try a sexiest costume sash or customize an imprinted sash for each category. You could also hand out Halloween favor packs to each winner or fill a black cat favor box with your own personally selected goodies. Our Costume Party Trophies are perfect. The set of three includes Funniest Costume, Scariest Costume and Best Costume trophies.

If you’re going to a costume party this Halloween, you’ll need a great costume!

If you’re going to the party as a couple or with a close friend, check out costumes for couples, such as a Plug and Socket Costume, or a Football Player and Cheerleader costume in which the man dresses as a cheerleader and the woman as the football player.

You can dress as a superhero (or a supervillain) with costumes including Spiderman, Wolverine, Superman, Batgirl, Padme Amidala and Darth Vader. Or, check out other movie inspired costumes such as Napoleon Dynamite, Stewie, Gandalf and Captain Jack Sparrow.
 
There are tons of costumes for teens too, including zombie costumes, sexy costumes, and Pirates of the Caribbean costumes.

Your can go to the party as a family too with family costumes. There’s even dog costumes for your pet—large or small.

Decorations for a Humorous Halloween

Halloween may feature ghosts, monsters and zombies, but it doesn’t have to be scary. There are plenty of humorous Halloween decorations, costumes and party supplies to choose from for a Halloween that makes your friends and neighbors laugh, not scream!

 

Place a jack ‘o lantern stack light on your front porch to greet guests or tick-or-treaters with bright smiles.  Personalized Halloween banners are also great for sending your custom Halloween message. A zombie candy grabber is a great accessory for your front porch. Kids can pull candy out of the zombie’s stomach for a fun spin on trick-or-treating.

 

Guests or trick-or-treaters will love taking hilarious photos with our photo stand-ins. A Mummy Standee or Juggling Skeleton Photo-op are perfect for a fun monster photo. Couples or friends will get great pictures with a Frankie and Bride Photo-op.

 

Create a fun kids’ area at your Halloween party with a child’s Halloween castle decoration for a play area. Set up a pumpkin bean bag toss or a monster lab bean bag toss for the kids to play with. Adults will get a kick out of these games too (just make them stand further away!). Everyone loves a piñata! A Frankenstein piñata is perfect for a treat-filled game at your Halloween party.

 

Special effects and animation are a great way to add some humor to your Halloween decorations. Add a barber chair skeleton to a tabletop and let him sing to your guests. Or, set up a dancing Frankenstein at the doorway to greet guests with a festive song and dance. A pumpkin giggle buddy will bring tons of laughs to any place you choose to hang it. Stick a talking vampire head in a dish and surround it with chips, cookies or candy for a table accent that will get guests gabbing.

 

Balloons are a simple, fun accent to any of your decorations. Halloween balloons will look great in clusters around your party space. Tie them together with a spider balloon weight with sound for a novel accent. A Frankenstein Mylar or dancing skeleton Mylar balloons are cute accents to your party décor.

 

Check out all of our Halloween decorations to create your own fun look. There are tons of Halloween party supplies, decorations and favors to fit your funny Halloween theme or for a scary Halloween too!