As could be expected, Halloween is a big event in the Moyle household. And with the spooky day falling on a Saturday this year, we knew it was going to be something special.

We always start by renting out one of the local trolleys and we invite over 30 families to be a part of the Halloween extravaganza. As you can see from the pictures, everyone dresses up—some of my favorites this year—the Kolars as spaghetti and meatballs, Sue Hoagburg as octo-mom (note the eight plastic babies strapped to her body) and Sharon Disher as a biker girl—showed just how creative our group is.

Wendy and I decided to go as our unfinished house and we scrounged building materials, paint rags, blueprints, and various construction junk to decorate our bodies. Frankly, the building process is so scary, I am not sure a costume can adequately convey the overwhelming fear of the whole nightmare. But I digress.

We also had an amazing turnout from the teenagers. At first, we thought our teens would not participate and that they were too cool to still be a part of our now ninth year of trolley treating. Fortunately, we had over 20 teens be a part of the event. Leaving our home and somehow stuffing all of us into the trolley was a minor miracle. We all use our glow necklaces and everyone is required to wear one on the trolley—

• a. for safety to be seen at night and
• b. so we know where the kids in our group are as they assault houses in the neighborhood.

Happy Halloween Candy Bar from the Moyles

This year, we not only handed out the traditional candy, but we gave out our new custom candy bars complete with Halloween wishes from the Moyles. Needless to say, they were all gone by the time we returned. It is always so fun to see the younger kids all dressed up in the shindigz costumes they picked out way back in august when we first publish our offerings for the year. They are so excited about this fun and candy riddled holiday.

After trolleying about for over two hours, it’s back home for a pot luck dinner of epic proportions while the kids sort candy, play sting pong, guitar hero and basketball in the driveway. Everyone gets to enjoy our “haunted bathroom” complete with spiderwebs, skeletons and the dreaded glow in the dark toilet seat. It was all pretty funny till someone slipped off in the dark. 

Spider Candy Bar from the Moyles

We had our giant hanging creature over 12 feet high in the hallway and lots of Halloween décor all about the house including the custom tombstones I did for the kids. I am not sure any of them found my copywriting punny or entertaining, but I enjoyed it at least. The party went well past midnight as we enjoyed the company of great friends and their kids. We look forward to next year already.

Happy haunting!!!!

Shep

If you’re having a Halloween party or just really looking to give the trick-or-treaters a thrill, creating a haunted garage is a great way to add some extra fright and fun to your Halloween! We have an awesome Haunted Garage Decorating Kit that includes tons of great ways to transform your garage into a haunted setting.

The Haunted Garage Kit includes Cobblestone Flat Paper (50′ roll), Black Poly Vinyl (100′ roll), Black Gossamer (50′ roll), Black and Blue Tissue Grass (1 dozen each), Skull tombstones (set of 3), Bloody Bandage (3′ roll), Moon and Bat Cutouts (pkg of 4), Bloody Weapon Garland (7 1/2′ long), Gruesome Ground Breakers (Set of 2) and Cobwebs (set of 6).

Use the cobblestone flat paper to cover the floors, creating a dungeon look. Cover the walls with black poly vinyl and black gossamer to hide bikes, lawn mowers, and the like and to enhance the feeling that your garage is a haunted house or dungeon. Use the black and blue tissue grass to add some texture to floors or tables. The Skull Tombstones make great scene setters and photo settings for a focal point to your haunted garage. Add some Gruesome Ground Breakers to them for a scarier look. Create a border around the room with the Bloody Bandage roll. Suspend the Moon and Bat Cutouts from the ceiling with fishing line or attach them to the walls. Finish the scene off with the Bloody Weapon Garland and cobwebs strewn throughout.

Create an even spookier atmosphere by adding a fog machine to your haunted garage decorations.

Add some haunted house décor to the outside of your house too with our Haunted House Standee (shown above). It stands 10’ tall and 9’8” wide and has a spooky haunted house image, making it a fantastic entrance piece or photo setting for your haunted house party or Halloween decorations.

Finish your decorating off with a Haunted House Personalized Banner. The banner coordinates with our Haunted House Standee and features your custom wording. Each of our banners is printed on heavy-duty, weather-resistant vinyl with sturdy metal grommets for hanging. Plus, you can choose from a variety of sizes to best fit your decorating needs.

Check out all of our Halloween Decorations for tons more ideas and great Halloween party supplies!

Dressing up for Halloween parties is a lot of fun for teens and older kids and ShindigZ has a great selection of Halloween costumes for teen girls and guys to dress up this Halloween whether they’re aiming for a cool or creepy look.

Guys will love our Mail Zombie Costume. Each Mail Zombie Costume includes a mail carrier’s uniform, a zombie mask, a hat, and a mailbag. The creepy costume is sure to scare on Halloween!

Another great zombie costume is the Rot N’ Rocker Punk Creep Costume. This cool zombie costume will make teen guys look like an undead rock star and includes a long sleeve printed shirt with a faux vest and half cap mask.

For a funny, personalized costume, try our Cell Phone Sandwich Board Costume. You can choose your own text message to be printed right on the sandwich board. It’s a fun, easy to wear costume available in gray or pink.

For teen girls, our Born Bad Costume is a trendy devil costume sure to be a hit at the costume party. The Born Bad Costume includes a cute tank minidress, a headpiece and a tail. Pair it with a plastic pitchfork for optimal effect!

Our Strangeling Skulls and Stars Costume is another cool option for teen girls. The dress includes a dress with attached crinoline skirt, wings, leggings, belt, and choker with charm to help you look like an edgy fairy. It’s a unique look perfect for Halloween!

We have tons of other options, so check out all of our Teen Halloween Costumes and Halloween Party Supplies for more ideas!

Dressing up for Halloween isn’t just for kids. Teens and adults can enjoy costume parties, office Halloween parties, or even trick-or-treating with the young crowd with these fun Halloween costumes!

Halloween Costumes for Women:

We have a variety of costumes for women ranging from glamorous to funny to sexy. Whether you’re dressing up for a adult Halloween party or are taking the kids trick-or-treating, we have just the costume for you.

Our Kandy Corn Witch is a fun alternative to the classic witch costume, featuring an orange, black, and yellow minidress, hat, and stockings for a festive outfit. Pair it with one of our witch’s brooms to finish off the look!

For a costume that will really make you stand out from the crowd, try our Spin and Win Roulette Costume. The costume includes a dress with a corset back, a hat, and bloomers. The skirt of the dress has a cool roulette wheel look to it that will make you look sensational this Halloween!

If you’re into movies, try our Treasure Hunter Costume. This sexy costume looks like Indiana Jones and features a stretch bengaline dress, faux leather boned waist corset, hat, bag and whip.

Halloween Costumes for Men:

We also have several different styles of men’s costumes! For the guy with a silly sense of humor, try our Junk in the Trunk Costume which includes a black and white print dress and a trunk belt which you can fill with junk food. It’s bound to be the most outrageous costume at any party!

For an adult party, try our Hugh’s Robe Costume which includes a red velvet jacket with front pockets, a red belted tie at the waist, black satin collar and cuffs, a black satin embroidered Playboy logo on the back, and a pipe accessory.

Our Body Bag Costume is great for an eerie look. It includes a cotton body bag which you can zip up to your chin. Paint your face a whitish gray for a really spooky effect!

Check out all of our Halloween Costumes and Halloween Party Supplies for more ideas on how to have a fun Halloween this year!

What do your kids want to dress as for Halloween this year? We have a great selection of Halloween costumes for babies, kids, teens, and adults. With our selection of children’s Halloween costumes for 2009, your kids are sure to have the best costumes on the block!

For girls, Hannah Montana and High School Musical Costumes are ever-popular. This year there are new styles of Hannah Montana and High School Musical Costumes to keep up with trends. The Hannah Montana Pink Polka Dot Dress Costume (pictured right) has a fun black, white, and pink outfit that looks great with our Hannah Montana Wigs and glitter microphones.

Girls who love High School Musical will love the Gabriella Prom Costume. The white and pink floral dress includes an adorable matching headband. We also carry a Sharpay Prom Costume with a shiny pink dress, petticoat, and matching hair accessory.

Camp Rock fans will look cool in our Mitchie Torres Costume, which includes a top, leggings, and fringed boot covers. It looks awesome with our Mitchie Torres wig and glitter microphone.

Our Skeleton Bride Costume is a great choice for girls who want something spooky for Halloween. The Skeleton Bride Costume includes a dress with a hood and a chian belt. It looks great with white tights and a Zombie Bride Bouquet.

For boys, our Star Trek Spock Costume, inspired by the 2009 summer movie, is a great choice! Each Spock Costume includes a shirt, dickie, and pants. Another awesome, movie-inspired costume is the Iron Man Costume, with matching Iron Man Gloves!

Little guys will look cute in our Wee Werewolf Costume, including a jumpsuit with faux fur accents and a headpiece. Our Toddlers’ UPS Man Costume is another sweet choice.

For boys who want something scarier, our Transylvania Vampire Costume is a frighteningly cool choice. The costume includes a jumpsuit with wings and a half mask. Our Zombie Pizza Boy Costume and Zombie Mailman Costumes are a terrifying choice.

Check out all of our Halloween costumes for a ton of costume options for your kids to choose from for this year’s trick-or-treating!

For a Halloween party table that works well for both adult guests and kids, creating a table with decorations that features plenty of fall harvest colors as well as ghosts and goblins.

To create a festive fall table for Halloween, try our Haunted Hill Tableware Ensemble (pictured at right). The print on the tableware features a fall harvest-colored sky paired with a haunted cemetery scene. The smiling Jack O’Lanterns and skeleton, however, keep the design from being too spooky for kids. The Huanted Hill Tableware pattern is available in dinner plates, luncheon napkins, hot/cold cups, and invitations and coordinates well with our orange and purple cutlery.

The Haunted Hill Kit-N-Kaboodle includes plates, napkins, cups, invitations, cutlery, orange and purple balloons, an orange table cover and orange curling ribbon. The deluxe kit also includes a 10”x30” banner, a Jack O’Lantern mylar balloon, candles, and purple and orange streamers.

To begin your Haunted Hill table decorations, cover the table with an orange plastic tablecover or with a spider web table roll. Adding a sprinkling of black star confetti or Spiders & Cobwebs Embossed Confetti.

In the middle of the table, place a Pumpkin and Ghost Cascade Centerpiece or a Sweet-Station Halloween Centerpiece for displaying festive Halloween baked goods. A great centerpiece makes your table decorations really pop!

Set the table with the Haunted Hill tableware and create cutlery bundles by wrapping the cutlery in the Haunted Hill napkins or in our fantastic personalized napkins with your party details printed right on them. Tie the bundles with coordinating curling ribbon or with milky way garland.

For a spooky dessert, try our Gory Brain Mold. Fill the mold with gelatin for a creepy dessert kids will get a kick out of.

Check out all of our Halloween Party Supplies and decorations and tell us about your Halloween party!

If you’re having a Halloween party that will host both children and adults you’ll want Halloween table decorations that look both fun and classy. Our Halloween Craze Tableware is perfect for creating a fun but grown-up atmosphere at your Halloween party for family and friends.

Start by covering your tables with a spider web tablecover (shown right) for creating a fun base for the tableware. For a simpler option use a solid orange or black tablecover or our spider web gossamer.

Over the top of your tablecover, scatter Spiders and Cobwebs Confetti. If you plan ahead, you can even put some of the confetti in the envelopes with your invitations for a coordinated feel to your party.

In the middle of the table, place the Halloween Craze Centerpiece, which features an accordion style accented with ghosts, bats, and spiders! Our Pumpkin and Ghost Cascade Centerpiece is another festive choice.

Our Halloween Sweet Station is a fantastic decoration for your buffet table! You can place cupcakes, brownies, and other Halloween treats in an awesome arrangement around the Sweet Station for a fun accent to your table.

Set the table with Halloween Craze Tableware including dinner plates, dessert plates, napkins, and cups with a pattern featuring spiders, ghosts, and bats and a jovial polka dot print.

Coordinate some fun with our Spider Pinata, which not only matches the tableware, but will be a fun party activity for kids of all ages!

Check out all of our Halloween Decorating Ideas and Halloween Party Supplies!

If you’re having a grown-up Halloween party, great Halloween tableware is a simple way to create an awesome Halloween atmosphere for your party. Our Pick Your Poison Tableware is a fantastic choice for your Halloween party.

The Pick Your Poison Tableware (shown at right) features a trendy damask print with skulls worked in for a twist, an orange border and cute, coordinating napkins that read “Bring Your Own Boos” and “Pick Your Poison.” Square dessert plates read “Halloween Spirits.”

Create a base for your fun tableware by covering the tables with orange or black plastic tablecovers or a spider web table roll. In the center of your table, place a Glitter Skull Centerpiece.

Hang our Skull Icon Personalized Banner at the entrance to your party or above the buffet table for a great personal touch to your party. Each of our banners is printed on heavy-duty, weather-resistant vinyl and make great keepsakes when you have your guests sign them. Plus, they’re reusable and come in several different sizes so you can find one that fits your space.

Place our Lighted Skull Standee next to your buffet table or doorway for a  coordinating spooky focal point. Guests can also pose for pictures with the standee, which measures 3′ wide x 5′ high. The 3D lighted skull is lit internally.

Add a Halloween theme to the beverages you serve too. Serve them out of personalized stadium cups or custom glassware. Add our Halloween Wine Bottle Labels or Halloween Soda Bottle Labels. They’re frightfully fun and read “Wicked Spirits,” “Devils Blood,” and “Vampire Blood” on the wine labels and “Spooky Sauce,” “Witch Brew,” and “Vampire Blood,” on the soda labels. Your guests will love them!

Finally, for a simple but fun favor, place a Squish Squoosh Skull at each placesetting at your table. You can even use the Halloween toy to prop up placecards.

Check out all of our Halloween Tableware and Halloween Tips!

These new Halloween decorations for Halloween 2009 will have your home, office, or classroom looking spooky chic for Halloween. Whether you’re after scary Halloween decorations or funny Halloween decorations we’ve got a cool new assortment for you.

The Spooky Tree Lighted Corex Standee (pictured at right) is a great item for your front porch or the entrance to your home, classroom, or business. The 3′ high x 3′ wide lighted corex standee features a spooky black tree with eyes on an eerie purple background.

Our Halloween Luminescent Column and Pedestal makes a great Halloween party decoration. To create the of the 8′ high Halloween Luminescent Column we used our Kooky Bat Mylar Balloon, Halloween Glitter Cutouts and Glow Necklaces. The Halloween Luminescent Pedestal was created using our Ghost Tissue Garland and the Pumpkin and Ghost Centerpiece. Create your own great design for any event with the Luminescent Columns & Pedestals.

The Lighted Jack O’Lantern Personalized Banner is a great item for sending Halloween greetings or welcoming guests. The banner features a spooky Jack O’Lantern design and your custom wording. Our banners are printed on heavy-duty weather-resistant vinyl and are available in several sizes to suit your decorating needs.

Use our Bat Silhouettes to add a subtle Halloween accent to windows, walls, and ceilings. The 2’ x 5’ cardboard bats come in sets of 2.

Our Black Spiderweb Curtain makes an awesome entrance piece or decoration for any doorway. The Black Curtain with Web is made of polyester and is 56″ wide x 96″ long.

Spook up your Halloween party tables with a Glitter Skull Centerpiece. Ontop of a table covered with a black plastic tablecover or spiderweb gossamer it creates a fantastic Halloween look.

If you’re going for more of a fall harvest décor scheme, try our Fall Giant Deco Kit. It’s perfect for easily decorating any party room or classroom for fun fall festivities. Each fall scene setter includes two 4′ wide x 12′ long room rolls and four 33″ wide x 65″ long add ons.

The Scarecrow Photo Stand In is a perfect accompaniment for the Fall Giant Deco Kit. Guests will love having their pictures taken in the personalized photo op!

Check out all of our Halloween Decorations for tons more great products and ideas!

Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer, plus the movies based off of them, have become a huge sensation! If you’re a Twilight fan and so are your friends, a Twilight party with vampire themed party supplies will be a hit! This party isn’t just great for Halloween. It’ll be fun for birthday parties or other celebrations! Here are our tips for creating a fun Twilight themed party!

Welcome guests to your party using a personalized vinyl banner. Our Haunted Graveyard Personalized Banner is a great choice. Our banners are printed with your custom wording on heavy-duty, weather-resistant vinyl and are available in several different sizes to fit your needs.

Create a focal point for your event and set the whole scene using our Haunted House Decorations. The Large Huanted Mansion Silhouette is 10 feet high and 9 ½ feet wide. The Small Haunted Mansion Silhouette is 46 ½ inches tall and 4 feet 7 inches wide. Add the flying bats and a Gargoyle Tombstone to complete the scene. These decorations are awesome for using at Halloween too.

Decorate your party space using black crepe roles or cob web print gossamer decorating material. Create swags, grapes and columns with the materials to further the look of a haunted home of a vampire family.

Use black balloons to add some extra dimension to your decorations. Create balloon bunches of odd numbers using black helium balloons and secure them with black curling ribbon to the backs of chairs or to black foil balloon weights. For an extra special touch, add a gold or silver crescent moon mylar balloon.

Add a spooky accent with cob webs and for a final touch create a garland of string ‘em bats around the room.

For your party food, cover tables with black plastic tablecovers and add some silver metallic star confetti. In the center of the table add black silk roses or our flaming table torches for an eerie effect. Use black or silver plastic tableware and coordinating cutlery to serve your snacks on.

For a fantastic party favor, hand out glow in the dark vampire fangs to guests at the door and they can use them during the party and for fun times to come.

Check out all of our Vampire Party Supplies for more ideas and tell us about your Twilight party!