I've always wanted to try these!

http://www.thatssomichelle.com/2011...shots.html

That's so cool! Thanks for showing me that!!

Are you looking for decoration ideas too? You can make cute skeletons out of milk jugs.

Do you have a theme? I always wanted to have a murder mystery party!

I LOVE the idea of a murder mystery party, like Mocha suggested.

Oh that would be fun! But you would need enough people willing to be in on it.

I am looking for mostly decorations! LOL I am thinking Walmart and the Dollar store are going to be my best friends for finding inexpensive decorations. =P

I don't really have a theme but nothing vampire. I do like gore so anything gorey would be cool. Murder mystery I know my friend would love but I'll talk to her about it. It would take a lot of planning for that one though. Something just simple, I guess. I am going to have our ping pong table set up and MAYBE have some darts later in the night when people go home because I would need to close the garage for that. I will have music, but I don't know what else to do to entertain my guests! I know ping pong/beer pong will entertain people for a while...But I don't know if I can use the ping pong table for beer pong...People aren't the most considerate at parties anymore, heck I don't know if they ever were. =O

ummmm, I am going to have a punch bowl with some gummy eyeballs and worms in it and maybe an ice hand.

I've been making a list of things I need. I need to calculate all this so I know how much I am going to need to spend.

It's been a while since I have planned a party or even gone to a party!

The Martha Stewart magazine is actually GREAT for cheapish decorations, if you have time to make them. When I had a Halloween party a few years ago, a friend did some paper cutouts of witches and cats and pumpkins etc and they looked great on the walls.

I have really nerdy friends so usually our parties consist of movies/video games/board games. Board games can work out pretty well as party games if you have a smaller crowd, plus you can probably put on a movie for people not interested in that. Add that to the ping pong/beer pong and it's probably enough to keep people entertained for a good while. HTH

I've been looking at Martha Stewart's website but haven't really found anything I liked. I'll look more though.

Since I am not sure who is going to show up and how many people...AND the party will be outside I don't think board games will work out...or a TV...Although I have thought of putting a TV outside. lol I don't want my board games being destroyed though. haha

I bought some cool things from the 99 cent store and kmart. My mom said it's okay to have the party but then I had to make sure with my dad (since I live with both my parents still) and he said no and was being a big meanie about it so I have to try and convince him tonight again. He doesn't trust one of my friends and I made the mistake of saying she would be inviting friends and he just did not like that. booooo. Oh well. I will have the party. I know I can convince him. I was really looking forward to this. I never do anything like this so it's exciting for me! haha

Here's what I did foodwise for a party last year:

 
Eyeball Cakepops

 

Black Halloween Punch, with ice hand. Did not turn out very black for me.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/black-halloween-punch/detail.aspx

 

Mock liver pate (done in a brain mold, lightly brushed with cherry jam)
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/mock-chopped-liver/detail.aspx

 

Green Grog Punch http://allrecipes.com/recipe/green-grog/detail.aspx

 

- Annette