Halloween Party

For Halloween we had a little party at our house with our friends. We were super excited to pass out candy to little trick or treaters. There is something about the spirit of Halloween that even at 25 it is still fun to dress up and even though I didn't go trick or treating had just as much fun eating good food with my friends in our costumes and handing out candy at the front door.

Here is the outside of our house. Aunt Tammy wasn't using their Halloween decorations this year since they just moved so she let us use them. A Black light, some flashing lights (one of which makes creepy witch sounds), a trick or treat sign, a fog machine that was a dud, and Christmas lights to add a little bit of bright cheer. Oh and a Creepy Mummy in the doorway.

We kept our door open and were dying for kids to come to our house but since we live on a cul-de-sac and not many of our neighbors were participating we did not get a lot of traffic. Of course the kids that did come were to scared to come to the doorway, might have had something to do with these two creepers...

 

Drew and Lane had complained about their costumes the night before and just hours earlier but as soon as they realized they were a little bit scary to kids they were eating it up! Drew would stand still against the wall while the kids walked by scared to death and he would just move his head at them. Lane would silently follow kids around the block with his hands behind his back. When the trick or treaters hit a total lull they would go stand on the street corner under lights to scare people.

We had so much candy we were practically begging kids to come get some, handing it out on the street to anyone interested. We still have so much it will probably show up in some Christmas stockings.

We had a festive little arrangement and lots of yummy food to keep us occupied for the night.

I made these white chocolate bones I found on Pinterest. So festive and SO easy, I got stick pretzels and large marshmallows from the Dollar Tree, some white chocolate to dip them in and you have this tasty little treat.

I also tried my first shot at Sausage balls, also a recipe found on Pinterest, such an easy snack and incredibly delicious! Definitely be making these again.

Neeley made these jalepeno cream cheese crossiant bites that were so stinking good!

Brandais made these super cute cake bites that looked like eye balls and she made some chocolate peanut butter ones that I loved!

Aunt Tammy gave me this awesome Edgar Alan Poe Poem book in my Halloween basket, yes I get a Halloween basket because my Aunt is AMAZING! I hope it never stops, not even when I have kids of my own :) Anyway the book was so cool and creepy looking I stuck it on the coffee table as decoration for the night.

What a pair! I am not sure what either of us really were but we were happy to be hanging out together.

I got this idea to make a Butterfly headpiece from Martha Stewart. I wasn't planning on really dressing up I just thought it would be fun to have a cool head piece.

Here was my inspiration...           




 

I really liked the look so I went to Hobby Lobby and Michaels and bought a ton of Butterflies with coupons and added some Dollar Tree glitter to spice them up to make my headpiece.

I was reallyhappy with how it turned out although it was really heavy in my hair. I did end up getting butterfly wings to wear with it. Max kept calling me Mother Nature and Kelsey called me a Social Butterfly so I'm not quite sure what it was. But now I have all the butterflies to use on a spring wreath!

Here are all of us that dressed up: Drew as Scarecrow Scream Ghost, Me as butterfly queen or whatever, Lane as the Grim Reaper, Neeley as a Mummy, Brandais as a Pirate, and Brent as a 300 Spartan.

Neeley did my makeup and hers and did an AMAZING job at them! We had so much fun together. We also took time to draw for Secret Santa for Christmas while we were all together. Another fun Party to have in December!