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Halloween Party Favors: Fiendish Favors For Ghostly Guests

Have you made sure that you have the "coveted" Halloween party favors to hand out at the end of your children's party? Young children usually expect to receive some sort of favor bag once it's time to leave. They've been conditioned to expect this from all the birthday parties they've attended and a Halloween party is no exception.

Picture this - the young guests have all arrived and your child's first hosted Halloween party is in full swing. Kids giggle and screech with laughter over the creepy decorations and fiendishly fun games. The table is a Frankenstein's feast, loaded with ghoulish delights to tickle any child's fancy. Everything is going great...until it's time for the guests to go home and they're looking for their handouts. You don't want to be known as the "un-cool" and "clueless" Mom and Dad of the block. So...are you prepared?

Sure you could throw some candy and a plastic spider ring into a Halloween treat bag, but why not eliminate your potential "un-coolness" and elevate it to "awesome parent(s)" status by taking

the time to plan and make some fun and unique Halloween party favors yourself?

Having thrown many, many children's parties over the years, along with planning, organizing, and running my children's Halloween Howl elementary school event for 6 years, I've learned a thing or two about what kids like. Of course, the younger the child, the less effort you usually have to go too to impress them.

Mini Halloween Frisbee's

Items needed:

Orange and black Frisbee's
round CD labels, halloween graphics
a software program to manipulate graphics and text

Work with the Halloween graphic to get it to the right size so it prints on the CD label fully. Add text, such as "Happy Halloween", maybe the child's name that will receive the favor or anything else that you wish to have on it. Print the graphic onto the round CD label and stick it to the center of the Frisbee to make a personalized Halloween Frisbee favor for each guest.

Halloween Chocolate Candy Pop Bouquets

Items needed:

White and milk chocolate
food dye (for chocolate)
lollipop sticks, cooking pots
chocolate thermometer
orange cellophane wrapping
orange and black curly riboon
a variety of Halloween chocolate molds

The following chocolate candy molds are available through Amazon.com:

Make 2 or 3 different chocolate candy pops per child. It's very easy to do. Just melt the chocolate in a double boiler (you don't want it to burn), lay your sticks in the molds and pour the chocolate it, then let it set until hard. That's it! Finally, wrap each chocolate individually in clear or orange cellophane wrap. Tie the pops together in a "bouquet" with black and orange curly ribbon. If you would like additional ideas on how to make candy there is a huge selection of excellent candy cookbooks that can be purchased or borrowed from the library. You can also find some great tips on the Internet as well.

Halloween Surprise Tubes

Items needed:

Toilet paper roll tube
Halloween wrapping paper
Tape or glue
Ribbon in Halloween colors
Small candies, small novelty items, confetti

These are very simple to make and are based on the idea of New Year's crackers. First, measure and cut your paper so that it will wrap around the toilet paper tube (with a little extra for gluing/taping) and that the length extends about 2" from each end. Glue the paper to the tube and tie one end closed with some ribbon. Fill the tube with candy; novelty items such as spider or ghost rings, stickers, etc.; and add some confetti to the mix. Tie up the open end with ribbon. Using scissors, fringe the ends and you're done. If you like, you could stick labels on each tube that are personalized with each child's name.

Witch's Broom Treat Bags

This is a very cool video that shows you how to make unique treat bags that resemble a witch's broom. Fill halfway with inexpensive candies and novelty items and you'll have "kid approved" Halloween party favors.

Items needed:

2 paper bags (lunch bag size)
scissors
black ribbon
8" long dowel about 1/2" in diameter or small branch (please don't cut live trees for the branch)
candy and novelty items

More Halloween Party Favor Ideas

Fortune Teller Party Favors
Present your Halloween guests with fortune teller party favors and game prizes in keeping with a Fortune Teller Party theme. Here are some craft ideas that are simple to put together.

How To Make a Paper Fortune Teller
A paper fortune teller (also known as an origami fortune teller) was something I loved to make when I was in school, along with many of my friends. They were such fun to create, especially coming up with and writing the fortunes inside.

Keep Those Phantoms Happy With Ghost Favors and Prizes
Ghosts, ghouls, frightful spirits, mischievous poltergeists... your home has been invaded by a bunch of haunting spirits! Make them all happy by handing out cool ghost party favors and prizes at your next Halloween party!

Monster Party Favors
Monsters go hand in hand with Halloween. At your Monster Mash Bash, be sure you have plenty of monster mash party favors to hand out. Here are some ideas that you can use.

Pumpkin Favors
If you've planned to hold a pumpkin party, then you are certainly going to need related pumpkin favors and prizes. Here are some simple, but fun ideas, that are easy to craft and present to your guests.

Halloween Spider Party Favors
Creepy, crawly Halloween spider party favors are the perfect items to hand out at your next spooky bash. Here are some ideas that you can put together.

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