Party Planning

So. Costumes and halloween party in 18 days.

Costume 1: Kitten. Buy black sweatsuit, white tennies and white gloves. Make tail and ears.
Costume 2: Robin. Buy.
Costume 3: Grim Reaper. Skeletal sweatsuit already in hand, make black cloak
Costume 4: Hoshi. Make red cheerleader skirt, white blouse, order socks from fetishizeme.com
Costume 4: Madame M. Make chiton. With Gold cord. Order snakes from OTC. Find swimcap or crochet a beanie.

Plates, cups (get take-home sippers), serving plates, bowls. Cauldron. Punchbowl. Brain mold.

White sheets for furniture. Dark Drapes for walls. Gold frames for spooky pics.
Foam for yard tombstones. 15 watters for front room light.

Grocery list:
Mummy sandwiches: French bread, filling, napkins.
shrimp dip for brain
chips
veggie sticks
Fruit skewers
Mt. Dew pitch black, with dry ice
red-punch ingredients, with brain ice.
apples
cupcakes, oreos, gummy worms.
bat and owl cookies

Magnet craft/favor
Photo paper for printer.
fun foam
Magnets

Pipecleaners and string for spider/bat craft

Apple bobbing
Black Cat on a fence (relay race)
Caught in the open grave (river rat)
Pin the tail on the cat
Monster Mash (put on Halloween music and have everyone show off monsterous dance steps)
Pumpkin carving/painting


Plan:
Set up at 5, party at 6. Have magnet craft laid out.
As guests arrive, take pic, print pic, and let them make a magnet.
Once all are there, or 6:15, serve dinner.
At 6:45 clean up, leaving out noshes.
Games until 7:45
put in "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" followed by "Halloween is Grinch Night" and hopefully everyone is gone before I have to break out Disney's "Sleepy hollow."