Haunted House Halloween Party

If you're looking for a fun party idea for your ghoul friends this Halloween season, I have an idea for a Haunted House Halloween Craft Party.

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You know since I'm Crafty, I always look for reasons to craft!  I think it would be so much fun to gather all of your girlfriends and have a little crafting party for Halloween.  I whipped up some easy wood scrap haunted houses (info post coming soon) and thought they would make the perfect craft to do for a party.

How to Throw a Haunted House Halloween Party

Invite all your girlfriends.  Tell them you'll be crafting.  And when they tell you they aren't crafty and can't do it, remind them that they can.  And you'll have treats.  That always gets people to come over!  

Have Alexa play some fun Halloween music, put some treats out in small bowls around the table and the party is ready to go!  Oh and maybe have some diet coke at the ready as well.  But that's it - easy peasy.  Read on for more info about the houses!

Set up a Table with Supplies 

Set up a table so you have the space for all of your guests to get their craft on.  I find that my kitchen table works just fine for this.  If you don't want to use your table, you can use a folding table.  Since you'll be painting and gluing, you should probably protect the table with inexpensive table cloths.  Make sure there is plenty of space for each person and their supplies.  

Those supplies include 

• wood pre cut into house shapes
• embellishments to decorate the houses
• chalk paint
• mod podge
• brushes
• black sharpie
• glue gun with fine tip
• paper plates

Make Craft Kits for Haunted Houses

When I am leading craft projects, I like to put kits together (like I did here) with all of the supplies for each crafter.  That way they have all of the things they need.  In this kit, which I put onto a paper plate, I included 

• a house shape pre cut out of a scrap 2 x 4
• a scrap of a wooden ruler (for the door) 
• a small wooden twig (for the chimney)
• book page paper
• bats punched out of black cardstock
• black spider rings

How to Make the Haunted Houses

These houses are super easy to put together with the supplies and don't require a high level of crafting skills.  I will be doing a full post about them soon.  

The basics of how to make the haunted houses are:

• paint house shaped wood with black chalk paint
• distress edges with sand paper
• mod podge book page paper onto house, onto ruler to make a door or cut into squares to make windows
• hot glue wooden twig or piece of ruler onto top of house for a chimney
• embellish with bats, spider ring (with the ring cut off)
• draw on details like window panes or door knob with black sharpie
• the skeleton is a printable from here

Don't Forget Party Refreshments

Food is a great way to keep people happy at your party!  But it doesn't have to be anything elaborate!    

Fill small bowls with Halloween candy - everyone loves Halloween candy!  You can also set out a few varieties of cookies or bake the crowd pleasing Pumpkin Cookies.  No matter what you serve, just pull your friends together for a good time at the Haunted House Halloween Party! 

Don't go yet, some of my blogging friends have put together a bunch more Halloween party ideas!  

Whether you are decorating or creating these Recycled Egg Carton Bats are the perfect addition to your Halloween Party from Beth at Creatively Beth.

 

Laura from Me and My INKlings is the ultimate troop leader, so we love her collection of Girl Scout Halloween Party Ideas, they are brilliant!

 

The party favors are covered with a set of free printable Halloween Character Treat Boxes created by Lindsay of Artsy Fartsy Mama.

 

Liz with Liz on Call has the most adorable Halloween party idea – Jack-O-Lantern Balloons! Get the tutorial and a downloadable file over on her blog.

 

Create quick and easy Halloween Party Favors with Felt using the tutorial from Blanca with Creativities Galore. We love this idea because they are reusable!

 

Michelle of Michelle’s Party Plan-It has the spooky side covered with her DIY Freddy Krueger Bag. Perfect for a Halloween Party favor or Trick-or-Treat bag.

 

With just a few supplies create Halloween Monster Pretzels to serve at your October 31^st Party. Beth with the Ruffled Daisy is sharing her tutorial.

 

Marissa with Rae Gun Ramblings is cooking up some sweet and spooky Cauldron Cakes. Get the recipe and step by step directions on her blog.

 

Let’s take adorable to a whole new level with a No-Sew Baby Bat Sock Stuffie created by Debra of Debra Quartermain Designs. We think he’s FANG-TASTIC!

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