This year, celebrate Halloween in a more grown-up way.
If you have the house to yourself for the evening, consider hosting a Halloween chic party, by which I mean swap the bucket oโ candy for cocktails, crostini and candy apples in what will be a festive and classy spin on your average friendsโ night in. This guide has all the essentials for putting together a Halloween chic party from start to finish.
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10 Ideas for a Halloween chic party
1. A Festive Table
For the most elegant tablescape, focus on dramatic colors like black silverware and plates and white tablecloths and pair them with candles on black wreaths for a ghoulish effect.
2. Velvet ribbons
Dark and eccentric but undoubtedly elegant with dark red candles.
Finished off the place setting by tying a black velvet ribbon around antique silverware.
3. Grown-Up Candy
Donโt forget to include some grown-up candy action for your guests. It IS Halloween, after all. The color is up to you, but we are digging this dark decadence.
4. Tulle balloons
Tulle balloons add an elegant touch to your party. Make them with black tulle on black balloons for your party!
5. Creepy + Chic Centerpieces
Get crafty with your florals. Stick to the same autumn palette, but Halloween it up with a spooky vase, like this skull. You can also paint inexpensive glass or plastic vases and call it a day.
6. Blackberry juice
Adapted from the classic Jose Cuervo margarita recipe, I recommend one tequila, three parts juice, and ยฝ cup crushed ice. Itโs as easy as that!
Make it fancy with some blackberries and bat on your cocktail stick.
7. Bat centerpiece
A cool Halloween centerpiece that most closely resembles a plume of bats flying out of a bunch of branches. Anyone can make it a quick, easy craft in 20 minutes or less.
8. Spooky Sweet Sendoff
As a goodbye party favor for your guests, ensure everyone gets one of these bad fortune cookies. These sinister little treats are made from construction paper and are a simple DIY project to pull off before the party for a perfect end to a frightful evening.
9. Masquerade Masks
Costumes can be cumbersome to wear all night, and there’s always one costume-averse guest who makes the rest of the crowd feel silly for playing dress-up. Instead, encourage your guests to wear cocktail attire and masquerade masks. For your event, have a few extra masks available so that you can pass them out when necessary so everyone can partake in the festivities.
Image from Soffitta Etsy shop.
10. Halloween Wreath
A chic Halloween wreath, like my previous post, is a great way to set the tone for your party when your guest arrives at the front door.
Here are my favorite ways to mix the ghoul and glam for an unforgettable Halloween chic party, do you have any other suggestion?
xoxo,
Arianna