| Pumpkins and pumpkin carving are one of the | | | | play Pin The Nose On The Pumpkin or Pumpkin |
| main highlights of Halloween. This year plan | | | | Bowling (use a child's bowling set, paint the |
| a Halloween party focused solely on | | | | bowling ball orange and add a pumpkin face). |
| pumpkins!Your colors will obviously be orange | | | | Adults could try their hand at a pumpkin |
| with accents of black. For decorations | | | | trivia contest. For prizes hand out foiled |
| feature orange tablecloths and napkins, | | | | covered pumpkin chocolates, gum, plastic key |
| orange and black crepe paper streamers, as | | | | chains, pumpkin shaped cookies, or treat bags |
| well as balloons. Orange colored candles in | | | | featuring pumpkin designs.Not into pumpkins? |
| black candle holders, black or pumpkin shaped | | | | Use these basic party planning ideas to come |
| serving bowls, along with any other | | | | up with some other fun themes such as an all |
| decorations you use should fit into the color | | | | ghost party with white and black as your |
| scheme and theme of the party.Line your | | | | theme colors. How about a skeleton party or |
| walkway to the house with flickering eerie | | | | perhaps a glowing eyes theme where neon green |
| pumpkin faces and scenes. Carve out your | | | | and yellow are the main colors against a |
| creations using either real pumpkins or the | | | | black background? Look around at Halloween |
| Fun-Kins carvable foam pumpkins. There are | | | | sites and the various decorations featured |
| many wonderful patterns available for free on | | | | for some great ideas on what items you can |
| the Internet that you can print out and | | | | focus your party around. It's pretty simple, |
| use.Your menu could consist of pumpkin | | | | yet will make your Halloween party unique and |
| related foods such as pumpkin pie, bread, and | | | | fun to plan.(c) 2006. Rose Smith owns a |
| cookies. Put together sandwiches cut into the | | | | website filled with Halloween party ideas, |
| shape of pumpkins using cookie cutters and | | | | costumes, decorations, games, graphics, |
| serve orange flavored punch.Take typical | | | | crafts and more. It's Halloween fun for all |
| party games and transform them into pumpkin | | | | ages! |
| related activities. For example, children can | | | | |