Halloween Party for an 11 yr old?

Hey all. My kid brother wants to have a halloween party at my house this year. He is 11 and is staying with me while our mom takes care of a sick friend out of state....





Anyway, he wanted to have a halloween party with some of his friends, but I need some suggestions. Such as:





-Should it be geared towards more scary stuff or not?


-Cheap decorating ideas?


-Should it be ON Halloween or maybe the weekend before?


-How do I keep the kdis entertained (games, movies?)


-What kind of food do I serve?


-How long should the party last?


-How many kids to invite?





I really have no idea how to throw a kids party, but think this would be fun...Any help is greatly appreciated...Thanks all!

Halloween Party for an 11 yr old?
i did this a few years ago...it cost about $100!





pizza is easy, inexpensive, and can be easily made to be "scary" (just put a fake eyeball or two on it before the kids see it!)





decoration is easily done cheap. lots of fake cob webs and black streamers. maybe a huge cauldron with dry ice at the bottom and another bowl on top full of both candy and gross slimy stuff (these are boys after all, getting dirty is ok).





have the party an hour before trick-or-treating and then have them all meet back at your place afterwards for pizza and scary movie (and of course have a friend of yours scare the crap out of the kids when the scariest part of the movie comes up).





you can also have a costume contest (the kind where everyone wins) and the prizes could be fake blood and stuff like that. everyone likes to win stuff, even if it's worth 15 cents!





if you're the only adult, i'd say 10 kids....but i would get a friend or two to help (especially for the scaring them part!)





i'd say with showing up, costume contest, trick-or-treating and movie the party should last about 6 hours.
Reply:Check out this site for an idea that's pretty cool. A cupcake decorating party. Or you can just have it be part of the party:





http://cupcakeideas.tumblr.com





Some neat designs for cupcakes and cookies there too.
Reply:omg


You dont want 15. 8 or 10 at the MOST!


i have a 21 and 22 year daughters and 10 yr old daughter and 8 yr old son. yeppers


when my older daughters have things for their kid siblings , they tell me their HANDS ARE FULL!!! LOL! "How do you do it, Momma? You are SUCH a good Mom for always puttin up with us, wow"


I dont know how old you are, but you know your brother and his friends, dont bite off more than you can chew!





The suggestions are pretty kewl, but kids arent really into board games these days. They love the outdoors, bikes, etc, if you have access to that, you could send them on a scavenger hunt!!! THATS alot of fun!!! Most neigbors will have: a bottlecap, an old shoelace, etc.....divide them into two groups, and send them off , give them 20 minutes.... whoever retrieves the most WINS. Give them say a bag of bubble gum, etc.





Remember, throwing a party takes a lot of organizing! Plan ahead! have fun and good luck! Your brother is a lucky boy! as is my two little munchkins! :)
Reply:Well, don;t get the kids too spoiled, because that would lead to a tragedy. But also, don't look like you're going hard on them. try to get some appropriate scary things, like maybe cobwebs, or funny things, like a skeleton finding it's head. Don't lean much on the bloody picture's side, because it ruins them when they get older.


You can go search things in your attic, basement, etc.





Kids mostly want to go trick-or-treating on Halloween, so I suggest the weekend before it. My recommendation is to start the party at night, because the daytime looks kind of boring on a Halloween night.





You should get the kids to have some board games, like maybe Monopoly, or Scrabble. Video games can be good, but too much can lead to addiction.





You can ask what the kids want, or even takeout food. Homemade food has been known to be better in parties.


Not to spoil the fun, but the party can last until half an hour after their curfews. They think it's a bummer to leave that early, but also cheers them up that they've been up at least a little bit longer.





You can invite how much you can handle, but choose a little less than that, because accidents, like spilling liquids and maybe someone falls down the stairs, God forbid, can slow you down to another child who need help.
Reply:I think having it ON Halloween would keep them from trick-or-treating, so maybe you should have it another night, they may not come if they have to choose between the two. I think "light scary" is okay, but the girls might be more into cute things, so don't overdo it. You can decorate with plain pumpkins, and cheap stuff from Party City. Play some good creepy music or find a radio station playing it for you, and you could serve orange cupcakes and orange juice and 7-Up punch or something. I'd have the party end by 9:30 or so, you could invite like, 15 kids or something... not too many for you to handle. Remember, they're eleven, not five, they can mostly take care of themselves now, but they still need you to take AWAY the candy after 9:00! You could play musical chairs with scary music (I actually think this game gets funner the older you get).
Reply:i think there should be prizes lots of scary things good food maybe some pizza i think thats what elleven year old like oh and especially music but not some halloween music some hip hop pop thats would be xcoool
Reply:ok IT NEEDS TO BE SCARY most kids this age like sacry and plus there booys. Weekend before halloween everyone will be trick or treaating on halloween food any junk food and CANSY duh party best would e a sleepover but at least 7 to6 hours 10 AT LEAST for best 20 also boys start likin girls but if he does invite girls cant be a sleepoveer